496 THIRTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 76. 1850. _ oregon, Oregon. —· From Astoria, via mouth of the Conlitz River, Plym. outh, Portland, Milwaukie, Oregon City, Linn City, Lafayette, Nathaniel Ford’s, Nesmith’s Mills, Marysville, John Lloyd's, Eugene F. Skinner’s, Pleasant Hill, to the mouth of the Umpqua River. From the Umpqua Valley to Sacramento City, in California. From Oregon City, via Champoy, Salem, Hamilton, Campbell’s, A1. bany, Kirk’s Ferry, W. B. Malay’s, to Jacob Spore’s, in Lmn county. From Nesqually, via Conlitz Settlement, to the mouth of the Conlitz`River. _ _ From Portland, via Vancouver, to the Dalles of the Columbia River. From Portland to Hillsborough. From Oregon City to Harrison Wright’s, on Mollola. From Hamilton Campbel1’s to Jacob Conser’s, in Santyam Forks. From Linn City to Hillsboro. From Santa Fe to Socorro. From Socorro to Frontera. From Las Vegas to Santa Fe. From Santa Fe, via Abicin, to Taos. From Santa Fe to Salt Lake City. Utah. Utah. -- From Great Salt Lake to Sampete, via Utah Lake. From Great Salt Lake City to Brownsville. _ From Great Salt Lake City, to Utah Lake, and thence to Sand Pitch Valle . Third section Sud. 2. And be it further enacted, That the third section of the •>m*°9°* ***18*8- act of August fourteenth, eighteen hundred and forty-eight, entitled
zgggiiglfgdii "An Act to establish certain post-rontes," be extended to the Territories
Utah and New of Utah and New Mexico, and that the postmaster-general be author- M‘;“’°· f b ized to establish such rates of postage in said Territories as to him ,,gE_°“t°s ° P°S may seem proper, not exceeding those authorized in said act. Approved, September 27, 1850. Sept. 27, 1850. CHAP- LXXVI.—An .0ct to create the Ojiee of Surneym-·GaneraZ of the PUNR ———;——-——- Lands in Oregon, and to provide for the Survey, and to make Donations to Set- 1853,ch. 69. tlers of the said Public Lands. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Surveyor-gem United States of America in Congress assembled, That a surveyorf,’,:;_;’:h°?i‘°g°“‘ general shall be appointed for the Territory of Oregon, who shall tyand . . . . dude , have the same authority, perform the same duties respecting the public lands and private land claims in the Territory of Oregon, as are vested in and required of the surveyor of lands in the United States northwest of the Ohio, except as hereinafter provided. Salary and Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the said surveyor-general Pl°"° °f °*H°°· shall establish his office at such place within the said Territory as the President of the United States may from time to time direct; he shall be allowed an annual salary of two thousand five hundred dollars, to be paid quarter-yearly, and to commence at such time as he shall enter Bona, into bond, with competent security, for the faithful discharge of the . Approggiation duties of his office. There shall be and hereby is, appropriated the '°" °l°'k “°- sum of four thousand dollars, or as lunch thereof as is necessary for clerk hire in his office; and the further sum of one thousand dollars Incidental ex- per annum for omce rent, fuel, books, stationery, and other incidental l’°““°'· expenses of his office, to be paid out of the appropriation for surveying the public lands. Manner of Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That if: in the opinion of the mums s°"°Y°' Secretary of the Interior, it be preferable, the surveys in said T€¥fltory shall be made after what is known as the geodetic method, under such regulations, and upon such terms, as may be provided by the Sec-
