FIFIY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. H. Ch. 1007. 1903. 1115 dollars per day,,of clerks detailed to examine the books of and assist T in opening new land offices and reservations, while on such duty, and for actual necessary traveling expenses of said clerks, including ¤ necessary sleeping-car fares: Provided farther, That no expenses Restriction on exchargeable to the Government shall be incurred by registers and p°°°°°` receivers in the· conduct of local land offices, except u n previous specific authorization by the Commissioner of the Generalpliand Office. Exrausms or r>1¤1>osrr1No rmsmc Momars: For expenses of depos- D¤v¤¤¤¤e ¤·¤¤¤¤v¤-
money received from the disposal of public lands, three thousand •
o ars. DEPREDATIONS ON 1>UrsL1o TIMBER, rnorncurwo PUBLIC LANDS, AND m}::*b¤!;uQeg,P*¢de; snrrnnmnxr or CLAIMS ron swAm> LAND AND swAmr-LAND mnnrsmrrra ne nhli., me f•$¤l°»$;» To meet the expenses of protecting timber on the public lands, and l““" °’““"’· for the more eilicient execution of the law and rules relating to the cutting thereof; of protecting public lands from illegal and fraudulent entry or appropriation, and of adjusting claims for swamp lands, and indemnity or swam lands, one hun red and eighty-five thousand dollars: Provided, That agents and others em loyed under this a pro- Prww, priation shall be selected by the Secretary of the Interior, and alhiwed `°g°°° W dl""' per diem, subject to such rules and regulations as he may prescribe, in 'eu of subsistence, at a rate not exceeding three dollars per day each ` and actual necessary expenses for transportation, including necessary sleeping-car fares. Paoracrrou AND ADMINISTRATION or Foamsr rmsrmvrus: To meet the §¤¤¤¤* Mcpu. expenses of executing the provisions of the sundry civil Act approved n»%xP°°°°°° p'°t°°° June fourth, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, for the care and °1·°°·P· 3* administration of the forest reserves, to meet the expenses of forest inspectors and assistants, superintendents, supervisors, surveyors, rangers, and for the employment of foresters and other emergency help in the prevention an extinguishment of forest Hres, and for advertisin dead and matured trees for sale within such reservations: Pro- Qqggé m f videti That forestry agents, superintendents, and supervisors, and employees] " ° other persons em loyed under this appropriation shall be selected by the Secretary of Em Interior wholly with reference to their iitness and without regard for their political athliations and allowed per diem, subject to such rules and regulations as he may prescribe, in lieu of subsistence, at a rate not exceeding three dollars per day each, and actual necessary. expenses for transportation, including necessary sleeping-car fares, t ree hundred and seventy·five thousand dollars: Pro- »videdfur¢her, That forestry agents, superintendents, supervisors, and ·*‘l‘““°°*"“"°* all other persons employed in connection: with the administration and protection of forest reservations shall, in all ways that are practicable, aid in the enforcement of the laws of the State or Territory in which said forest reservation is situated in relation to the protection of fish and game. · Exrmtsms or HEARINGS IN LAND murnms: For expenses of hearings 1g<=;¤¤¤z= in 1¤¤•i held by order of the Commissioner of the General Land Office to deter- °° ms` mine whether alleged fraudulent entries are of that character or have been made in compliance with law. nine thousand dollars. Rnrnonucrxe rr.A·rs or srmvarsz To enable the Commissioner of the 0,*;ggV*g$;¤¤*¤¤ New General Land Office to continue to reproduce worn and defaced official` plats of surveys on tile and other plats constituting a pprt of the records of said office, and to furnish local land offices wit the same, two thousand five hundred dollars. - EXAMINAHONS or nrzsmrr 1.ANr>s: To enable the Secretary of the ggsjgfggggns of Interior to examine, under such regulations and at such compensation seamen;. as he may prescribe. the desert lan s selected by the States under the *0*-28·P·*Z’— provisions of section four of the Act of Congress approved August eighteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, one thousand dollars: _ Provided, That if such examinations be made by detailed clerks or
