Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Iowa) 1861-1864, 1862-06-26
NUMBER 26.

eral when not in conflict with said
printed manual, or the instructions of
said Commissioner, shall be taken and
deemed to be part of every contract
for surveying the public lands of tho
United States.
SEC. 8. And be u farthcr enacted, That
the Commissioner of the General
Land Office shall have power, and it
shall be his duty, to fix the prices per
mile for public surveys, which shall
in no case exceed the maximum es-
tablishcd by law and that, under
instructions to be prepared by said
Commissioner, an accurate account
shall be kept by each surveyor gem
eral of the cost of surveying and plat
ting private land claims, to be report
ed to the General Land Office, with
the map of such claim, and that pat
ents shall not issue for any such pri-
vate claim until the cost of survey
and plating shall have been paid into
the Treasury of the United States by
the claimant.
SEC. 4. anil be IL FURTHER enacted, That
from and after the first day of July
next, and upon the recommendation
of the Commissioner of the General
Land Office, approved by the Secreta-
ry of the Interior, the President may
order that the Territories of Utah and
Colorado shall constitute one survey
ing district, the duties of surveyor
general in said district to be perform
cd by the surveyor general of Colo
rado: and the surveying district of
Nevada shall be united to that of Cal-
ifornia, the duties Of the surveyor
general of the former to be transfer
red to the surveyor general of Cali
fornia, and the transfer of the effects
and archives of the offices to be
made under the instructions of tho
Commissioner of the General Land
Office.
SEC. 5. And be IL FURTHER enacted, That
upon the recommendation Of the Com
missioner Of the General Land Office,
approved by the Secretary of the In
terror, the President may order the
discontinuance of any land office, and
the transfer Of its business and ar
chives to any other land Office within
the same State or Territory.
SEC 6. Ind be II further enacted, That
from and after the first day of July
next the compensation of registers
and receivers in all the land Offices in
the United States shall be an annual
salary of five hundred dollars to each,
with the fees and commissions now
prescribed by law, and, to be paid by
claimants, an additional fee in dona-
tion cases Of five dollars for each f.
nal certificate for one hundred and
sixty acres, ten dollars for three hun
dred and twenty acres, and fifteen dol
lars for six hundred and forty acres
to be accounted for in the same man-
ner as fees and commissions in war
rant and prc-emption locations, with
limitations as to maximum OF salary
prescribed by existing laws, and III
accordance with such instructions as
shall be given by the Commissioner
of the General Office.
SEC 7. Aad be IL further enacted, That
in regard TO settlements which by ex-
isting laws are authorized in certain
States and Territories upon unsurvcy-
cd lands, which privilege is hereby
extended to California, the pre-emp-
,ion claimant shall be and is hereby,
in all cases, required, from and after
the first day of September, eighteen
hundred and siXty-two, to file his de-
| claratory statement within three
months from the date Of the receipt
at the district land Office of the al-
proved plat Of the township embra-
cling such prc-emption settlement:
Prorided, The provisions Of this Sec
tion shall not be held to authorize pre-
emption and settlement Of mineral
lands, which are hereby exempted
from the provisions of this act.
SEC. s. And be IL further enacted, That
from and after the first day of July
next, and until otherwise ordered by
the President, the duties of the regis
ter and receiver of New Mexico shall
be transferred to and devolved upon
the surveyor general of that Territory,
and it shall and may be lawful for the
President, in like manner, to transfer
the duties Of register and receiver in
any district to the surveyor general
where the public interest may require
such transfer.
SEC. 0. Aad be 1t further enacted, That
from and after the first day Of July
next the salary of the surveyor gen
eral of California shall not exceed
three thousand dollars por annurn, and
salaries Of the surveyor general Of
Oregon and Washington shall not ex-
ceed two thousand five hundred dol
lars each per annum, and should the
surveying districts Of Utah and Ne
vada be hereafter established by or.
! der Of the President, each as an inde'
pendent district, the salaries of the
surveyor general Shall not exceed
three thousand dollars each for said
districts.
SEC. 10. ARd Be IL further enrcted, THAI
when the settlers in any township Oh
townships, not mineral or reserved by
Government, shall desire survey
made of the same, under the authori
| " va thS SuIN VI SShl'1A VI lhO Shl0
ted States, and shall file an applica'
ton therefor in writing, and deposit
in u proper United States depository,
to the credit of the Uuited States, a
sum sufficient to pay for such survey,
together with all expenses incident
thereto, without cost or claim for in
demnity on the United States, it shall
and may be lawful for said surveyor
general, under such instructions as
may be given him by the Commission
Ell of the General Land Office, and in
accordance with existing laws and in.
structions, to survey such township
or townships, and make return there,
of to the general and proper local
land Office Provided, The townships
so proposed to be surveyed are within
the range OF the regular progress O!
the public surveys embraced by ex
listing standard lines or bases for the
township and subdivisional surveys.
! Approved, May 50, 1862.