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 [58 STAT. PUBLIC LAWS--CH. 298-JUNE 28, 1944 Norfolk Dam and Denison Dam proj- ects. 8 F. R. 8587, 10699, 12001. Post, p. 865. Hearings, etc. Expenditures for surveys. Alaska. Prevention of fires. SOUTHWESTERN POWER ADMINISTRATION Salaries and expenses: For all necessary expenses of the South- western Power Administration in disposing of the electric power and energy from the Norfolk Dam and Denison Dam projects, in accord- ance with Executive Orders Numbered 9353, 9366, and 9373, including printing and binding, and the purchase, operation, and maintenance of passenger-carrying motor vehicles, $140,000. GENERAL LAND OFFICE For personal services in the District of Columbia, $850,000, includ- ing one clerk who shall be designated by the President to sign land patents. For traveling expenses of officers and employees, for employment of stenographers and other assistants, for production of maps and official plats of surveys; for expenses of restoration to the public domain of lands in forest reserves and of lands temporarily withdrawn for forest-reserve purposes; and for expenses of hearings or other proceedings held by order of the General Land Office to determine the character of lands,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 the law, and of hearings in disbarment proceedings, $20,000. Surveying public lands: Fof surveys and resurveys of public lands, examination of surveys heretofore made and reported to be defective or fraudulent, inspecting mineral deposits, coal fields, and timber districts, making fragmentary surveys, and such other surveys or examinations as may be required for identification of lands for pur- poses of evidence in any suit or proceeding in behalf of the United States, under the supervision of the Commissioner of the General Land Office and direction of the Secretary, $500,000, including opera- tion and maintenance of motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicles: Provided, That this appropriation may be expended for surveys made under the supervision of the Commissioner of the General Land Office, but when expended for surveys that would not otherwise be chargeable hereto it shall be reimbursed from the applicable appro- priation, fund, or special deposit. Salaries and expenses, branch of field examination: For salaries and expenses of field examinations, classification of lands, and investi- gations required in the administration and execution of the public land laws, and the protection of the public lands and their resources from trespass, including operation and maintenance of passenger- carrying automobiles and motorboats, $370,000. Registers: For salaries and commissions of registers of district land offices, $95,000. Salaries and expenses of land offices: For salaries (except registers) and all necessary expenses incident to the operation and maintenance of district land offices and the disposal, supervision, and management of the public lands, including operation and maintenance of motor- propelled passenger-carrying vehicles, $174,000: Provided, That no expenses chargeable to the Government shall be incurred by registers in the conduct of local land offices except upon previous specific authorization by the Commissioner of the General Land Office. For the prevention and suppression of fires on the public domain in Alaska, including the maintenance of patrols, the employment of field personnel, the use of airplanes by charter or otherwise, and the maintenance and operation of motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicles, $33,900. 468.

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