620 FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 546. 1898, tion or otherwise disposed of, and other surveys shall be contlned_to nam rates me lands adapted to agriculture, and lines of reservations, except that the };j;'£*Y**m“'°“·°"· Commissioner of the General Land Office may allow, for the survey and ` resurvey of lands heavily 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 nxcspiimuaimmn- dollars for section lines, and in cases of exceptional difficulties in the '*°°· surveys, where the work can not be contracted for at these rates, compensation for surveys and resurveys may be allowed by the said Commissioner, with the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, at rates not exceeding eighteen dollars per linear mile for standard and meander lines, Efteen dollars for township, and twelve dollars for section lines: L¤¤<l¤ i¤ ¤¤!if<•¤l¤· Provided, That in the States of California, Colorado. Idaho, Montana, °°°‘ Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Washington, Wyomiiig, and the Territory of Arizona, there may be allowed, in the discretion of the Secretary of the Interior, for the survey and resurvey of lands heavily timbered, mountainous, or covered with dense undergrowth, rate not exceeding twenty-five dollars per linear mile for standard and meander lines, twenty-three dollars for township, and twenty dollars for section lines: izsmmys. And provided further, And of the sum hereby appropriated there may be expended such an amount as the Commissioner of the General Land Office may deem necessary for examination of public surveys in the several surveying districts, by such competent surveyors as the Secretary of the Interior may select, in order to test the accuracy of the work in the held, and to prevent payment for fraudulent and imperfect surveys returned by deputy surveyors, and for examinations of surveys I¤¤P¢¤*i¤8 ¤¤i¤¤r¤1 heretofore made and reported to be defective or fraudulent, and inspect- ‘“"°""°‘ ing mineral deposits, coal fields, and timber districts and for making such other surveys or examinations as may be required for identification of lands for purposes of evidence in any suit or proceeding in behalf of the United States. ‘ Survey or private For survey of private land claims in the States of Colorado, Nevada, l’“‘l “"""* Wyoming, and Utah, and in the Territories of Arizona and New Mexico, coniirmed under the provisions of the Act of Congress entitled WL 2s peas- “An Act to establish a Court of Brivate Land Claims, and to provide for the settlement of private land claims, in certain States and Terri- ` tories," approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, and for the resurvey of such private land claims heretofore connrmed as may beldeemed necessary, fifteen thousand dollars, said sum to be also availab e or office work on such surveys. Abunmnmmilitnry For necessary expenses of survey, appraisal, and sale of abandoned ""°"""‘°-“" military reservations transferred to the control of the Secretary of the xw.i.:::.p.i.»:i. Interior under the provisions of an Act of Congress approved July fifth, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, and any law prior thereto, ca-a smut. including a custodian of the ruin of Casa Grande. six thousand dollars. Northern Pnci at That where, prior to January iirst, eighteen hundred and ninety- §‘,§f§§*_}jl;,,,,, ,,,, mm, eight, the whole or any part of an odd-numbered section, in either the zmnrnf- granted or the indemnity limits of the land grant to the Northern Pacilic Railroad Company, to which the right of the grantee or its lawful successor is claimed to have attached by definite location or selection. has been purchased directly from the United States or settled upon or claimed in good faith by any qualified settler under color of title or claim of right under any law of the United States or any ruling of the —r¤·f¤p¤l_<pf settler M Interior Department, and where purchaser, settler, or claimant refuses '""""" "" """*‘ to transfer his entry as hereinafter provided, the railroad grantee or its i;::ll¤m_¤¤;;l=l¤::;:{ mix successor in interest, upon a proper rellllqulshment thereof, shall UB ai.-.~¤tLt ot na. nm entitled to select in lieu of the land relinquished an equal quantity of public lands, surveyed or unsurveyed. not mineral or reserved, and not valuable lor stone, iron,`or coal, and tree from valid adverse claim cr not occupied by settlers at the time of such selection, situated within motion of mm any State or_Territory into which such railroad grant extends, and
- ,“’,,,,,,,,,,,,,,.c,,,,,,,_ patents shall issue for the land so selected as though it had been originally granted
- but all selections of unsurveyed lands shall be of odd-
