622 FIFTY-FIFTH CON GRESS. Sess. II. OH. 546. 1898. making such proof ,credit shall be given for the period of their bona fide residence and amount of their improvements upon their respective claims in the said granted or indemnity limits of the land grant to the said Northern Pacific Railroad Company the same as if made upon -mi¢¤m¤m1¤r- the tract to which the transfer is made; and before the Secretary of the Interior shall cause to be prepared and delivered to said railroad grantee or its successor in interest any list or lists of the several tracts which have been purchased or settled upon or occupied as hereinbefore provided, he shall notify the purchaser, settler, or claimant, his heirs or assigns, claiming against said railroad company, of his right to transfer his entry or claim, as herein provided, and shall give him. or them option to take lieu lands for those claimed by him or them or hold hi claim and allow the said railroad company to do so under the terms of this Act. Geological Survey. UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVE Y. scientist assist- Fon. SALLRIES OF THE SCIENTIFIC ASSISTANTS on THE GEOLOG- Mggimu 10AL SURVEY: For two geologists, at four thousand dollars each; " For one geologist, three thousand dollars; For one geologist, two thousand seven hundred dollars; For two paleontologists, at two thousand dollars each; For one chemist, three thousand dollars; For one geographer, two thousand seven hundred dollars; For one geographer, two thousand five hundred dollars; For two topographers, at two thousand dollars each; in all, twenty- nine thousand nine hundred dollars. riqieiim. Fon GENERAL EXPENSES or THE GEOLOGIOAL SURVEY: For the Geological Survey and the classification of the public lands and examination of the geological structure, mineral resources, and the products of the national domain, and to continue the preparation of a geological map of the United States, including the pay of temporary employees in the field and office, and all other necessary expenses, including telegrams, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, namely: " imimi-s. For pay of skilled laborers and various temporary employees, thirteen thousand dollars; T,,,,,g.·,,.i.ic siii. For topographic surveys in various portions of the United States, one vw- hundred and eighty-thousand dollars, to be immediately available; thirty-five thousand dollars of which shall be expended west of the ninety-seventh meridian in the States of North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Texas, and the Territory of Oklahoma, and at least one-third of the remainder shall be expended west of the one hundred and third meridian; o.»..i..¤ii-iiiiiiiii-··y·. For geological surveys in the various portions of the United States, one hundred and ten thousand dollars, to be immediately available; sui-i-i-y or 1ioiiii·ni·y That any balance of the appropriation of seven thousand six hundred List; ;j·;;;],j·‘****°"‘“"° and fifty dollars provided for in the sundry civil Act, approved June .i im, ii. Zo. fourth, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, for surveying the boundary ' line between Idaho and Montana that may remain unexpended on the thirtieth day of June, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, is hereby reappropriated for the next iiscal year; M#~’<·¤ ¤‘··¤°¤’·’·‘*- For continuation of the investigation of the coal and gold resources _ of Alaska, five thousand dollars; ”E;{‘{j]Qf""’¤"’ "‘ _ For paleontologic researches relating to the geology of the United States, ten thousand dollars; __f___]_·h·;_;·· i ·= =· l '°· For chemical and physical researches relating to the geology of the "' United States, seven thousand dollars; i11.i.niai·»¤s. For the preparation of the illustrations of the Geological Survey, tourteen thousand dollars; M¤¤¤~·r-M ¤~+·>¤¤>*¤- For the preparation of the report of the mineral resources of the Vnited States, twenty thousand dollars: 1smk..·¤-. For the purchase of necessary books for the library, and the payment for the transmission of public documents through the Smithsonian exchange, two thousand dollars;
