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 srxrr-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. rv. GH. 42. 1923. 1179 nat) to_ex1cee<tl $25,000 of this fund shall be used for the purposes a ve in 1ca e . Registers and receivers: For salaries and commissions of registers R°$*S‘°” mi ’°°°*"‘ of district land offices and receivers of public moneys at district mi land offices, at not exceeding $3,000 per annum each, $370,000: Pro- f,’°’?‘·*°·m vided, That the offices of registers and receivers at the following ¤¤¤se<i1ii1?wd. mm land offices are herebg consolidated, and the applicable provisions ‘*”°”’“’2°°‘ of the Act approved ctober 28, 1921, shall be followed in effecting such consolidations: Leadville, Colorado; Gainesville, Florida; Guthne Oklahoma; Lake View, Oregon; and Waterville, Washington. _ Contingent expenses of land offices: For clerk hire, rent, and °°“t‘“g°“‘°‘p°““°“‘ other incidental expenses of the district land offices, including the expenses of depxositing public money; per diem, in lieu of sub- P°*<“*>¤¤=¤bSiS¢¤¤¤¤· sistence, of cler *s detailed to examine the books and management of district land omces and to assist in the operation of said offices, and in the opening of new land offices and reservations, when allowed pursuant to section 13 of the Sundry Civil Appropriation V°1'38'p’°8°‘ Act approved August 1, 1914, and for actual necessary traveling expenses of said clerks: Provided, That no expenses chargeable to the §%um,w, Government shall be incurred by registers and receivers in the con- i duct of local land offices except upon previous specific authorization by Ighe Cgmmissioner oglthe Gegrgral Land Oiliee, §365%)00é Tmmde mam e re ations on pu ic tim r rotectin u lic an s and set- i P '”· tlemeliit of claims for swamp land lzind swagplland indemnity: For H§ - swamp protecting timber on the public lands, and for the more eflicient °’p` 75’ execution of the law and rules relating to the cutting thereof; of protecting public lands from illega and fraudulent entry or ap(propriation, and of arxisting claims for swamp lands, and in emnity for swamp lan, in uding not exceeding $15,000 for clerical services in bringing up and making current the work of the General Land Office, $485,000, including not exceeding $40,000 for the purchase of motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicles for the use of agents and others employed in the field service and for operation, maintenance, and exchange of same and for operation Prom and maintenance of a motor boat: Provided, That the compensation Field gdrvice pay. of the chief of field service employed hereunder, including his services in the District of Columbia, shall not exceed $3,500 per annum and the compensation of all others employed hereunder shall not exceed $2,700 per annum each, except in Alaska, where a compensation not to exceed $3,000 per annum may be allowed: Provided ,,crdm_ubsmm further, That agents and others emploved under this appropriation ` ° may be allowed per diem in lieu of subsistence, pursuant to section 13 of the Sundry Civil Appropriation Act approved August 1, 1914. "<>¤-3M>-6r¤0- and actual necessary expense for transportation, except when agents are employed in Alaska they may be allowed not exceeding $5 per I¤M~¤k¤~ day each in lieu of subsistence. Hmm S in 1 d Hearings in land entries: For hearings or other proceedings held msgs, g °° by order of the Commissioner of the General Land Office to determine the character of lands, whether alleged fraudulent entries are of that character or have been made in compliance with law, and of Pm_,m_ hearings in disharment proceedings, $18,000: Provided, That where Depmzimras. de >o~itions are taken for use in such hearings the fees of the officer taking them shall be 20 cents per folio for taking and certifying same and 10 cents per folio for each copy furnished to a party on ret uest. lleproducinv plats of surveys: To enable the Commissioner of the suf‘v*jgs‘§“l“°"’g P‘°"S°‘ General Land: Office to continue to reproduce worn and defaced oilicial plats of surveys on tile, and other plats constituting a part of the records of said office, to furnish local land offices with the same