SIXTY—FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. CH: 209. 1916. 299 _ Contiglgent expenses of land oihees: For clerk hire, rent, and other °°'*'·"*¢°"*°’P°"’°°· mcxden expenses of the district land offices, including the exchange of typewriters; per diem, in lieu of subsistence, of clerks detailed to P" ‘”°'“"‘*’°*S“°°°· . examine the books and management of district land offices and to assist in the operation of said offices, and in the opening of new land offices and reservations, when allowed pursuant to section thirteen of V°‘· 38- P·"8°· the Sundry Civil Appropriation Act approved August first, nineteen hundred and fourteen, and for actual necessary traveling e enses of said clerks, including necessary sleeping-car fares: Prov§)ed, That §';’;’,’;§,d,,,,,",,_ no expenses chargea le to the Government shall be incurred by stricwdregisters and receivers in the conduct of local land offices except upon prevgo(1;%ispecilic authorization by the Commissioner of the general an ce, $345,000. — _ _ Depositing public mone : For expenses of de itin mone D°°°“°”"°°'°°”‘ received from the disposal of public lands, b tldrmed mail, ban; exchange, or otherwise as mag, be directed gy the Secretary of the ?·;erior, 8;1d Oouéider rules to e approved by the Secretary of the asury 1, . , Depredations on public timber, protecting public lands, and settle- H'§£`£§, ment of claims for swamp land and swamp-land indemnit : For f,$*“;¤§m_ j protecting timber nnithe lands, and for the more e&cient ° execution of the law and es to the cutting thereof; of protecting public lands fremillegal and t or appropriation, aud of adjusting claims for swamp lands, an indemnity for swamp lands, including notexeeeding $15,000 for clerical services in bringing up and makingcurrent the work of the General Land Office, $47 5,000, including not exceeding $5,000 for the purchase of motor cycles for the use of agents and others employed in the Held service and for operation, maintenance and exc ange of same: Promkled, {;,T';"',‘§§g,,u,,h,d_ That the compensation of the chief of held service employed hereunder shall not exceed $3 ,500 per annum and the compensation of all others emplplyed hereunder shall not exceed $2,700 per annum each, except in aska where a com ensation not to exceed $3,000 per annum may be allowed: Promh further, That agents and others Pordmusubeimncn. employed under this appropriation may be allowed per diem in lieu of subsistence, pursuant to section thirteen of the sundry civil appro- V¤1·38. new. priation Act approved August first, nineteen hundred and fourteen, at a rate not exceeding $3 each and actual necessary expenses for I transportation, includingl necessary sleeping-car fares, except when agents are employed in aska they may be allowed not exceeding $5 ’·’““°°"‘°°· per day each m lieu of subsistence. For the protection of lands involved in Oregon and California ,,,°{.§f,'{'g,,,,"‘,‘},,g?"°" Railroad forfeiture suit: To enable the Secretary of the Interior, P~¢¤¤¢i¤¤.·¤¤- . with the cooperation of the Secretary of Agriculture or otherwise, as in his judgment may be most advisable, to establish and mamtam a patrol to prevent trespass and to agamst and check fires upon Am P m the lands involved in the case of the United States versus Oregon and ’ ' California Railroad Com an and others, suit numbered thirt -three hundred and forty, in the ehstrict court for the D1stnct_ of Clregon, now pending on appeal in the Supreme Court of the United States, $25,000. Hearmgs` in land entries: For hearings or other roceedings held H°¤*¤¤*¤ '°·“d °¤· by order of the Commissioner of the General Land to determine m°°' the character of lands; whether alleged fraudulent entries are of that chssmacter or have been made in ccmpgance witghlawjdpnd of heazliaégs ' nn barment $35,000: r at ere e ns Fm ,,,, ,,,,,,_ are taken for d)se in suc the fees of the officer takiiéslthem um shall lie 2;) eentshper folio for tamig anireiertifying same and 10 cents peroio oreac co toap onreques: _ Reproduci%g latgiif surveys: To enabg the Commissioner of the P'°"°‘ General Lan Silico to continue to reproduce worn and defaced
