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compensation, respectively, shall be the
same as that now allowed by law to other
land officers in said State.
Approved March y, 1872.
GENERAL NATURE-No. 26
An act to create an additional land dis.
trict in the State of Nevada.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House OF
Representatives of the United States OF
America in Congress assembled, That all
that portion Of the State of Nevada, en-
braced in the following described limits, TO
wit: commencing at the corner common TO
townships twenty-four and twenty-five
north, range fOrty-four and forty-fve east,
Mount Diable base and meridian thence
running due east to the eastern boundary
line Of the State Of Nevada; thence north
on said eastern boundary Of said State to
the north boundary Of said State; thence
west on said north boundary Of SAID State
TO the eastern boundary Of the Carson land
district thence south along said eastern
boundary of the Carson land district to the
place Of beginning, shall constitute separ-
ate land district, to be called the Elko land
district, the Office Of which shall be located
at Elko, in Elko county, State Of Nevada !;
which location may be changed by the
President Of the United States from time to
time as the public interest may require.
SEC. 2. That the President shall appoint,
by and with the advice and consent Of the
Senate, or in the recess of the Senate. a
register and a receiver of public moneys for
said district,.and said officers shall reside in
the place where said land Office is located,
and shall have the same powers and receive
the same emOluments as the same officers
now receive in the other land districts in
said State.
Approved March 12, 1872.
GENERAL NATURE-No. %.
An act to restore the records Of the
United States cOurtC in the northern dis
trict Of Illinois.
Be it enacted by the Senate of House of
Representatives of the United States OF
America in Congress assembled, That in
proceedings to restore the records of the
circuit and district courts Of the northern
district Of Illinois, destroyed by fire on the
ninth Of October, eighteen hundred and
seventy-one, under the act of March third,
eighteen hundred and seventy-one, entitled
IAN act relating to records Of the courts Of
the United States" the notice required by
said act may be served upon any nOn-resi-
dent of said district anywhere within the
jurisdiction of the United States, or in any
foreign country, the proof of the service of
such notice, if made in a foreign country,
to be certified by a minister or consul of the
United States in such country, under his
official seal.
SEC. 2. That certified copy of the official
return of the district attorney, clerk of the
circuit or district COURT or the marshal of
the northern district Of Illinois, made in
pursuance of law, and on file in the De-
partment Of Justice, relating to any cause
in either Of said courts to which the United
States was a party, the record Of which was
destroyed in said fire, may be filed in the
court to which it appertains, and shall have
the same force and effect as if it were an
original return made 60 said court, and in
any case in which the names of the parties,
and the date and amount of the Judgment
OF decree shall appear from such returns,
it shall be lawful for the court IN which
they are fled to issue the necessary process
to enforce such decree or Judgment in the
same manner as if the original record was
before said court.
SEC. 3. That it shall be the duty Of the
district attorney for the northern district Of
Illinois to take such steps as may be neces-
sary to restore the records and files Of the
circuit and district courts of said district
which were destroyed by ire on the ninth
of October, eighteen hundred and seventy
one, and in which the United States is in
terested, so far as the judges Of said courts,
respectively, shall Ieem it essential to the
interests Of the United States that said
records and files be restored; and the judges
of said courts, respectively, are authorized
TO direct such steps to be taken as, in their
opinion, shall be deemed advisable
to restore the judgment dockets and
indices Of said courts, and, for that
purpose, may direct the performance,
by the clerks of said courts, and
by the United States attorney for said DIS
trict, of any duty incident thereto, and
said clerks and said district attorney shall
be allowed such compensation and dis
bursements for services rendered under
this section in cases where no compensation |
is now provided by law for such services) |
as may be allowed by the Attorney Gen |
eral, and certified to be Just and reason |
able by the judge Of the court in which |
said services are rendered, and the amount |
so allowed shall be paid out OF the judiciary |
fund; provided. however, that the sum al |
lowed the clerks Of said courts shall not |
exceed the sum OF twelve thousand dollars,
and the entire compensation of the United |
States attorney for such services shall not |
exceed the sum of six thousand dollars.
Approved March Is, 1872.