Chapter XXVI. for the Relief of L
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Chap. XXVI.— An Act for the Relief of L. F. Cartee.March 8, 1864. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That the commissioner of thePayment of $3033.50 to L. F. Cartee for surveys of lands in Oregon. general land office be, and he is hereby, authorized to pay to L. F. Cartee the sum of three thousand and thirty-three dollars and fifty cents, for services performed in surveys of the public lands in the State of Oregon in excess of his contract with the surveyor-general of Oregon, dated October fourteen, eighteen hundred and sixty, and the sum of three thousand and thirty-three dollars and fifty cents is hereby appropriated for said payment, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated: *Provided,* That before any payment is made, as provided for by this act, the work performed by said L.
F. Cartee shall be tested in the field by actual examination thereof, under the direction of the surveyor general of Oregon, and any correction made, necessary to make it conformable to the laws of the United States and the instructions governing the surveys of the public lands, at the expense of the said L. F. Cartee, and the balance only of said appropriation paid him after deducting said expense of inspection and correction, and when the certificate of the surveyor-general of Oregon is filed with the commissioner of the general land office that said survey is complete according to the law and regulations governing public surveys.
Approved, March 8, 1864.