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 936 FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. Ill. CII. 189. 1895. electric lighting company to lay an underground conduit through the Capitol grounds in order to connect its supply mains with the Capitol 'building with a view to furnishing current to the electric lights in said building, no expense to be chargeable to the Government for laying such conduit or mains; any injury to the grounds or appurtenances caused thereby to be repaired by the said company. P¤l>¤¤ l¤¤·l¤· EXPENSES or Tue coLLec·rIon oe REVENUE Enom SALES or PUBLIC LANDS. Salar·1esr¢-glnters SALARIES AND COMMISSIONS OF REGISTERS AND RECEIVERSZ FOI` “"° "‘°“'“'“‘ salaries and commissions of registers of land offices and receivers of public moneys at district land offices, at not exceeding three thousand dollars each, five hundred thousand dollars. lgzexaggenrsxpmses. CONTINGENT EXPENSES OF LAND CFFICES: For clerk hire, rent, and ° ° °°s` ggher incidengal eppenses of the district land offices, one hundred and ty thousan dollars. D·*v¤¤***¤g ¤¤°¤*Y¤- Expenses on DEPOSITING PUBLIC MONEYS: For expenses of deposgaing money received from the disposal of public lands, three thousand ollars. urlmeertaspredi- DEPREDATICNS on PUBLIC TIMBER, PROTECTING PUBLIC LANDS, u:Dl;Dl&;?,$;,;2$y:,:p:AND SETTLEMENT on CLAIMS ron, SWAMP LANDS Ann SWAMP·LAND ¤¤¤d claims INDEMNITY: To meet the expenses of protecting timber on the public lands and for the more efficient 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 {www. l_ lands, and indemnity for swamp lands, ninety thousand dollars: Prog°"" P"' '°‘“‘ vided, 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. m%•:;i¤z¤i¤l¤¤‘* Expenses OF HEARINGS IN LAND ENTRIES: For expenses of hear- ‘ ings held by order of the Commissioner of the General Land Office, to detemmne whether alleged fraudulent entries are of that character or have been made in compliance with law, ten thousand dollars. °,1:j1r;<:·,lg;$i¤s NMS Rernonucrno i>I.ATs on SURVEYS: To enable the Commissioner of ‘ the General Land Office to continue to reproduce worn and delaved official plats of surveys on tile and other plats constituting a part of the records of said office, and to furnish local land offices with the same, two thousand dollars. Transcripts from TRANSCRIPTS OF RECORDS AND PLATS: For furnishing transcripts '°°‘“"’*· of records and plats, nve thousand dollars, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior. Surveying. SURVEYING THE PUBLIC LANDS. Surv~·y¤.mtc¤- For surveys and resurveys 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 tive {,’;;,z;j<;{m dollars for section lines: Provided, That in expending this appropria- " tion preference shall be given in favor of surveying townships occupied, in whole or in part, by actual settlers, and of lands granted to the V°l·‘i5~ P·“6· States by the Act approved February twenty-second, eighteen hun-‘ v01.28,pp.2l5,Z2. dred and eighty-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 l1¤>;tr=¤·=£¤f¤r¥¢¤£· Commissioner of the General Land Office may allow. for the survey of " “‘“°' ‘°‘°‘* ““ lands heavily timbered. mountainous. or covered with dense undergrowth, rates not exceeding thirteen dollars per linear mile for stand- Em mm dm ard and meander lines, eleven dollars for township. and seven dollars .,.,m,,,_ " for section lmes; and in cases of exceptional ditliculties in the surveys,