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 394 FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 301. 1894. lands and for the more ellicient execution of the law and rules relating to the cutting thereof; of protecting public lands from illegal and fraudulent entry or appropriation, and of adjusting claims for swamp num. lands, and indemnity for swamp lands, sixty thousand dollars: Provided, As¤¤*•'1>¤¤<¤¤¤¤- That agents and others employed under this appropriation shall be allowed per diem, subject to such rules and regulations as the Secretary of the Interior may prescribe, in lieu of subsistence at a rate not exceeding three dollars per day each and actual necessary expenses for transportation; and the Secretary of the Interior shall so apportion the foregoing appropriation as to prevent a deliciency therein. !1••ri¤n¤i¤¤¤·¤1¤¤- EXPENSES OF HEARINGS IN LAND ENTRIES: For expenses of hear- °°"°°' ings held by order of the Commissioner of the General Land Office, to determine whether alleged fraudulent entries are of that character or have been made in compliance with law, ten thousand dollar . ¤~v¤¤·i¤¤i¤s Pl¤*¤ BEPBODUCING rrxtrs or stmvnvsz To enable the Commissionerof °‘°°"°’°' the General Land Office to continue to reproduce worn and defaced oflicial 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, two thousand dollars. _ '1‘¤¤•¤ru·•=¤ fr<>¤= Tmmsomrrs or aucoans AND PLATS¢ For furnishing transcripts '°°°”°" of records and plats, five thousand dollars, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior. Surveying. SURVEYING THE PUBLIC LANDS. Surveys,rates. For surveys of public lands, two hundred and fifty thousand dollars, at rates not exceeding nine dollars per linear mile for standard and meander lines, seven dollars for township, and five dollars for secmhm tion lines: Provided, That in expending this appropriation preference ` shall be given in favor of surveying townships occupied, in whole or in part, by actual settlers and of lands granted to the States by the WL ¤¤»1·-m- Act approved February twenty-second, eighteen hundred and eighty- V¤>1·26.rp.215.222- nine, and the Acts approved July third and July tenth, eighteen hundred and 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 h°f§,f;gmgjm °{;’_’ timbered, mountainous, or covered with dense undergrowth, rates not mms.` exceeding thirteen dollars per linear mile for standard and meander lines, eleven dollars for township, and seven dollars for section lines, and in cases of exceptional difiiculties in the surveys, when the work can not be contracted for at these rates, compensation for surveys 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 P¤•¢.n¤¤- for standard and meander lines, fifteen dollars for township, and twelve R°"‘"°"· °°°‘ dollars for section lines. And of the sum hereby appropriated not exceeding fortyhve thousand dollars may be expended for examination of public surveys in the several surveying districts in order to test the accuracy of the work in the iield, and to prevent payment for lraudu _ . lent and imperfect surveys returned by deputy surveyors and for exam- _ _ inations of surveys heretofore made and reported to be defective or m{,“§}f_‘{§,§j‘{§`¤‘_’;,Qf‘°'“* fraudulent; and inspecting mineral deposits, coal fields, 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 S I suit or proceeding in behalf of the United States. t., ,,`f,'Z°s’§m,‘§‘[ ‘""“"’ That it Shall be lawful for the governors of the States of Washington, Idaho, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wyoming to apply to the Commissioner of the General Land Office for the survey of any township or townships of public land then remaining unsurveyed in any of the several surveying districts, with a view to satisfy the public land grants made by the several Acts admitting the said States into the Ammmm dg0V_ Union to the extent of the hill quantity of land called for thereby; and sum upon the application of said governors the Commissioner of the General