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1098 FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. SEss. III. Ch. 424. 1899. to he defective orfraudulent, andiuspectingmincral deposits, coal iields, and timber districts, and for making such other surveys or examinations as may be required for identiiication of lands for purposes of evidence Alun. in any suit or proceeding in behalf of the United States. And the system of public land surveys is hereby extended to the district of · Alaska. ‘ _ Grant ud Kookor For the purpose of completing the resurvey of the lands of Grant Tmw¤_ and Hooker counties, in the State of Nebraska, as originally authorized Wl- ¤·P-M by the Act of Congress approved August ninth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, the unexpended balance, not exceeding four thousand dollars, of the original appropriation for said purpose is hereby reappropriated, to be immediately available and to continue available during the iiscal year nineteen hundred. mcggfgéd P*'*”°° For survey of private land claims in the States of Colorado, Nevada, ` Wyoming, and Utah, and in the Territories of Arizona and New Mexico, v¤1.zc,p.ss4. confirmed under the provisions of the Act of Congress entitled "An Act to establish a Court of.Private Land Claims, and to provide for the settlement of private land claims in certain States and Territories/’ approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, and for the resurvey of such private land claims heretofore confirmed as may be deemed necessary, fitteen thousand dollars, said sum to be also available for ouice work on such surveys. Abandoned military _ For necessary expenses of survey, appraisal, and sale of abandoned '°°°"“"°”" military reservations transferred to the control of the Secretary of the vol.¤,¤.1¤¤. Interior under the provisions of an Act of Congress approved July fifth, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, and any law prior thereto, €··• G¤¤•*°· including a custodian of the ruin of Casa Grande, six thousand dollars. Goologioolonrvoy- UNITED STATES GEOLoG1cAL SURVEY. soionulicnosinunts- Fon SALARIES OF THE so1EN1‘11~‘10 Ass1srANTs OF THE GEOLOG- B“1‘”"‘ ICAL SURVEY! For two geologists, at four thousand dollars each; For one geologist, three thousand dollars; For one geologist, two thousand seven hundred dollars; For two paleontologists, at two thousand dollars each; For one chemist, three thousand dollars; ‘ For one geographer, two thousand seven hundred dollars; For one geographer, two thousand five hundred dollars; For two topographers, at two thousand dollars each; in all, twenty- nine thousand nine hundred dollars. menu Fon cnunan. Exrnnsns or run Gnonooxclu. Suavnv; For the Geological Survey and the classification of the public lands and exami- ‘ nation of the geological structure, mineral resources, and the products of the national domain, and to continue the preparation of a geological map of the United States, including the pay of temporary employees in the field and office, and all other necessary expenses, including telegrams, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, namely: Lnborors. For pay of killed laborers and various temporary employees, thirteen thousand dollars; “'$:r<·lv¤v¤*¤ ¤¤¤· For topographic surveys in various portions of the United States, ‘two hundred and forty thousand dollars, to be immediately available; Gwlogiul ¤¤rv¤y¤· For geological surveys in the various portions of the United States, one hundred and ten thousand dollars, to be immediately available; A.,,,,,, ,,.,,,m..,_ For continuation of the investigation of the coal and gold resources of Alaska, twenty-five thousand dollars, to be immediately available; rszmmiogacal to- For paleontologic researches relating to the geology of the United "‘“"°""· States, ten thousand dollars; Cnomiololrooearohos- For chemical and physical researches relating to the geology of the United States, seven thousand dollars; iuummons. For the preparation of the illustrations of the Geological Survey, fourteen thousand dollars;