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FIFTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 791. 1900. 615 Provided, That any balance remainin to the credit of the appropria- *"°”*°?°· tion for this purpose for the current tgscal year nineteen hunrdliedfand prlgeiliwgceivaiiiaiilliilrw uncontracted for on June thirtieth, nineteen hundred, may be used during the fiscal year nineteen hundred and one for the purposes indicated. TRANSCRIPTS or RECORDS AND PLATS, GENERAL LAND Orrronz For c°},`g§g°§§g{;w°' *°· furnishing transcripts of records and plats, to be expended under ` the direction of ·the Secretariy of the Interior, ten thousand dollars: Pmvided, That copyists employed under this appropriation shall be __{§;;§g*{é selected by the Secretary o the Interio1·.at a compensation of two ‘ ° dollars per day while actually employed, at such times and for such periods as the exigencies of the work may demand: Provided further, hat this appropriation shall be immediately available for the employ- V,§$§°’g§eg*},§, Lg; ment of copyists under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, Mi1es'City.Mc¤i¢. at the rate of compensation named herein, for the urpose of reproducing from the records of the General Land Office sie official records . of the district land `offices at Lake View, Oregon, and Miles City, Montana, which were destroyed by fire on May twenty-third and twenty-fourth, nineteen hundred, res ctively. · PAYMENT or FEES, AND so roncru, GENERAL LAND OErIoE: For the P¤v¤¤¤¤¢<>ff¤w.¤¤¤J payment of revenue stamps, notarial and recordin fees on reconvey- ances of land to the United States, five hundred dollars. OFFICE or SURVEYOB.-GENERAL, `CoLoIaADo: Additional amount for 0H§&*g§§)·ggg¤¢m1’¤ rent of office, payment of messenger stationery, binding and repairing ’ ` records, repairs of furniture, and other incidental expenses, one thousand one hundred dollars. MINERAL LANDs IN MONTANA AND IDAI=1o: To complete the exami- m}§*;${g*,$l<})¤.M¤¤- nation and classification of certain lands within the land grant and cmqpeusmiou or ` indemnity land grant limits of the Northern Paciic Railroad Company §§§“1'E}§${§'Q$§,‘§§’,‘§‘},sg in the Helena and Missoula land districts in the State of Montana and R¤¤¤>¤¤1¤¤¤sr¤¤¤- _ in the Coeur d’Alene land district in the State of Idaho, with special reference to the mineral or nonmineral character of such lands, as authorized by the Act of February twenty-sixth, eighteen hundred V°*·28·P·°83· and ninet -five (Twenty-eighth Statutes, six hundred and eighty-three), namely: For the compensation of the commissioners, not exceedin ExP°“°°*· fifteen in number, of whom not more than ten shall be of one politiczil party, to be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, such compensation not to exceed six dollars per day for each commissioner while actually engalged in the performance of their duties, which amount shall include their transportation and subsistence expenses; also for the publication of monthly reports and for the payment of such clerical he p as in the opinion o the Commissioner of the General Land Office may be necessary for the expeditious and economical prosecution of the work, twenty-five thousand _ dollars: Provided, That each commissioner shall act separatel , and §§{’,f",f,‘§gSi0,,€,s to onl one commissioner shall examine and report on any tract oty land, ¤<=¤¤¢r¤r¤t¤1v etc, andy his examination and report shall have the same force and effect as if made by three commissmners, and under this appropriation the entire work of examination and classification, includinglthe publication of notices and all other expenses therewith connecte , shall be completed; and the law of February twenty-sixth,.eighteen hundred and ninety-five, entitled "An Act to provide for the examination and classification of certain mineral lands in the States of Montana and Idaho," shall be deemed and held to be applicable to the commissioners herein provided for. SURVEYING THE PUBLIC LANDS. I Surveying public _ ands. For surve s and resurveys of public lands, three hundred and S“"'°Y“·"*°°°»°‘°· twenty-Eve thousand dollars, at rates not exceeding nine dollars per