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 THIRTY-SECOND CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 145. 1853. 247 settlement to be made on any tract of land in the occupation or possession of any Indian tribe, or to grant any preemption right to the same. Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That where any settlement, by the L<>¤¤*i<>¤ of erection of a dwelling—house or the cultivation of any portion of the land, {EQ; igbjgu of shall be made upon the sixteenth and thirty-sixth sections, before the sections 16 and same shall be surveyed, or where such sections may be reserved for 86- public uses or taken by private claims, other land shall be selected by the proper authorities of the State in lieu thereof, agreeably to the provisions of the act of Congress approved on the twentieth of May, eighteen hundred and twenty-six, entitled "An act to appropriate lands for the 1g26,ch_ g3_ support of schools in certain townships and fractional townships, not betbre provided for," and which shall be subject to approval by the Secretary of the Interior. And no person shall make a settlement or loca-, _S°“l°m°*}*·° tion upon any tract or parcel of land selected for a military post, or within ;?t,I;£i,;§ {EQ2: one mile of such post, or on any other lands reserved by competent forbidden. authority; nor shall any person obtain the benefits of this act by a settlement or location on mineral lands. Sec. 8. And be it further enacted, That the public lands, not being Town oi-village mineral lands, occupied as towns or villages, shall not be subdivided, or 1°t'°' subject to sale, or to be appropriated by settlers, under the provisions of this act; but the whole of such lands, whether settled upon before or after the survey of the same, shall be subject to the provisions of the act entitled "An act for the relief of the citizens of towns upon the lands of 1844, ch. 17. the United States, under certain circumstances," approved May twenty- third, eighteen hundred and forty-four, except such towns as are located on or near mineral lands, the inhabitants of which shall have the right of occupation and cultivation only until such time as Congress shall dispose of the same; nor shall any lands specially reserved for public uses be appropriated under the provisions of this act. Sec. 9. And be it further enacted, That whenever the public surveys, Compensation or any portion of them authorized by this act, or by the act approved {gr S{*"°Ym€ b}' September twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and fifty, entitled "An act §§5%¥'ch_ 7B_ to create the office of Surveyor-General of the Public Lands in Oregon, and to provide for the survey and to make donations to settlers of the said public lands," are so required to be made, as to render it expedient to make compensation for the surveying thereof by the day, instead of by the mile, it shall be lawful for the Commissioner of the General Land Office, under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, to make such fair and reasonable allowance as, in his judgment, shall be necessary to insure the accurate and faithful execution of the work. Sec. 10. And be it further enacted, That, except where the Presi- 0iH¤¤¤, how dent of the United States shall see cause otherwise to determine, each gif t° mm °f otiicer to be appointed in virtue of this act, and also every other like officer of the United States, may continue in the uninterrupted discharge of his regular oHicial duties, and is hereby authorized accordingly so to act, after the day of expiration of his official commission, and until anew commission shall be issued to him for the same office, or otherwise, until the day when a successor shall enter upon the duties of such office; and the existing official bond of any such officer so acting shall be deemed and held to be good and sufficient, and in force until the date of the approval of a new bond to be given by him if recommissioned, or otherwise, for the additional time wherein he may so continue officially to act, pursuant to authority hereof And the provision as to bonds to be given p,,pu;y.gm.- by Deputy-Surveyors for the faithful execution of their duties, in a vr->y<>r¤’ bondspenalty of double the estimated amount of money accruing to them under their surveying contracts, as required by the act of March third, eighteen 1831, eh. 116. hundred and thirty-one, entitled "An act to create the office of Surveyor—Genera1 of the public lands for the State of Louisiana," referred to in the third section of this act, shall be and the same is hereby made