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 FIFTY·FIRST CONGRESS.. Sess. II. Ch. 542. 1891. 971 thousand dollars: Provided, That agents and others em loyed under P¤>v·¤•¤· this and the appropriatwns for “Depredation on the pupblic timber “Per diem, ew-, for and “Pr0tecting_publ1c lands" while traveling on duty, shall be al- °8°"°°` lowed per diem, in lieu of subsistence, at a rate not exceeding three dollars per day, and for actual necessavpy expenses for transportation. REPRODUCING PLATS O1!' sunvnvs; 0 enable the Commissioner of R¢v¤>tg¤=i¤s w¤r¤ the General Land Office to continue to reproduce worn and defaced p1°°“’° ‘ official plats of surveys on ile and other lats constituting a part of the records of said office, and to furnish local land offices with the ‘ same, five thousand dollars. _ Tnnuscnirrs or nnoonns AND uns: For furnishing transcripts T¤¤¤¤¤'¤v¤¤ from of records and plats, and (paging therefor, twelve thousand five hun- '°°°"“ dred dollars, to be expen e under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior. _ sunvnrme run runmc Lnrms. msggjvw °* P¤*·“¤ ° For surveys and resurve s of public lands, four hundred thousand E’¤’°““°°· dollars, at rates not exceeding mne dollars per linear mile for standard and meander lines, seven dollars for townshi, and five dollars for section lines; Provided, That in expending this appropriation Pr<>vi•<>¤- preference shall be given in favor of surveying townships occupied, in rreesiysmememea whole or in part, by actual settlers and of lands granted to the States °°""*""*’“·°‘°· by the act approved February twenlty-second, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, and the acts approved J y thirdand July tenth, eighteen Vol.25.p.m. hundred and ninety, and other surveys shall be confined to lands adapted to agriculture and lines of reservations, except that the Com- A""- "‘ ’”‘· ”’· ‘ missioner of the General Land Office may allow, for the survey of lands mm rm- neun; heavily timbered, mountainous or covered with dense undergrowth, °""’°'°°· °""*""°“* rates not exceeding thirteen dollars per linear mile for standard and meander lines, eleven dollars for township, and seven dollars for section lines, and if in cases of exceptional iiiiculties in the surveys, the work can not be contracted for at these rates, compensation for surveys and resnrvegs may be made bly the said Commissioner, with the approval of the ecretary of the nterior, at rates not exceeding eighteen dollars per linear mile for standard and meander lines, lifteen dollars for township, and twelve dollars for section lines: Provided further, That in the States of Washmgton and Oregon there m waungm um may be allowed, with the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, °’°'°"· for the survey of lands heavily timbered, mountainous, or covered with dense undergrowth, rates not exceeding twenty-five dollars per linear mile for standard and meander lines, twenty-three dollars for township, and twenty dollars for section lines; and said rates, in contracts hereafter made, shall apply to the unexpended balances To naxynw mzassigned to said States of the appropriation for the current fiscal *’°"‘°‘* °°* year. And of the sum hereby approplriated, not exceeding forty Re¤¤rv¤y¤,¤w. thousand dollars may beexpen ed or the examination of pub ic surveys in the several surveying districts in order to test the accuracy of work in the field, and to prevent payment for fraudulent and imperfect surveys returned by deputy surveyors and for examinations of surveys heretofore made an reported to be defective or fraudulent; and inspecting mineral deposits, coal Holds, and timber districts, and for making such other surveys or examinations as may be required for identification of lands for purposes of evidence in any suit or proceeding in behalf of the United States, and out of the sum herein appropriated for surveying the public lands the Commissioner of the General Land Oihce, with the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, may assign 8. Sum sufficient to Oomplete the survey of Ofcglgnyxdww the Public Land Strip—otherwise known as No Man’s Land—and Boundary betweenlit the boundary line between said Public Land Strip and T exas, and ,1*,}*,;*,,*;: between Texas and New Mexico, established under act of June fifth, M•·3<ico,c¤¤¤rmed. eighteen hundred and fifty-eight, is hereby confirmed. "°“'*"°"°‘