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 FIETYSIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. cn. sai. 1901. 1037 To pay amounts found due by the accounting officers of the Treasury on account of the appropriation "Contingent expenses of land offices," for the fiscal year nineteen hundred, five hundred and thirty- five dollars and fifty-five cents. _ EXPENSES OF DEPOSITING PUBLIC MoNEYs: For expenses of deposit- m§§§,?;‘“"g p“""° inglmoney received from the disposal of public lands, five hundred dollars. - To pay amounts found due by the accounting officers of the Treasury on account of the a propriation “Expenses of depositing public moneys,” for the fiscalp year nineteen hundred, three hundred and Seventy-seven dollars and twenty-four cents. EXPENSES OF HEARINGS IN LAND ENTRIES: For expenses of hear- euliggéings i¤ md 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, one thousand five hundred doIlars. DEPREDATIONS ON PUBLIC TIMBER, PROTECTING PUBLIC LANDS, AND _T1mbe1» gslepreda- SETTLEMENT or CLAIMS FOR SWAMP LANDS AND SWAMP-LAND INDEMNITY: {§§’¥§;§§§f§’,f}1“§w§$,; To meet the expenses of protecting timber on the public lands, and for md claimsthe more efficient execution of the law and rules relating to the cutting thereof; of protecting public lands from illegal and fraudulent entry or appropriation, and of adjusting claims for swamp lands, and indemnity for swamp lands, sixty thousand dollars: Provided, That agents f"’¢;”l§g· cr dim and others em loyed under this appropriation shall be selected by the g P `. A Secretary of the Interior, and allowed per diem, Subject to such rules and regulations as he may prescribe, in lieu of Subsistence, at a rate not exceeding three dollars per day each and actual necessary expenses for transportation, including necessary sleeping-car fares. PRoTEoT1oN AND ADMINISTRATION or FOREST RESERVES: To meet the §§0'§ggt§g§;"§g§, ad_ expenses of executing the provisions of the sundry civil Act a proved minismmon of. June fourth, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, for the care and) admin- V°1'3°’ p‘34‘ istration of the forest reserves, to meet the expenses of forest inspectors and assistants, superintendents, supervisors, surveyors, rangers, and for the employment of foresters and other emergency help in the grevention an extinguishment of forest fires, an for advertising _ ead and matured trees for sale within such reservations: Provide, §,’,‘f,'§§,f{;m,0, 1,,,,,,,,, That all selections of land made in lieu of a tract covered by an unper- lieu of mm covered fected bona fide claim, or by a patent, included within a public for- E§e`{,!i§°§,$€°§(§l§d mm est reservation, as provided in the Act of June fourth, eighteen hundred and ninety-Seven, entitled "An Act making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the Government for the Hscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, and for - other u ses," shall be confined to vacant surveyed nonmineral public Ilarigg which are subject to homestead entry not exceeding in _ _ _ area the tract covered by such claim or patent: Provided, That nothing ;Q,'};,‘;G,§(f,,O*j,f”‘i “’ herein contained shall be construed to affect the rights of those who, previous to October first, nineteen hundred, shall have delivered to the United States deeds for lands within forest reservations and make application for specific tracts of land in lieu thereof: Provided, That b€’§,’§,¥;;°§§§,§,f§;§°p°‘;‘} forestry agents, superintendents, and supervisors, and other persons diemw,erc· ` employed under this appropriation shall be selected by the Secretary of the Interior wholly with reference to their fitness and without regard for their political affiliations and allowed per diem, subject to such rules and regulations as he may prescribe, in lieu of subsistence, at a rate not exceeding three dollars per day each, and actual necessary expenses for transportation, including,pecessary Sleeping-car fares, twenty-ve thousand dollars, to be immediately available: Provided further, That forest agents, superintendents, supervisors, and all other &nI§‘§f,§,§f’“ of Hgh persons employed in connection with the administration and protection of forest reservations shall, in all ways that are practicable, aid in the