592 FIFTY-SECOND CONGRESS. Sess. 11. Ch. 208. 1893. to the cutting thereof; of protecting public lands from illegal and fraudnlent entry or appropriation, and of adjusting claims for swamp lands, Proviro; _ and indemnity for swamp lands, forty thousand dollars: Provided, Ag°“°“ ’°'°"’"" That agents and others employed under this appropriation shall be . allowed per diem, subject to such rules and regulations as the Secretary of the Interior may prescribe, in lieu of subsistence at a rate not exceeding three dollars per day each and actual necessary expenses for transportation. H<2¤i¤s¤ in 1¤¤·1 Exrnssns or Hnxnines nv LAND ENTRHBS: For expenses of hear- °”°"°°' ings 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, ten thousand dollars. R¤rr<¤1¤¤i¤g 1>1¤¤¤ Rnrnonucrne rryrs or smzvnrsz To enable the Commissioner of °f '“"°"‘ the General Land office to continue to reproduce worn and defaced official ° plats of surveys on file and other plats constituting a part of the records of said office, and to furnish local land offices with the same, two thousand dollars. r¤¤•¤rgp¢• or Tnsrzscnrrrs or Rnconns Arm Pnsrs: For furnishing transcripts '°°°‘°"""1"'“"‘ of records and plats, five thousand dollars, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior. ' survvrins-SURVEYING THE PUBLIC LANDS. S¤rv¤y¤ •¤·i r¢¤¤· For surveys and resurveys of public lands, two hundred thousand "”' dollars, at rates not exceeding nine dollars per linear mile for standard and meander lines seven dollars for township, and five dollars for mm section lines: Provided, That in expending this appropriation prefer- P’°'°’°“°°°· ence shall be given in favor of surveying townships occupied, in whole or in part by actual settlers and of lands granted to the States by the v¤1.2s,p.m. act approved February twenty-second, eighteen hundred and eighty- vnm,pp.ms,m. nine, and the acts approved July third and July tenth, eighteen hundred and ninety, and other surveys shall be confined to lands adapted to agriculture and lines of reservations, except that the Commissioner hnkxmugatos ur of the General Land Oihce may allow, for the survey of lands heavily ,,,,T’ b°'°°‘° " 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 diiiiculties in the surveys, when the work can not be contracted for at these rates, compensation for surveys and resurveys may be made by the said Commissioner, with the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, at rates not exceeding eighteen dollars per linear mge for standard and meander lines, lifteen dollars for township, an twelve dollars for section lines: Pro- 1.mas in umm; vided further, that in the States of Montana, Wzxshington, Idaho, Q-',,§,‘,§‘,*“1'§‘$‘,;,,_’,§*,{,P;‘,; North Dakota, South Dakota, Nevada, Wyominig and Oregon, there Dem Ngvnas, Wy- may be allowed with the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, "“""" ““ °"°‘°‘ for the survey of lands heavily timbered, mountainous, or covered with dense uudergrowth, rates not exceeding twentynve dollars per linear mile for standard and meander lines, twenty-three dollars for Township, nssumys. and twenty dollars for section lines. And of the sum hereby appropriated not cxceedin g thirty thousand dollars may be expended for examination of public surveys in the several surveying districts in order to test the accuracy of the work in the field and to prevent payment for fraudulent and imperfect surveys returned by deputy surveyors and for examinations of surveys heretofore made and reported to be impetus; mineral defective or fraudulent; and inspecting mineral deposits, coal fields,
- 1**** °*·*='·°· and timber districts, and for making such other surveys or examinations as may be required for identification of lands for purposes of evi.
dence in any suit or proceeding in behalf of the United States; Pro- Dfk·}_·:=_ti;_$:{):{‘gr:_¤ videdfurther, That the States of North Dakota, South Dakota, Mon- Montana. rum), mi tana, Idaho, and Washingtoii shall have a preference right over any w“°*”¤¢°°¤· person or corporation to select lands subject to entry by said States
