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 22 FIFTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. CE. 14. 1900. thereof; of protecting public lands from illegal and fraudulententry or appropriation, and of adjusting claims for swamp lands, and indemprmyso. nity for swamp lands, forty thousand dollars: faweidecl, That agents etggeum W di°m’ and others employed under this appropriation shall be selected by the 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. mlgg-mngsinleud 6** EXPENSES OF HEARINGS IN LAND ENTRIES: or expenses of hearings 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, three thousand dollars. §ig;)¤;g{,$1§,·u§é Dgféd RErnoDUoINe LAND nnconns, BISMARCK, Noun DAKo*rA: For the records, ew. continuation and completion, under the direction of the Commissioner of the General Land Cflice, of the work connected with the re roduction of the official plats of United States surveys, diagrams, field notes, and correspondence constituting the records and files of the omces of the surveyor—general and the register and receiver at Bismarck, North Dakota, which were deStroyed‘by fire on the eighth day of August, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, fifteen thousand dollars. or so much thereof as may be necessary. Geological Survey. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. M¤¤k¤- For continuation of the investigation of the coal and gold resources of Alaska, thirty-five thousand dollars, to continue available during the fiscal year nineteen hundred and one. Indian main. INDIAN AFFAIRS. dT<>w¤-site ¤¤mmi¤· TOWN—SITE COMMISSIONERS, INDIAN Tnnnmronrz For this amount, or oners, Indian Terri-. . my. so much thereof as may be necessary, to pay all expenses Incident to the survey, latting, and appgaisement of town sites in the Choctaw Chickasaw, Creek, and Chero ee nations, Indian Territory, as required V°l··'*°·PP·5°°»5°5·, by sections fifteen and twenty-nine of an Act entitled "An Act for the protection of the people of the Indian Territory, and for other purposes," approved June twentyeighth, eighteen hundred and ninety- eight, for the Six months ending une thirtieth, nineteen hundred, thirty-three thousand five hundred dollars. ‘ °¤¤°*¤¤°¤°i°¤·°'*°· Contingencies of the Indian Service, including traveling and incidental expenses of Indian agents, and of their offices, and of the Commissioner of Indian Afairs, also traveling and incidental expenses of five special agents, at three dollars per day when actually employed in the field, exclusive of transplortation and sleeping-car fare, in lieu of all other expenses now authorized by law; for pay of employees not otherwise rovided for, and forpay of the five special agents, at two thousand cfhllars per annum each, seven thousand dollars. ° To pay the expenses of purchasing goods and supplies for the Indian Service and pay of necessary employees; advertising at rates not `~ exceedin regular commercial rates; inspection; and all other expenses connected therewith, including telegrap ing, ten thousand dollars. Chi_pp§vgi¤ gond To complete the work of thecommission appointed by the Secretary mmnmiionuaf ° °° m` of the Interior under section nine of the In ian Act approved June V°‘·*’·°·P·°2· seventh, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, to meet certain expenses under the agreement with the Chippewa and Christian Indians, reimbursable, six hundred dollars. Miscellaneous. MISCELLANEOUS OBJECTS, INTERIOIQ. DEPARTMENT. Government Bos- GOVERNMENT HOSPITAL FOR THE INSANE: For current expenses of §tt§is§?§tgf“°°°’ °x` the Government Hospital for the Insane: For support, clothing, and