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FOBTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. SE S. II. OH. 235. 1880. 27 3 HOWARD UNIVERSITY. wgiizyward Uni- For maintenance, ten thousand dollars. PUBLIC LANDS. public 1mm_ EXPEN S or mlm COLLECTION or REVENUE Enom SALES on rim- Lro Llums. For salaries and commissions of registers of land-oftlces and receivers Rggigtgyg gud of public moneys, at ninety-three district land-oliices, at not exceeding rcwivers. {sllree thousand dollars each, three hundred and eighty-six thousand dolrs. For incidental expenses of the several land-oiiiices, ninety-three thou- Incidental e x- sand five hundred dollars. P¤¤¤¤¤- For expenses of depositing money received irom the sale of public Dep oe i t i n g lands, ten thousand dollars. monoYS· 'l‘o meet expenses of protecting timber on the public lands, iorty thou- Protec t io n o r sand dollars. timber. For the settlement of claims for swamp lands, and swamp land indem- Swamp lands. nity, fifteen thousand dollars. SURVEYING THE PUBLIG LANDS. For surveying the public lands, three hundred thousand dollars at rates Surveys of pubnot exceeding twelve dollars per linear mile for standard and meander lic landslines, ten dollars for township and eight dollars for section lines, except that the Commissioner of the Ceneral Land Office may allow, for the survey of standard and meander lines through lands heavily timbered, mountainous, and covered with dense undergrowth, a sum not exceeding sixteen dollars per linear mile for standard lines, fourteen dollars for township, and ten dollars for section lines. For surveying confirmed private land-claims in California at the rates Pi·iv¤,te_1andper mile prescribed by law, and office expenses, ten thousand dollars. l;i*u¤*¤ m C¤·1*· For the preliminary survey of unconfirmed and survey of confirmed New Mexico. private land claims in New Mexico, at a rate not exceeding sixteen dollars per linear mile, and omce expenses, six thousand dollars. For the preliminary survey of unconiirmed and survey of confirmed niinonn. private land-claims in Arizona, at a rate not exceeding sixteen dollars perlinear mile, and office expenses, eight thousand dollars. Occasional examinations of public surveys in the several surveying Examinations of districts, in order to test the accuracy of the work in the field, inspect SHFVGYS- mineral deposits, coal-iields, and timber districts, eight thousand dollars. For appraisement and sale of Fort Dalles military reservation, in Ore- Fort Dalles miligon, and other abandoned military reservations, ive thousand dollars. my ¢•¤¤<>r‘v=~¤i<>¤¤- To enable the Commissioner of the General Land Office to continue l>i-eservation of to reproduce worn and defaced official plats of surveys now on tile, and W¤¤¤ wd d<>f¤»¤¢>d constituting a part of the records of said office, ten thousand dollars. Pm °t “““""Y“‘ To enable the Secretary of the Interior to protect, preserve, and im- Yellowstone Naprove the Yellowstone National Park, in compliance with section twenty- ’¤i<>¤¤»l lf3f!;- four hundred and seventy-five of the Revised Statutes of the United R· S· *47* States, fifteen thousand dollars. _ omuoms on SUBVEYORS-GENERAL OF PUBLIC LANDS. oliieee of our- V0y01‘S-•g0l10l'&l. Contingent expenses, office of surveyor-general of Louisiana: For Louisiana. fuel, books, stationery, messenger hire, and other incidental expenses, two thousand dollars. . . Contingent expenses, oilioe of surveyor-general of Florida: For rent Florlds. of office for surveyor-general, fuel, books, stationery, and other incidental expenses, one thousand dollars. xxl-18