out and authenticated, under his hand and the seal of the General LandOffice, for the person so applying. 23 January, 1823, c. 6, v. 3, p. 721. 4 July, 1836, c. 352, s. 7, v. 5, p. 111. SEO. 461. All exemplifications of patents, or papers on file, or of record in the General Land-Office, which may be required by parties interested, shall be furnished by the Commissioner upon the payment by such parties at the rate of fifteen cents per hundred words, and two dollars for copies of township plats or diagrams, with an additional sum of one dollar for the Commissioner's certificate of verification with the General Land-Office seal; and one of the employés of the office shall be designated by the Commissioner as the receiving clerk, and the amounts so received shall, under the direction of the Commissioner, be paid into the Treasury; but fees shall not be demanded for such authenticated copies as may be required by the officers of any branch of the Government, nor for such unverified copies as the Commissioner in his discretion may deem proper to furnish. 2227. Office-rent, allowance of to sur veyors-general. 2228. Duties of register and receiver performed by surveyor-general. 2229. Official papers, &c., in office of surveyor-general of California; copies thereof. 2230. Bond of deputy-surveyor. 2233. Penalty for default of deputy. SEC. 2207. There shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, a surveyor-general for the States and Territories herein named, embracing, respectively, one surveying district, namely: Louisiana, Florida, Minnesota, Kansas, California, Nevada, Oregon, Nebraska and Iowa, Dakota, Colorado, New Mexico, Idaho, Washington, Montana, Utah, Wyoming, Arizona. 3 March, 1823, c, 29, s. 7, v. 3, p, 755. 3 March, 1831, c. 116, s. 1, v. 4, p. 492. 27 Sept., 1850, c. 76, s. 1, v. 9, p. 496. 3 March, 1853, c. 145, s. 1. v. 10, p. 244. 17 July, 1854, c. 84, s. 7, v. 10, p. 306. 22 July, 1854, c. 103, ss. 1, 10, v. 10, pp. 308, 309. 3 March, 1857, c. 107, s. 1, v. 11, p. 212. 28 Feb., 1861, c. 59, s. 17, v. 12, p. 176. 2 March, 1861, c. 83, s. 17, v. 12, p. 214. 2 March, 1861, c. 86, s. 17, v. 12, p. 244. 2 March, 1867, c. 179, s. 1, v. 14, p. 542. 29 June, 1866, c. 156, v. 14, p. 77. 4 July, 1866, c. 166, s. 4, v. 14, p. 85. 28 July, 1866, c. 311, s. 1, v. 14, p. 344. 16 July, 1868, c. 175, s. 1, v. 15, p. 91. 21 Feb., 1855, c. 117, s. 1, v. 10, p. 611. 5 Feb., 1870, c. 14, s. 2, v. 16, p. 65. 11 July, 1870, c. 246, v. 16, p. 230. 8 May, 1872, c. 140, s. 1, v. 17, p. 76. SEC. 2208. The surveyors-general of Louisiana, Florida, Minnesota, Kansas, Nebraska and Iowa, and of Dakota Territory, shall each receive a salary at the rate of two thousand dollars a year. 3 March, 1823, c. 29, s. 7, v. 3, p. 755. 3 March, 1831, c. 116, s. 5, v. 4, p. 493. 2 March, 1861, c. 86, s. 17, v. 12, p. 244. 8 May, 1872, c, 140, s. 1, v. 17, p. 76. SEC. 2209. The surveyors-general of Oregon and of Washington shall each receive a salary at the rate of two thousand five hundred dollars a year. 27 Sept., 1850, c. 76, s. 2, v. 9, p. 496. 3 March, 1853, c. 145, s. 11, v. 10, p. 248. 14 February, 1853, c. 69, s. 4, v. 10, p. 158. 17 July, 1854, c. 84, s. 7, v. 10, p. 306. 3 March, 1855, c. 175, s. 26, v. 10, p. 674, 30 May, 1862, c. 86, s. 9, v. 12, p. 410. 8 May, 1872, c. 140, s. 1, v. 17, p. 76. SEC. 2210. The surveyors-general of Colorado, New Mexico, California, Idaho, Nevada, Montana, Utah, Wyoming, and Arizona, shall each receive a salary at the rate of three thousand dollars a year. 2 3 March, 1853, c. 145, s. 1, v. 10, p. 244. 22 July, 1854, c. 103, s. 1, v. 10, p. 308. 28 Feb., 1861, c. 59, s. 17, v. 12, p. 176. 2 March, 1861, c. 83, s. 17, v. 12, p. 214. 30 May, 1862, c. 86, s. 9, v. 12, p. 410. March, 1867, c. 179, s. 1, v. 14, p. 542. 29 June, 1866, c. 156, v. 14, p. 77. 4 July, 1866, c. 166, s. 4, v. 14, p. 85. 16 July, 1868, c. 175, s. 1, v. 15, p. 91. 21 Feb., 1855, c. 117, s. 1, v. 10, p. 611. 5 Feb., 1870, c. 14, s. 2, v. 16, p. 65. 11 July, 1870, c. 246, v. 16, p. 230. 8 May, 1872, c. 140, s. 1, v. 17, p. 76. SEC. 2211. The salary of each surveyor-general of Florida, Oregon, and California shall be paid quarter-yearly, and shall commence from the time he enters into bond, as provided by law. 3 March, 1823, c. 29, s. 7, v. 3, p. 756. 27 Sept., 1850, c. 76, s. 2, v. 9, p. 496. 3 March, 1853, c. 145, s. 1, v. 10, p. 244. SEC. 2212. There shall be but one office of surveyor-general in each surveyor-general's district; and such office shall be located as the President, in view of the public convenience, may from time to time direct, except as provided in the following section. 2 July, 1864, c. 210, s. 8, v. 13, p. 352. SEC. 2213. The surveyor-general's office for Minnesota district shall continue to be located at the city of St. Paul; that for Idaho Territory, at Boise City; and that for the district of Nebraska and Iowa, at Plattsmouth, in Nebraska. 3 March, 1857, c. 107, s. 1, v. 11, p. 212. 29 June, 1866, c. 156, v. 14, p. 77. 28 July, 1866, c. 311, s. 1, v. 14, p. 344. SEC. 2214. Every surveyor-general, while in the discharge of the duties of his office, shall reside in the district for which he is appointed. 3 March, 1843, c. 100, s. 1, v. 5, p. 637. SEC. 2215. Every surveyor-general shall, before entering on the duties of his office, execute and deliver to the Secretary of the Interior a bond, with good and sufficient security, for the penal sum of thirty thousand dollars, conditioned for the faithful disbursement, according to law, of all public money placed in his hands, and for the faithful performance of the duties of his office. 7 May, 1822, c. 118, s. 1, v. 3, p. 697. Farrar vs. U. S., 5 Pet., 373. SEC. 2216. The President is authorized, whenever he may deem it expedient, to require any surveyor-general to give a new bond and additional security, under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, for the faithful disbursement, according to law, of all money placed in his hands. 7 May, 1822, c. 118, s. 3, v. 3, p. 697. SEC. 2217. The commission of every surveyor-general now in office, and of every surveyor-general hereafter appointed, shall cease and expire, unless sooner vacated by death, resignation, or removal from office, in four years from the date of the commission. 7 May, 1822, c. 118, s. 2, v. 3, p. 697. SEC. 2218. The Secretary of the Interior shall take all the necessary measures for the completion of the surveys in the several surveyingdistricts for which surveyors-general have been, or may be, appointed, at the earliest periods compatible with the purposes contemplated by law; and whenever the surveys and records of any such district are completed, the surveyor-general thereof shall be required to deliver over to the secretary of state of the respective States, including such surveys, or to such other officer as may be authorized to receive them, all the field-notes, maps, records, and other papers appertaining to landtitles within the same; and the office of surveyor-general in every such district shall thereafter cease and be discontinued. 12 June, 1840, c. 36, s. 1, v. 5, p. 384. SEC. 2219. In all cases where, as provided in the preceding section, the field-notes, maps, records, and other papers appertaining to landtitles in any State are turned over to the authorities of such State, the same authority, powers, and duties in relation to the survey, resurvey, or subdivision of the lands therein, and all matters and things connected therewith, as previously exercised by the surveyor-general, whose district included such State, shall be vested in, and devolved upon, the Commissioner of the General Land-Office. 22 Jan., 1853, c. 24, s. 1, v. 10, p. 152. SEC. 2220. Under the authority and direction of the Commissioner of the General Land-Office, any deputy surveyor or other agent of the United States shall have free access to any such field-notes, maps, records, and other papers, for the purpose of taking extracts therefrom, or making copies thereof, without charge of any kind. 22 Jan., 1853, c. 24, s. 2, v. 10, p. 152. . SEO. 2221. The field-notes, maps, records, and other papers mentioned in section twenty-two hundred and nineteen, shall in no case be turned over to the authorities of any State, until such State has provided by law for the reception and safe-keeping of the same as public records, and for the allowance of free access to the same by the authorities of the United States. 22 Jan., 1853, c. 24, s. 3, v. 10, p. 152. SEC. 2222. Every surveyor-general, register, and receiver, except where the President sees cause otherwise to determine, is authorized to continue in the uninterrupted discharge of his regular official duties, after the day of expiration of his commission, and until a new commission is issued to him for the same office, or until the day when a successor enters upon the duties of such office; and the existing official bond of any officer so acting shall be deemed good and sufficient, and in force, until the date of the approval of a new bond to be given by him, if re-commissioned, or otherwise, for the additional time he may so continue officially to act, pursuant to the authority of this section. 3 March, 1853, c. 145, s. 10, v. 10, p. 247. SEC. 2223. Every surveyor-general shall engage a sufficient number of skillful surveyors as his deputies, to whom he is authorized to administer the necessary oaths upon their appointments. He shall have authority to frame regulations for their direction, not inconsistent with law or the instructions of the General Land-Office, and to remove them for negligence or misconduct in office. Second. He shall cause to be surveyed, measured and marked, without delay, all base and meridian lines through such points and perpetuated by such monuments, and such other correction parallels and meridians as may be prescribed by law or by instructions from the General Land-Office, in respect to the public lands within his surveying district, to which the Indian title has been or may be hereafter extinguished. Third. He shall cause to be surveyed all private land claims within his district after they have been confirmed by authority of Congress, so far as may be necessary to complete the survey of the public lands. Fourth. He shall transmit to the register of the respective landoffices within his district, general and particular plats of all lands surveyed by him for each land-district; and he shall forward copies of such plats to the Commissioner of the General Land Office. Fifth. He shall, so far as is compatible with the desk-duties of his office, occasionally inspect the surveying operations while in progress in the field, sufficiently to satisfy himself of the fidelity of the execution of the work according to contract, and the actual and necessary expenses incurred by him while so engaged shall be allowed; and where it is incompatible with his other duties for a surveyor-general to devote the time necessary to make a personal inspection of the work in progress, then he is authorized to depute a confidential agent to make such examination; and the actual and necessary expenses of such person shall be allowed and paid for that service, and five dollars a day during the examination in the field; but such examination shall not be protracted beyond thirty days, and in no case longer than is actually necessary; and when a surveyor-general, or any person employed in his office at a regular salary, is engaged in such special service, he shall receive only his necessary expenses in addition to his regular salary. 18 May, 1796, c. 29, s. 1, v. 1, p. 464. 29 April, 1816, c. 151, s. 1, v. 3, p. 325. 3 March, 1831, c. 116, s. 1, v. 4, p. 492. 3 March, 1853, c. 145, ss. 3, 10, v. 10, pp. 245, 247. SEC. 2224. The official seals heretofore authorized to be provided for the offices of the surveyors-general of Oregon, California, and Louisiana shall continue to be used; and any copy of or extract from the plats, field-notes, records, or other papers on file in those offices, respectively, when authenticated by the seal and signature of the proper surveyorgeneral, shall be evidence in all cases in which the original would be evidence. 3 March, 1853, c. 145, ss. 2, 11, v. 10, pp. 245, 248. SEC. 2225. Any copy of a plat of survey, or transcript from the records of the office of surveyor-general of Louisiana, duly certified by him, shall be admitted as evidence in all the courts of the United States and the Territories thereof. 3 March, 1831, c. 116, s. 5, v. 4, p. 493. SEC. 2226. There shall be allowed for the offices of the several surveyors-general, for clerk-hire therein, such sums as may be appropriated for the purpose by Congress from year to year. SEC 2227. There shall be allowed for office-rent, fuel, books, stationery, and other incidental expenses of the several offices of surveyorsgeneral, such sums as may be appropriated for the purpose by Congress, from year to year. SEC. 2228. The President is authorized, in any case where he thinks the public interest may require it, to transfer the duties of register and receiver in any district to the surveyor-general of the surveying-district in which such land-district is located. 30 May, 1862, c. 86, s. 8, v. 12, p. 410. SEC. 2229. All official books, papers, instruments of writing, documents, archives, official seals, stamps, or dies, which have been heretofore authorized by law to be collected and deposited in the surveyorgeneral's office in California, shall be safely and securely kept by such surveyor-general in the archives of his office; and copies thereof, authenticated by the surveyor-general under his seal of office, shall be evidence in all cases where the originals would be evidence. 18 May, 1858, c. 39, s. 1, v. 11, p. 289. SEC. 2230. Every deputy-surveyor shall enter into bond, with sufficient security, for the faithful performance of all surveying contracts confided to him; and the penalty of the bond, in each case, shall be double the estimated amount of money accruing under such contracts, |