Omaha daily bee., 1905-09-16
GOVERNMENT NOTICES
PROPosALs FOR REsURVEYs

PROPOSALS. FOR RESURVEYs AND
surveys in Rock and Brown Counties, Ne
braska-Department OF the Interior, August
70 lyO5.-Sealed proposals will be received
at the General Land Office, Washington,
ID. C., until ? O'Clock p. IN. on Saturday,
October IA, 1906, for resurveying and max
ing in accordance with the requirements of
the Manual of Surveying Instructions Of
1902 by suitable monuments the standard,
meander, township and section lines. as
also for surveying and marking the metes
and bounds Of any and all bona fide claims
of present owners and school sections in
80 full townships situate in the Counties
of Rock and Brown, in the State of Ne
braska as authorized by the act Of Con-
gress approved March 3, 1905 (33 States, pit.
l, p. 1880, which reads as follows: BE II
enacted by the Senate and House of Rep
resentatives of the United States OF Amer
rotary of the Interior be and and is hereby
authorized to cause to be made resurvey
twenty-seven and twenty-eight north, range
seventeen; townships twenty-five, twenty
six, twenty-seven and twenty eight north,
twenty-siX, twenty-seven and twenty-eight
north, range nineteen; townships twenty
FIVE, twenty-siX, twenty-seven and twenty
eight north range twenty; townships
Twenty-Five twenty-siN, twenty-seven and
twenty7eisht north; range twe9,ty.o11 ,
seven and twenty-eight north, range TWEEN
tY-two townships twenty-five, twenty-siX
twenty-seven and overweight north. range
twenty-three and townships TWENTY-FIVE,
twenty-siX, twenty-seven and twenty-eigh
north, range twenty four west Of the sixth
principal meridian. situated in the Counties
OF Rock and Brown. in the State Of Ne
braska; and all rules and regulations Of
the Interior Department requiring petit
ton from all settlers OF said counties, ask
ing for resuTveys and agreement 10 abide
By the result Of the same so far as these
lands are concerned, are hereby abrogated
Provided, that nothing herein contained
shall be so construed 10 Impair the
present bona hde claim OF any actual oc-
cupant OF any Of said lands so occupied
Provided further that before any survey
is ordered Il shall be made 70 appear 10
the Secretary Of the Interior that the for
mer of1Cial survey OF said lands Is so In
accurate or obliterated as TO make II neces-
sary to survey the land, and only such
parts Of the land where the survey is 80
Inaccurate or obliterated shall be sur
Veyed. The requisite resurveys, and sur
veys OF metes and bounds OF all existing
claims OF actual occupants, together with
the metes and bounds OF school sections
to be executed in compliance with specln-
cations and instructions and existing ON
cial surveying regulations. Proposals Tor
executing the resurveys and surveys or
lines Of existing claims must also include
i'm the rates per mile the prepare ton OF the
plats Of the TesuTVeys In tripucate ana the
field notes in duplicate, the metes ana
bounds Of claims and school sections and
their intersections with the lines or resur-
vey to he indicated on the plats and de-
scribed in the field notes. The rates OF
mileage 10 be allowed for the held and
once work will not be In excess Of 50 per
mile for standard and meander lines,
for township lines and So for section lines
Including lines OF claims and connections
Copies OF the specifications relative 70 the
resurveys and survey OF lines Of existing
claims will BE- furnished bidders on appn-