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 FIFTY-SECON D CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 380. 1892. 369 expensesfor transportation, shall be paid from the foregoing appropriation; and the Commissioner of the General Land Office shall submit in his annual report a detailed statement of the expenditure under this S¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤- proviso. That, instead of the provision contained in the sundry civil act of PortAnge1es._Wasl1 August thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety, any person who shall t,,£,`f,{‘§],{‘§§‘°§,,,§$,(,f}#1°" have, at the date of the final approval of the appraisement, actually V·>l·26·r1>·3*¤>·879· established a residence in the town of Port Angeles, in the State of ' Washington, upon any one regulation lot fifty by one hundred and forty feet, and shall have made valuable improvements upon one such additional lot prior to the date of the approval of the appraisement thereof, and shall have maintained such residence and improvements up to the date of his application to purchase, shall, upon presenting satisfactory proof of such residence and improvements to the register and receiver, or other officer authorized to take proofs in homestead cases, after the usual notice of intention by publication, be entitled to purchase said lot or lots at their appraised value at.any time prior to the date of public sale. Exrnusns or nnxnmcs m Lnmi ENTRIES: For expenses of hear- Hearings in 1=··¤¤ ings held by order of the Commissioner of the General Land Office, to °m"°S' determine whether alleged fraudulent entries are of that character or have been made in compliance with law, twenty thousand dollars. Rnrnonncme rnxrs or srmvnrs: To enable the Commissioner of {R°P'°dP°i¤8 vers the General Land Office to continue to reproduce worn and defaced of- ° s°"°’ °‘ iicial plats of surveys on iile and other plats constituting a part of the records of said office, and to furnish local land offices with the same, three thousand dollars. Tnnivsonrrrs or nnconns AND mars: For furnishing transcripts or};g:,¤¤,vg; of r¤¤- of records and plats, and paying therefor, twelve thousand five hundred P a ` dollars, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior. SURVEYIN G THE PUBLIC LAN DS. S""y'”g‘ For surveys and res1u·veys of public lands three hundred and sev- v§g"°>’¤ =*¤d mw enty-five thousand dollars, at rates not exceeding nine dollars per linear ' mile for standard and meander lines, seven dollars for township, and five dollars for section lines: Provided, That in expendin g this appro~ rmqms. priation preference shall be given in favor of surveying townships oe- P‘"°‘°’““°°“· cupied, in whole or in part, by actual settlers and of lands granted to the States by the act approved February twenty-second, eighteen hun- v·»1.gg·, p.616._ dred and eighty-nine, and the acts approved July third and July tenth, v"l"°" *‘*" ‘l°‘m‘ , eighteen hundred a11d ninety, and other surveys shall be confined to lands adapted to agriculture, and lines of reservations, except that the Commissioner of the General Land Office may allow, for the survey of lands heavily timbered, mountainous, or covered with dense under- h Er<yrl=1_ rms far growth, rates not exceeding thirteen dollars per linear mile for standard et:_{T]:;;dg_ ""’b"" ’ and meander lines, eleven dollars for township, and seven dollars for section lines, and in cases of exceptional diiliculties in the surveys, when the work can not be contracted for at these rates, compensation for surveys and resurveys may be made by the said Commissioner, with the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, at rates not exceeding eighteen dollars per linear mile for standard and meander lines, fifteen dollars for l70WllShl1) Hlltl twelve dollars for section lines: Prwidedfurther, That in the States of Montana. Washingtoii, Idaho, and Oregon, L=¤¤e1¤ in M¤¤t¤¤¤· there may be allowed, with the approval of the Secretary of the lute- X§’3{.Z§.§{’,'j" mh"` rior, for the survey of lands heavily timbered, mountainous, or covered with dense undergrowth, rates not exceeding twenty-five dollars perlinear n11le for standard and meander lines, twenty-three dollars for township, and twenty dollars for section lines, and for the extension of the sev- · enth standard parallel north, in the State of Montana., from its present western terminus as provided for in surveying contract numbered two E‘"“ ""‘*· “"“‘°°“· von XX\'II——24