Estimates of appropriations, &c.—Continued.

Detailed objects of expenditure and explanations.

Estimated amount

which will be re

quired for each
detailed object of
expenditure.

Total amount to be
appropriated un-
der each head of
appropriation.

Amount appropri
ated for the fiscal
year for which
the appropriation
is required.

INTERIOR DEPARTMENT-Continued.

SURVEYING PUBLIC LANDS-Continued.

Amount due William H. Odell, deputy surveyor, for sur veys executed under contract with the surveyor-general of Oregon, being a deficiency for the fiscal year 1876; per act March 3, 1875, (1 Stats. L., p. 383, sec. 1).....

NOTE. This amount is submitted to cover the work returned in excess of the appropriation, the survey being available.

Surveying public lands in California:

Amount due W. H. Carleton for surveys executed under contract with the surveyor-general of California, being a deficiency for the fiscal year 1871 and prior years; per act July 15, 1870, (16 Stats. L., p. 304, sec. 1)..

Surveying public lands in Washington:

Amount due W. R. Ballard for surveys executed under contract with the surveyor-general of Washington Territory, being a deficiency for the fiscal year 1874; per act March 3, 1873, (17 Stats. L., p. 516, sec. 1)

Surveying public lands in Florida:

Amount due M. A. Williams for surveys executed under contract with the surveyor-general of Florida, being a deficiency for the fiscal year 1874; per act March 3, 1873, (17 Stats. L., p. 515, sec. 1)

Survey of public lands in Utah:

Amounts due Joseph Gorlinski and Bailey & Burrill for
surveys executed under contract with the surveyor-gen-
eral of Utah. being a deficiency for the fiscal year 1875;
per act June 23, 1874, (18 Stats. L., p. 213, sec. 1)
Surveying public lands in Montana:

Amounts due McFarland & Kellogg, McFarland & Bon-
nell, and Post & Koch for surveys executed under con-
tract with the surveyor-general of Montana, being a defi-
ciency for the fiscal year 1875; per act June 23, 1874, (18
Stats. L., p. 212. sec. 1)

Surveying public lands in Arizona:

Amount due T. F. White for surveys executed under contract with the surveyor-general of Arizona, being a deficiency for the fiscal year 1875; per act June 23, 1874, (18 Stats. L., p. 212, sec. 1)

Surveying public lands in Louisiana: Amount due James L. Bradford for surveys executed under contract with the surveyor-general of Louisiana, being a deficiency for the fiscal year 1875; per act June 23, 1874, (18 Stats. L., p. 212, sec. 1)

Surveying public lands in Dakota :

Amount due James C. Blanding, deputy surveyor, for surveys executed under contract of February 26, 1874, with the surveyor-general of Dakota, being a deficiency for the fis year 1874; per act March 3, 1873, (17 Stats. L., p. 515, sec. 1).. Examination of the public surveys:

Colorado: For examining surveys in the field in order to test the accuracy of the work before approving the same, under instructions from the surveyor-general to E. H. Kellogg, dated August 14, 1876, being for the service of the fiscal year 1877, no appropriation for the examination of surveys having been made by Congress for the present fiscal year, (submitted).

Survey of Indian reservations:

Arizona Territory: For the survey and subdivis
ion of the Colorado River Indian reservation,
by Chandler Robbins, designated by the late Sec-
retary of the Interior; assignment of $6,000 for
the work....

Dakota Territory: For the survey of that part of
the Sioux Indian reservation in the Peoria bot-
tom lying east of the Missouri River, by T. B.
Medary, designated by the late Secretary of the
Interior; assignment of $9,000 for the work
For the survey of the Devil's Lake Indian reser-
vation, in Dakota Territory, by Charles H. Bates,
designated by the late Secretary of the Interior;
assignment of $6.500 for the work
Being a deficiency for the fiscal years 1875-'76; per
act March 3, 1875, (18 Stats. L., p. 384, sec. 1.)

$1,314 00

1,384 18

1,310 43

Estimates of appropriations, &c.—Continued.

Detailed objects of expenditure and explanations.

INTERIOR DEPARTMENT-Continued. SURVEYING PUBLIC LANDS-Continued. Survey of Indian reservations-Continued. Dakota Territory: For the survey of a part of the Sioux Indian reservation located on White River west of the Missouri River, in Dakota Territory, by James W. Miller, designated by the late Secretary of the Interior, and under his contract dated October 2, 1874..

Idaho Territory: For the survey of the Fort Hall
Indian reservation, Idaho, by D. P. Thompson,
designated by the late Secretary of the Interior;
assignment of $10,000 for the work...
Oregon: For survey of the Malheur Indian reserva-
tion for the Snake and Pi Ute Indians in Oregon,
by Thompson & Meldrum, under their contract
dated October 24, 1874, payable out of the $10,000
assigned to them by the late Secretary of the In-
terior....

$11, 659 75

4,520 50

5, 254 36

Being a deficiency for the fiscal years 1874-75; per
act June 23, 1874, (18 Stats. L., p. 213, sec. 1.)
NOTE. The last six estimates of deficiencies have been
caused partly by diversions of certain sums assigned by the
late Secretary of the Interior to the respective surveyors
for the purpose of liquidating surveying liabilities of a dif-
ferent surveyor, after the several contracts had been entered
into and the parties had gone into the fields of their respec-
tive operations, and partly by executing work in excess of the
terms of their contracts. The surveys, however, as well as
the triplicate plats and field-notes of the Indian reservations,
having been returned to this office and found correctly exe
cuted and available for Indian purposes, the several defi.
ciencies are submitted for congressional action thereon.

Contingent expenses, office of surveyor-general of Idado: To pay L. F. Cartee, surveyor-general of Idaho, for expenses incurred in investigating certain surveys, under instruc tions from the General Land-Office dated November 19, 1868, being a deficiency for the fiscal year 1871 and prior years; per act of July 15, 1870, (16 Stats. L., p. 293, sec. Î). NOTE. This sum is submitted to refund the expenses incurred by Mr. Cartee, in investigating and examining certain surveys in the field, pursuant to instructions from the Commissioner of the General Land-Office dated November 19, 1868, the contingent fund of the surveyor-general's office not admitting at the time of liquidating the amount due him. This estimate was formerly submitted, but no appropriation having been made, and the claim being a just one, it is herewith submitted again, with recommendation that it receive favorable action.

ANNUAL REPORT

OF THE

ATTORNEY-GENERAL

OF THE

UNITED STATES.

WASHINGTON:

GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE.