No. 10.-Estimates of appropriations required, &c.—Continued. Detailed objects of expenditure, and explanations. Salaries-Continued. Draughtsman, at $1,600, and assistant draughtsman, at $1,400, Two messengers, at $840 each, and three assistant messengers, at Provided. That the Secretary of the Interior, at his discretion, shall be, and he is hereby, authorized to use any portion of the said appropriation for piecework or by the day, month, or year, at such rate or rates as he may deem just and fair, not exceeding a salary of $1,200 per annum DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, General Land Office, September 26, 1877. J. A. WILLIAMSON, Commissioner. No. 11.-Estimates of appropriations required for the service of the fiscal year ending June 30, 1879, by the General Land Office. Detailed objects of expenditure, and explanations. Estimated amount Total amount to be Amount appropri 1878. Contingent expenses: Stationery, diagrams, parchment paper for land patents, furni ture and repairs of the same, miscellaneous items, including two of the city newspapers, to be filed, bound, and preserved for the use of the office, for the actual expenses of clerks detailed to investigate fraudulent land entries, trespasses on the public lands, and cases of official misconduct, and for advertising and telegraphing, (17 Stat., p. 75, sec. 1; appropri ated, 17 Stat., p. 364, sec. 1.) Map: For 3,600 copies (including paper) of the map of the United States prepared in this office, (18 Stat., p. 213, sec. 1; "appropriated, 18 Stat., p. 374, sec. 1.) Printing, binding, &c. : Land office reports, circulars, patents, tract books, indices, records, field notes, abstracts, and other miscellaneous printing and binding required for the use of the office, (17 Stat., p. 82, sec. 2; appropriated, 18 Stat., p. 204, sec. 1; 18 Stat., p. 371, sec. 1.) Collecting revenue from sales of public lands: Incidental expenses of the several land offices, (18 Stat., p. 213, sec. 1; appropriated, 18 Stat., p. 384, sec. 1.) Salaries and commissions of registers and receivers. (See de- $542, 600 00 380, 000 00 59, 790 00 40, 175 00 Expenses of depositing public moneys, (18 Stat., p. 213, sec. 1; appropriated, 17 Stat., p. 384, sec. 1.) For the protection of timber on the public lands, (17 Stat., p. 517, sec. 1; appropriated, 18 Stat., p. 384, sec. 1.) Total..... States and Territories. No. 12.-Detailed estimate of amount for salaries and commissions of registers and receivers and incidental expenses of the several land offices during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1879. No. 13.--Estimates of appropriations required for the service of the fiscal year ending June 30, 1879, by the General Land Office. Detailed objects of expenditure, and explanations. Total amount to be appro priated under each head of Amount appropriated for the current fiscal year ending June 30, 1878, $300,000. In Louisiana: Surveying the public lands. 1. At rates not exceeding $12 per linear mile for township and $10 for section lines, $40,000 2. At rates not exceeding $12 per linear mile for standard, $12 for township, and In Minnesota : $7, 200 6,000 3,650 In Dakota: 3. At rates not exceeding $15 per linear mile for standard, $12 for township, and $10 for section lines, (R. Š., p. 441, secs. 2395, 2413; appropriated, 19 Stat., p. 348, sec. 1.) In Montana: 4. At rates not exceeding $15 per linear mile for standard, $12 for township, and $10 for section lines, (R. S., p. 441, secs. 2395, 2413; appropriated, 19 Stat., p. 348, sec. 1.) In Colorado: 5. At rates not exceeding $15 per linear mile for standard, $12 for township, and 30, 000 6. At rates not exceeding $15 per linear mile for standard. $12 for township, and 7. At rates not exceeding $15 per linear mile for standard, $12 for township, and 40,000 35,000 sec. 1.) 9. At rates not exceeding $15 per linear mile for standard, $12 for township, and $10 10,000 for section lines, (R. S., p. 441, secs. 2395, 2413; appropriated, 19 Stat., p. 348, 8. At rates not exceeding $15 per linear mile for standard, $12 for township, and 20,000 14,400 14,400 10. At rates not exceeding $15 per linear mile for standard, $14 for township, and 40,000 17,700 In Oregon: 11. At rates not exceeding $15 per linear mile for standard, $14 for township, and 30, 000 In Washington: 12. At rates not exceeding $15 per linear mile for standard, $14 for township, and 30,000 In Utah: 13. At rates not exceeding $15 per linear mile for standard, $12 for township, and $10 for section lines; and for heavily timbered mountain land, at augmented rates, not exceeding $18 per linear mile for standard, $16 for township, and $14 for section lines, (R. S., p. 441, secs. 2395, 2413; appropriated, 19 Stat., p. 348, sec. 1.) Apportionment out of appropriations of $300,000 for survey of public lands and private land claims during the year ending June 30, 1878. Estimates of appropriations required, &c.—Continued. Detailed objects of expenditure, and explanations. Total amount to be appro priated under each head Amount appropriated for the current fiscal year ending June 30, 1878. In Nevada: 14. At rates not exceeding $15 per linear mile for standard, $12 for township, and $20,000 In Wyoming: 15. At rates not exceeding $15 per linear mile for standard, $12 for township, and Surveying confirmed private land claims in California. $16, 050 Surveying confirmed private land claims in California, at the rates prescribed 10,000 by law, including office expenses incident to the service, (R. S., p. 392, sec. 2223; appropriated, 19 Stat., p. 348, sec. 1.) Surveying private land claims in New Mexico. Surveying private land claims in New Mexico, at a rate not exceeding $16 per linear mile, (R. S., p. 392, sec. 2223; appropriated, 19 Stat., p. 348, sec. 1.) Surveying private land claims in Colorado. 6,000 Surveying private land claims in Colorado, at a rate not exceeding $16 per linear mile, (R. S., p. 392, sec. 2223; appropriated, 19 Stat., p. 348, sec. 1.) Surveying private land claims in Arizona. Surveying private land claims in Arizona, at a rate not exceeding $16 per linear mile, (R. S., p. 392, sec. 2223; appropriated, 19 Stat., p. 348, sec. 1.) Surveying private land claims in Florida. 17. Adjusting claims between the Watson & Orr and Whitner lines, extending from the confluence of the Flint and Chattahoochee Rivers to the source of Saint Mary's River, (March 13, 1860, 12 Stat., p. 11, sec. 1; April 9, 1872, 17 Stat., p. 52, sec. 1; submitted.) Completion of surveys in States where surveyors general's offices have been closed. 18. Completing surveys in those States where the offices of surveyors general have been closed, (act of June 12, 1840, 2 Stat., p. 384, and act of January 22, 1853, 10 Stat., p. 152; R. S., p. 391, secs. 2218, 2219; submitted.) Survey of boundary between Colorado and Utah. 5,000 5,000 19. Survey of the boundary line between Colorado and Utah, being so much of the 19, 600 Survey of boundary between the Territories of Arizona and Utah. 20. For survey of the boundary between Arizona and Utah, being so much of the 19, 390 Reconnoissance of surveying districts. 21. For preliminary examination of the surveying districts by surveyors general, to enable them to let contracts for the survey of public lands of the classes allowed by law; (submitted.) 10,000 |
