FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. SEss III. Ch. 424. 1899. 1095 For repairs and improvements to steam lire engine house and Senate Engine h<>¤¤¤ ¤¤•l and House stables, and for repairs and paving of floors and courtyards mum of same, one thousand five hundred dollars. EXPENSES OF rrms COLLECTION OF B.EvENUE Fuom SALES OF Public lmls. PUBLIC LANDS. SALARIES AND COMIHSSIONS OF nEG1sTERs AND Rncmvnns: For S=·l¤*l%¤ *¤»·¤¤*¤¤¤ salaries and commissions of registers of land offices and receivers of and r°°°W°"' public moneys at district land offices, at not exceeding three thousand dollars each, four hundred and seventy-seven thousand dollars. (JONTINGENT EXPENSES or LAND OFFICES: 'For clerk hire, rent, and ,C,;:§¤¤9¤¤¤¤r¤¤¤¤¤ other incidental expenses of the district land offices, one hundred and ° °m°°s` thirty-five thousand dollars. EXPENSES OF DEPOSI DING PUBLIC MONEYS: For expenses of deposit- D¤i>¤¤iu¤g public ing money received from the disposal of public lands, two thou and '“°"°"“Y five hundred dollars. DEPBEDATIONS ON PUBLIC TLNIBEB., PB.01‘E01*1NG PUBLIC LANDS, .Tl·¤l><>* <l<·>rr¤<l¤- AND snrrpnmnur or CLAIMS rox swAMr LANDS AND SWAMP-LAND i}Z'iZLYi§?§Yi°ii1§`»°&¤Y$§}l§Z INDEMNITYZ To meet the expenses of protecting timber on the public md °*¤l¤¤¤· lands, and for the more efficient execution of the law and rules relating to the cutting thereof; of protecting public lands from illegal and fraudulent entry or appropriation, and of adjusting claims for swamp lands, and indemnity for swamp lands, one hundred and ten thousand dollars: Provided, That agents and others employed under this appro- I’r¢wi·cs. _ priation shall be selected by the Secretary of the Interior, and allowed ,,,j“°“*“ P" ‘“°“‘· per diem, subject to such rules and regulations as he may prescribe, in lieu of ubsistence, at a rate not exceeding three dollars per day each and actual necessary expenses for transportation, including nece sary sleeping-car fares. PROTECTION AND ADMINISTRATION OF FOREST RESERVES: To Fvmt reserves. meet the expenses of executing the provisions of the sundry civil act ,,,§,§§{§{{,'j§ ,,‘}f‘“ “‘1‘ approved June fourth, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, for the care 4•·¢·» 1>·¤·l- and administration of the forest reserves, to meet the expenses of forest inspectors and assistants, superintendents, supervisors, surveyors, rangers, and for the employment of foresters and other emergency help in the prevention and extinguishment of forest fires, and for advertising dead_and matured trees for sale within such reservations: Provided, zmwiio. That forestry agents, superintendents, and supervisors, and other per- ,,__§,{'],Q[j’g,f‘f,Qng;;$°{;‘} sons employed under this appropriation, shall be selected by the See. (nm zum. retary of the Interior wholly with reference to their fitness and without regard for their political affiliations, and allowed per diem, suhiect 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, one hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars, to be immediately available: Provided further, That forest agents, superintendents, super. p,,,,,,,,,,,, 0, ,,,1, visors, and all other persons employed in connection with the adminis- ·~¤<l smetration 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 pro- _ ` tection of fish and game: Provided further, That any person who made sian; mus roms actual, bona fide settlement and improvement and established residence “°(f§,¥,j'_'}f,*°';·°S;{{“_§‘,, thereon in good faith, for the purpose of acquiring a home, upon lands grgqted hvmesievl more valuable for agriculture than for any other purpose, within the °° "°“‘ boundaries of the Black Hills Forest Reservation, in the State of South Dakota, prior to September nineteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety- eight, may enter, under the provisions of the homestead law, the lands embracinghis or her improvements, not to exceed one hundred and sixty acres; and if the lands are so situated that the entry of a legal —¤m-r-sys. subdivision, according to existing law, will not embrace the improvements of such settler or claimant, he or she may make application to the surveyor- general of the State of South Dakota to have said tract
