FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 427. 1899. 1233 Numbered Two hundred and forty-three, both of this session, of the Lewis Wold8V- 6*0- Graphic Publishing Company, of Monte Vista, Colorado, and of Lewis Pam°Dn°' Woliiey, Thomas H. Croswell, Max J. Meyer, and Edward F. Stable, deputy surveyors, five hundred and seventeen dollars and fifty-five cents. GEOLOGICAL smzvriv. G·=<>1¤si¤¤1S¤rv¤y- To supply a deliciencyin the following appropriations of the Geological Survey for the iiscal years ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven and eighteen hundred and ninety- eight and eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, required to pay vouchers which were not received until after the appropriations were exhausted, as follows, namely: For topographical surveys in various portions of the United States, —T<>i><>:r¤pbi¤=¤¤ ¤¤r— eighteen hundred and ninety-seven and eighteen hundred and ninety- v°y°‘ eight, one hundred and six dollars and six cents. For geological surveys in the various portions of the United States, G¤·>1¤si¤¤¤ ¤¤rv¤y¤- eighteen hundred and ninety-seven and eighteen hundred and ninety- eight, eight hundred and ninety dollars and seventy-one cents. That in the form provided by existing law the Secretary of the Inte- mS;;‘;’°f;;Y °"a“*gy· rior may file and approve surveys and plats of any right of way for a ¤¤w¤y¤,ee%.. ogigntg wagon road, railroad, or other highway over and across any forest §fs,,‘§$§s “§,fc‘f““ '°"°" reservation or reservoir site when in his judgment the public interests ' will not be injuriously aifected thereby. For geological and topograpical surveys in Alaska, eighteen hun- A*“°k°· dred and ninety-eight and eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, seven thousand and eighty-nine dollars and sixty cents. For the payment of the transmission of public documents through '1`¤’¤¤,;¤*¤i¤¤i¤¤¤f·i¤¢· the Smithsonian Exchange, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight and umm ` eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, two thousand nine hundred and ninety-seven dollars and seventy-five cents. INDIAN AFFAIRS. Indian Amin. For expenses under the *‘ Act for the protection of the people of the {,¤¤i;¤tT¤¤i¢<>ry-I Indian Territory, and for other purposes," approved June twenty- m:Z,p.§,’§€,_ "°°p °’ eighth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, for the balance of the iiscal —‘*"¢*· *95- year eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, namely: For pay of employees in the Indian Territory, four thousand dollars; For salaries and expenses of town-site. commissioners, to continue available until expended, thirty thousand dollars; For locating the ninety-eighth meridian, under the supervision of the Director of the Geological Survey, six thousand three hundred dollars; To begin allotments, thirty thousand dollars; In all, seventy-one thousand eight hundred dollars. Traveling expenses of eight Indian inspectors, at three dollars per 1m1i¤¤_r¤»pmm. day, when actually employed on duty in the field, exclusive of trans- T’“"1‘“$°"P°“’°°· portation and sleepin g-car fare, in lieu of all other expenses now authorized by law, and for incidental expenses of inspection and investigation, including telegraphing and expenses of going to and going from the seat of government, and while remaining there under orders and direction of the Secretary of the Interior, for a period not to exceed twenty days, one thousand five hundred dollars. _ To pay amounts found due by the accounting officers of the Treasury on account of the appropriation “Traveling expenses of Indian inspectors," for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, eighty-nine dollars and thirty-two cents. To pay amounts found due by the accounting of the Treasury Indian mimi up on account of the appropriation for “Traveling expenses, Indian school °';{§;},‘}f,§‘,;·_,,,,,,,,,,,,_ superin tendent," for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, five dollars and forty cents. _ _ To pay the expenses of purchasing goods and supplies for the Indian suppim. service and pay of necessary employees; advertising at rates not ‘ VOL xxx-78