FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. ll. Ch. 5-16. 1898. 619 third, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, to citizens of Idaho and Wyoming to cut timber in the State of WVyoming west of the continental divide, on the Snake River and its tributaries to the boundary line of Idaho for agricultural, mining, or other domestic purposes, and to remove the timber so cut to the State of Idaho. Exrnnsns or nnxnmes in LAND nnrmnsz For expenses of hear- Engg;-;i¤g¤ i¤ ¤¤¤d 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, three thousand dollars. ltnrnonnorue PLATS or sunvnrsa To enable the Commissioner of 0,*;gg·;*};·=*¤¤ vim `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 five hundred dollars. MAPS OF PUBLIC LAND STATES: For the publication of maps of %M¤v¤¤f 1>¤1>1i¤-1¤¤<1 public land States, to be distributed under the direction of the Com- ‘ "°“‘ missioner of the General Land Office, one thousand dollars. MINERAL LANDS IN MONTANA AND IDAHO: For compensation of Mi¤em11¤¤·1¤.M¤¤- the twelve commissioners appointed under the Act of February twenty- °“§§’,,§‘,Q‘,‘,§,{g‘},‘}§{§’,; of sixth, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, to examine and classify certain ¤;>¤¤;¤i?ir·;;¤¤r¤Pw lands within the land-grant and indemnity land-grant limits of thezii? ‘h¤n°}»¤.1°ni¤¤`i{ Northern Pacific Railroad Company, in the States of Montana and .€'$.';§;gf,°b 683 Idaho, with special reference to the mineral or nonmineral character of ` such lands, thirty thousand dollars: Provided, That said commissioners Prana. shall be paid at the rate of ten dollars a day each while actually engaged Rm °f I’“Y· °*°· in the performance of their duties, which amount shall include their transportation and subsistence expenses, and that the total amount of · compensation to be paid to each commissioner annually shall in no case exceed the sum of two thousand five hundred dollars; · For publication of the monthly reports tiled by said commissioners in R<;£¤¤¤.v¤¤>1i¤¤¤i¤¤ the office of the register and receiver of the Bozeman, Helena, and Mis- °f'° ` soula land districts, in the State of Montana, and the Coeur d’Alene land district, in the State of Idaho; and for the expenses pertaining to hearings ordered by, and conducted before, said registers and receivers, ten thousand dollars; For the payment of stenographers employed by said commissioners seenogrsprm. when authorized by the Commissioner of the General Land Office, for the purpose of reducing testimony to writing in cases where it is found necessary to examine witnesses in order to establish the character of lands examined by said commissioners, one thousand dollars; In all, forty-one thousand dollars. EXAMINATIONS or nnsnnr LANDS: To enable the Secretary of the _{>{¤··}i¤¤¤¤¤¤ ·»f<1<=¤~ Interior to examine, under such regulations and at such compensation " "` °° as he may prescribe, the desert lands selected by the States under the provisions of section tour of the Act of Congress approved August v··1.2s,p.¢22. eighteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-tour, three thousand dollars. SURVEYING THE PUBLIC LANDS. l;lS‘p;v<·ying public For surveys and resurveys of public lands, three hundred and twenty- *“"°’“‘ '“*°" °"" five thousand dollars, at rates not exceeding nine dollars per linear mile for standard and meander lines, seven dollars ior township, and P . five dollars ior section lines: Provided, That in expending this appro- 1-Zféiiiélim. priation preference shall be given first, in favor of s1u·veying townships occupied, in whole or in part, by actual settlers and of lands granted to _ Q_ _ the States by the Act approved February twentysecond, eighteen lf]' ‘f*"‘°'°‘ hundred and eighty-nine, and the Acts approved July third and July "°L 2** "· 215* m" tenth, eighteen hundred and ninety, and second, to surveying under such other acts as provide for land grants to the several States, except railroad land grants and such indemnity lands as the several States may be entitled to in lieu of lands granted them for educational and other purposes which may have been sold or included in some reserva-
