Chapter 180. For relief of applicants for mineral surveys
234 words·~1 min read·
/statutes-at-large/vol-35/chapter-180-2722573·A research copy — for the controlling text, always check the official state or federal source. Not legal advice.
CHAP. 180.— An Act For relief of applicants for mineral surveys. February 24, 1909.[[H. R. 25396](/us/bill/70/hr/25396).][[Public, No. 257.](/us/pl/70/257)] *Be it enactedby the Senateand House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That the Secretary of theMineral land surveys.Refund of unused deposit. Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, out of the moneys heretofore or hereafter covered into the Treasury from deposits made by individuals to cover cost of work performed and to be performed in the offices of the United States surveyors-general in connection with the survey of mineral lands, any excess in the amount deposited over and above the actual cost of the work performed, including all expenses incident thereto for which the deposits were severally made or the whole of any unused deposit; and such sums, asPermanent appropriation for refunding.Repayments to depositors, etc. the several cases may be, shall be deemed to be annually and permanently appropriated for that purpose.
Such repayments shall be made to the person or persons who made the several deposits, or to his or their legal representatives, after the completion or abandonment of the work for which the deposits were made, and upon an account certified by the surveyor-general of the district in which the mineral land surveyed, or sought to be surveyed is situated and approved by the Commissioner of the General Land Office. Approved, February 24, 1909.