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for township, and five dollars for section
lines. forty thousand dollars. -

For surveying the puDHc ldnus III haue"'
at rates not exceeding ten dollars per inca
mile for standard lines, six dollars for town
shin. and five dollars for section lines, fort.
thousand dollars.
For surveying the public lands in Colo
RADIO. t rates not exceeding fifteen dollars
nor l;neal mile for standard lines, twelve
dollars for township, and ten dollars for sec
ton lines, forty thousand dollars. =,
For the survey of the pubic LANDS wlthll
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 1oI
surveys of public lands within the hmits o.
the above railroad land grants shall De CON
ditional upon the compliance OF sald com
panies or parties in interest," viii '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 raii.
road and telegraph line from the missouri
river to the Pacific ocean, and to secure to
the government the use of the same LOT
| postal military and other purposes. ap-
proved July first eighteen hundred and
sixty-two, Statutes volume thirteen, page
three hundred and sixty-tiye. -,
For surveying the public lands in Idaho,
at rates not exceeding fifteen dollars per
lineal mile for standard lines, twelve dol
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| thirty thousand dollars.
For surveying the public lands in New
Mexico, at rates not exceeding fifteen dol
| lars per Iineal 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
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| 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-fye 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.
Tor surveying the public lands in Oregon
situated west of the Cascade mountains,
densely covered with forests or thick un-
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
lneal mile for standard lines, twelve dol
lars for township, and ten dollars for sec
ton lines, forty-fve 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-five 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
veying public lands in Nebraska and
Kansas. !
For continuing the geological survey of |
the Territories of the United States, bv |
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
IF the Treasury. 'f .a.
For additional compensation to Henry
Douglass, in the employ of the Doorkeeper
If the House of Representatives, for the
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md his regular annual compensation is
hereby increased that amount, sum suffi-
'ient to pay which for the next fiscal wear
g hereby appropriated, and hereafter his
shall be eight hundred and
wenty dollars per anuum
And Godfrey Weitzel, of the corps of en-
,ineers, United States army, and in charge
# the improvement of the Louisville canal,
S hereby empowered and directed, subject
nff h.
II engineers, to adjust and pay, out of any
money appropriated for the improvement
# said canal, to John b. Brown, any legal
r equitable claim he may have against the
United States arising out of his contract by
nm to perform work on said improvement
f said canal, in eighteen hundred and
evenly: Provided, That there shall not
e paid to him in any event over eight
housand two hundred dollars, nor more I'M
er that sum than. together with any sums
lready paid him on account of said con-
ract and work, shall be equal to the fair
nd reasonable value to the government of
he work done by him for the government
nder such contract.
To pay Winnie Ream for making the mar
lie statue of Abraham Lincoln, ten thou
and dollars, which, in addition to the sum
five thousand dollars already paid, shall
e in full of all claims for said work.
To reimburse S. Wolf, recorder of deeds
pr the District of Columbia, for certain
ooks of record and indexes purchased by
i'm for the use of his. Office, one thousand
wo hundred and forty-eight dollars. 80
To Mary b. Walker, widow of Robert J.
Walker, for money expended by him when
err1torlal governor of Kansas, thirteen
thousand and three dollars and seventy-fye
ents, or so much thereof as may be neces-
a-y, to be paid on vouchers to be sinh
litted to the proper accounting officers of j
no Q |