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SIXTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 462. 1925. 1].45 durable monuments to be used for public land survey corners wherever practicable: Provided further, That not to exceed $10,000 of pigignw md °"" this appropriation may be expended for salaries of employees of the Held survigying service temporarily detailed to the General Land Oihce: Prov' ed further, That not to exceed $15,000 of this appro- ,,,Q,,'°¤‘§,n°°'* ,°°“‘ priation may be used for the surve , classification, and sale of the ew- 8 ‘ me lands and timber of the so—called gregon and California Railroad Om ds lands and the Coos Bay Wagon Road lands: Provided further, That an ` not to exceed.$50,000 of this appropriation may be used for surveys and resurveys, under the rectangular system provided by law, of public lands deemed to be valuable for 011 and oil shale. Reproducing glats of surveys: To enable the Commissioner of the 1dngp1B¤d General Land {lice to continue to reproduce worn and defaced oilicial plats of surveys on file, and other plats constituting a part of the records of said otlioe, to furnish local land offices with the same, and for reproduciriig by photolithography original plats of surveys prepared in the offices of surveyors general, $6,000. Registers: For salaries and commissions of registers of district giiggiildaum or orland offices, at not exceeding $3,000 per annum each, $175,000: Pro- “°$’;,,_,,',, ms vided, That the oilioes of register and receiver of such land offices ' as may now have two officials shall be consolidated, effective July 1, 1925, and the applicable provisions of the Act approved October 28, 1921, shall be followed in eifecting such consolidations. C t _ Contingent expenses of land offices: For clerk hire, rent, and other 4°Zig?>ii!i4z°ip°°°°° mcidental expenses of the district land offices, including the expenses of depositing public money; per diem, in lieu of subsistence, P°"“°“‘ '““"'“°“°"· of clerks detailed to examine the books and management of district land offices and to assist in the operation of said offices and in the opening of new land offices and reservations, when allowed pursuant v,,I_,8,,_m_ to section 13 of the Sundry Civil Appropriation Act approved Auggst 1, 1914, and for actual necessary traveling expenses of said cler and of clerks transferred in the interest of the public service p,,,,,;,,,_ from one district land office 'to another: Provided, That no expenses E*P°¤¤¤¤K¤**¤¤- chargeable to the Government shall be incurred by regésters in the conduct of local land offices except upon previous speci c authorization by the Commissioner of the General Land Office, $350,000. Tim Depredations on public timber, protecting public lands, and set- rr¤¤¤¤b¤i¤ig ii£ tlement of claims for swamp land and swamp-land indemnity: For °'j;*,,'§Qj‘*;{**{·,,,,_ protecting timber on the pu lic lands, and for the more efficient execution of the law and rules relating to the cutting thereof; of protecting public lands from illegal and raudulent entry or appropriation, and of adjusting claims for swamp lands and in enmity for swamp lands, $420,000, including not exceeding $35,000 for the purchase of wml motor- ropelled passenger-carrying vehicles for the use of agents °°°’°°°‘ and otiiers employed in the iield service and for operation, maintenance, and exchange of same and for operation and maintenance of Pr _ a motor boat: Provided, That agents and others employed under this p..§',i‘{f,’;,,,,,,,,,i,,,,,,,,,_ appropriation may be allowed per diem in lieu_of subs1stence, pur- v°,_38_p_,,m suant to section 13 of the Sundry Civil Appropriation Act approved August 1, 1914, and actual necessary expenses or transportation, ex- In um cept when agents are employed in Alaska they may be allowed not ‘ exceeding $5 per day each in lieu of subsistence. _ Hwmgs in md W ‘ Hearings in land entries: For hearings or other (proceedmgs held tries by order of the Commissioner of the General Lan Office to determine the character of lands, whether alleged fraudulent entries are of that character or have been made in compliance with law, and of ,,m;__,_ hearings in disbarment proceedings, $15,000: Provided, That where Depositiouieu depositions are taken for use in such hearings the fees of the officer taking them shall be 20 cents per folio for taking and certifymg same and 10 cents per folio for each copy furnished to a party on request.