452 FIFTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 1301. 1902. exceeding three dollars per day, of clerks detailed to examine the books of and assist in opening new land offices, while on such duty, . and for actual necessary traveling ex nses of said clerks, including ` pe§1;¤"°“°¤ °¤ °*· necessary sleeping-ear fares: d jin·th.e1·, Tnat no_ expenses ` chargeable to the Government shall be incurred by registers and receivers in the conduct of local land offices, except upon previous specific 'authorization by the Commissioner of the Genera Land Office. D°P°¤¤¤8 *¤°¤°¥¤· EXPENSES OF DEPOSITING runmc MONEYBZ For expenses of depositing money received from the disposal of public lands, two thousand five hundred dollars. mfugm lgjtgggtrggg, Dnrnnnnions ON ruauc TIMBER, PROTECTING ruauc Lasns, nm liclaindmand swamp- SETTLEMENT or CLAIMS ron swaur LAND AND SWAMP-LAND 1N1>nm— l"‘d°l“"‘“‘ Nrrr: To meet the expenses of protectin timber on the public lands, “ and for the more eficient 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 for swamp lands, one hundred and fifty thousand dolmmr mm lars: Hovided, That agents and others employed under this alppro- ` priation shall be selecte by the Secretary of the Interior, and al owed r diem, subject to such rules and regulations as he may prescribe, in ligu of subsistence, at a rate not exceeding three dollars per day each and actual necessary expenses for transportation, including necessary sleeping—car fares. ·
"P°1,;,_c,r I’B0’1'E(ZI'ION aim mummmnon or rormsr nnsmzvns: To meet the
lap expenses of executing the provisions of the sundry civil Act approved °l'°°‘p‘3°' June fourth, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, for the mrc and 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 emer ucy help in the revention an extinguishment of forest iires, and for advertising cidad and matured trees for sale within such reservations: Qgugh, ew., or Provided, That forest agents, superintendents, and supervisors, and °¤Pl°Y°°'* other persons em loyed under this appropriation shall be selected by the Secretary of die Interior wholly with reference to their fitness and without regard for their litical affiliations, and allowed per diem, subject to such rules aud)0 regulations as he may prescribe, in lieu of subsistence, at a rate not exceeding three dollars per day each, and actual necessa expenses for transportation, includin necessary sleep- ·'“"““°""“““°"· ing-car fares, three hundred thousand dollars: Provzdedfurtmr, That forest agents, superintendents, supervisors, and all other persons employed in connection with the administration and rotection of forest reservations shall, in all ways that are practicallle, 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. m§lj:_§¤8¤ *¤ md Exrmzsns or m»:.uz1Ncs IN LAND ENTRIES: For expenses of hearings " held by order of the Commissioner of the General Land Office to determine whether alleged fraudulent entries are of that character or have been made in compliance with law, six thousand dollars. °,§ggv*;{:_°*°¤ 1****-* Rmrnonccrxo r1.A·rS or suavmrs: To enable the Commissioner of the General Land Office to continue to reproduce worn and defaced official plats of survevs on file and other lats constituting a part of the records of said oidce, and to furnish local land offices with the same, two thousand five hundred dollars. §°,§j',§,*{*;,‘§’},0n of Exxmxsrroxs or nmsmrr LANDS: To enable the Secretary of the ¤¤1~=<¤¤·>¤¤· Interior to examine, under such regulations and at such compensation as he may prescribe, the desert lands selected by the States under the v¤1.2s.p.4m provisions of section four of the Act of Congress approved August eighteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four. one thousand dollars: ”kL?g•;g_ Provided, That if such examinations be made by detailed clerks or employees of the Department, they shall be entitled to actual neces-
