128 FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 9. 1897. Mi¤~¤1 1¤¤·l¤ i¤ MINERAL LANos IN MONTANA AND Iomo: For compensation of M°°°°°° nd mum the twelve commissioners appointed under the Act of February twenty- V<>L ¤8-1>·¢83- sixth, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, to examine and classify cerwE]°'”, P9":r’;”}g“c;f tain lands within_the land-grant and indemnity land-grant limits of amine, em. the Northern Pacific Railroad Company in the States of Montana and Idaho, with special reierence to the mineral or nonmineral character of such lands, two thousand five hundred dollars. _ F<>¤=¤¤¤¤ 1¤—¤·i¤- Fomasrmi 1.ANns: To enable the Secretary of the Interior to meet {P"; }*5*2°¤ { the expenses of an investigation, under his direction, of a national foritg-,]:?: (lm y P0 estry policy for the forested lands of the United States, authority is hereby granted to use during the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, any unexpended balance remaining of the appropriation vcr zaacz. of twenty-five thousand dollars made in the sundry civil Act approved June eleventh, eighteen hundred and ninety-six, to enable the Secretary of the Interior to meet the expenses of an investigation and report by the National Academy of Sciences on the Iinauguéation of a national forestry policy for the forested lands of the nited tates. ¤¤¤*¤y¤¢·z¤¤¤¤l <·* Orman or SURVEYOB—GENE`RAL OF MoNTANA: For contingent M°°°°m` expenses of the office of surveyor-general of Montana, nine hundred and seventy-tbur dollars and twenty-three cents. For compensation of clerks, seven thousand dollars. The appropriation for surveys of private land claims for fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, is hereby made available for office work on such surveys. _ ¤hpr1¤¤F-Ruhré Bmrmnsnnsmmnnr T0 CHARLES F. EASLEY: To reimburse Charles R"""’“"°'“°"°°F. Easley, United States surveyor-general for New Mexico, the amounts disallowed by the Auditor for the Interior Department and by the Commissioner of the General Land Office in the settlement of his accounts as disbursing agent for the quarters ending June thirtieth and September thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-six, the sum of two hundred and ninety-tive dollars, being the amount disbursed by him in the pay- ment pl? per diem eximineiés in fexcess toghthiity days while enlgaggg upon e examine ono snrv y o pri a n c aim gran sem rac in contracts two hundred and ninety-two, two hundred and ninety- three, and two hundred and ninetylive, two hundred and ninety-five dollars. · !;§¤E;g=•¤•>:¤_°* PAYMENTS FOR EXLMINATIONS OF PUBLIC-LAND SURVEYS: For pay- p" °‘ °°" Yment to R. M. Hall and G. C. Stewart the sum of ninety dollars each, HE¥¤é¤¤{, gg-ra],:- and to W. S. Green the sum of one hundred dollars, compensation for ¤¤.1\v.s.o'¤-en.service? rendereid in January}, eighteen hrindrad and ninety-seven, at tive do lars per ay as specia agen s employe under the direction of the Commissioner df the General Land Oillce in the examination of pnllilic-lgpd sigveys, executed by contracting surveyors, two hundred an eng y dollars. {grin: Y,:>¤¤¢¤¤- PAYMENT T0 IRVING W. STANTON: To pay Irving W. Stanton, of “"“‘°" Pueblo, Colorado, compensation for his services as register of the land oiilce at Central City. Colorado, irom September thirtietb, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, to November iourteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, one hundred and seventy-six dollars and ninety-five . cents. 1¤M¤¤ A¤•i¤· INDIAN AFFAIRS. rz.--pt-pxdpr smh- To pay the necessary expenses of securing the consent to removal by "",L_f,TQ,,, ,§$§‘_'· the Southern Ute Indians, and the necessary expenses of removing said Indians, in accordance with the provisions of the law recently passed for their removal, one hundred and twenty-oue dollars and seventy-three cents. Crow or-eek un To reimburse certain settlers for balances due on account of damages §fQ§“”"“¥" R°“°"’“' sustained by reason of their removal from the Crow Creek and Winnece:;;§·:¤;:$¤gtc_¤f bago reservatiops in South Dakota, six hundred and one dollars and ' six yseven cen s.
