Section 2
SEC. 2. The charges for the surveys made by a private surveyor in accordance with this Act, as stipulated in the contract for survey between such private surveyor and the claimants of the land, shall constitute a first lien thereon: Provided, however, That none of the provision of this section shall be construed to oblige the Government to pay fees of private surveyors for surveys of public lands surrounded by private lands claimed in the same cadastral proceedings: Provided, further, That the provisions of section eighteen of Act Numbered Twenty-two hundred and fifty-nine, as amended, shall not be applicable to survey contracts made in accordance with the provisions of this Act, except so far as the cost of the judicial registration proceedings is concerned.