Delaware State journal and statesman., 1862-06-06
lPuBLlc-No. 75.l

lHUBLIC--NO. 10
An Act to reduce the expenses of the survey
and sale of the public lands in the United
States.
Be il enacted Jy he Senate and House Of Repre-
seatdtves of The United States of America in Con
gress assembled That contracts for tue survey oil
the public lands shall not become binding upon
the United States until approved by tue Com
missioner of the General Land Othce, except IN
such cases as said Commissioner shall otherwise
specially order.
| Sec Q And be il further enacted, That the
| printed manual Of instructions relating to the
public surveys, prepared at the General Land
Office, and bearing date February twenty-seoond,
eighteen hundred and fifty five, tue instructions
| of the Commissioner of the General Land Oihce,
aud the special instructions Of the surveyor
general, when not in conflict with said printed
manual or the instructions of said Commissioner,
shall be taken aud deemed to be part OF every
contract for surveying the public lands OF the
United States.
Sec 3. And be il further enacted, That the
Commissioner of the General Land Office shall
have power, and il shall be his uuty, to fix the
prices per mile for public surveys, which shall
, 10 no case exceed the maximum established by
law and that, under instructions to be pre-
pared by said Commissioner, an accurate ac-
: count shall be kept by each surveyor general OF
! the cost of surveying aud plating private land
claims to b. reported TO the General Land VI
patents shall not issue for any such private claim
n until the cost of survey and plating shall have
= been paid into the Treasury OF the United States
+. by the claimant
/ Sec. 4. And be il further enacted, That from
a and after the first day Of. July next, and upon
/ the recommendation of the Commissioner oil the
60 General Land Office, approved by the Secretary
# of the Interior the President may order that the
y Territories of Utah and Colorado shall constitute
y one surveying district, the duties Of surveyor
general in said district to be performed by th'
ID surveyor general of Colorado; and the survey
10 ing district of Nevada shall be united to that O.
IA California the duties of the surveyor general O
IN the former to be transferred to the surveyo
,e general of California and the transfer Of the et-
of fects and archives Of tile offices to be made un
der the instructions of the Commissioner OF tn
so General Land Office.
,y Sec. g. And be il further enacted, That upo
ed the recommendation Of the Commissioner OF tn
!" General Land Office, approved by the Secretar
d. of the Interior the President may order the ul'
er continuance of any land office, and the transfe
ed of its business aud archives to any other Tau
m. office within the same State or Territory.
SEC 6. And belt further enacted, That frol
and after the first day of July next the compen
sation of registers and receivers in oil tho Ian
Offices in the United States shall be an annu
red salary of five hundred dollars TO each, with Il
md fees and commissions now prescribed by la'
for and, to be paid by claimants, an additional II
In donation cases Of five dollars for each hn
re- certificate tor one hundred and sixty acres, u
on dollars for three hundred and twenty acres, OF
as fifteen dollars for six hundred and forty acres
nj to be accounted for in the same manner as te
ind and commissions IN warrant anu pre.empu
set locations, with limitations as to maximum
we'd salary prescribed by existing laws, and in y
Dp- oordance with such instructions as shall be gV'
or; bv the Commissioner of the General Office.
lall SEC. 7. And be IL further enacted, That in
g a gard to settlements which by existing laws a
OF authorized in certain States and Territories up
uusurveyed lands, which privilege IS hereby
the tended to California, the pre- empton claima
said shall be and is hereby, in all cases, require
sing from and after the first day of Sepiemb
inn. eighteen hundred and sixty-two, to file his
tion claratory statement within three months irl
roe the date Of the receipt at the district land oil
the of the approved plat Of the township emorael
duty such pre- emption settlement; Ffogiaea,
such provisions Of this section shall not be held
will authorize pre-emptlon anu se'tlemest oi Iine
, the lands, which are hereby exempted from the
visions of this act
the Sec. g. And be II further enacted, That II
4 the and after the first day of July next, anu u
have otherwise ordered by the President, the du
7ided of the register and receiver of New MEXICO 81
over be transferred to and devolved upon the {
es by veyOr general of that Territory, anu u shai
,rpo- may be lawful for the Presi lent, in like mani
TO transfer the duties Of register and receiver
at all any district TO the surveyOr general where
ia, or public interest may require such transfer
hing Sec. 8. And be il further enacted, That I
men and after the first day of July next the aAlar
which the surveyor general Of California shall not
,ct or coed three thousand dollars per annum,
any salaries OF the surveyor general Oh oregon
ler as Washington shall not exceed two thousand
n ihe hundred dollars each per annum, and shoull
! con- surveying districts of Utah and Nevada be
l law after established by order of the President,