New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-06-27

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| lines, forty thousand dollars.
| For surveying the public lands in Kansas.
| at rates not exceeding ten dollars per hneal
mile for standard lines, six dollars for town
| ship. and five dollars for section lines, forty
thousand dollars.
| For surveying the public lands in Colo
RADIO, at rates not exceeding fifteen dollars
per lineal mile for standard lines, twelve
| dollars for township, and ten dollars for Sec
ton lines, forty thousand dollars.
For the survey of the public lands within
| the limits of the land grant to Kansas
| Pacific Railroad Company IN the Territory
of Colorado, thirty thousand dollars; pro-
vided, that the foregoing appropriations for
surveys of public lands within the limits OF
the above railroad land grants shall be con-
dtional upon the compliance Of said COM
panles or parties in interest with the
| requirements of the twenty-first 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 a rail-
road and telegraph line from the Missouri
| river to the Pacific ocean, and to secure TO
| the government the use of the same for
postal, military and other purposes APP
| proved July first. eighteen hundred and
| siXty-two, Statutes volume thirteen, page
three hundred and sixty-tive.
For surveying the public lands in Idaho,
at rates not exceeding fifteen dollars per
lneal 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 Ari-
IONA, at rates not exceeding fifteen dollars
per lineal mile for standard lines, twelve
dollars for township, and ten dollars Tor
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-tiye thousand dol
lars.
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.
For surveying the public lands in Oregon
situated west of the Cascade mountains,
densely covered with forests or thick I'M
dergrowth, at the rates of 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 five 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 aud 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 reservations and provided
| further, that the compensation for making
survey shall not exceed the respective
prices per mile allowed by this act for sur
veying 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 Interior, 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, sum suffi-
cient 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 ont 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 un-
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-fve
cents, or SO much thereof as may be neces-
sa-y, to be paid on vouchers to be sub