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 616 FIFTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 791. 1900. linear mile for standard and meander lines,-seven dollars for town- @}§§g·§;ceS_ ship, and five dollars for section lines: Provided, That in expending v61.26,p.6v6- this appropriation preference shall be given, first, in favor of survey- ingdtownships occulpieg, in wlgole lpr ip part, by agtiiral settlers and of an s grante to the tates the ct approve ebruary twenty- V'¤1·26.1>1>-215.222-. second, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine and the Acts approved July third and July tenth, eighteen hundred and ninety, and, second, to surveging under such other Acts as provide for land grants to the several tates,_except railroad land grants and such indemnity lands as thedsevezral States mpg be ent1tled to liln gen of lgnds granted {gem or e uca 1ona an 0 er purposes w 10 may ave een so or included in some reservation or· otherwise disposed of, and other surveys shall be confined to lands adapted `to agriculture, and lands within boundaries of forest reservations, except that the Commissioner of the ,,§gg*g_;§;gSfg,§§;“" General Land Office may allow, for the survey and resurvey of lands ` heavily timbereld, mogptainousqpr covereid with (lense underégrowthé rates not excee ing t 'rteen dollars per inear mi e for stan ard an meaqder lines, eleven dollars for towgsgpaand sevin dollars for sec- Ex¤6¤¤¤¤¤1di¤i2¤l· tion ines an in cases of exceptionacu ties in the surveys w ere ties. ? · Z the work ean not be contracted for at these rates, com ensation for surveys and resurveys may be allowed by the said Commissioner, with the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, at rates not exceedin eightgepladollars per lilnear mile fof stgnilard pnd meander linespfig teen 0 rs or towns ip an twe ve o lars or section lines: -0- et;-¤¤dS*¤ C°“‘°"“‘°· vided further, That in the States of _California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Washington, Wyoming,,_the Territory of Arizona, and,t e district of Alaska, there mayf be allowed, in the discretgoq og tl? S;ei:retary of éshe Interior, for the survey and resurvey o an s eay timbere mountainous or covered with dense undergrowth, rates not exceeding twenty-Eve dollars per linear mige for stan&1a]1id ang meander lipes, twentytprele dollars sor township, F~¤¤¤1‘V€Y¤· an twenty dollars or section ines: nd 0 the sum ereby appropriated there ma be e nded such an amount as the Commissioner of the General {and %e may deem necessary for examination of public surveys in the several surveying districts, by such competent surveyors as the Secretary of the Interior may select, or by such competent surveyors as he may authorize the surveyor-general to select, in order to test the accuracy of the work in the field, and to prevent payment for fraudulent or imperfect surveys returned by deputy surveyors, and for exammations of surveys heretofore made an reported to be defective or fraudulent, and inspecting mineral deposits, coal iields, and timber districts, and for ma ing ragmentary surveys, and such other surveys or examinagons as may be required for identification of lands for purpo es of evi ence in any suit or proceeding in behalf of the United States. mcgxgigpuegl private WFor survey cpqprgateéand pllaipis in the Stqteg of Coloraadclii Neigda, ‘ yoming an ta an in the erritories o rizona an ew exico, coniirmed under the provisions of the Act of Congress entitled ‘°An Vol- 26, x>-854- Act toestablish a Court of Private Land Claims, and to provide for the settlement of private land claims in certain States and. Territories," approved March third, eighteen hundred and nine?-one, and for the resurvey of such private land claims heretofore con rmed as may be deemed necessary, ten thousand dollars, said sum to be also availa- . ble for ofliqp wfpxilé o;),'suc4lZ1efisu1:]y§ys?1nd fptr th; exammatiqn of the Provéw- surveys in the e : 0m' at erea er the notices o survey a.£,°.li1L`iE$2?. °£ M required by sectioril ten of saiél Apt Shall bg ppblgsheg in one newspaf per only,,except w ere speci cal y irecte y thei ommissioner o the General Land Office. W-:-€¥;;¤;;i,gy1§dmi¥*¤*>‘ For necessary expenses of survey, appraisal, and sale of abandoned . Vo1.23,p.-103. military reservations transferred to the control of the Secretary of the Interior under the provisions of an Act of Congress approved uly