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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 30 STAT. · July 1, 1898 · Chapter 545

Chapter 545. Making appropriations for the current and contingent expenses of the Indian Department and for fulfilling treaty stipulations with various Indian tribes for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, and for other purposes

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Chap. 545.— An Act Making appropriations for the current and contingent expenses of the Indian Department and for fulfilling treaty stipulations with various Indian tribes for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, and for other purposes.July 1, 1898. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That the following sums be, Indian Department appropriations. and they are hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the purpose of paying the current and contingent expenses of the Indian Department and in full compensation for all offices the salaries for which are specially provided for herein, for the service of the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, and fulfilling treaty stipulations for the various Indian tribes, namely:
CURRENT AND CONTINGENT EXPENSES. For pay of fifty-six agents of Indian affairs at the following-named Pay of agents at agencies. agencies, at the rates respectively indicated, namely: At the Blackfeet Agency, Montana, one thousand eight hundred dollars; At the Cherokee School, North Carolina: Additional compensation to superintendent of said school for performing the duties heretofore required of the agent at the Cherokee Agency, two hundred dollars; At the Cheyenne and Arapahoe Agency, Oklahoma Territory, one thousand eight hundred dollars;
At the Cheyenne River Agency, South Dakota, one thousand seven hundred dollars; At the Colorado River Agency, Arizona, one thousand five hundred dollars; At the Colville Agency, Washington, one thousand five hundred dollars;572 At the Crow Creek Agency, South Dakota, one thousand six hundred dollars; At the Lower Brule Agency, South Dakota, one thousand four hundred dollars; At the Crow Agency, Montana, one thousand eight hundred dollars; At the Devils Lake Agency, North Dakota, one thousand two hundred dollars;
At the Flathead Agency, Montana, one thousand five hundred dollars; At the Fort Apache Agency, one thousand five hundred dollars; At the Fort Belknap Agency, Montana, one thousand five hundred dollars; At the Fort Berthold Agency, North Dakota, one thousand five hundred dollars; At the Fort Hall Agency, Idaho, one thousand five hundred dollars; At the Fort Peck Agency, Montana, one thousand eight hundred dollars; At the Green Bay Agency, Wisconsin, one thousand eight hundred dollars;
At the Hoopa Valley Agency, California, one thousand two hundred dollars; At the Kiowa Agency, Oklahoma Territory, one thousand eight hundred dollars; At the Klamath Agency, Oregon, one thousand two hundred dollars; At the La Pointe Agency, Wisconsin, one thousand eight hundred dollars; At the Lemhi Agency, Idaho, one thousand two hundred dollars; At the Mescalero Agency, New Mexico, one thousand six hundred dollars; At the Mission Tule River Agency, California, one thousand six hundred dollars;
At the Navajo Agency, New Mexico, one thousand eight hundred dollars; At the Neah Bay Agency, Washington, one thousand two hundred dollars; At the Nevada Agency, Nevada, one thousand five hundred dollars; At the New York Agency, New York, one thousand dollars; At the Nez Perces Agency, Idaho, one thousand six hundred dollars; At the Omaha and Winnebago Agency, Nebraska, one thousand six hundred dollars; At the Osage Agency, Oklahoma Territory, one thousand six hundred dollars;
At the Pima Agency, Arizona, one thousand eight hundred dollars; At the Pine Ridge Agency, South Dakota, one thousand eight hundred dollars; At the Pottawatomie and Great Nemaha Agency, Kansas, one thousand two hundred dollars; At the Ponca, Pawnee, Otoe, and Oakland Agency, Oklahoma Territory, one thousand five hundred dollars; At the Pueblo and Jicarilla Agency, New Mexico, one thousand five hundred dollars; At the Quapaw Agency, Indian Territory, one thousand four hundred dollars;
At the Rosebud Agency, South Dakota, one thousand eight hundred dollars; At the Sac and Fox Agency, Iowa, one thousand dollars; At the Sac and Fox Agency, Oklahoma Territory, one thousand two hundred dollars; At the San Carlos Agency, Arizona, one thousand eight hundred dollars; At the Santee Agency, Nebraska, one thousand two hundred dollars; At the Shoshone Agency, Wyoming, one thousand five hundred dollars; At the Siletz Agency, Oregon, one thousand two hundred dollars;573 At the Sisseton Agency, South Dakota, one thousand five hundred dollars;
At the Southern Ute Agency, at Navajo Springs, Colorado, one thousand four hundred dollars; At the Standing Rock Agency, North Dakota, one thousand eight hundred dollars; At the Tongue River Agency, Montana, one thousand five hundred dollars; At the Tulalip Agency, Washington, one thousand two hundred dollars; At the Uintah and Ouray Agency, Utah (consolidated), one thousand eight hundred dollars; At the Umatilla Agency, Oregon, one thousand two hundred dollars; At the Union Agency, Indian Territory, one thousand five hundred dollars;
At the Warm Springs Agency, Oregon, one thousand two hundred dollars; At the Western Shoshone Agency, Nevada, one thousand five hundred dollars; At the White Earth Agency, Minnesota, one thousand eight hundred dollars; At the Yakima Agency, Washington, one thousand eight hundred dollars; At the Yankton Agency, South Dakota, one thousand six hundred dollars; in all, eighty-five thousand dollars: *Provided,* That hereafter *Provisos.* Detail of army officers to act as agents. the President may detail officers of the United States Army to act as Indian agents at such agencies as in the opinion of the President may require the presence of an army officer, and while acting as Indian agents such officers shall be under the orders and direction of the Secretary of the Interior: *Provided further,* That the foregoing appropriations —appropriations not available for. shall not take effect nor become available in any case for or during the time in which any officer of the Army of the United States shall be engaged in the performance of the duties of Indian agent at any of the agencies above named: *Provided further,* That the Commissioner Superintendent of training school may act as agent. of Indian Affairs, with the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, may devolve the duties of any Indian agency upon the superintendent of the Indian training school located at such agency, whenever in his judgment such superintendent can properly perform the duties of such agency.
And the superintendent upon whom such —bond. duties devolve shall give bond as other Indian agents. For payment of necessary interpreters, to be distributed in the discretion Interpreters. of the Secretary of the Interior, twelve thousand dollars; but no person employed by the United States and paid for any other service shall be paid for interpreting. For pay of eight Indian inspectors, one of whom shall be an engineer Inspectors. competent in the location, construction, and maintenance of irrigation works, and one of whom may be located by the Secretary of the Interior in the Indian Territory, and under his direction and authority may perform any duties required by law of said Secretary relating to affairs in said Territory, at two thousand five hundred dollars per annum each, twenty thousand dollars, four thousand dollars of which shall be immediately available.
For traveling expenses of eight Indian inspectors, at three dollars —traveling expenses. per day when actually employed on duty in the field, exclusive of transportation and sleeping-car fare, in lieu of all other expenses now authorized by law, and for incidental expenses of inspection and investigation, including telegraphing and expenses of going to and going from the seat of Government, and while remaining there under orders and direction of the Secretary of the Interior, for a period not to exceed twenty days, twelve thousand eight hundred dollars, three thousand dollars of which shall be immediately available.
For pay of one superintendent of Indian schools, three thousand Superintendent of schools. dollars. 574 For necessary traveling expenses of one superintendent of Indian —traveling expenses. schools, including telegraphing and incidental expenses of inspection and investigation, one thousand five hundred dollars: *Provided,* That *Provisos.* —per diem allowance in field. he shall be allowed three dollars per day for traveling expenses when actually on duty in the field, exclusive of cost of transportation and sleeping-car fare, in lieu of all other expenses now allowed by law: *And provided further,* That he shall perform such other duties as may —other duties. be imposed upon him by the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, subject to the approval of the Secretary of the Interior.
For pay of one clerk to superintendent of Indian schools, one thousand Clerk to superintendent. dollars. For buildings and repairs of buildings at agencies, thirty thousand Agency buildings. dollars. For contingencies of the Indian service, including traveling and incidental Contingent expenses. Special agents. expenses of Indian agents and of their offices, and of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs; also traveling and incidental expenses of five special agents, at three dollars per day when actually employed on duty in the field, exclusive of transportation and sleeping-car fare, in lieu of all other expenses now authorized by law; for pay of employees not otherwise provided for, and for pay of the five special agents, at two thousand dollars per annum each, forty thousand dollars: *Provided,**Proviso.* —power to administer oaths, etc.
That each special agent, supervisor of schools, or other official charged with the investigation of Indian agencies and schools in the pursuit of his official duties shall have power to administer oaths and to examine on oath all officers and persons employed in the Indian Service, and all such other persons as may be deemed necessary and proper. To enable the Secretary of the Interior to employ practical farmers Practical farmers. and practical stockmen in addition to the agency farmers now employed, at wages not exceeding sixty-five dollars each per month, to superintend and direct farming and stock raising among such Indians as are making effort for self-support, sixty-five thousand dollars: *Provided,**Proviso.* To have been actually engaged in farming for two years previous, etc.
That no person shall be employed as such farmer or stockman who has not been at least two years immediately previous to such employment practically engaged in the occupation of farming within the State or Territory or adjoining State or Territory where such agency is located, and where practicable competent Indians shall be given the preference. For services of officers, at fifteen dollars per month each, and privates, Indian police. at ten dollars per month each, of Indian police, to be employed in maintaining order and prohibiting illegal traffic in liquor on the several Indian reservations, and within the Territory of Alaska, in the discretion of the Secretary of the Interior, for the purchase of equipments, and for the purchase of rations for policemen at nonration agencies, one hundred and thirty-five thousand dollars.
For compensation of judges of Indian courts, twelve thousand five Judges of Indian courts. hundred and forty dollars. To enable the Secretary of the Interior to employ suitable persons as Matrons to teach housekeeping. matrons to teach Indian girls in housekeeping and other household duties, at a rate not to exceed sixty dollars per month, and for furnishing necessary equipments, fifteen thousand dollars. For pure vaccine matter and vaccination of Indians, one thousand Vaccination. dollars.
To pay the expense of purchasing goods and supplies for the Indian Supplies, telegraphing, etc. Service, and pay of necessary employees; advertising, at rates not exceeding regular commercial rates; inspection, and all other expenses connected therewith, including telegraphing, forty-five thousand dollars. For necessary expenses of transportation of such goods, provisions, Transportation. and other articles for the various tribes of Indians provided for by this Act, including pay and expenses of transportation agents and rent of warehouses, three hundred thousand dollars.
For expenses of the commission of citizens serving without compensation, Citizens’ commission. Vol. 16, p. 40. appointed by the President under the provisions of the fourth section of the Act of April tenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-nine, four thousand dollars. 575 FULFILLING TREATY STIPULATIONS WITH, AND SUPPORT OF, INDIAN TRIBES.Fulfilling treaties. chickasaws.Chickasaws. For permanent annuity, in goods, three thousand dollars.Vol. 1, p. 619. chippewas of the mississippi.Chippewas of the Mississippi.
For sixth of ten installments of annuity, last series, to be paid to Vol. 9, p. 904. Vol. 16, p. 720. Chief Hole in the Day, or his heirs, per third article of treaty of August second, eighteen hundred and forty-seven, and fifth article of treaty of March nineteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, one thousand dollars; For support of a school or schools upon said reservation, during the School. pleasure of the President, in accordance with third article of treaty of March nineteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, four thousand dollars; in all, five thousand dollars. choctaws.Choctaws.
For permanent annuity, per second article of treaty of November Vol. 7, p. 99. Vol. 11, p. 614. sixteenth, eighteen hundred and five, and thirteenth article of treaty of June twenty-second, eighteen hundred and fifty-five, three thousand dollars; For permanent annuity for support of light horsemen, per thirteenth Vol. 7, p. 213. Vol. 11, p. 614. article of treaty of October eighteenth, eighteen hundred and twenty, and thirteenth article of treaty of June twenty-second, eighteen hundred and fifty-five, six hundred dollars;
For permanent annuity for support of blacksmith, per sixth article Vol. 7, p. 212. Vol. 7, p. 236. Vol. 11, p. 614. of treaty of October eighteenth, eighteen hundred and twenty, ninth article of treaty of January twentieth, eighteen hundred and twenty-five, and thirteenth article of treaty of June twenty-second, eighteen hundred and fifty-five, six hundred dollars; For permanent annuity for education, per second and thirteenth articles of last two treaties named above, six thousand dollars;
For permanent annuity for iron and steel, per ninth article of treaty Vol. 7, p. 236. Vol. 11, p. 614. of January twentieth, eighteen hundred and twenty-five, and thirteenth article of treaty of June twenty-second, eighteen hundred and fifty-five, three hundred and twenty dollars; For interest on three hundred and ninety thousand two hundred and Interest fifty-seven dollars and ninety-two cents, at five per centum per annum, for education, support of the government, and other beneficial purposes, under the direction of the general council of the Choctaws, in conformity with the provisions contained in the ninth and thirteenth articles of treaty of January twentieth, eighteen hundred and twenty-five, and Vol. 7, p. 236.
Vol. 11, p. 614. treaty of June twenty-second, eighteen hundred and fifty-five, nineteen thousand five hundred and twelve dollars and eighty-nine cents; in all, thirty thousand and thirty-two dollars and eighty-nine cents. chippewas of minnesota, reimbursable.Chippewas of Minnesota, reimbursable. Advance interest to the Chippewa Indians in Minnesota, as required Advance interest. Vol. 25, p. 645. by section seven of “An Act for the relief and civilization of the Chippewa Indians in the State of Minnesota,” approved January fourteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, in the manner required by said Act (reimbursable), ninety thousand dollars.
To enable the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, under the direction Expenses of civilization. Vol. 25, p. 642. of the Secretary of the Interior, to carry out an Act entitled “An Act for the relief and civilization of the Chippewa Indians in the State of Minnesota,” approved January fourteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, namely, the purchase of material and employment of labor 576 for the erection of houses for Indians; for the purchase of agricultural implements, stock, and seeds, breaking and fencing land; for payment of expenses of delegations of Chippewa Indians to visit the White Earth Reservation; for the erection and maintenance of day and industrial schools; for subsistence and for pay of employees; for pay of commissioners and their expenses; and for removal of Indians and for their allotments, to be reimbursed to the United States out of the proceeds of sale of their lands, seventy-five thousand dollars.
For the erection and completion of suitable buildings for an industrial Industrial schools. boarding school on the Red Lake Indian Reservation, in the State of Minnesota, thirty-five thousand dollars, to be immediately available and to be reimbursable. For the erection and completion of suitable buildings for an industrial boarding school on the Leech Lake Indian Reservation, in the State of Minnesota, twenty thousand dollars, to be immediately available —immediately available. and to be reimbursable.
For completing the necessary surveys within the Chippewa Indian Surveys. Reservation in Minnesota, including expenses of examining and appraising pine lands, under the provisions of the Act approved January fourteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, to be reimbursed to the United States out of proceeds of the sale of their lands, fifty thousand dollars: *Provided,* That all lands heretofore or hereafter acquired and *Proviso.* Aids to navigation. sold by the United States under the “Act for the relief and civilization of the Chippewa Indians in the State of Minnesota,” approved January fourteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, shall be subject to the right of the United States to construct and maintain dams for the purpose of creating reservoirs in aid of navigation, and no claim or United States not liable for overflows. right of compensation shall accrue from the overflowing of said lands on account of the construction and maintenance of such dams or reservoirs.
And the Secretary of War shall furnish the Commissioner of —list of lands, etc. the General Land Office a list of such lands, with the particular tracts appropriately described, and in the disposal of each and every one of said tracts, whether by sale, by allotment in severality to individual Indians, or otherwise, under said Act, the provisions of this paragraph shall enter into and form a part of the contract of purchase or transfer of title. cœur d’alenes.Cœur d’Alenes. For seventh of fifteen installments of eight thousand dollars each, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, under the sixth article of agreement of March twenty-sixth, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, ratified by Act of March third, eighteen hundred Vol. 26, p. 1028. and ninety-one, eight thousand dollars;
For pay of blacksmith, carpenter, and physician, and purchase of medicines, as per the eleventh article of said agreement, three thousand five hundred dollars; in all, eleven thousand five hundred dollars. columbias and colvilles.Columbias and Colvilles. For annuity for Chief Moses, as per agreement of July seventh, Chief Moses. eighteen hundred and eighty-three, ratified by Act approved July fourth, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, one thousand dollars; For employees as provided in said agreement, ratified by Act of July Vol. 23, p. 79. fourth, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, six thousand dollars; in all, seven thousand dollars. creeks.Creeks.
For permanent annuity, in money, per fourth article of treaty of August Permanent annuities. Vol. 7, p. 36. Vol. 11, p. 700. seventh, seventeen hundred and ninety, and fifth article of treaty of August seventh, eighteen hundred and fifty-six, one thousand five hundred dollars; For permanent annuity, in money, per second article of treaty of June Vol. 7, p. 69. Vol. 11, p. 700. sixteenth, eighteen hundred and two, and fifth article of treaty of August seventh, eighteen hundred and fifty-six, three thousand dollars; 577 For permanent annuity, in money, per fourth article of treaty of January twenty-fourth, eighteen hundred and twenty-six, and fifth Vol. 7, p. 287.
Vol. 11, p. 700. article of treaty of August seventh, eighteen hundred and fifty-six, twenty thousand dollars; For permanent annuity for blacksmith and assistant, and for shops and tools, per eighth article of treaty of January twenty-fourth, eighteen Vol. 7, p. 287. Vol. 11, p. 700. hundred and twenty-six, and fifth article of treaty of August seventh, eighteen hundred and fifty-six, eight hundred and forty dollars; For permanent annuity for iron and steel for shop, per same articles and treaties, two hundred and seventy dollars;
For permanent annuity for the pay of a wheelwright, per same articles of same treaties, six hundred dollars; For five per centum interest on two hundred thousand dollars, for Interest. Vol. 11, p. 701. purposes of education, per sixth article of treaty of August seventh, eighteen hundred and fifty-six, ten thousand dollars; For interest on two hundred and seventy-five thousand one hundred and sixty-eight dollars, at the rate of five per centum per annum, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, under provisions of third article of treaty of June fourteenth, eighteen hundred Vol. 14, p. 787. and sixty-six, thirteen thousand seven hundred and fifty-eight dollars and forty cents; in all, forty-nine thousand nine hundred and sixty-eight dollars and forty cents. crows.Crows.
For the seventeenth of twenty-five installments, as provided in agreement with the Crows, dated June twelfth, eighteen hundred and eighty, Vol. 22, p. 43. to be used by the Secretary of the Interior in such a manner as the President may direct, thirty thousand dollars; For last of thirty installments, for purchase of clothing, as per ninth article of treaty of May seventh, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, Vol. 15, p. 651. twelve thousand dollars; For pay of physician, per tenth article of same treaty, one thousand Vol. 15, p. 659. two hundred dollars;
For pay of carpenter, miller, engineer, farmer, and blacksmith, as per tenth article of same treaty, three thousand three hundred dollars; For pay of second blacksmith, and iron and steel, as per eighth article of same treaty, one thousand five hundred dollars; This amount, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to furnish such articles of food as from time to time the condition and necessities of the Indians may require, thirty thousand dollars; in all, seventy-eight thousand dollars. fort hall indians.Fort Hall Indians.
For tenth of twenty installments, as provided in agreement with said Indians, approved February twenty-third, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, Vol. 25, p. 688. to be used by the Secretary of the Interior for the benefit of the Indians in such manner as the President may direct, six thousand dollars. indians at blackfeet agency.Indians at Blackfeet Agency. For first of nine installments, to be disposed of as provided in article two of the agreement with the Indians of the Blackfeet Reservation, ratified by Act approved June tenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-six, Vol. 29, p. 354. three hundred thousand dollars. indians at fort belknap agency.Indians at Fort Belknap Agency.
To carry out the provisions of an agreement with the Indians of the Fort Belknap Reservation, Montana, ratified by Act approved June Vol. 29, p. 350. tenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-six, to be disposed of as provided in article two of said agreement, three hundred and sixty thousand dollars. 578 indians at fort berthold agency.Indians at Fort Berthold Agency. For eighth of ten installments of eighty thousand dollars each, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, as per second article of agreement ratified by Act approved March third, Vol. 26, p. 1033. eighteen hundred and ninety-one, eighty thousand dollars. iowas.Iowas.
For interest in lieu of investment on fifty-seven thousand five hundred Interest. dollars, balance of one hundred and fifty-seven thousand five hundred dollars, to July first, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, at five per centum per annum, for education or other beneficial purposes, under the direction of the President, per ninth article of treaty of May Vol. 10, p. 1071. seventeenth, eighteen hundred and fifty-four, two thousand eight hundred and seventy-five dollars. iowas in oklahoma.Iowas in Oklahoma.
For third of five installments, second series, to be paid per capita under the seventh article of agreement ratified by Act approved February Vol. 26, p. 756. thirteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, three thousand dollars. kansas.Kansas. For interest in lieu of investment on one hundred and thirty-five Interest. thousand dollars, being the amount due the Kansas tribe of Indians, per second article of treaty of January fourteenth, eighteen hundred Vol. 9, p.842. and forty-six, six thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars. kickapoos in kansas.Kickapoos in Kansas.
For interest on sixty-seven thousand two hundred and thirty dollars Interest. and nine cents at five per centum per annum, for educational and other beneficial purposes, per treaty of May eighteenth, eighteen hundred Vol. 10, p. 1079. and fifty-four, three thousand three hundred and sixty-one dollars and fifty cents. This amount to enable the President of the United States to carry Payment to three Kickapoos, etc. out the provisions of the third article of the treaty made with the Kickapoos, dated June twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, to be paid as provided in said treaty, and under such rules as the Secretary of the Interior may prescribe, to three Kickapoo Indians who have become citizens of the United States, such sum as may be their proportion of the one hundred thousand dollars provided for said tribe for education and other beneficial purposes, per treaty of May eighteenth, Vol. 10, p. 1079. eighteen hundred and fifty-four, one thousand and thirteen dollars and forty-nine cents; in all, four thousand three hundred and seventy-four dollars and ninety-nine cents. molels.Molels.
For pay of teachers and for manual-labor schools, and for all necessary Schools. Vol. 12, p. 98l. materials therefor, and for the subsistence of the pupils, per second article of treaty of December twenty-first, eighteen hundred and fifty-five, three thousand dollars. nez percés.Nez Percés. For salaries of two matrons to take charge of the boarding schools, Schools. Vol. l4, p. 650. two assistant teachers, one farmer, one carpenter, and two millers, per fifth article of treaty of June ninth, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, six thousand dollars. northern cheyennes and arapahoes.Northern Cheyennes and Arapahoes.
For subsistence and civilization, as per agreement with the Sioux Subsistence, etc. Vol. 19, p. 256. Indians, approved February twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and 579 seventy-seven, including subsistence and civilization of Northern Cheyennes removed from Pine Ridge Agency to Tongue River, Montana, ninety thousand dollars; For last of thirty installments, for purchase of clothing, as per sixth Clothing. Vol. 16, p. 657. *Proviso.* Division. article of treaty of May tenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, including clothing for above Indians, seventeen thousand dollars: *Provided,* That the amount in this and the preceding paragraph shall be expended pro rata, as near as may be, for the Northern Cheyennes and Arapahoes in Wyoming and on the Tongue River in Montana;
For pay of physician, two teachers, two carpenters, one miller, two farmers, a blacksmith, and engineer, per seventh article of same treaty, Vol. 15, p. 658. nine thousand dollars; in all, one hundred and sixteen thousand dollars. osages.Osages. For interest on sixty-nine thousand one hundred and twenty dollars, Interest. Vol. 7, p. 242. at five per centum per annum, being value of fifty-four sections of land set apart by treaty of June second, eighteen hundred and twenty-five, for educational purposes, per Senate resolution of January ninth, eighteen hundred and thirty-eight, three thousand four hundred and fifty-six dollars. pawnees.Pawnees.
For perpetual annuity, at least one-half of which is to be paid in Annuity. Vol. 11, p. 729. goods and such articles as may be deemed necessary for them, per second article of treaty of September twenty-fourth, eighteen hundred and fifty-seven, thirty thousand dollars; For support of two manual-labor schools, per third article of same treaty, ten thousand dollars; For pay of two farmers, two blacksmiths and two apprentices, one miller and apprentice, two teachers, one shoemaker, and one carpenter, five thousand four hundred dollars;
For pay of physician and purchase of medicines, one thousand two hundred dollars; For purchase of iron and steel and other necessaries for the shops, as Vol. 11, p. 730. per fourth article of treaty of September twenty-fourth, eighteen hundred and fifty-seven, five hundred dollars; in all, forty-seven thousand one hundred dollars. pottawatomies.Pottawatomies. For permanent annuity, in silver, per fourth article of treaty of August Annuities. Vol. 7, p. 51. third, seventeen hundred and ninety-five, three hundred and fifty-seven dollars and eighty cents;
For permanent annuity, in silver, per third article of treaty of September Vol. 7, p. 114. thirtieth, eighteen hundred and nine, one hundred and seventy-eight dollars and ninety cents; For permanent annuity, in silver, per third article of treaty of October Vol. 7, p. 185. second, eighteen hundred and eighteen, eight hundred and ninety-four dollars and fifty cents; For permanent annuity, in money, per second article of treaty of September Vol. 7, p. 314. twentieth, eighteen hundred and twenty-eight, seven hundred and fifteen dollars and sixty cents;
For permanent annuity, in specie, per second article of treaty of July Vol. 7, p. 320. Vol. 7, p. 317. twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and twenty-nine, and second article of treaty of September twentieth, eighteen hundred and twenty-eight, five thousand seven hundred and twenty-four dollars and seventy-seven cents; For permanent provision for payment of money in lieu of tobacco, Vol. 7, p. 318. Vol. 9, p. 855. iron, and steel, per second article of treaty of September twentieth, eighteen hundred and twenty-eight, and tenth article of treaties of June fifth and seventeenth, eighteen hundred and forty-six, one hundred and seven dollars and thirty-four cents; 580 For permanent provision for three blacksmiths and assistants, and Vol. 7, p. 296.
Vol. 7, p. 318. Vol. 7, p. 321. for iron and steel for shops, per third article of treaty of October sixteenth, eighteen hundred and twenty-six; second article of treaty of September twentieth, eighteen hundred and twenty-eight, and second article of treaty of July twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and twenty-nine, one thousand and eight dollars and ninety-nine cents; For permanent provision for fifty barrels of salt, per second article Vol. 7, p. 320. of treaty of July twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and twenty-nine, one hundred and fifty-six dollars and fifty-four cents;
For interest on two hundred and thirty thousand and sixty-four dollars Interest. Vol. 9, p. 854. and twenty cents, at five per centum, in conformity with provisions of article seventh of treaties of June fifth and seventeenth, eighteen hundred and forty-six, eleven thousand five hundred and three dollars and twenty-one cents; in all, twenty thousand six hundred and forty-seven dollars and sixty-five cents. quapaws.Quapaws. For education, during the pleasure of the President, per third article of treaty of May thirteenth, eighteen hundred and thirty-three, one Vol. 7, p. 425. thousand dollars; for blacksmith and assistants, and tools, iron, and steel for blacksmith shop, per same article and treaty, five hundred dollars; in all, one thousand five hundred dollars. sacs and foxes of the mississippi.Sacs and Foxes of the Mississippi.
For permanent annuity, in goods or otherwise, per third article of Annuity. Vol. 7, p. 85. interest. Vol. 7, p. 541. Vol. 7, p. 596. *Proviso.* Physician. treaty of November third, eighteen hundred and four, one thousand dollars; for interest on two hundred thousand dollars, at five per centum, per second article of treaty of October twenty-first, eighteen hundred and thirty-seven, ten thousand dollars; for interest on eight hundred thousand dollars, at five per centum, per second article of treaty of October eleventh, eighteen hundred and forty-two, forty thousand dollars: *Provided,* That the sum of one thousand five hundred dollars of this amount shall be used for the pay of a physician and for purchase of medicine; in all, fifty-one thousand dollars. sacs and foxes of the missouri.Sacs and Foxes of the Missouri.
For interest on one hundred and fifty-seven thousand four hundred Interest. Vol. 7, p. 541. dollars, at five per centum, under the direction of the President, per second article of treaty of October twenty-first, eighteen hundred and thirty-seven, seven thousand eight hundred and seventy dollars; For support of a school, per fifth article of treaty of March sixth, School. Vol. 12, p. 1173. eighteen hundred and sixty-one, two hundred dollars; in all, eight thousand and seventy dollars. seminoles.Seminoles.
For five per centum interest on two hundred and fifty thousand dollars, Interest. Vol. 11, p. 702. to be paid as annuity, per eighth article of treaty of August seventh, eighteen hundred and fifty-six, twelve thousand five hundred dollars; For five per centum interest on two hundred and fifty thousand dollars, to be paid as annuity (they having joined their brethren West), per eighth article of treaty of August seventh, eighteen hundred and fifty-six, twelve thousand five hundred dollars;
For interest on fifty thousand dollars, at the rate of five per centum per annum, to be paid annually for the support of schools, as per third article of treaty of March twenty-first, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, Vol. 14, p. 757. two thousand five hundred dollars; For interest on twenty thousand dollars, at the rate of five per centum per annum, to be paid annually for the support of the Seminole 581 government, as per same article same treaty, one thousand dollars; in all, twenty-eight thousand five hundred dollars. senecas.Senecas.
For permanent annuity, in specie, per fourth article of treaty of Annuity. Vol. 7, p. 161. September twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and seventeen, five hundred dollars; For permanent annuity, in specie, per fourth article of treaty of September seventeenth, eighteen hundred and eighteen, five hundred Vol. 7, p. 179. dollars; For permanent annuity for blacksmith and miller, per fourth article of treaty of February twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and thirty-one, to be annually paid to them as a national fund, to be expended by them for such articles and wants and improvements in agriculture as their chiefs (with the consent of their agent) may designate, as stipulated in the seventh article of treaty of February twenty-third, eighteen hundred Vol. 15, p. 515. and sixty-seven, one thousand six hundred and sixty dollars;
For permanent annuity, in specie, per fourth article of treaty of September Vol. 7, p. 179. Vol. 15, p. 515. seventeenth, eighteen hundred and eighteen, and fifth article of treaty of February twenty-third, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, five hundred dollars; For blacksmith and assistants, shops and tools, iron and steel, per fourth article of treaty of July twentieth, eighteen hundred and thirty-one, Vol. 7, p. 352. Vol. 15, p. 515. and fifth article of treaty of February twenty-third, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, five hundred and thirty dollars; in all, three thousand six hundred and ninety dollars. senecas of new york.Senecas of New York.
For permanent annuity, in lieu of interest on stock, per Act of February Annuity. Vol. 4, p. 442. Interest. Vol. 9, p. 35. nineteenth, eighteen hundred and thirty-one, six thousand dollars; For interest, in lieu of investment, on seventy-five thousand dollars, at five per centum, per Act of June twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and forty-six, three thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars; For interest, at five per centum, on forty-three thousand and fifty dollars, transferred from the Ontario Bank to the United States Treasury, per Act of June twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and forty-six, two thousand one hundred and fifty-two dollars and fifty cents; in all, eleven thousand nine hundred and two dollars and fifty cents. eastern shawnees.Eastern Shawnees.
For permanent annuity, in specie, per fourth article of treaty of Annuity. Vol. 7, p. 179. Vol. 15, p. 515. September seventeenth, eighteen hundred and eighteen, and fifth article of treaty of February twenty-third, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, five hundred dollars; For blacksmith and assistant, shops and tools, iron and steel, per fourth article of treaty of July twentieth, eighteen hundred and thirty-one, Vol. 7, p. 352. Vol. 15, p. 515. and fifth article of treaty of February twenty-third, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, five hundred and thirty dollars; in all, one thousand and thirty dollars. shoshones and arapahoes.Shoshones and Arapahoes.
Fulfilling treaties with Shoshones and Arapahoes in Wyoming: First of five installments, to be expended as provided in article three of the agreement with the Shoshones and Arapahoes in Wyoming, ratified by *Ante,* p. 94. Act of June seventh, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, ten thousand dollars. shoshones and bannocks.Shoshones and Bannocks. Shoshones: For twenty-ninth of thirty installments, to purchase suits Shoshones. Supplies. of clothing for males over fourteen years of age; flannel, hose, calico, 582 and domestics for females over the age of twelve years, and such goods as may be needed to make suits for boys and girls under the ages named, as per ninth article of treaty of July third, eighteen hundred Vol. 15, p. 676. and sixty-eight, ten thousand dollars;
For pay of physician, teacher, carpenter, miller, engineer, farmer, Physician. Vol. 15, p. 676. and blacksmith, as per tenth article of treaty of July third, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, five thousand dollars; For pay of second blacksmith, and such iron and steel and other materials as may be required, as per eighth article of same treaty, one thousand dollars; Bannocks: For twenty-ninth of thirty installments, to purchase suits Bannocks. Supplies. Vol. 15, p. 676. of clothing for males over fourteen years of age; flannel, hose, calico, and domestics for females over twelve years of age, and such flannel and cotton goods as may be needed to make suits for boys and girls under the ages named, as per ninth article of treaty of July third, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, five thousand dollars;
For pay of physician, teacher, carpenter, miller, engineer, farmer, Physician, etc. Vol. 15, p. 676. and blacksmith, as per tenth article of treaty of July third, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, five thousand dollars; in all, twenty-six thousand dollars. six nations of new york.Six Nations of New York. For permanent annuity, in clothing and other useful articles, per Annuity. Vol. 7, p. 46. sixth article of treaty of November eleventh, seventeen hundred and ninety-four, four thousand five hundred dollars. sioux of different tribes, including santee sioux of nebraska.Sioux of different tribes.
For twenty-ninth of thirty installments, to purchase clothing for males Clothing. Vol. 15, p. 638. over fourteen years of age; for flannel, hose, and calico, and domestics required for females over twelve years of age, and for such flannel and cotton goods as may be needed to make suits for boys and girls, per tenth article of treaty of April twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, one hundred and thirty-five thousand dollars; For twenty-ninth of thirty installments, to purchase such articles as Agricultural articles. *Provisos.* Money payments.
Woolen clothing, delivered by 1st of November, etc. may be considered proper by the Secretary of the Interior, at twenty dollars per head, for persons engaged in agriculture, one hundred and thirty thousand dollars: *Provided,* That the Secretary, in his discretion, is authorized to pay said amount per head in money: *Provided further,* That it shall be the duty of the Secretary of the Interior hereafter to cause the actual delivery of the woolen clothing herein contemplated and contemplated in prior Acts of Congress and treaties to the Sioux and Ponca Indians of Nebraska and North and South Dakota by the first day of November of the fiscal year for which such appropriations shall be made;
For pay of five teachers, one physician, one carpenter, one miller, Teacher. Vol, 15, p. 640. one engineer, two farmers, and one blacksmith, per thirteenth article of same treaty, ten thousand four hundred dollars; For pay of additional employees at the several agencies for the Employees. Sioux in Nebraska and in North Dakota and South Dakota, eighty-five thousand dollars; For subsistence of the Sioux, and for purposes of their civilization, Subsistence. Vol. 19, p. 251. *Provisos.* Transportation.
Indian employment. Limit of rations. as per agreement ratified by Act of Congress approved February twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and seventy-seven, nine hundred thousand dollars: *Provided,* That this sum shall include transportation of supplies from the termination of railroad or steamboat transportation; and in this service Indians shall be employed when practicable: *And provided further,* That the number of rations issued shall not exceed the number of Indians on each reservation, and any excess in the number of rations issued shall be disallowed in the settlement of the agent’s account; 583 For pay of second blacksmith, and furnishing iron, steel, and other Blacksmith, etc. material, per eighth article of same treaty, one thousand six hundred dollars;
For support and maintenance of day and industrial schools, including Schools. Vol. 15, p. 637. Vol. 25, p. 894. *Proviso.* Patents to Santee Sioux Indians. Vol. 12, p. 819. —form, effect, etc. Vol. 24, p. 389. purchase, erection, and repairs of school buildings, in accordance with article seven of the treaty of April twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, which article is continued in force for twenty years by sections seventeen of the Act of March second, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, two hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars; in all, one million four hundred and eighty-seven thousand dollars: *Provided,* That the Secretary shall cause patents to issue to the Santee Sioux Indians who were assigned lands in the State of Nebraska under the Act approved March third, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, entitled “An Act for the removal of the Sisseton, Wahpeton, Medawakanton, and Wahpakoota bands of Sioux or Dakota Indians, and for the disposition of their lands in Minnesota and Dakota,” which assignments were approved by the President May eleventh, eighteen hundred and eighty-five.
Said patents shall be of the form and legal effect prescribed by the fifth section of the Act approved February eighth, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, entitled “An Act to provide for the allotment of lands in severality to Indians on the various reservations, and to extend the protection of the laws of the United States and the Territories over the Indians, and for other purposes.” sioux, yankton tribe.Sioux, Yankton tribe. For tenth of twenty installments (last series), to be paid to them or expended for their benefit, per fourth article of treaty of April nineteenth, Vol. 11, p. 744. eighteen hundred and fifty-eight, fifteen thousand dollars;
For subsistence and civilization of two thousand Yankton Sioux, heretofore provided for in appropriations under “Fulfilling treaty with Vol. 19, p. 287. Sioux of different tribes,” and so forth, thirty-five thousand dollars; in all, fifty thousand dollars. sisseton and wahpeton indians.Sisseton and Wahpeton Indians. For eleventh of thirteen installments of eighteen thousand four hundred dollars each, to be paid per capita, as per third article of agreement with the Sisseton and Wahpeton Indians dated September twelfth, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, ratified by Act of March Vol. 26, p. 1037. third, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, eighteen thousand four hundred dollars.
That all leases hereafter made of lands belonging to the Sisseton and Leases to be approved by Secretary of the Interior, etc. Wahpeton Indians in the State of South Dakota shall, before they become valid, be approved by and filed with the Secretary of the Interior, and all subleases made by the persons leasing said lands shall be void. spokanes.Spokanes. For seventh of ten installments, to be expended under the direction Removal to Cœur d’Alene Reservation. of the Secretary of the Interior in the removal of the Spokane Indians to the Cœur d’Alene Reservation, in erecting suitable houses, in assisting them in breaking lands, in furnishing them with cattle, seeds, agricultural implements, saw and grist mills, threshing machines, mowers, clothing, and provisions; in taking care of the old, sick, and infirm; in affording educational facilities, and in any other manner tending to their civilization and self-support, as per article five of agreement with said Indians dated March eighteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, ratified by Act of Congress approved July thirteenth, eighteen Vol. 27, p. 139. *Proviso.* Indians on other reservations. hundred and ninety-two, five thousand dollars: *Provided,* That any moneys heretofore or hereafter to be appropriated for the removal of said Spokane Indians to the Cœur d’Alene Reservation shall be expended for such members of the tribe who have removed or shall remove to the Colville, Spokane, or Jocko reservations; 584 For pay of a blacksmith and carpenter to do necessary work and to Blacksmith, etc. instruct the said Indians in those trades, one thousand dollars each, per sixth article of said agreement, two thousand dollars;
For sixth of ten installments of one hundred dollars each to Chiefs Chiefs Louis and Enoch. Louis and Enoch, as per article nine of said agreement, two hundred dollars; in all, seven thousand two hundred dollars. confederated bands of utes.Confederated band of Utes. For pay of two carpenters, two millers, two farmers, and two blacksmiths, Carpenters, etc. Vol. 13, p. 675. Vol. 15, p. 622. as per tenth article of treaty of October seventh, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, and fifteenth article of treaty of March second, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, six thousand seven hundred and twenty dollars;
For pay of two teachers, as per same article of same treaty, one thousand eight hundred dollars; For purchase of iron and steel and the necessary tools for blacksmith Vol. 15, p. 621. shop, per ninth article of same treaty, two hundred and twenty dollars; For last of thirty installments, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior for clothing, blankets, and such other Clothing, etc. Vol. 15, p. 622. articles as he may deem proper and necessary, under eleventh article of same treaty, thirty thousand dollars;
For annual amount for the purchase of beef, mutton, wheat, flour, Food. Vol. 15, p. 622. beans, and potatoes, or other necessary articles of food, as per twelfth article of same treaty, thirty thousand dollars; For pay of employees at the several Ute agencies, fifteen thousand Employees. dollars; in all, eighty-three thousand seven hundred and forty dollars. winnebagoes.Winnebagoes. For interest on eight hundred and four thousand nine hundred and Interest. Vol. 7, p. 545. Vol. 12, p. 628. nine dollars and seventeen cents, at five per centum per annum, per fourth article of treaty of November first, eighteen hundred and thirty-seven, and joint resolution of July seventeenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, forty thousand two hundred and forty-five dollars and forty-five cents; and the Secretary of the Interior is hereby directed to expend said interest for the support, education, and civilization of said Indians;
For interest on seventy-eight thousand three hundred and forty dollars Vol. 16, p. 355. and forty-one cents, at five per centum per annum, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior for the erection of houses, improvement of their allotments of land, purchase of stock, agricultural implements, seeds, and other beneficial objects, three thousand nine hundred and seventeen dollars and two cents; in all, forty-four thousand one hundred and sixty-two dollars and forty-seven cents.
MISCELLANEOUS SUPPORTS.Miscellaneous supports. For subsistence and civilization of the Apaches, Kiowas, Comanches, Apaches, Kiowas, Comanches, Wichitas, etc. Wichitas, and affiliated bands who have been collected in the reservations set apart for their use and occupation, one hundred thousand dollars. For subsistence and civilization of the Arapahoes and Cheyennes Arapahoes and Cheyennes. who have been collected on the reservations set apart for their use and occupation, ninety thousand dollars.
For support and civilization of the Chippewas of Lake Superior, Chippewas of Lake Superior, Wisconsin. Wisconsin, to be expended for agricultural and educational purposes, pay of employees, including pay of physician, at one thousand two hundred dollars, purchase of goods and provisions, and for such other purposes as may be deemed for the best interests of said Indians, seven thousand one hundred and twenty-five dollars. For support and civilization of Chippewas of Red Lake and Pembina Chippewas of Red Lake and Pembina. tribe of Chippewas, Minnesota, and for pay of employees, ten thousand dollars. 585 For support of the Otter-Tail, Pillager, Pembina, and Mississippi Otter-Tail, Pillager, Pembina, and Mississippi Chippewas.
Chippewa Indians on the White Earth Reservation in Minnesota, to assist them in their agricultural operations, and for pay of physician, not to exceed one thousand two hundred dollars, ten thousand dollars. For support and civilization of Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewas, Turtle Mountain Chippewas. North Dakota, including seeds, thirteen thousand dollars. For support and civilization of the confederated tribes and bands in Confederated bands, middle Oregon. middle Oregon, and for pay of employees, six thousand dollars.
For support and civilization of the D’Wamish and other allied tribes D’Wamish, etc., Washington. in Washington, including pay of employees, seven thousand dollars. For support and civilization of Carlos’s Band of Flatheads, Montana, Carlos’s Band, Flatheads. including pay of employees, ten thousand dollars. For support and civilization of the Flatheads and other confederated Flatheads, etc., Montana. tribes, Montana, including pay of employees, ten thousand dollars. To enable the Secretary of the Interior to purchase subsistence and Hualpais.
Arizona. other necessaries for the support of the Hualpais in Arizona, seven thousand five hundred dollars. For support and civilization of the Apache and other Indians in Apaches, etc., Arizona and New Mexico. Arizona and New Mexico who have been or may be collected on reservations in Arizona and New Mexico, two hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars, of which amount the sum of two thousand five hundred dollars may be used, in the discretion of the Secretary of the Interior, for the temporary support and civilization of the Kaibab tribe of Indians Kaibab Indians, Utah. in Utah in the purchase of animals, implements, seeds, clothing, and other necessary articles, to enable them to become self supporting.
For support, civilization, and instruction of the Shoshones and Bannocks, Shoshones and Bannocks, Fort Hall Reservation. and other Indians of the Fort Hall Reservation in Idaho, including pay of employees, thirty thousand dollars. For support, civilization, and instruction of the Shoshones, Bannocks, Lemhi Agency, Idaho. Sheepeaters, and other Indians of the Lemhi Agency, Idaho, including pay of employees, thirteen thousand dollars. For support, civilization, and instruction of the Klamaths, Modocs, Klamath Agency, Oreg. and other Indians of the Klamath Agency, Oregon, including pay of employees, five thousand dollars.
For support and civilization of the Kansas Indians, Oklahoma Territory, Kansas Indians, Oklahoma. including agricultural assistance and pay of employees, two thousand five hundred dollars. For support and civilization of the Kickapoo Indians in the Oklahoma Kickapoos, Oklahoma. Territory, five thousand dollars. For the purchase of teams, farming implements, seeds, and other Kicking Kickapoos, Oklahoma. necessary articles, for the Mexican Kickapoo Indians, known as the “Kicking Kickapoos,” in Oklahoma Territory, in the discretion of the Secretary of the Interior, five thousand dollars, to be immediately available.
For the purchase of teams, farming implements, seeds, and other Big Jim Band, Absentee Shawnee Indians, Oklahoma. necessary articles, for the Big Jim Band of Absentee Shawnee Indians, in Oklahoma Territory, in the discretion of the Secretary of the Interior, five thousand dollars, to be immediately available. For support and civilization of the Makahs, Washington, including Makahs, Washington. pay of employees, three thousand dollars. For support and civilization of Indians at the Mission Agency, California, Mission Agency, Cal. including pay of employees, three thousand dollars.
For support and civilization of the Modoc Indians now residing within Modoc Indians, Indian Territory. the Indian Territory, two thousand five hundred dollars. For purchase of agricultural implements, and support and civilization Joseph’s Band of Nez Percé Indians. of Joseph’s Band of Nez Percé Indians, seven thousand five hundred dollars. For support and civilization of Nez Percé Indians in Idaho, including Nez Percé Indians, Idaho. pay of physician, five thousand dollars. For support and civilization of the Ponca Indians, including pay of Ponca Indians. *Proviso.* Division. employees, fifteen thousand dollars: *Provided,* That this amount, after paying employees authorized by law, shall be expended per capita among all the members of said tribe in Oklahoma Territory, South Dakota, and in the State of Nebraska. 586 For support and civilization of the Qui-nai-elts and Quil-leh-utes, Qui-nai-elts and Quil-leh-utes.
Washington, including pay of employees, one thousand dollars. For support and civilization of Shoshone Indians in Wyoming, twenty Shoshones, Wyoming. thousand dollars. For support and civilization of Shoshone Indians in Nevada, including Shoshones, Nevada. pay of employees, ten thousand dollars. For support, civilization, and instruction of the Seminole Indians in Seminoles, Florida. Florida, six thousand dollars, one-half of which sum shall be expended in the discretion of the Secretary of the Interior in procuring permanent homes for said Indians.
For support and civilization of Sioux of Devils Lake, North Dakota, Sioux of Devils Lake, N. Dak. including pay of employees, and for the purchase of seeds, ten thousand dollars. For support and civilization of Sioux, Medawakanton Band, in Minnesota, Sioux, Medawakanton Band. five thousand dollars. For support and civilization of Tonkawa Indians, Oklahoma Territory, Tonkawa Indians, Oklahoma. and for seeds and agricultural implements, two thousand dollars. For support and civilization of the Walla Walla, Cayuse, and Umatilla Walla Walla, Cayuse, and Umatilla tribes, Oregon. tribes, Oregon, including pay of employees, five thousand dollars.
For support and civilization of the Yakimas and other Indians at Yakima Agency Indians. said agency, including pay of employees, eight thousand dollars. GENERAL INCIDENTAL EXPENSES OF THE INDIAN SERVICE.Incidental expenses. Arizona: For general incidental expenses of the Indian Service in Arizona. Arizona, including traveling expenses of agents, one thousand five hundred dollars. California: For general incidental expenses of the Indian Service California. in California, including traveling expenses of agents, and support and civilization of Indians at the Round Valley, Hoopa Valley, and Tule River agencies, thirteen thousand dollars; and pay of employees at same agencies, eight thousand dollars; in all, twenty-one thousand dollars.
Colorado: For general incidental expenses of the Indian Service in Colorado. Colorado, including traveling expenses of agents, one thousand five hundred dollars. North Dakota: For general incidental expenses of the Indian North Dakota. Service in North Dakota, including traveling expenses of agents at three agencies, one thousand five hundred dollars. South Dakota: For general incidental expenses of the Indian South Dakota. Service in South Dakota, including traveling expenses of agents at seven agencies, three thousand five hundred dollars.
Idaho: For general incidental expenses of the Indian Service in Idaho. Idaho, including traveling expenses of agents, one thousand dollars. Montana: For general incidental expenses of the Indian Service in Montana. Montana, including traveling expenses of agents, two thousand five hundred dollars. Nevada: For general incidental expenses of the Indian Service in Nevada. Nevada, including traveling expenses of agents, and support and civilization of Indians located on the Piute, Walker River, and Pyramid Lake reservations, and Piutes on the Western Shoshone Reservation, twelve thousand dollars; and pay of employees, same agency, four thousand dollars; in all, sixteen thousand dollars.
New Mexico: For general incidental expenses of the Indian Service New Mexico. in New Mexico, including traveling expenses of agents, one thousand five hundred dollars. Oregon: For general incidental expenses of the Indian Service in Oregon. Oregon, including traveling expenses of agents, and support and civilization of Indians of Grand Ronde and Siletz agencies, eight thousand dollars; and pay of employees at the same agencies, four thousand dollars; in all, twelve thousand dollars. 587 Utah:
For general incidental expenses of the Indian Service in Utah. Utah, including traveling expenses of agents; support and civilization of Indians at Uintah Valley and Ouray agencies, three thousand dollars. Washington: For general incidental expenses of the Indian Service Washington. in Washington, including traveling expenses of agents at seven agencies, and support and civilization of Indians at Colville and Puyallup agencies, and for pay of employees, fourteen thousand dollars.
Wyoming: For general incidental expenses of the Indian Service in Wyoming. Wyoming, including traveling expenses of agents, one thousand dollars. SUPPORT OF SCHOOLS.Support of schools. For support of Indian day and industrial schools, and for other Day and industrial. educational purposes not hereinafter provided for, including pay of an architect and draftsmen, to be employed in the office of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, one million one hundred thousand dollars, of which amount the Secretary of the Interior may, in his discretion, use Alaska Indians. *Proviso.* Contracts. five thousand dollars for the education of Indians in Alaska: *Provided,* That the Secretary of the Interior may make contracts with contract schools, apportioning as near as may be the amount so contracted for among schools of various denominations, for the education of Indian pupils during the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, but shall only make such contracts at places where nonsectarian schools can not be provided for such Indian children and to an amount not exceeding thirty per centum of the amount so used for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-five: *And provided further,* That the foregoing Public schools not included. shall not apply to public schools of any State, Territory, county, or city, or to schools herein or hereafter specifically provided for.
For construction, purchase, lease, and repair of school buildings and Buildings and sites. purchase of school sites, two hundred thousand dollars. For purchase of horses, cattle, sheep, goats, swine, and so forth, for Farm animals. schools, ten thousand dollars. For support and education of three hundred Indian pupils at Albuquerque, Support of pupils. Albuquerque, N. Mex. New Mexico, at one hundred and sixty-seven dollars per annum for each pupil, fifty thousand one hundred dollars; for pay of superintendent of said school, one thousand seven hundred dollars; for general repairs and improvements, two thousand five hundred dollars; and for necessary sewerage, plumbing, and bathing facilities, fourteen thousand dollars; in all, sixty-eight thousand three hundred dollars.
For the support and education of one hundred Indian pupils at Chamberlain, S. Dak. Chamberlain, South Dakota, at one hundred and sixty-seven dollars per annum for each pupil, sixteen thousand seven hundred dollars; pay of superintendent of said school, one thousand two hundred dollars; equipments and improvements, two thousand dollars; in all, nineteen thousand nine hundred dollars. For support of one hundred and fifty pupils at the training school at Cherokee, N. C. Cherokee, North Carolina, at one hundred and sixty-seven dollars per annum each, twenty-five thousand and fifty dollars; for pay of superintendent of said school, one thousand three hundred dollars; and for general repairs and minor improvements, two thousand dollars; in all, twenty-eight thousand three hundred and fifty dollars.
For support of Indian industrial school at Carlisle, Pennsylvania, at Carlisle, Pa. not exceeding one hundred and sixty-seven dollars per annum for each pupil; and for transportation of pupils to and from said school, and for general repairs and improvements, one hundred and ten thousand six hundred dollars; for additional to the salary of any military officer of Carlisle Indian School while acting as superintendent of said school, one thousand dollars; in all, one hundred and eleven thousand six hundred dollars.
For support and education of one hundred and fifty Indian pupils, Carson City, Nev. at one hundred and sixty-seven dollars per annum each, at the Indian school at Carson City, Nevada, twenty-five thousand and fifty dollars; for pay of superintendent at said school, one thousand three hundred 588 dollars; for general repairs and improvements, three thousand dollars; in all, twenty-nine thousand three hundred and fifty dollars. For support of three hundred and fifty Indian pupils, at one hundred Chilocco, Okla. and sixty-seven dollars per annum each, at the Indian school at Chilocco, Oklahoma Territory, fifty-eight thousand four hundred and fifty dollars; for pay of superintendent at said school, one thousand eight hundred dollars; for erection of buildings, twelve thousand dollars; for sewerage system, five hundred dollars; for general repairs and improvements, five thousand dollars; in all, seventy-seven thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars.
For support and education of two hundred Indian pupils at Flandreau, Flandreau, S. Dak. South Dakota, at one hundred and sixty-seven dollars each per annum, thirty-three thousand four hundred dollars; for general repairs and improvements, one thousand dollars; for pay of superintendent of said school, one thousand five hundred dollars; for heating system, ten thousand dollars; erection of new buildings, three thousand dollars; erection of building for school and assembly purposes, twenty thousand dollars; water rent, one thousand dollars; in all, sixty-nine thousand nine hundred dollars.
For support and education of one hundred and fifty Indian pupils at Fort Mojave, Ariz. the Indian school, Fort Mojave, Arizona, at one hundred and sixty-seven dollars per annum each, twenty-five thousand and fifty dollars; for pay of superintendent of said school, one thousand five hundred dollars; for general repairs and improvements, two thousand dollars; for water tank, three thousand dollars; in all, thirty-one thousand five hundred and fifty dollars. For support and education of two hundred and fifty Indian pupils, Fort Totten, N.
Dak. at one hundred and sixty-seven dollars per annum each, at Indian school, Fort Totten, North Dakota, forty-one thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars; for pay of superintendent at said school, one thousand six hundred dollars; for general repairs and improvements, five thousand dollars; in all, forty-eight thousand three hundred and fifty dollars. For support and education of three hundred Indian pupils at the Genoa, Nebr. Indian school, Genoa, Nebraska, at one hundred and sixty-seven dollars per annum each, fifty thousand one hundred dollars; for general repairs and improvements, three thousand dollars; for pay of superintendent of said school, one thousand seven hundred dollars; for erection of barn, one thousand five hundred dollars; for repairs of hospital, three thousand five hundred dollars; for electric-light plant, three thousand dollars; in all, sixty-two thousand eight hundred dollars; and the sum of ten thousand dollars appropriated for steam heating plant at Genoa school by the Indian appropriation Act for the fiscal year Vol. 29, p. 347. *Ante,* p. 81. eighteen hundred and ninety-seven and the sum of six thousand dollars appropriated for the extension and completion of the steam heating plant at the same school by the Indian appropriation Act for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-eight are hereby reappropriated and made available during the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-nine.
For support and education of one hundred and fifty Indian pupils at Grand Junction, Colo. the Indian school at Grand Junction, Colorado, at one hundred and sixty-seven dollars per annum each, twenty-five thousand and fifty dollars; for pay of superintendent at said school, one thousand five hundred dollars; for general repairs and improvements, one thousand dollars; in all, twenty-seven thousand five hundred and fifty dollars. For the completion at the Grand Junction School of the addition to *Ante,* p. 81. schoolroom and dormitory for boys, as provided by the Indian appropriation Act approved June seventh, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, the additional sum of one thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary; and the work on said schoolroom and dormitory for boys shall, as far as practicable, be done under the direction of the superintendent of said school with the labor of the Indian students in attendance at said school; and the appropriations made by said Act 589 shall be continued available for the purposes therein specified during the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-nine.
For support and education of one hundred and twenty Indian pupils Hampton, Va. at the school at Hampton, Virginia, twenty thousand and forty dollars. For support and education of two hundred Indian pupils at Lincoln Lincoln Institution, Philadelphia, Pa. Institution, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, at one hundred and sixty-seven dollars per annum each, thirty-three thousand four hundred dollars. For support and education of five hundred Indian pupils at the Indian Haskell Institute, Lawrence, Kans. school, Haskell Institute, Lawrence, Kansas, at not exceeding one hundred and sixty-seven dollars per annum each; for transportation of pupils to and from said school, and for general repairs and improvements, eighty-nine thousand five hundred dollars; for pay of superintendent at said school, two thousand dollars; for steam heating plant, two thousand five hundred dollars; in all, ninety-four thousand dollars.
For support and education of three hundred Indian pupils at the Mount Pleasant, Mich. Indian school, Mount Pleasant, Michigan, at one hundred and sixty-seven dollars each per annum, fifty thousand one hundred dollars; for pay of superintendent of said school, one thousand five hundred dollars; for general repairs and improvements, five hundred dollars; for electric light and steam laundry, five thousand dollars; for sewerage and water system, five thousand dollars; in all, sixty-two thousand one hundred dollars.
For support and education of one hundred and fifty Indian pupils at Perris, Cal. the Indian school at Perris, California, at one hundred and sixty-seven dollars each per annum, twenty-five thousand and fifty dollars; for pay of superintendent of said school, one thousand five hundred dollars; for general repairs and improvements, one thousand dollars; in all, twenty-seven thousand five hundred and fifty dollars. For support and education of six hundred Indian pupils at the Indian Phœnix, Ariz. school at Phœnix, Arizona, at one hundred and sixty-seven dollars per annum each, and for general repairs and improvements, one hundred thousand two hundred dollars; for pay of superintendent at said school, two thousand dollars; for erection of boys’ dormitory, fifteen thousand dollars; for erection of waterworks and sewerage system, fourteen thousand dollars; in all, one hundred and thirty-one thousand two hundred dollars.
For support and education of one hundred and fifty Indian pupils at Pierre, S. Dak. Indian industrial school at Pierre, South Dakota, at not to exceed one hundred and sixty-seven dollars per annum for each pupil, twenty-five thousand and fifty dollars; for pay of superintendent of said school, one thousand five hundred dollars; for general repairs and improvements, two thousand dollars; in all, twenty-eight thousand five hundred and fifty dollars. For support and education of one hundred and twenty-five Indian Pipestone, Minn. *Post,* p. 944. pupils at the Indian school, Pipestone, Minnesota, at one hundred and sixty-seven dollars per annum each, twenty thousand eight hundred and seventy-five dollars; for pay of superintendent at said school, one thousand two hundred dollars; for a new stone building, twenty-five thousand dollars; for general repairs and improvements, two thousand dollars; in all, forty-nine thousand and seventy-five dollars.
For support and education of one hundred Indian pupils, Rapid Rapid City, S. Dak. City, South Dakota, at one hundred and sixty-seven dollars per annum each, sixteen thousand seven hundred dollars; for pay of superintendent, one thousand two hundred dollars; for equipment and minor improvements, five hundred dollars; in all, eighteen thousand four hundred dollars. For support and education of three hundred and fifty pupils at the Salem, Oreg. Indian school, Salem, Oregon, at one hundred and sixty-seven dollars per annum each, fifty-eight thousand four hundred and fifty dollars; for pay of superintendent at said school, one thousand eight hundred dollars; to purchase sixty acres of land at not exceeding eighty dollars per acre, and eleven acres of bearing orchard at not exceeding one hundred 590 and fifty dollars per acre, six thousand four hundred and fifty dollars; for remodeling school building into dining hall and kitchen, three thousand dollars; for general repairs and improvements, five thousand dollars; in all, seventy-four thousand seven hundred dollars.
For the support and education of seventy-five Indian pupils, Sac and Sac and Fox Reservation, Iowa. Fox Reservation, Iowa, at one hundred and sixty-seven dollars per annum each, twelve thousand five hundred and twenty-five dollars; for pay of superintendent, one thousand dollars; for equipment and minor improvements, two thousand dollars; in all, fifteen thousand five hundred and twenty-five dollars. For support and education of two hundred and fifty Indian pupils at Santa Fe, N.
Mex. the Indian school at Santa Fe, New Mexico, at one hundred and sixty-seven dollars each per annum, forty-one thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars; for pay of superintendent at said school, one thousand eight hundred dollars; for water supply, one thousand five hundred dollars; for general repairs and improvements, two thousand dollars; for erection of electric-light plant, three thousand dollars; in all, fifty thousand and fifty dollars. For support and education of one hundred and seventy-five Indian Shoshone Reservation, Wyo. pupils at the Indian school, Shoshone Reservation, Wyoming, at one hundred and sixty-seven dollars per annum each, twenty-nine thousand two hundred and twenty-five dollars; for pay of superintendent at said school, one thousand four hundred dollars; for general repairs and improvements, two thousand five hundred dollars; industrial shops, two thousand five hundred dollars; hospital building, one thousand five hundred dollars; electric-light plant, two thousand dollars; in all, thirty-nine thousand one hundred and twenty-five dollars.
For the support and education of one hundred and twenty-five Indian Tomah, Wis. *Post,* p. 945. pupils at the Indian school, Tomah, Wisconsin, at one hundred and sixty-seven dollars per annum each, twenty thousand eight hundred and seventy-five dollars; for pay of superintendent at said school, one thousand four hundred dollars; for general repairs and improvements, three thousand dollars; for new school building, ten thousand dollars; for additional general repairs, three thousand dollars; in all, thirty-eight thousand two hundred and seventy-five dollars.
For the erection and equipment of one school building on the Kickapoo Kickapoo Reservation, Brown County, Kans., erection of building. *Proviso.* —site. Puyallup Agency, Wash. Reservation, in Brown County, Kansas, fifteen thousand dollars, to be immediately available: *Provided, however,* That said building shall be erected on said reservation as near as possible to the railway station of Germantown. For the erection at the Puyallup Indian Agency school, Washington, of a new boys’ dormitory and a building for dining room, kitchen, and laundry, ten thousand dollars; and for water system, sewerage, and minor changes and improvements, ten thousand dollars; in all, twenty thousand dollars.
For collection and transportation of pupils to and from Indian Transportation. schools, and also for the transportation of Indian pupils from all the Indian schools and placing of them, with the consent of their parents, under the care and control of such suitable white families as may in all respects be qualified to give such pupils moral, industrial, and educational training, under arrangements in which their proper care, support, and education shall be in exchange for their labor, thirty-five thousand dollars.
That all expenditure of money appropriated for school purposes in Commissioner of Indian Affairs to direct expenditures. this Act shall be at all times under the supervision and direction of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs and in all respects in conformity with such conditions, rules, and regulations as to the conduct and methods of instruction and expenditure of money as may be from time to time prescribed by him, subject to the supervision of the Secretary of the Interior.
The Commissioner of Indian Affairs is hereby directed to examine Report on establishing school on Fort Keogh Military Reservation, Mont. into, and report to Congress at its next session upon, the practicability and desirability and cost of establishing an Indian industrial school on the Fort Keogh Military Reservation, in the State of Montana. 591 MISCELLANEOUS.Miscellaneous. For salaries of four Commissioners appointed under Acts of Congress Commission to Five Civilized Tribes.
Vol. 27, p. 645. Vol. 28, p. 939. *Proviso.* Number of Commissioners fixed. Special disbursing agent, clerks, etc. approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, and March second, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, to negotiate with the Five Civilized Tribes in the Indian Territory, twenty thousand dollars: *Provided,* That the number of said Commissioners is hereby fixed at four. For expenses of Commissioners and necessary expenses of employees, fifteen thousand dollars, to be immediately available: *And provided further,* That three dollars per diem for expenses of a clerk detailed as special disbursing agent by Interior Department, while on duty with the Commission, shall be paid therefrom; for clerical help, including secretary of the Commission and interpreters, six thousand six hundred dollars, and authority is hereby given for the payment of such interpreters as may have been employed and paid by said Commission during the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-eight; for contingent expenses of the Commission, one thousand eight hundred dollars; in all, forty-three thousand four hundred dollars.
That said Commission shall continue to exercise all authority heretofore Continuance of authority. conferred on it by law. Appeals shall be allowed from the United States courts in the Indian Appeals in citizenship cases, etc., to Supreme Court. Territory direct to the Supreme Court of the United States to either party, in all citizenship cases, and in all cases between either of the Five Civilized Tribes and the United States involving the constitutionality or validity of any legislation affecting citizenship, or the allotment of lands, in the Indian Territory, under the rules and regulations governing appeals to said court in other cases: *Provided,* That appeals in cases *Proviso.* Time to perfect appeals.
Work of commission not to be retarded, etc. Cases to be advanced. decided prior to this Act must be perfected in one hundred and twenty days from its passage; and in cases decided subsequent thereto, within sixty days from final judgment; but in no such case shall the work of the Commission to the Five Civilized Tribes be enjoined or suspended by any proceeding in, or order of, any court, or any judge, until after final judgment in the Supreme Court of the United States. In case of appeals, as aforesaid, it shall be the duty of the Supreme Court to advance such cases on the docket and dispose of the same as early as possible.
For operating and repairing the flour mill at Pima Agency, Arizona, Mill, Pima Agency, Ariz. one thousand five hundred dollars. For operating two portable steam sawmills on the Nez Percé Indian Nez Percé Reservation, Idaho. Reservation, Idaho, and for necessary repairs to the same, three thousand dollars. For pay of physician, New York Agency, six hundred dollars.New York Agency. To enable the President to cause, under the provisions of the Act of Surveying and allotting lands in severalty.
Vol. 24, p. 388. February eight, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, entitled “An Act to provide for the allotment of lands in severality to Indians,” such Indian reservations as in his judgment are advantageous for agricultural and grazing purposes to be surveyed, or resurveyed, for the purposes of said Act, and to complete the allotment of the same, including the necessary clerical work incident thereto in the field and in the Office of Indian Affairs, and delivery of trust patents, so far as allotments shall have been selected under said Act, thirty thousand dollars.
For construction of ditches and reservoirs, purchase and use of irrigating Works of irrigation, etc. *Proviso.* Extension of time to complete canal, Yakima Reservation, Wash. Vol. 28, p. 119. tools and appliances, and purchase of water rights on Indian reservations, in the discretion of the Secretary of the Interior and subject to his control, forty thousand dollars: *Provided,* That the time for the completion of the canal, or any part thereof, authorized by an Act entitled “An Act granting to the Columbia Irrigation Company a right of way through the Yakima Indian Reservation, in Washington,” be, and is hereby, extended two years from July twenty-fourth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight.
That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he hereby is, directed, Investigation of value of certain improvements embraced in Wind River or Shoshone Reservation, Wyo. through an Indian inspector, to cause an investigation to be made of the kind, extent, character, and value of the improvements made by certain white men, citizens of the United States, since eighteen hundred 592 and sixty-eight, upon tracts of land settled upon, occupied, and improved prior to the date of the treaty creating the Wind River or Shoshone Indian Reservation, in the State of Wyoming, which embraced within said reservation the tracts of land so previously settled upon, and to —report. report to Congress at the beginning of the next regular session the just and equitable value of said improvements made by the respective claimants thereof, who have been compelled to abandon the same and to remove from the said reservation, and such other facts respecting such settlement as may be of value in the adjustment of any claim arising from such removal.
For the construction of a telephone line from Detroit, Minnesota, to Telephone line to White Earth Agency. the White Earth Indian Agency, a distance of thirty miles, one thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary. Crow, Flathead, and so forth, Indian Commission: For continuing Crow, Flathead,etc, Indian Commission. Vol. 29, p. 341. the work of the commission appointed under the Act of Congress approved June tenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-six, to negotiate with the Crow, Flathead and other Indians, fifteen thousand dollars, the same to be available for the payment of salary and proper expenses of said commission from and after the date when the appropriation of ten thousand dollars made by the Act of June seventh, eighteen hundred *Ante,* p. 86. *Post,* p. 1235. and ninety-seven, was exhausted, and said commission shall continue its work and make its final report thereon to the Secretary of the Interior on the first day of April, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, and upon that date the commission shall cease.
For survey and subdivision of Indian reservations and of lands to be Surveys and allotments. allotted to Indians, and to make allotments in severalty, to be expended by the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, twenty thousand dollars. For resurvey of the exterior boundaries of the Klamath Reservation Klamath Reservation, Oreg., resurvey, etc. Vol. 16, p. 707. (so called), in the State of Oregon, in accordance with the provisions of the first article of the treaty made and concluded with the said Klamath and other Indians October fourteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, and proclaimed February seventeenth, eighteen hundred and seventy, ten thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, such survey to be made under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior and in such way as he may determine.
To enable the Secretary of the Interior, who is hereby authorized and —negotiation for relinquishment by Indians of right to reservation, etc. directed to negotiate through an Indian inspector with said Klamath Indians for the relinquishment of all their right and interest in and to any part of said reservation, and also to negotiate with them as respects any and all matters growing out of their occupation of said reservation under said treaty, and the Secretary of the Interior shall also ascertain what portion of said reservation is occupied by citizens of the United States, and for what purpose and under what title, and to pay the necessary expenses incident to such negotiation and examination, two thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, any agreement made hereunder to be submitted to Congress for its approval.
For the survey of lands in the Cheyenne River and Standing Rock Cheyenne River and Standing Rock reservations., S. Dak., survey, etc. Indian reservations in South Dakota, and to survey and mark the boundary line between said reservations, twenty thousand dollars, to be immediately available. For the inspection of said surveys and for clerk hire in the office of the surveyor general of said State, three thousand dollars. For compensation of the commissioner authorized by the Indian Puyallup Reservation, Wash., commissioner to sell lands, etc. *Ante,* p. 87. appropriation Act approved June seventh, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, to superintend the sale of land, and so forth, of the Puyallup Indian Reservation, Washington, who shall continue the work as therein provided, two thousand dollars.
For continuing the work of transferring the Indian depredation claims Indian depredation claims, transfer to Court, of Claims. Vol. 26, p. 851. from the Office of Indian Affairs to the Court of Claims and making a record of the same, and for the proper care and custody of the papers and records relating thereto, under the provisions of the Act approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-one (Twenty-sixth Statutes 593 at Large, page eight hundred and fifty-one), four thousand six hundred dollars.
That the mineral lands only in the Colville Indian Reservation, in Colville Reservation, Wash., mineral lands subject to entry. *Proviso.* —reserved from entry. the State of Washington, shall be subject to entry under the laws of the United States in relation to the entry of mineral lands: *Provided,* That lands allotted to the Indians or used by the Government for any purpose or by any school shall not be subject to entry under this provision. The right is hereby granted to cut timber for mining and domestic —right to cut timber. purposes, at such prices and subject to such regulations as may be prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior, from that portion of the Colville Indian Reservation in the State of Washington, which was vacated and restored to the public domain by the Act of July first, eighteen hundred Vol. 27, p. 62. and ninety-two, entitled “An Act to provide for the opening of a part of the Colville Reservation in the State of Washington and for other purposes,” and the net proceeds arising from the disposition of —sale of timber, disposition of proceeds. said timber shall be set apart and disposed of according to the provisions of section two of said Act of July first, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, but primarily the expense incident to disposing of said timber, including compensation of such special agent as the Secretary of the Interior shall appoint, shall be paid out of any existing appropriation for the survey and allotment of said lands and shall be reimbursed and replaced from the proceeds arising from the disposition of the timber.
The Indian allotments in severality provided for in said Act shall Allotments in severalty. be selected and completed at the earliest practicable time and not later than six months after the proclamation of the President opening the vacated portion of said reservation to settlement and entry, which proclamation may be issued without awaiting the survey of the unsurveyed lands therein. Said allotments shall be made from lands which —to be made from surveyed lands. —Indian improvements. shall at the time of the selection thereof be surveyed, excepting that every Indian entitled to allotment under said Act who has improvements upon unsurveyed land may select the same for his allotment, whereupon the Secretary of the Interior shall cause the same to be surveyed and allotted to him.
At the expiration of six months from the date of the Unallotted lands, when subject to entry, etc. proclamation by the President, and not before, the non-mineral lands within the vacated portion of said reservation which shall not have been allotted to Indians as aforesaid, shall be subject to settlement, entry and disposition under said Act of July first, eighteen hundred and ninety-two: *Provided,* That the land used and occupied for school purposes *Proviso.* Reservations from allotment. at what is known as Tomasket School, on Bonapart Creek, and the site of the sawmill, gristmill, and other mill property on said reservation, are hereby reserved from the operation of this Act, unless other lands are selected in lieu thereof as provided in section six of the aforesaid Act of July first, eighteen hundred and ninety-two.
That the Secretary of the Interior shall make investigation as to the Southern Ute Reservation, Colo., irrigation of, etc.*Post,* p. 941. practicability of providing a water supply for irrigation purposes, to be used on a portion of the reservation of the Southern Utes in Colorado, and he is authorized, in his discretion, to contract for, and to expend from the funds of said Southern Utes in the purchase of, perpetual water rights sufficient to irrigate not exceeding ten thousand acres on the western part of the Southern Ute Reservation, and for annual charges for maintenance of such water thereon, such amount and upon such terms and conditions as to him may seem just and reasonable, not exceeding one hundred and fifty thousand dollars for the purchase of such perpetual water rights, and not exceeding a maximum of fifty cents per acre per annum for the maintenance of water upon land irrigated, provided that after such an investigation he shall find all the essential conditions relative to the water supply and to the perpetuity of its availability for use upon said lands, such as in his judgment will justify a contract for its perpetual use: *Provided,* That the Secretary *Proviso.* Contractors’ bond. of the Interior, upon making all such contracts, shall require from the person or persons entering into such contract a bond of indemnity, to 594 be approved by him, for the faithful and continuous execution of such contract as provided therein.
To enable the Secretary of the Interior to employ a special attorney Pueblo Indians, New Mexico. —legal services for. for the Pueblo Indians of New Mexico, one thousand five hundred dollars; and to pay for legal services heretofore rendered said Indians, five hundred dollars; in all, two thousand dollars, to be immediately available. That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized to Omaha Exposition. —assembling of representatives of different tribes. cause to be assembled at the city of Omaha, in the State of Nebraska, at such time and for such period as he may designate, between the first days of June and November, anno Domini eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, representatives of different Indian tribes, as a part of the Transmississippi and International Exposition, to be held at the city of Omaha, in the State of Nebraska, pursuant to an Act of Congress entitled “An Act to authorize and encourage the holding of a transmississippi and international exposition at the city of Omaha, in the State of Nebraska, in the year eighteen hundred and ninety-eight,” approved June tenth, Vol. 29, p. 382. eighteen hundred and ninety-six, for the purpose of illustrating the past and present conditions of the various Indian tribes of the United States, and the progress made by education, and such other matters and things as will fully illustrate Indian advancement in civilization, the details of which shall be in the discretion of the Secretary of the Interior.
And Appropriation. —limit. for the purpose of carrying into effect this provision the sum of forty thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated; but the Secretary of the Interior is hereby prohibited from making, or causing to be made, any expenditure or creating any liability on behalf of the United States in excess of the sum hereby appropriated. That the inhabitants of the town of Wadsworth, in the county of Wadsworth, Washoe County, Nev.
R. S., sec. 2382, p. 436. Acquisition of title to town site. Washoe, State of Nevada, be, and they are hereby, authorized to proceed and acquire title to the town site of such town under the provisions of section twenty-three hundred and eighty-two of chapter eight of the Revised Statutes of the United States, relating to the reservation and sale of town sites on the public lands, and on compliance with the provisions of such town-site laws the inhabitants of said town of Wadsworth shall acquire title in manner and form as provided by the statutes aforesaid: *Provided,* That the proceeds of the sale of the land *Provisos.* Proceeds of sale of lands to be used for Piute Indiana, etc.
Indians’ right to purchase. Reservation from town site. in such town site shall be paid into the Treasury, and be used by the Secretary of the Interior for the Plute Indians of the Pyramid Lake Reservation: *Provided further,* That if there are any Indians residing in said town and in possession of lots of ground with improvements, they shall have the same rights of purchase under the town-site laws as white citizens: *And provided further,* That the tract of land situated near to and north of the town of Wadsworth, and upon which is located the Pyramid Lake Indian schoolhouse, containing one hundred and ten acres, more or less, shall be, and hereby is, reserved from the town site hereby established, unless it shall be determined by the Secretary of the Interior that said tract is not needed for Indian school purposes.
For ascertaining the depth of the bed rock at a place on the Gila Construction of dam, Gila River, Arizona, for irrigating Sacaton Reservation. River in Gila County, Arizona, known as The Buttes, and particularly described in Senate Document Numbered Twenty-seven, Fifty-fourth Congress, second session, and for ascertaining the feasibility, and estimating in detail the cost, of the construction of a dam across the river at that point for purpose of irrigating the Sacaton Reservation, and for ascertaining the average daily flow of water in the river at that point, twenty thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, the same to be expended by the Director of the United States Geological Survey, under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior: *Provided,* That nothing herein shall be construed as in any way committing *Proviso.* United States not committed to construction.
Queen Greek irrigation project. the United States to the construction of said dam. And said Director shall also ascertain and report upon the feasibility and cost of the Queen Creek project mentioned in said Senate Document. 595 That the settlers who purchased with the condition annexed of actual Extension of time for payment to homesteaders on ceded Indian reservations. settlement on all ceded Indian reservations be, and they are hereby granted an extension to July first, nineteen hundred, in which to make payments as now provided by law.
That hereafter Indian agents shall account for all funds coming into Indian agents to account for funds held as custodians, etc. their hands as custodians from any source whatever, and be responsible therefor under their official bonds. To authorize the Seneca Nation of New York Indians, through its E. V. Brookshire, payment to. council, to pay to E. V. Brookshire, out of funds now in its treasury, for legal services heretofore performed, the sum of one hundred dollars. That the Director of the United States Geological Survey is hereby Chickasaw lands, resurvey, etc.
Laws 1st sess., 55th Cong., p. 86. authorized to use any balance of the appropriation for resurveying the Chickasaw lands, provided for in the Indian Act approved June seventh, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, that may be unexpended on the thirtieth day of June, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, for office and field expenses of said work during the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine. Sec. 2. That no purchase of supplies for which appropriations are Supplies, purchase after advertisement. herein made, exceeding in the aggregate five hundred dollars in value at any one time, shall be made without first giving at least three weeks’ public notice by advertisement, except in case of exigency, when, in —exception, exigency. the discretion of the Secretary of the Interior, who shall make official record of the facts constituting the exigency and shall report the same to Congress at its next session, he may direct that purchases may be made in open market in amount not exceeding three thousand dollars at any one purchase: *Provided,* That funds herein and heretofore *Provisos.* Works of Irrigation.
Purchases from Indians. Manufactures by Indians. appropriated for construction of artesian wells, ditches, and other works for irrigating may, in the discretion of the Secretary of the Interior, be expended in open market: *Provided further,* That purchase in open market shall, as far as practicable, be made from Indians, under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior: *Provided further,* That the Secretary of the Interior may, when practicable, arrange for the manufacture by Indians upon the reservation of shoes, clothing, leather, harness, and wagons, and such other articles as the Secretary of the Interior may deem advisable.
Sec. 3. That the Secretary of the Interior, under the direction of the Diversion of surplus for subsistence. President, may use any surplus that may remain in any of the said appropriations herein made for the purchase of subsistence for the several Indian tribes, to an amount not exceeding twenty-five thousand dollars in the aggregate, to supply any subsistence deficiency that may occur: *Provided,* That any diversions which shall be made under *Provisos.* —report. Purchase of stock cattle.
Treaty funds. authority of this section shall be reported in detail, and the reason therefor, to Congress, at the session of Congress next succeeding such diversion: *Provided further,* That the Secretary of the Interior, under the direction of the President, may use any sums appropriated in this Act for subsistence, and not absolutely necessary for that purpose, for the purchase of stock cattle for the benefit of the tribe for which such appropriation is made, and shall report to Congress, at its next session thereafter, an account of his action under this provision: *Provided further,* That funds appropriated to fulfill treaty obligations shall not be used.
Sec. 4. That when not required for the purpose for which appropriated, Transfer of funds for employees. the funds herein provided for the pay of specified employees at any agency may be used by the Secretary of the Interior for the pay of other employees at such agency, but no deficiency shall be thereby created; and, when necessary, specified employees may be detailed for other service when not required for the duty for which they were engaged; and that the several appropriations herein made for millers, Diversions. blacksmiths, engineers, carpenters, physicians, and other persons, and for various articles provided for by treaty stipulation for the several Indian tribes, may be diverted to other uses for the benefit of said tribes, respectively, within the discretion of the President, and with 596 the consent of said tribes, expressed in the usual manner; and that he —report. *Proviso.* Amount for supplies immediately available. cause report to be made to Congress, at its next session thereafter, of his action under this provision. *Provided,* That so much of the appropriations herein made as may be required to pay for goods and supplies, for expenses incident to their purchase, and for transportation of the same, for the year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, shall be immediately available; but no such goods or supplies shall be distributed or delivered to any of said Indians prior to July first, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight.
Sec. 5. That whenever, after advertising for bids for supplies, in Rejection of bids. accordance with sections three and four of this Act, those received for any article contain conditions detrimental to the interest of the Government, they may be rejected, and the articles specified in such bids —purchases in open market. purchased in open market, at prices not to exceed those of the lowest bidder, and not to exceed the market price of the same, until such time as satisfactory bids can be obtained, for which immediate advertisement shall be made.
Sec. 6. That hereafter at any of the Indian reservations where there Transfer or sale of Government property on reservations authorized. is now on hand Government property not required for the use and benefit of the Indians at said reservation, the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized to move such property to other Indian reservations where it may be required, or to sell it and apply the proceeds of same in the purchase of such articles as may be needed for the use of the Indians for whom said property was purchased; and he shall make report of his action hereunder to the next session of Congress thereafter.
Sec. 7. That hereafter when, in the judgment of the Secretary of the Commutation of rations, etc. Interior, any Indian tribe, or part thereof, who are receiving rations and clothing and other supplies under this Act, are sufficiently advanced in civilization to purchase such rations and clothing and other supplies judiciously, they may commute the same and pay the value thereof in money per capita to such tribe or part thereof, the manner of such payment to be prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior.
Sec. 8. That the Commissioner of Indian Affairs shall report annually Report on employees to be made annually. to Congress, specifically showing the number of employees at each agency, industrial, and boarding school, which are supported in whole or in part out of the appropriations in this Act, giving name, when employed, in what capacity employed, male or female, whether white or Indian, amount of compensation paid, and out of what item or fund of the appropriation paid, and whether in the opinion of such Commissioner any of such employees are unnecessary.
Sec. 9. That with the consent of the Indians, severally, the Secretary Flathead Indians. reappraisal of certain unsold lands of. of the Interior is hereby authorized to cause a reappraisement of the unsold tracts of land of the Flathead Indians, situated in the Bitter Root Valley, Montana, by such person connected with the Indian service as he may designate, and that such lands shall then be sold, at —sale. Vol. 25, p. 871. the reappraised value, as provided for in the Act of Congress of March second, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, chapter three hundred and ninety-one, Twenty-fifth Statutes at Large, page eight hundred and seventy-one.
Sec. 10. That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, Northern Cheyenne Reservation, Mont. —report on existing conditions by inspector. directed to send an inspector of his Department to the reservation of the Northern Cheyenne Indians, in the State of Montana, and said agent shall be instructed to make a full and complete report to the Secretary of the Interior upon the conditions existing upon said reservation, said report to be available for use on or before the fifteenth day of November, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight.
It shall be the duty of the said inspector to ascertain if it is feasible —duties of inspector. to secure the removal of said Northern Cheyenne Indians from the present reservation to some portion of the Crow Indian Reservation, in the State of Montana. He shall also ascertain and report in detail the number and names of the white settlers legally upon the Northern Cheyenne Reservation, the number of acres of land owned by them, its 597FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Chs. 545, 546. 1898. location and the value thereof and of the improvements thereon.
Also the number and names of white settlers who are alleged to be illegally settled upon the reservation, the circumstances attending their settlement thereon, and their location. He shall also enter into negotiations with the white settlers upon said reservation, who have valid titles, for the sale of their lands and improvements to the Government; and he is hereby authorized and empowered to make written agreements with such settlers, which agreements shall not be binding until ratified and approved by the Secretary of the Interior.
He shall also make recommendations as to the settlement of the claims of such white settlers as have gone upon said reservation under circumstances which give them an equitable right thereon. He shall investigate the subject of fencing in the said reservation and shall indicate the lines such fence should follow and the estimated cost of same, and shall report upon the number of cattle and sheep which may safely be pastured within the limits recommended to be fenced. He shall further report upon and make recommendations with reference to any and all matters which in his judgment have any bearing upon the question of securing an equitable adjustment of the difficulties now existing upon said reservation and with especial reference to bringing about a satisfactory settlement with the white settlers, both as to the sale of their lands to the Government and the adjustment of the reservation limits.
Sec. 11. That the Secretary of the Interior is hereby directed to pay Payment of Creek warrants in bands of innocent holders. *Ante,* p. 68. out of the appropriation of the Act of Congress of June seventh, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, such of the Creek warrants as are proven to be held by innocent holders who acquired them in good faith for value and without knowledge, actual or constructive, of irregularity or fraud in the issuance thereof, and such warrants shall upon payment be canceled by the Secretary of the Interior; and all the warrants so issued by said Creek Nation shall be presented to the Secretary of the Interior within ninety days from the passage of this Act, and all warrants not Warrants not presented void, etc. so presented are hereby declared null and void, and such warrants so presented which are not proven to have been issued or acquired in good faith for value and without knowledge, actual or constructive, of irregularity or fraud in the issuance thereof, shall be held by the Secretary and marked upon their face “fraudulent and void.
” Approved, July 1, 1898.
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