History of Washington, the evergreen state, from early dawn to daylight; With portraits and biographies . y a separate land dis-trict. It also created the office of Surveyor-Genei-al, and left itto the discretion of the President to appoint a register and re-ceiver. This resulted in the establishment of a land office at themore accessible point of Olympia and the selection of James Til-ton, of Indiana, as the first Surveyor-General, while Henry , of Steilacoom, was appointed Register, with Elias Gulee,of Indiana, as Receiver. The Organic Act also directed the taking of a census of alli
History of Washington, the evergreen state, from early dawn to daylight; With portraits and biographies . y a separate land dis-trict. It also created the office of Surveyor-Genei-al, and left itto the discretion of the President to appoint a register and re-ceiver. This resulted in the establishment of a land office at themore accessible point of Olympia and the selection of James Til-ton, of Indiana, as the first Surveyor-General, while Henry , of Steilacoom, was appointed Register, with Elias Gulee,of Indiana, as Receiver. The Organic Act also directed the taking of a census of allinhabitants and qualified voters, to enable the Government tomake the proper apportionment and fix the ratio of representa-tion in accordance with the number of their constituents in anydistrict or county. It was within the province of the Executiveto set in motion the wheels of legislation ))y fixing the timesand i)laces for holding this fiist election, and. also to convene anddesignate the place of meeting of the Legislative Assembly. Itwas directed that at the first session of this body, or as soon. Gl ? ^ . (ct^.^1^
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