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142 SIXTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 27. 1917. G§,’},L{,',_$‘”¢ (:**1****** The une ended balances of the appropriations heretofore made for Rwpprvvriativu for expenses dlp removal of the buildings or other structures upon the nh-7gxY1§b\lH2esu?gs’mc` land ac uired for the enlar ement of the Ca itol Grounds, for gradin »P q g li gr seeding, and soiling, and preparation of p ans for permanently improving the same, are reapipropriated and made available during the fiscal year nineteen hun red and eighteen. P“b"°'“"‘“`“ PUBLIC mans snnvrcn. w?§:§”" ****1 ’°· Registers and receivers: For salaries and commissions of registers of district land officesand receivers of public moneys at district land ummm offices, at not exceeding $3,000 per annum each, $500,000. °“’°°S°s‘ _ Cont:§ent expenses of land offices: For clerk hire, rent, and other P _ mciden expenses of the district land offices, including the exchange °‘°’°'““°“"‘““°°‘ of typewriters; per diem, in lieu of subsistence, of clerks detailed to examine the books_ and management of district land offices and to assist m the operation of said offices, and in the opening of new land vol 38 pim offices and reservations, when allowed pursuant to section thirteen · · · of the sundg civil appropriation Act approved August first, nineteen PWM - himdrgledlanks fourteen, and for actual necessary traveling erépenses mggcganaitures pos; c er élmcludtlng necessary sleepmg—car fares: Promde , That penses _ argea le to the Government shall be incurred by registers and receivers rn the conduct of local land offices except upon p;·;=.>nviioEr}siH a(;1(l;•lionzamon by the Commissioner of the General . ce , . i I E °°°° g` public moneys: For expenses of depositing mone received from the disposal of public lands, by r tered mail, bank exchange, or otherwise, as may be directed by €§5Secreta.ry of the lgltmor, Oggder rules to be approved by the Secretary of the eusury, _, .

§§“°§”§; Depredations on public timber, protecting public lands, and set-

V0, ,,,_,,gu,,.,_ tlement of for swamp land and swamp-land indemni z For protecting timber on the public lands, and for the more gicient exectpctlplp of lzllie llsglvdand rules relatrntg to the cutting thereof; of pro _ g pu c _ s_from illegal an fraudulent entréy or appropriation, and of adjusting claims for_ swamp lands, an indemnity _or swamp lands, including not exceeding $15,000 for clerical services in bringing up and making current the work of the General Land Office, $475,000é mcluding not exceeding $5,000 for the purchase of motorcycles an a motor boat for the use of agents and others PWM. employed in the field service and for operation, maintenance, and "s$,,.,,,,, my mg exc ange_ of same: Pmmded, That the compensation of the chief of Md- fielii service employed hereunder shall not exceed $3,500 per annum an the compensation of all others emplo ed herermder shall not exceed $2,700 per annum each, except in Alyaska where a compensa- Ruqmmmmm ttl;} rig:. to exceed $3,000 per annum may be allowed: Prmnhledfuw »¤·¤..is,p.c». b ,u zgagenéis and others employed under this appropriation may pah ow per _ rem in lieu of subsistence, pursuant to section thirteen lc; tde srmdrg civil appropriation Act approved August first, nineteen ..2;*..;% ··;i..;;::;a.a= $.52:2.2;:,2. *3 mh mi me car fares, except when agents are emplo ed in€\.lii3;lfSatlIi%ysr(i:i.al;m§e (mm md Wim allowed not exceeding $5 per day each inlieu of subsistence. 1 auroadl F th · ¤=,g0mm¤g$· R _¤r d p protection of lands mvolved m Oregon md California vtrsap. ma www ¢¤'€¢1*¤¤1‘¤ Smtr T0 enable the Secretary of the Interior with _ e cooperation of the Secretary of Agriculture or otherwise as his lgdgment may be most advisable to establish and maintaixi a patrol preyent trespass and to rd a mst and check fires upon the lands m_volved ID the case 0 the States versus Oregon and California Railroad Company and others, suit numbered thirty-thrae