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officer to be styled the Principal Clerk of the Surveys, whose duty itshall be to direct and superintend the making of surveys, the returnsthereof, and all matters relating thereto, which are done through theofficers of the Surveyor General; and he shall perform such other dutiesas may be assigned to him by the Commissioner of the General LandOffice.
Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That there shall be appointed bythe President, by and with consent of the Senate , a Recorder of theGeneral Land Office, whose duty it shall be, in pursuance of instruc-tions from the Commissioner, to certify and affix the seal of the Gene-ral Land Office to all patents for public lands, and he shall attend to thecorrect engrossing, and recording, and transmission of such patents.He shall prepare alphabetical indexes of the names of patentees, andof persons entitled to patents; and he shall prepare such copies andexemplifications of matters on file, or recorded in the General LandOffice, as the Commissioner may from time to time direct.
Sec. 5. And be it farther enacted, That there shall be appointed bythe President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate , anofficer to be called the Solicitor of the General Land Office, with anannual salary of two thousand dollars, whose duty it shall be to examineand present a report to the Commissioner of the state of facts in allcases referred by the Commissioner to his attention which shall involvequestions of law, or where the facts are iu controversy between theagents of the Government and individuals, or there are conflictingclaims of parties before the Department, with his opinion thereon; andalso, to advise the Commissioner, when required thereto, on all ques-tions growing out of the management of the public lands, or the titlethereto, private land claims, Virginia military scrip, bounty lands, andpre-emption claims; and to render such further professional services inthe business of the Department as may be required, and shall be con-nected with the discharge of the duties thereof.
Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That it shall be lawful for thePresident of the United States , by and with the advice and consent ofthe Senate , to appoint a Secretary, with a salary of fifteen hundred dol-lars per annum, whose duty it shall be, under the direction of the Presi-dent, to sign in his name, and for him, all patents for land sold orgranted under the authority of the United States .
Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of theCommissioner to cause to be prepared, and to certify, under the seal ofthe General Land Office, such copies of records, books, and papers onfile in his office, as may be applied for, to be used in evidence in courtsof justice.
Sec. 8. And be it further enacted, That whenever the office ofRecorder shall become vacant, or in case of the sickness or absence ofthe Recorder, the duties of his office shall be performed, ad interim, bythe Principal Clerk on Private Land Claims.
Sec. 9. And be it further enacted, That the Receivers of the landoffices shall make to the Secretary of the Treasury monthly returns ofthe moneys received in their several offices, and pay over such moneypursuant to his instructions. And they shall also make to the Commis-sioner of the General Land Office like monthly returns, and transmit tohim quarterly accounts current of the debits and credits of their seve-ral offices with the United States .
Sec. 10. And be it further enacted, That the Commissioner of theGeneral Land Office shall be entitled to receive an annual salary ofthree thousand dollars; the recorder of the General Land Office, anannual salary of fifteen hundred dollars ; the principal clerk of thesurveys, an annual salary of eighteen hundred dollars; and each of thesaid principal clerks an annual salary of eighteen hundred dollars ; from
A principalclerk of the sur-veys.
A recorder ofthe general landoffice.
A solicitor ofthe general landoffice.
A secretary tosign patents forlands.
Certified co-pies of records,6lc.
Duties of re-corder may de-volve on princi-pal clerk on pri-vate land claims.
Receivers tomake monthlyreturns.
Salary of com-missioner andothers.