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 1334 F IFTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 2918. 1907. rates not exceeding eighteen dollars er linear mile for standard and meander lines, fifteen dollars for township and twelve dollars for section €,f,j*‘“d“·*“ C“l“°"‘i”· lines: Provided fin·t}zer, That in the States of California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Ore on, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming, the Territories of Arizona ant? New Mexico, and the district of Alaska there may be allowed, in the discretion of the Secretary of the Interior, for the survey and resurvey of lands heavily timbered, mountainous, or covere with dense undergrowth, rates not exceeding twenty-five dollars per linear mile for standard and meander lines, twenty-three dollars for township and twenty dollars for section R-S-·¤¤°-2m·P·“r lines; the provisions of section twenty-four hundred and eleven, Revised Statutes of the United States, authorizing allowance for surveys in California and Oregon, are hereby extended to all of the R·=¤¤¤'¤Y¤· M- above-named States and Territories and district. And of the sum hereby appropriated there may be expended such an amount as the Commissioner of the General Land Office 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, at such compensation, not exceeding six dollars per day, except in the district of Alaska, where a compen- Mmm sation not exceeding ten dollars per day may be allowed one such surve or and such per diem allowance, in lieu of subsistence, not exceeding three dollars, while engaged in field examinations, as he may prescribe, said per diem allowance to be also made to such clerks who are competent surveyors who may be detailed to make field examinations, in order to test the accuracy of the work in the field, and to prevent payment forfraudulent and imperfect surve rs returned by deputy surveyors, and for examinations of surveys heretofore made and I I%¤p¤<:¢i¤z ¤¤i¤<¤¤¤1 reported to be defective or fraudulent, and inspecting mineral deposits, °° s’°°' coal fields, and timber districts, and for ma ing by such competent surveyors fragmentary surveys and such other surveys or examinations as may be required for identification of lands for mrposes of evidence in any suit or proceeding in behalf of the United States. gglminzblmw To provide for the resurvey and marking with permanent monumunqgfiine, m ments of the eastern boundary line of \Vyomin from the southeast corner of said State to the intersection of said boundary with the boundarv line between the States of South Dakota. and Nebraska, tilgteen tléousand dollagp, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to imme iately availa e. "”,'g_,‘§,.‘}‘,}{’,‘,§,,,"""‘ For necessary expenses of survey, appraisal. and sale of abandoned hi'l¤1·¤.i>-1<¤¤· military reservations transferred to the control of the Secretary of the Interior under the provisions of an Act of Congress approved July fifth, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, and any law prior Cm ‘*’“"d°· tihefeto, inclu ing a custodian of the ruin of Casa Grande, six thousand o ars. Ivgzfgggglgggent Rmmeuizsmzwaxr ro rm; STATE or Wxsmivcroxz To reimburse the v¤1.2s,p.ss4.State of \Vashington as provided in the Act of Congress approved August eighteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, for moneys advanced by said State to the United States on A ril eighteenth, nineteen hundred and two, to secure the survey of lands in township thirty- three north, range eight east, \Villamette meridian, per certificates of deposit numbered six hundred and fifty-seven, six hundred and fifty- eight, and six hundred and fifty-nine, of the Washington National Bank of Seattle, Washington, one thousand seven hundred and five dollars. G¤<>i·>¤¤¤¤ ¤*¤‘v¤>‘- Uxrrsn snrms cnonocrcar. sunvnr. ,,,§f‘“"*°‘ °*”*‘°°'°'· Orrrcm or run Dmncroiz or run Gnonocxcxn Smzvnr:. For Director, six thousand dollars; chief clerk, two thousand five hundred