6]8 FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 546. 1898. superintendent of meters, lamplighters, gas litters. and for materials and labor for gas and electric lighting, and for general repairs, twenty- four thousand dollars. ¤¤si¤¤ h¤¤¤¤ =¤d For repairs and improvements to steam tire engine house and Senate ”°'m“‘ and House stables, and for repairs and paving of floors and courtyards of same, five hundred dollars. P,,,,,,_,,,,,,d,_ EXPENSES OF THE COLLECTION OF REVENUE FROM SALES OF PUBLIC LANDS. SJ¤1=¤ri<¤- r¤si¤¢¤r¤ SALARIES AND COIMDIISSIONS or BEGISTERS AND REGEIVERS: For "` "°°`""‘ salaries and commissions of registers of land offices and receivers of public moneys at district land offices, at not exceeding three thousand Prousw. dollars each, four hundred and sixty-five thousand dollars: Prorided, _A:. Sitka, Amie. That the salary of the register and receiver at Sitka, Alaska, shall not be less than one thousand five hundred and with lees and commissions not more than three thousand dollars a year each until June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, lrom and after the passage of this Act. —=·d·1i¤¤¤¤1r¤gi¤*¤r~· For salaries and commissions of registers and receivers of two addi- '"°" ’“““k“' tional land districts in the District of Alaska, twelve thousand dollars; Prociso. Provided, That the salary of each of said registers and receivers shall ——¤=¤=¤i¤¤ ef- not be less than one thousand ive hundred and with fees and commissions not more than three thousand dollars a year until June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, lrom and after the passage of this Act. n,*J{mi¤0¤£g;§¤re¤M¤ CONTINGENT EXPENSES OF LANT) OFFICES: For clerk hire, rent, and ` ‘other incidental expenses of the district land olhces, one hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars. mgjggjities Public EXPENSES or DEPOSITING PUBLIC Moimrs: For expenses of depos- ` iting money received from the disposal of public lands, two thousand ‘ five hundred dollars. _ t,,;§;""*;;,j_‘_;g_;°,;{,’{_j DEPREDAT10Ns ON PUBLIC TIMBER, PRoTEcT1NG PUBLIC LANDS, n.- 1¤1diq,..¤·1 swamp- AND SETTLEMENT OF CLAIMS FOR. SVVAMP LANDS AND SWAMP-LAND ’“"'l"l*“"‘°· INDEMNITY: To meet the expenses of protecting timber on the public lands, and lhr 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: l’rooid¢·d, That agents and others employed under this appropriation shall be selected by the Secretary of the Interior, aml allowed per diem, subject 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 lor transportation.
- `·»r··#= ~·—··¤’··—- · PROTECTION AND ADMINISTRATION or FOREST RESERVES: To meet
,,,f,j‘j§Qf,{{f[{{ ,j{f"* ""‘ the expenses of executing the provisions of the sundry civil Act approved .¤ »·•··. p. zu. June fourth, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, for the care and administration of the forest reserves, to meet the expenses of forest inspectors and assistants, and for the employment of lbresters and other emergency help in the prevention and extinguishinent of forest tires, and mn 0 lor advertising dead and matured trees lor sale within such reserva- W; _Lé___ tl, vm_ tions: Provided, That forestry agents and supervisors, and other per- ,.:..,-n.1a.·¤.»: sus. sons to be designated by the Secretary of the lnterior for duty under "*"’"' " ”"‘·- this appropriation, shall be allowed per diem, subject 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 _) tbr transportation, seventy-five thousand dollars. ,,,1 §,’{[§§}f,`,[,j,,°§\¥{Q’fff That section eight of an Act entitled ··An Act to repeal the timber r·{_>:>,j.¢;;‘jj¤;(:_¤¤¤*>··rin culture laws. and for other purposes," approved March third, eighteen · ‘ "hundred and ninety-one, be, and the same is hereby, amended as fol- Xrll __,_ I M_ lows:' That it shall be lawful for the Secretary of the Interior to grant ""' " " permits, under the provisions of the eighth section of the Act of March
