F IFTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 2918. 1907. 1333 made available for expenditure in such examinations that may be' made during the fiscal year nineteen hundred and eight: Provided, ms That if such examinations be made by detailed clerks or employees of ° the Department, they shall be entitled to actual necessary expenses of transportation, including necessary sleeping-car fares, and not exceedingit ree dollars per day in lieu of subsistence. ns*ro1zA·r10N or LAnDs nv ronnsr nnsnnvns: To enable the Secre- §‘g’,f§j,{s“,j;'“· tary of the Interior to meet the expenses of advertisiu the restoration ` to the public domain of lands in forest reserves, or og lands temporarily withdrawn for forest reserve purposes, two thousand dollars. _ iuxsomms or nncoans AND 1-LA·rs, Gmvnnn. LAND Orrxcn: For m'§°',’}d“j{°'il’“ "°’“ furnishing transcripts of records and plats, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, eighteen thousand seven hundred aud twenty dollars: Provided, That persons employed under this &‘,Q§{fg,‘.jm,0u_ appropriation shall be selected bv the Secretary of the Interior at a compensation of two dollars per day while actually employed, at such times and for such periods as the exigencies of the work may demand: Provided further, That not more than one-twelfth of this appropria— “°“"l°“°"- tioulihall be expended in any one month of the year for which it is avai b e.- _ Ornmrm INDIAN Rnsnavruoiws (REIMBURSABLE)Z The appropria- R§§E,?v'§}l‘0‘E,,,.{'I,2§,?,}f tion of twenty five thousand dollars, Act of Congress approved May °‘jm P ,05 thirty-urst, nineteen hundred and six, to meet the expenses of opening' ` to entry and settlement during the fiscal years nineteen hundred and Fume, appmpm six an nineteen hundred an seven the ceded lands within Indian zion made available. reservations, is hereby continued aud made available to meet the ex uses pertaining to the openingto entry and settlement of such Ingiu reservation lands as may be 0 ned during the fiscal year nineteen hundred and eight: Provided, That the expenses pertainingto m®me¤t the opening of each of said reservations anélmpaid for out of said appro- ` priation shall be reimbursed to the Uni States from the money received from the sale of the lands embraced in said reservations, respectively. sunvnrnve run rnnuo 1.AxDs. S*""°>’i"¤· For surveys and resurvcys of public lands, four hundred thousand “""°"" '“°°“‘ dollars, at rates not exceeding nine dollars per linear mile for standard and meander lines, seven dollars for towns ip and five dollars for section lines: 1’mvéde¢l, That in expending this appropriation preference shall be given, first, in favor of survc-lying townships occupied, in {f;;;j:{·:;(___H whole or in part, by actual settlers and o lands granted to the States w¤·1.g:.,p,»g2¤. _ by the Acts approved February twenty-mcond, eighteen hundred and V°]‘°°’m"m"‘m' eighty-nine, and the Acts approved July third and July tenth, eighteen hundred and ninety; and, second. to surveying under such other Acts as provide for land grants to the several States and Territories, except railroad lanc grants and such indemnity lands as the several States and Territories may be entitled to in lieu of lands granted them for educational and other purposes which may have been sold or included in some reservation or otherwise disposed of, and other surveys shall be confined to lands adapted to agriculture and lines of reservations, except forest reservations, and lands within boundaries of forest reservations, except that the Commissioner of the General Land Office may allow for the sur- ,,£{,‘,,",?gd'f‘§{’§j_1{Q°f,Y;i:_’ vey and resurvey of lands heavily timbered, mountainous, or covered with dense undergrowth rates not exceeding thirteen dollars per linear mile for standard and meander lines, eleven dollars for township and seven dollars for section lines, and in cases of exceptional diiliculties in the surveys, where the work can not be contracted, for at these rates, compensation for surveys and resurveys may be allowed by the said Commissioner, with the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, at
