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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 52. Surveying duties
The Secretary of the Interior or such officer as he may designate
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 Bureau of Land Management, 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 Bureau of Land Management, in respect to the public lands to
which the Indian title has been or may be extinguished.
Third. He shall cause to be surveyed all private land claims
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 officer, as the Secretary of the
Interior may designate, of the respective land offices general and
particular plats of all lands surveyed by him for each land
district; and he shall forward copies of such plats to such officer
as the Secretary may designate.
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 the Secretary of the Interior or such officer as he may
designate 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 $5 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 the Secretary
or such officer, 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.
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