SEVENTIETH CONGRESS . SEss. I L Cu. 705. 1929.
1565 Surveying public lands : For surveys and resurveys of public Surveying e xpenses . lands, examination of surveys heretofore made and reported to be Ante, p . 1563. defective or fraudulent, inspecting mineral deposits, coal fields, and timber districts, making fragmentary surveys, and such other sur- veys or examinations as may be required for identification of lands for purposes of evidence in any suit or proceeding in behalf of the United States, under the supervision of the Commissioner of the General Land Office and direction of the Secretary of the Interior, Seetion cor ner monu- $762,500, of which amount not to exceed $20,000 may be expended by ments. the Commissioner of the General Land Office, with the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, for the purchase of metal or other equally durable monuments to be used for public-land survey cor- rrc nisc sP ners where ver p ract icabl e : P rovide d fur ther, That not to exceed Detailed field em- $5,000 of this appropriation may be expended for salaries of ployees. employe es of the fi eld su rveyin g serv ice tem porari ly det ailed to the General Land Office : Provided further, That not to exceed $7,500 Alaska national fore sts . may be expended for topographic srveys in conjunction with Topographic surveys. rectangular surveys in national forests in Alaska, and the amount expe nded under this pro viso durin g th e fis cal y ear 1930 shall be reimbursed to this appropriation from appropriations for the Forest Service which shall be available for such reimbursement : Provided ni°Rg ln oaa a Caleor- further, That not to exceed $15,000 of this appropriation may be used for the survey, classification, and sale of the lands and timber of the so-called Oregon and California Railroad lands and the Coos Bay Wagon Road lands : Provided further, That not to exceed lands, and oil shale $50,00 0 of t his ap propri ation may be used f or sur veys a nd res urveys , under the re ctangu lar sy stem p rovide d by la w, of public lands deeme d to be valuable for oil and oil shale : Provided further, That no part Not available for sur- f
vet's in States advanG of thi s appr opriat ion sh all be avail able fo r surv eys or resur veys o f in` ooney ther efor . public lands in any State which, under the Act of August 18, 1894 u . S . Code, p . 13S8 . (U . S . C ., p . 1388, sec . 863), advances money to the United States for f such p urpose s for expend iture during the fi scal y ear 19 30 : Pro vided snceYs and reimbure- urther, That this appropriation maybe expended for surveys made able. under the supervision of the Commissioner of the General Land Office, but when expended for surveys that would not otherwise be chargeable hereto it shall be reimbursed from the applicable appropriation, fund, or special deposit. Registers : For salaries and commissions of registers of district Registers . land offices at not exceeding $3,600 per annum each $70 000 to- Reappropriation. exceeding
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Vol.44,p. 938. gether with $21,000 of the unexpended balance of the appropriation for this purpose for the fiscal year 1928 . Contingent expenses of land offices : For clerk hire, rent, and other coat e'p 1563S penses . incident al expens es of the district land of fices, in cluding t he expens es of depositing public money ; traveling expenses of clerks detailed to examine the books and management of district land offices and to assist in the operation of said offices and in the opening of new land offices and reservations, and for traveling expenses of clerks transferred in the interest of the public service from one district land office to an other : Provided, That no expenses chargeable to Expenses limited, the Government shall be incurred by registers in the conduct of local land offices except upon previous specific authorization by the Commissioner of the General Land Office, 161,000, together with Balance available . ~
Vol.44,p.938. $40,000 of the unexpended balance of the appropriation for this purpose for the fiscal year 1928 .
Timber depreda- Depredations on public timber, protecting public lands, and settle- tions, protecting, and ment of claims for swamp land and swamp-land indemnity : For s Ante, p n1 s 63 laims . protecting timber on the public lands, and for the more efficient execution of the law and rules relating to the cutting thereof ; protecting public lands from illegal and fraudulent entry or appro-
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