FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 2. 1897 37 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. Fon GENERAL EXPENSES OF THE GEOLOG10AL_SUEvEY: For the E¤P¤¤¤·>¤· Geological Survey, and the classification of the public lands, and examin ation 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 held and office, and all other necessary expenses, including telegrams, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the nterior, namely: For pay of skilled laborers and various temporary employees, thirteen Laborers, sm. thousand dollars; ` For topographic surveys in various portions of the United States, one T°P°g*“Phi°““"°Y¤ hundred and seventy-five 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; _ For geological surveys in the various portions of the United States, G°°‘°·‘¥’°" °‘“"°’“· one hundred thousand dollars, to be immediately available; For continuation of the investigation of the coal and gold resources A1¤¤k¤·*¤¤°¤¤=•>¤· of Alaska, five thousand dollars; _ For paleontologic researches relating to the geology of the United wf,{‘°*,‘]j:*°1°g‘° "" States, ten thousand dollars; _ For chemical and physical researches relating to the geology of the C"°'“'°°"°'°"°"°’· United States, seven thousand dollars; For the preparation of the illustrations of the Geological Survey, m¤·*¤°*°¤* thirteen thousand dollars; . For the preparation of the report of the mineral resources of the 1¤¤•¤\r••¤¤=¤·¤· United States, twenty thousand dollars; For the purchase of necessary books for the library, and the payment B°°*•· °*°· for the transmission of public documents through the Smithsonian exchange, two thousand dollars; For engraving and printing the geological maps of the United States, ”""· sixty thousand dollars; _ For gauging the streams and determining the water supply of the P,)‘f'*°¤*”¢ "•“" '“P‘ United States, including the investigation of underground currents and artesian wells in arid and semiarid sections, and the preparation of reports upon the best methods of utilizing the water resources of said sections, fifty thousand dollars; For rent of omce rooms in Washington, District of Columbia, four F¤¤*· thousand two hundred dollars; In all, for the United States Geological Survey, four hundred and eighty-nine thousand one hundred dollars. MINERAL LANDS IN MoNrANA_AN1> mano. M},f,*g8'§·PLnl“}§jh0P For compensation of the twelve commissioners appointed under the l€¤g,¤*§¤ml¤*¤ 1}: Act of February twenty-sixth, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, to §;32°].¥,d.}’ m` examine and classify certain lands within the land-grant and indemnity "°'· 2*-1* *3- landgrant limits of the Northern Pacific Railroad Company, in the States of Montana and Idaho, with special reference to the mineral or _ nonmineral character of such lands, thirty thousand dollars: Provided, mhm_ That said commissioners shall be paid at the rate of ten dollars a day each while actually engaged in the performance of their duties, which amount shall include their transportation and subsistence expenses,
