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 SlX'l?”x'—NIN'l`H CNGRl*lSS. Sass. I. Cn. 277, 1: 0 457 such regulations as he may irescribe, authorize the pag uf not to exceed T cents per milie for an automobile used on official business. Re roducing plats of surveys: To enable the Commissioner of Su{QfQ§;§,j{‘*“°‘“* p‘“°’°' the (iieneral Land Office to continue to reproduce worn and defaced official plats of surve s on file, and other plats constituting a part of the records of said odice, to furnish local land offices with the same, and for reproducing by photolithography original plats of surveys prepared in public survey offices, $7 ,000. _ Regstersc For salaries and commissions of registers of district R°g‘*"‘*'“· land offices, at not exceeding $3,000 per annum each, $1.10,000. Contingent expenses of land offices: For clerk hire, rent, and °°”“““°"°"’°”“‘°" other incidental expenses of the district land offices, including the A""·_"·“5’, expenses of deppsiting public money; per diem, i11 lieu of sub- P°*d‘°mS“bS‘“‘i“°“‘ sistence, of cler s detailed to examine the books and management of district land offices 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 Act approved August 1, 1914, and for actual necessary traveling V°‘-38i¤·68"- expenses of said clierks and of clerks transferred in the interest of the public service from one district land office to another: Provided, p,,,,,;,,,_ That no expenses chargeable to the Government shall be incurred E‘¥’°“S°“"“*‘“· by registers in the conduct of local land ofhces except upon pre- vious specific authorization by the Commissioner of the General Land Office, $250,000. _ Der edations on public timber, protecting public lands, and set- Q{,§“€§,’$,§é*$,§,§{‘§§fg§‘·,‘§ tlement of claims for swamp land and swamp-land indemnity: For ii¤¤<1¤¤¤im¥- protecting timber on the public lands, and for the more efficient execution of the law and rules relatin to the cutting thereof; of Amp-455· protecting public lands from illegal and fraudulent entry or appro- priation, and of adjusting claims for swamp lands, and indemnity or swamp lands, $430,000, including not exceeding $35 000 for the V¤¤i<=‘¤¤·<=¤¢- purchase of motor-propelled passengencarrying vehicles for the use of agents and others employed in the field service and for operation, maintenance, and exchange of same and for operation and maintenance of a motor boat, and 1ncluding $25,000 for prevention tFizh¤¤s fam! ¤¤‘¤S» and fighting of forest and other fires on the public lands, to be avail- ° °` able for this and no other purpose, and to be expended under the direction of the commissioner: Provided, That agents and others lifggggklmbsiswuw employed under this appropriation may be allowed er diem in v¤1.as,p.eso. ` lieu of subsistence, pursuant to section 13 of the Spundry Civil Appropriation Act approved August 1, 1914, and actual necessary expenses for transportation, except when agents are employed in Alaska they may be allowed not exceeding $5 per day each 1n lieu I¤·“”‘°`*· of subsistence. . ‘ Hearings in land entries: For hearings or other proceedings held mH¤¤ri¤s¤ i¤ md an- by order of the Commissioner of the General Land Office to de- °°' termine the character of lands, whether alleged fraudulent entries are of that character or have been made in compliance with law, and of hearings in disbarment proceedings, $15,000: Provided, That §’e°,,'§i{’;,0,,,m where de ositions are taken for use in such hearings the fees of the officer taging them shall be 20 cents ner folio fortaking and cer- tifying same and 10 cents per folio for each copy furnished to a party on request. , Restoration of lands in forest reserves: To enable the Secretary §g§gg§,*¤M§étOrv of the Interior to advertise the restoration to the public domain eisasaiimifis. of landsin forest reserves or of lands temporarily withdrawn for forest reserve purposes, $1,000. Cpening Indian reservations (reimbursable): For expenses per- gggmfgtggé taining to the opening to entry and settlement of such ndian res-