New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-06-28


| lines, forty thousand dollars.
For surveying the public lands LII Kansas,
at rates not exceeding ten dollars per llneai
mile for standard lines, six dollars tor town.
ship, and five dollars for section lines, 1orty
thousand dollars.
For surveying the public lands in Colo
RADIO, at rates not exceeding fifteen dollars
per lineal mile for standard lines, ."eiVe
dollars for township, and ten dollars 1or Sec
ton lines, forty thousand dollars. go.
For the survey of the public lands within
the limits of the land grant to Kansas
Pacific Railroad Company in the Ierritory
of Colorado, thirty thousand dollars; pro
vided, that the foregoing appropriations ZOE :
surveys of public lands within the limits OF
the above railroad land grants shall De con-
ditional upon the compliance OF said com
panies or parties in interest with tne
requirements of the twenty-tirst section OF
the act of July second eighteen hundred
and sixty-four, entitled IAN act TO amend
an act to aid IN the construction OF ran.
road and telegraph line from the Missouri
river to the Pacific ocean, and to secure 10
the government the use OF the same Tor
postal, military and other purposes" ap,,
proved July first. eighteen hundred ana
sixty-twO, Statutes volume thirteen, page
three hundred and sixty-fve.
For surveying the public lands IN ldaho,
at rates not exceeding fifteen dollars per
lineal mile for standard lines, twelve dol
lars for township and ten for section lines,
thirty thousand dollars.
For surveying the public lands in New
Mexico, at rates not exceeding fifteen dol
lars per lineal mile for standard lines,
twelve dollars for township and ten dollars
for section lines, ten thousand dsllars.
| For surveying the public lands in Arr
IONA, at rates not exceeding fifteen dollars
| per lineal mile for standard lines, twelve
dollars for township, and ten dollars for
section lines, twenty thousand dollars.
| For surveying the public lands in Cali
| fOrnia, at rates not exceeding fifteen dollars
| per lineal mile for standard lines, twelve
dollars for township, and ten dollars for
section lines, seventy thousand dollars:
| Provided, That the Commissioner of the
General Land Office, in his discretion, may
hereafter authorize public lands in said
| State, and also in Oregon and Washington
| Territory, densely covered with forests or
| thick underground, to be surveyed at aug
| mented rates, not exceeding eighteen dol
lars per mile for standard parallels, fifteen
dollars for township, and twelve dollars for
section lines.
For surveying the public lands in
Oregon, at rates not exceeding fifteen dol
lars per lineal mile for standard lines,
twelve dollars for township, and ten dollars
for section lines thirty-fve thousand dol
lars. -.t.. -"
For surveying the public lands in Wash
ingtOn Territory, at rates not exceeding
fifteen dollars per lineal mile for standard
lines, twelve dollars for township, and ten
dollars for section lines, forty thousand
dollars. ...f
For surveying the public lands in Oregon
situated west of the Cascade mountains,
densely covered with forests or thick I'M
dergrOwth, at the ratessof not exceeding six
teen dollars for township and section lines,
fifteen thousand dollars.
For surveying the public lands in Utah
Territory, at rates not exceeding fifteen
dollars per mile for standard lines, twelve
dollars for township, and ten dollars for
section lines, fifteen thousand dollars.
For surveying the public lands in Nevada,
at rates not exceeding fifteen dollars per
lineal mile for standard lines, twelve dol
lars for township, and ten dollars for sec
ton lines, forty-tive thousand dollars.
For surveying the public lands in the
Territory of Wyoming, at rates not exceed
ing fifteen dollars per lineal mile for stand
ard, twelve dollars for township, and ten
dollars for section lines, forty thousand dol
lars.
MISCELLANEOUS.
To mark and define the boundary lines
between the Territory of Utah on the north
and of Idaho on the south, six thousand
four hundred and eighty dollars.
To enable the Secretary of the Interior to
pay the expense of the survey of the dimin-
ished reservation of the Great and Little
Usage Indians, in the State of Kansas,
seventy-ive thousand dollars, or so much
thereof as may be necessary; provided, that
the amount so paid for said survey shall be
refunded to the treasury from the proceeds
of sale of said reservation; and provided
further, that the compensation for making
survey shall not exceed the respective
prices per mile allowed by this act for sur
yeying public lands in Nebraska and
Kansas.
For continuing the geological survey of
the Territories of the United States, by
Professor Hayden. under the direction of
the Secretary of the Int rior forty thou
sand dollars.
For continuing the completion of the
survey of the Colorado of the West and
its tributaries, by Professor Powell. under
the direction of the Smithsonian Institution
twelve thousand dollars.
For expenses of prosecuting the inquiry
authorized by law into the causes of the
decrease of the food fishes of the coast and
the lakes, five thousand dollars, to be ex.
pended under the direction of the Secretary
of the Treasury.
For additional compensation to Henry
Douglass, in the employ of the Doorkeeper
OF the House of Representatives, for the
present fiscal year. one hundred dollars:
and his regular annual compensation is
hereby increased that amount, a sum suffi-
Gent to pay which for the next fiscal year
is hereby appropriated, and hereafter his
compensation shall be eight hundred and
twenty dollars per anuum.
And Godfrey Weitzel of the corps of en-
gineers, United States army, and in charge
OF the improvement of the Louisville canal,
is hereby empowered and directed. subject
to the approval of the Chief of said CORPS
OF engineers, to adjust and pay, out of any
money appropriated for the improvement
OF said canal, to John B. Brown, any legal
or equitable claim he may have against the
United States arising out of his contract by
him to perform work on said improvement
of said canal, in eighteen hundred and
seventy: Provided, That there shall not
be paid to him in any event over eight
thousand two hundred dollars, nor more I'M
der that sum than. together with any sums
already paid him on account of said CON
tract and work, shall be equal to the fair
and reasonable value to the government of
the work done by him for the government
under such contract
To pay Winnie Ream, for making the mar
BILE statue of Abraham Lincoln. ten thou
SAND dollars, which, in addition to the sum
OF five thousand dollars already paid, shall
be in full of all claims for said work.
To reimburse S. Wolf, recorder of deeds
for the District of Columbia, for certain
books of record and indexes purchased by
HIM for the use of his Office, one thousand
two hundred and forty-eight dollars.
To Mary b. Walker, widow of Robert J.
Walker, for money expended by him when
territorial governor of Kansas, thirteen
thousand and three dollars and seventy-five
cents, or so much thereof as may be neces-