Richmond daily times. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1853, 1853-03-18

for the relief of the citizens towns upon the auds of the
twenty third eighteen hun ired aud forty four excep susI
towns as are located mineral lands the
time a. Congress shall dispose Of the same nor
shall lands specially reserved for public appro-
priaed under the provisions of this act
SEC O. Aud be further enacted That whenever the pub
bS S e c
hundred and fifty entitled An act to create the office Of
survey make donations settlers put lie
ands required TO be made render expediento
stead of the mile shall be lawful for the Commissioner
the General Land Office under direction Of the Secretary
the Interior 10 make such fair and reasonable allowance
in his Judgment necessary to insure the accurate and
a, snc execution s6 of y WORK work Tia,
the President OF the United states shall Otherwise
determine each officer to be appointed in virtue Of this ACT
aud also every United saes may
nte in the uninterrupted discharge OF his regular official
duties and hereby auth ,rzed accordingly so to act after
the day of expiration of his official commission, and until
new commission shall be issued him for the Office
otherwise, until the day when shall enter
the duties Of such office and the existing official bond of any
and sufcn and in force until the date Of the approval of
new bond TO be given by HIM otherwise
TO act pursuant authority hereof And the provision
bonds to be given by deputy surveyors for the faithful
efmoney accruing to them under their surveying contracts
by the act Of March third eighteen hundred and
the public lands for the State of Louisiana
by made applicable public in the State of California;
and the sufcency of the surees all such bonds be
provision hereby extended ali otbeg BRANCHES an
the public surveying service elsewhere and all such bonds
heretofore required deputy surveyors according
the surveying SERVICE shall be deemed and held be Of
same validity if the had been required by law And
hereby the duty each Of respective surveyors
general of the public lands the United States far as
compatible with the desk duties of his Office occasionally
Inspect the surveying operations while in progress field
sufficiently to satisfy himself from actual inspection of the
fidelity the execution the work according and
me actual and necessary expenses incurred by him while
ms other dutes for surveyor general 10 devote the
Necessary to make personal inspection of the work pro-
sess then ne shall be and hereby is authorized depute
confidential agent make such examination actual
and necessary person shall be allowed and
paid that service and five dollars per dav dnrn" he
animation in the field Provided That ion shall
not lie proraced beyond thirty days and longer
than is actually necessary and when surveyor general
any person employed in his Office regular salary shall be
engaged such special service he they shall only
his necessary expenses in addition to his regular salary
SEC IL And be it further enacted That the Secretary
the Interior be- and he is hereby authorized required
Oregon seal. with such device shall deemed table,
and copies of papers file in his office which may be au
cases in which the originals would be and from and
after the passage of this act the salary said surveyor shall be
three thousand five hundred dollars per annum.
SEC. ~ And be it further enacted, That The quantity of
two entire townships, sevenytwo sections shall be- and
of seminary of learning said lands selected by The
Governor of the State may designate for that
~ OF not less than quarter section
any Of the nnso unoccupied and unapproFraed public
lands therein subject the approval Secretary of the
Interior and to be disposed of the Legislature shall
PROVIDED however, That mineral lands lands
Tor any public purpose whatever lands which any
may be entitled under the provisions of this shall
Ject to such selection.
sRc l3 And be further enacted That there shall be- and
is hereby granted to the State of California the quantity
entire sections land for the purpose erecting the public
buildings of that State, said selected by the Gov
ernor he may designate legal subdivisions
oil not less than quarter section of of the
cuied and Incorporated public lands that Slate and
subject 10 the approval of the Secretary Interior Pro-
vded however, That said selections shall be made
of mineral lands lands any public purpose
whatever or lands which any may entitled under
The provisions OF this act
Approved March 3, 1853