Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1871-05-17

at rates not exceeding hfteen dollais per Aiisss'
mile for standard lines, twelve dollars Tor town
shin. and ter dollars for section lines, forty
thousand dollars.
For the survey of the public lands within the
limits of the land grant to Kansas Pac1c
Railroad Company in the Territory of Colorado,
thirty thousand dollars: Provided, That the
: foregoing appropriations for surveys OF public
! lands within the limits of the above railroad
: land grants shall be conditional upon the COM
pliance of said companies or parties in interest
with the requirements of the twenty-frst sec
ton of the act of July second, eighteen hum
dred and sixty-four, entitled An act to amend
an act to aid in the construction of a railroad
and telegraph line from the Missouri river to
the Pacific ocean, and to secure to the govern
mont the use of the same for postal, military,
and other purposes" approved July first,
eigteen hundred and sixty-two, Statutes volume
thirteen, page three hundred and sixty-fye.
For surveying the public lands IN Idaho, at
rates not exceeding fifteen dollars per Gneal
mile for standard lines, twelve dollars for town
ship, and ten for section lines, thirty thousand
dollars.
For surveying the public lands in New Mex
leo, at rates not exceeding fifteen dollars per
lineal mile for standard lines, twelve dollars
for township, and ten dollars for section lines,
ten thousand dollars.
For surveying the public lands in Arizona, at
rates not exceeding fifteen dollars per iineal
mile for standard lines, twelve dollars for town
Ship and ten dollars for section lines twenty
thousand dollars.
For surveying the public lands in California
at rates not exceeding fifteen dollars per lineal
mile for Standard lines, twelve dollars for town
ship, and ten dollars for section lines seven
thousand dollars: Provided, That the Commits
sioner of the General Land Office, in his dis
cretion, may hereafter authorize public lands
in said State, also in Oregon and Washington
Territory denseiy covered with forest or thick
underground, to be surveyed at augmented
rates, not exceeding eighteen dollars per mile
for standard parallels fifteen dollars for town.
ship, and twelve dollars for section lines
For surveying public lands in Oregon at rates
not exceeding fifteen dollars per lineal mile for
standard lines, twelve dollars for township,
and ten dollars for section lines, thirty five
thousand dollars.
For surveying the public lands in Washing
ton Territory, at rates not exceeding fifteen dol
lars 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 sit
uated west of the Cascade mountains, densely
covered with forests or thick underground, at
the rates of not exceeding sixteen dollars for
township and section lines, fifteen thousand
dollars.
For surveying the public lands in Utah Ter
rtory, at rates not exceeding fifteen dollars per
mile for standard lines. twelve dollars for town
ship, and ten dollars for section lines, fifteen
thousand dollars.
For surveying the public lands in Nevada, at
rates not exceeding fifteen dollars per lineal
ship, and ten dollars for section lines, forty-fve
thousand dollars.
For surveying the public lands in the Terri
tory of Wyoming, at rates not exceeding fifteen
dollars per lineal mile for standard, twelve dol
lars for township and ten dollars for section
lines, forty thousand dollars.
MISCELLANEOUS
To mark and define the boundary lines b, :
tween 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 diminished
reservation of the Great and Little Usage In |
dans, in the State of Kansas, seventy-fye thou |
sand dollars, or so much thereof as may he |
necessary: Provided, That the amount so paid |
for said survey shall be refunded to the treas
ury from the proceeds of sale of said reserva- |
ton: And provided further, That the compen-
sation for making survey shall not exceed the |
respective prices per mile allowed by this act |
for surveying public lands in Nebraska and |
Kansas. 500
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 thousand 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 dol |
lars. 80
For expenses of prosecuting the. inquiry |
ny law luGO Tue causes OF the de- |
crease of the food fishes of the coast and the |
lakes, five thousand dollars, to be expended un- |
der the direction of the Secretary of the Treas
ury.
For additional compensation to Henry Doug |
lass, in the employ of the Doorkeeper of the |
House of Representatives, for the present fiscal |
year, one hundred dollars; and his regular an
nual compensation is hereby increased that |
amount. a sum sufficient to pay which for the |
next fiscal year is hereby appropriated and |
hereafter his compensation shall be eight hun
dred and twenty dollars per annum |
And Godfrey Weitzel, of the corps of engi- |
neers, 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 appro- |
priated for the improvement Of said canal, to |
John b. Brown, any legal or equitable claim he |
may have against the United States arising out |
improvement of said canal, in eight en- hundred |
and seventy: Prorided, That there shall not be |
paid to him in any event over eight thousand two
hundred dollars, nor more under that sum than,
together with any sum already paid him on ac-
count of said contract and work, shall be equal |
to the fair and reasonable value to the govern |
ment of the work done by him for the govern |
lnent under such contract
To pay Winnie Ream, for making the marble |
stutue of Abraham Lincoln, one thousand dol |
lars which, in addition to the sum of five thou
sand dollars already paid, shall be In full of |
all claims for said work. 7Ss-ss
To reimburse S. Wolf, recorder of deeds forj
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
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