440 CPITLE xxxn.——THE PUBLIC LANDS.—Ch. 9. thus returned, shall be held and considered as containing the one·half or tl}e olpeifourth part, reiepectively, of the returned contents of the section 0 w ic they may ma e part. Lines of division Sec. 2397. In every case of the division of a quarter-section the line eihalilenarwrsec- for the division thereof shall run north and south, and the corners and j°“*’· °“ “"‘· contents of half quarter-sections which may thereafter be sold, shall be _ 2-1.-\pril,1820,c. ascertained in the manner and 011 the principles directed and prescribed °lgS§1Y131gé,§6€· by the section preceding, and fractional sections containing one hundred 65 v_{’1"I;_ mf °· and sixty acres or upwards shall in like manner as nearly as practicable ’ ’ be subdivided into half guarter-sections, under such rules and regulations as may be_prescribe by the Secretary of the Interior, and in every clase 0; ze division of a half quarter·section, the line for the division t ereo s a run east and west, and the corners and contents of quarter quarter-sections which may thereafter be sold shall be ascertamed as nearlyas may be, in the manner, and on the principles, directed and prescribed by the section preceding; and fractional sections containing fewer or more than one hundred and sixty acres shall in like manner, as nearly as may be practicable, be subdivided into quarter %1;arter-secgons, undeik sluch rules and regulations as may he prescri d by the ecretarv o the Interior. (`0¤*¤`*¢*¤fo*`¤¤¤‘· Sec. 2i$98. Contracts for the survey of the public lands shall not
become binding upon the United States until approved by the Commis-
301`1g1»{—m12;; sioner of the Gelneral Land—Ofiice, except in such cases as the Com- 1g11S_ 1,1-j;2,1,_40g_ IHISSIODGP may otherwise specially orde1·. s1¤ig£1Ye»·.·ry1i-rj 1 B1., 201. tiomlkgtm Sec. 2399. The printed manual of instructions relating to the public part of wntmcte surveys, prepared at_the (xeneral Land—()fHce, and bearing date Febru- , m. _.".. ary twenty-second, eighteen hundred and fifty~five, the instructions of 8639 é*I$y1_}¥;6ibg- Corpmgssioner of the GeneralhLand-Office, and the special instruc-
- ‘· 1 · ·* · · ions o e surveyor-general, w en not in condict with such rinted
manual, or the instructions of the Commissioner, shall be taklin and _ deemed to be a part of every contract for surveying the public lands. h;’;1€;z>£i;Q§‘S, Sec. 2400. The Commissioner of the Genera1Land-Oihce has power, _1§U\e_T1E§; anld ilt sling be his duty, to HE tee prices per mile for public survevs, · · fj!'. ,<*· w 1C a in_no case excee the maximum established by law· and S6§*·1$’i;Tt‘Qg’i;°*;: under instructions to be prepared by the Commissioner, an acduratd 130, ,._ 18, p_ 381 account shall be_kept by each surveyor-general of the cost of surveyin gg plattpllguprivate gand-elainis, to be reported to the General Land? ce wi e_map o suc claim and tents shall n t i · f * suphtplruaate claimmnm thIe_cost oi survrdy and platting) hazbutieeiirrihd V in o e reasurv ny e c a1mant. Imglgglhagliglggg h S30. 2401. Vi hen the settlers in aniy township, not mineral or reserved 119,,111, 10W11S1UP_ y overnment, desire a survely ma e of the same, under the authoritv 30-11 ay-18Sé-6 of the_surveyor-general, and fi e an application therefor in writin , and S6, S• 10, #\,· wipe deposit in a proper_Un1ted States depository, to the credit of the United
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_ _ · , 1 ou cos or c a1m or in emnity on the United btates, it may be lawful for the surveyor-general, under such instructions as may be given_him by the Commissioner of the General Land—OiiSce, and 1; etecordance with law, to survey such township and make return thereof e general and proper local land·office. provided the township so ro-
teube surveyed is 1g1d11n thet range ofd the regular progress ofptbe
_ · ys em race ry exis in ta d l` · D _1 f township and subdivisional surveys. g S n M mes Ol bases for the Yenggswgf SSLS: Sino. E102z The deposit of money in a proper United States depository, 1 (:1,1111,11 an appw un_ er the 1p1 ovisions of the proce mg section, shall be deemed an appro- 1,,111,% 1;.,; prnation o the sums so deposited for the objects contemplated by that 11,,1y,18"‘_64,R8S_ge1e1tion, gud thedSecretary of the Treasury is authorized to cause the Ne.eo,v_13,1,_414_ for phzosueplesein -;grb'ecplae)eld to the credit of the proper appropriations the actual 00 .1 g th ‘, any exeesses in such sums over and above for which th sy o e surveys, comprising all expenses incident thereto, mspectivelyey were several y deposited, s all be repaid to the depositors
