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 Trrmu xxxrr.—THE PUBLIC LANDS.—Ch. 9. 441 Sec. 2403. Where settlers make deposits in accordance with the pro- D6i>0¤i¤¤ medv visions of section twenty-four hundred and [seven] [one,] the amount so {TY g"?*°*`Zfg` P**l" deposited shall go in part payment for their lands situated in the town- ,;;,:1 ;;¥,,,€,§° gf ships, the surveying of which is paid for out of such deposits. lands. ` The statute of amendment provides that the amendment shall 3”M"_ 18g-1 cj have the same force and effect as though originally so enacted. 127, v_ lé, p_ 581. 27 .lpriI, 1876, c. 84, r. 19, p. 38. Sec. 2404. The Commissioner of the General Land-Otlice inay author- Augmentodrates ize, in his discretion, public lands in Oregon, densely covered with for- f°*`*“**""’Y€Pf*“**°*” ests or thick undergrowth, to be surveyed at au mented rates, not g§:s°rf(, " $2; exceeding eighteen dollars er mile for standard paradlels, fifteen dollars goni ii for townships, and twelve dollars for section lines. “T5H·Ti870, cl 292, s. 1, v. 16, pp. 304, 305. Sec. 2405. The Commissioner of the General Land-Office, in his dis- _Ibid· fcrpaliforcretion. may hereafter authorize public lands in California and in Wash- 2**** “**d “ ”*****g' ington Territory, densely covered) with forests or thick undergrowtb, to .i?f___ ,.e., W- be surveyed at augmented rates, not exceeding eighteen dollars per linear- I0 June. IST?. <‘- mile for standard arallels, sixteen dollaas for townships, and fourteen gg, “· r "· *‘· P· dollars for sectiondines. ` Sec. 2406. There shall be no further eological survev by the Govern- Geological_ surment, unless hereafter authorized by daw. The public surveys shall ""’5,§zf’*"°{*S*°** °f extend over all mineral lands; and all subdividing of surveyed lands into lots less than one hundred and sixty acres may be done by county ing. and local surveyors at the expense of claimants; but nothing in this "9i···j risc section contained shall require the survey of waste or useless lands. 66'g_J¥l"Z_11%52£;- 15, 21. 9 July, 1870, c. 235, s. i6, v.,1G, p.,218: Sec. 2407. 1Vhenever, in the opinion of the President, a departure Syirreyson rivfrom the ordinary method of surveying land on any river, lake, bayou, °”*[*°“’*·’**'*°***F·f*S; or water-course would promote the public interest, he may direct the 24 May, 1824, c. surveyor-general in whose district such land is situated, and where the HL V- 4. p- 34- change is intended to be made, to cause the lands thus situated to be surveyed in tracts of two acres in width, frontin on any river, bayou, lake, or water-course, and running back the depth of forty acres; which tracts of land so surveyed shall be offered for sale entire, instead of in half-quarter sections, and in the usual manner and on the same terms in all respects as the other public lands of the United States. Sec. 2408. in extending the surveys of the public lands in the State of Lines of surveys Nevada, the Secretar r of the Interior may vary the lines of the subdivis- i!1_§<>v¤d=¤· ions from a rectangular form, to suit the circumstances of the country_ I gig}; 158%% Sec. 2409. The Secretary of the lnterior, if he deems it advisable, is Geodeticmethod authorized to continue the surveys in Oregon and California, to be made 0* ¤¤“‘<‘3’ in OKB- after what is known as the gcodetic method, under such regulations and {B25 "*M°*`"*"· u n such terms as have been or may hereafter be prescribed by the 27 Sept., 1850, c. Cbihmissioner of the General Land-Otlice; but none other than town- 76; ¤· 3- V- 9· P- 496- ship-lines shall be run where the land is unfit for cultivation; nor shall Mg EI";‘·‘f8i5g* “‘ any de uty surveyor charge for any line except such as may be actually 2.;,5:  ’’ p` run and marked, or for any line not necessary to be run. Sec. 2410. lNhenever, in the opinion of the Secretary of the Interior, Rectangular a departure from the rectangular mode of surveying and subdividing made Oi f*;¤¤‘Vgy» the public lands in California would promote the public interests, he may gmigd 1;;},1 *° °' direct such change to be made in the mode of surveying and designating -i;.._ such lands as he deems proper, with reference to the existence of mount- Mg Ma;-· _*8fg· C- ains, mineral deposits, and the advantages derived from timber and water 245j ”‘ ’ " ’ P‘ privileges; but such lands shall not be surveyed into less than one hunred and sixty acres, or subdivided into less than forty acres. Sec. 2411. Whenever the public surveys, or any portion of them, in Compensation the States of Oregon and California, are so required to be made as to :3; s;*"i°Yg*8 l’Y fender it expedient to make compensation for the surveying thereof by and Cgifgmitwn the dav instead of bv the mile, it shall be lawful for the Commissioner -——; of the`General LandZOiHce, under the direction of the Secretary of the Mg M“;·· *8%* °· I tori to m k. h fair and reasonable allowance as in his `ud mentS' ’ v' ’ p' n or, a e suc » _ fl g » 247. may be necessary to insure the accurate and faithful execution o the work.