The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1862-06-13

Oo R tHUCted Oy Eae Ot7lQLe ana AOu5e Of
RePTeselatdtiUes Of the United States of Au1er-
tcd IN Congress assembled, That contracts foF
the survey of the public lands shall not be-
come binding upon the United States until
approved by the Commissioner of the
General Land Office, except in such cases
as said Commissioner shall otherwise Speci-
ally order
Sec. 2. And be IL further engcted, That
the printed manual of instructions relating
to the public surveys, prepared at the Cen
eral Land Office, and bearing date February
twenty second, eighteen hundred and fifty
five, the Instructions of the Commissioner
of General Land Office, and the special in-
struetions of the surveyor general, 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
the United States
Sec. 3. ind be It further enacted, That
the Commissioner of the General Land
Ofire shall have power, and it shall be bis
duty, to fix the prices per mile for public
surveys, which shall in no case exceed the
maximum established by law and that,
under instructions TO be prepared by said
Commissioner, an accurate accoun: shall be
kept by each surveyor general of The cost
of surveying and plating private land
claims, to be reported to the General L4ud
Office, with the map OF such claim, and
that patents shall not issue for any such
private claim until the cost of survey and
plating shall have been paid into the Treas
ury of the United S es by the claimant
5Sec. A. And be ii further enG ted, That
from aud after the first day OF July next,
aud upon the recommendation of rhe Conn
r,ai- Of Q he r
proved by the Secretary of the Interior, the
President may order that the Territories of
Utah and Colorado shall constitute one sur
veyIng district, the duties of surveyor gen
eral in said district To be performed by the
surveyor general of Colorado and the
surveying district of Nevada shall be united
to that Of California, the du les of the sur
veyor general of the former TO be trans
ferred to the surveyor general of California,
and the transfer of the effects and archives
OF the offices to be made under The instruc-
tions of the Commissioner of the General
Land Office.
Sec. 5. ind be il further enacted, That
upon the recommendation of he CUmmIs-
sioner OF the General Land Office, approved
by the Secretary of the Interior, the Pre,i-
dent may order the diScontinuance OF any
land Office aud the transfer OF its business
and archives 10 any other land Office within
the same State or Territory.
Sec And be IL further enacted, That
from aud after the first day OF July next
the compensation of registers aud 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 commis-
sions now prescribed by law and TO be paid
by claimants, an additional fee in donation
cases of fse dollars for each final certificate
for one hundred and sixty acres, ten dollars
for three hundred and twenty acres, and
fifteen d liars for six hundred and forty
acres; u be accounted for in the same
manner fees and commissions in W warrant
and Pre-empiiOn locations, with limitations
as TO maximum of salary prescribed by ex-
isting laws, and in accord4uce with such
instructions as shall be given by the Com
missioner of the General Office.
Sec. Z. And be it further enacted, That
IN regard to settlements which by existing
laws are authorized in certain States and
Territories upon unsurveyed lands, which
privilege is hereby extended to California,
the pre- emption claimant shall be and is
hereby, in all cases, required, from and after
the first day of September, eighteen hun
dred and sixtytwo, to file bis declaratory
cement within three months from the
date of The receipt at the district land office
of the approved plat of the township en-
bracing such pre- emption settlement: Pro-
Uided, The provisions of this section shall
not be held to authorize pref mption and |
settlement of mineral lands, which are
hereby exempted from the provisions of this |
act.
SIC. 8. And be 1t further enacted, That |
from and after the first day OF July next, |
and until otherwise ordered by the Presi- |
dent, the duties of the register and receiver |
of New Mexico shall be transferred to and |
devo!ved upon the surVeyor-general of that |
Territory, and it shall aud may be las full |
for the President. in like manner, to trans.
fer The duties of register and receiver in |
any district TO the surveyor-general, where |
the pubic interest may require such trans
fer.
Sec 8. And be Il further enacted, That
from and after the first day of July next,
the salary of the surveyor-general of Cali
fornia shall not exceed three thousand dol
lars per aunum, and salaries of the survey
or-general of Oregon and WashingtUo shall
not exceed two thousand five hundred dol
lars each per annum, end shou the sur.
veyiug distticts of Utah and Nevada be
urTrntter established by order of the Presi-
dent, each 90 independenf district the
salaries of the surveyor-general shall not
exceed three thousand dollars each for asd
district.
Sec. 10. And be IL further enacted, That
when the settlers in any township or town.
ships, no, mineral or reserved by Govern
ment, shall desire survey made of the
same, under the authority of the surveyor
general of the United States, and shall file
an application therefor 10 writing, and de-
posit 10 a proper United States depository,
to the credit of the United States, a SUM
sufficient to pay for such survey, together
with all expenses incident thereto, without
cost or cIain for indemnify on the United
States. it shall and may be lawful for said
surveyor general, under such Instructions
as NAV be given him by the Commissioners
of the General Land Office, and in accord
auce with existing laws and instructions, to
survey such township or townships, and
make return thereof to the general and
proper local land Office Provided, The
townships so proposed to be surveyed are
within the range of the regular progress of
the public surveys embraced by existing |
lines or bases fnr the nRhirs |