248 THIRTY-SECOND CONGRESS. Suss. II. Ch. 145. 1853. applicable to the public surveys in the State of California; and the suHi~ ciency of the surctics to all such bonds shall be a.pproved·and certified by the proper Surveyor-General; and the same provision is hereby extended to all other branches of the public surveying service elsewhere ; and all such bonds heretofore required of Deputy-Surveyors, according to usage in the surveying service, shall be deemed and held to be of the Sm·veyor-Gc- same validity as if the same had been required by law. And it is hereby gm: g made the duty of each of the respective Surveyors-General of the public mu,} 8 P lands of the United States, so far as is compatible with the desk dutigg of his officc, occasionally to inspect. the surveying operations while in progress in the field, sufficiently to satisfy himself, from actual inspection, of the fidelity of the execution of the work according to contract, and the actual and necessary expenses incurred by him while so engaged shall M3! ¤-gp<>i¤¤¤· be allowed; and where it is incompatible with his other duties for a Sup.
- g§t °“ M veyor-General to devote the time necessary to make a personal inspection of the work in progress, then he shall be and hereby is authorized
to deputc a confidential agent to make such examination ; and the actual and necessary expenses of such person shall be allowed and paid for that service, and five dollars par day duping the examination in the field: Proviso. Provided, That such examination shall not be protracted beyond thirty days, and iri no case longer than is actually necessary; and when a Surveyor-Gcneral, or any person employed in his office at a. regular salary, shall be engaged in such special service, he or they shall only receive his necessary expenses in addition to his regular salary. $¤¤¤y¤¤‘-G<·=- Sec. 11. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of the Interior {‘°°'u'gvgfa(3;`§f°“ be and be is hereby authorized and required to cause to be provided for the officc of the Surveyor-General of Oregon, a seal, with such device as
0 igissagistgg shall be deemed suitable, and copies of any papers on iilc in his office
Gvgdgnw which may be authenticated by him under said seal shall be evidence in
all cases in which the originals would be evidence, and from and after
ms ““l*“`Y• gm passage of this act the salary of said Surveyor shall be three thousand vc hundred dollars pcr annum. · Giuntbo Cali- Sec. 12. And be it further enacted, That the quantity of two entire
f" *'· U¤*· townships, or seven ty-two sections, shall be and the same is hereby
y` granted to the State of California for the use of a seminary of learning, said lands to be selected by the Governor of the State, or any person he may designate for that purpose, in legal subdivisions of not less than a quarter-section of any of the unsold, unoccupied, and una.ppropriated public lands therein, subject to the approval of the, Secretary of the Interior, Pf¤Vi¤<>· and to be disposed ofas the Legislature shall direct: Provided, however, ‘ That nb mineral lands, or lands reserved for any public purpose whatever, or lands to which any settler may be entitled under the provisions of this act, shall be subject to such selection. mg};:¤t[1£ 0 31%- Sec. 13. And be it further enacted, That there shall be and is hereby buumugmp ° grunted to the State of California the quantity of ten entire sections of land, for the purpose of erecting the public buildings of that State, said lands to be selected by the Governor, or any persons he may designate, in legal subdivisions of not less than ll. qum·ter—scction of any of the unsold, unoccupied, aud unappropriatcd public lands in that State, and sub- Y'¤’°W¤°· ject to the approval of the Secretary of the Interim-: Provided, however, That none of said selections shall be made of mineral lands or lands reserved for any public purpose whatever, or lands to which any settler may be entitled under the provisions of this act. APPROVED, March 3, 1853.
