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 FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. IIT. Ch. 189. 1835. 939 Montana, and Washington to form constitutions and State governments and to be admitted into the Union on an equal footing with the original States, and to make donations of public lands to such States." Thut the lands in the Fort Rice Military Reservation in the State of _1·‘¤rt Rice Reserva- North Dakota, except such tracts as may be occupied by bona fide set· migomun or, yum tlers, may be selected at any time within one year after the passage of *0 Nmh ¤¤k·>¤¤· this Act by the State of North Dakota as a part of the lands granted ' to the State under the provisions of an Act to provide for the admis- V¤1-25.p.681. sion of North Dakota into the Union, approved _Eebruary twenty- second, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, subject to the approval of the Secretary of the Interior; and when said lands are selected as herein provided the Secretary of the Interior shall cause patents to be issued to the said State of North Dakota: Provided, That if the State Prvvi-;¤¤._ of North Dakota shall select said lands such selections shall embrace R"°°"°°‘°“*°"‘ any land in said reservation except those hereby reserved on account of settlement, the amount so selected not to exceed the amount of land granted to said State by the said Act of admission. For continuing the work of the Commission appointed under section mf>¤¤·,1¤¤*¤¤i¤¤¢¤¤¤a;<> sixteen of the Act entitled “An Act making appropriations for current m;?; i23i11i °f °"` and contingent expenses, and fulfilling treaty stipulations with Indian "°'— 2"»P·°*5· tribes for nscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four," approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety- three, including the unexpended balance of the present appropriation, thirty thousand dollars, to be immediately available; and the President Additionumemben. is hereby authorized to appoint two additional members of said Commission, who shall receive the compensation and expenses provided in p,,,,,,,,,_ said Act for members of said Commission: Provided, That so much of b§·_*,y¤};fir¤rh¤r. ew-. said Act as authorizes the employment of a stenographer and a sur- ° A ‘ veyor, or other assistant or agent, is hereby repealed. . UNITED STATES GEOLOGTCAL SURVEY. Geological Survey. Fon sA.LA.Rms OF THE SCIENTIFIC ASSISTANTS OF THE GEoLoo- $¤**>¤¤¤•=¤¤¤i¤¤·¤¤ ICAL SURVEY: For two geologists, at four thousand dollars each; For one geologist, three thousand dollars; For one geologist, two thousand seven hundred dollars; For two paleontologists, at two thousand dollars each; For one chemist, three thousand dollars; For one chief geographer, two thousand seven hundred dollars; For one geographer, two thousand five hundred dollars; For two topographers, at two thousand dollars each; in all, twenty- nine thousand nine hundred dollars. Fon GENERAL EXPENSES or rms: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY: For the emma Geological Survey, and the classification of the public lands, and examination of the geological structure, mineral resources, and the products of the national domain, and to continue the preparation of a geological map of the United States, including the pay of temporary employees in the field and office, and all other necessary expenses, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, namely: For pay of skilled laborers and various temporary employees, thirteen L¤1>¤r¤¤·- thousand dollars; For topographic surveys in various portions of the United States, one `_e'€gP°Z”Pm° •¤*· lmndred and fifty thousand dollars, to be immediately available, thirty- ‘ five thousand dollars of which shall be expended west of the ninety- seventh meridian in the States of North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Texas, and the Territory of Oklahoma, and at least oncthird of the remainder shall be expended west of the one hundred and third meridian; For geological surveys in the various portions of the United States, G¤·>*·>¤*·==·¤ ¤¤¤*¤y¤· one hundred thousand dollars, to be immediately available; For an investigation of the coal and gold resources of Alaska, five g0jf,{”*‘“· °°”‘ °“'* thousand dollars.