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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 31 STAT. · May 31, 1900 · Chapter 598

Chapter 598. 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, nineteen hundred and one, and for other purposes

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CHAP. 598.— 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, nineteen hundred and one, and for other purposes. May 31, 1900. *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, nineteen hundred one, and fulfilling treaty stipulations for the various Indian tribes, namely:
CURRENT AND CONTINGENT EXPENSES. For pay of fifty-three 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; At the Crow Creek Agency, South Dakota, one thousand six 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, Arizona, one thousand five hundred dollars; 222 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 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 Leech Lake Agency, Minnesota, one thousand eight hundred dollars; At the Lemhi Agency, Idaho, one thousand two hundred dollars; At the Lower Brule Agency, South Dakota, one thousand four 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 Nez Perces Agency, Idaho, one thousand six hundred dollars; At the Nevada Agency, Nevada, one thousand five hundred dollars; At the New York Agency, New York, one thousand 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 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 five hundred dollars; At the Shoshone Agency, Wyoming, one thousand five hundred dollars; At the Siletz Agency, Oregon, one thousand two hundred dollars; 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; 223 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, two thousand five hundred dollars; for additional payment for the last three quarters of the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred, seven hundred and fifty dollars, to be immediately available; At the White Earth Agency, Minnesota, one thousand eight hundred dollars;
At the Yakima Agency, Washington, one thousand six hundred dollars; At the Yankton Agency, South Dakota, one thousand six hundred dollars; in all, eighty-three thousand one hundred and fifty dollars: *Provisos*. Appropriations not available for army officers acting as agents. *Provided*, That the foregoing appropriations 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 of Indian Affairs, with the Superintendent of training school may act as agent. 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 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, eight 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, at two thousand five hundred dollars per annum each, twenty thousand dollars.
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: *Provided*, That the *Proviso*.
Allowance inspector Indian Territory, 1889, etc. accounting officers of the Treasury are hereby authorized to allow per diem pay to the inspector who was located in the Indian Territory under orders and directions of the Secretary of the Interior during the fiscal years eighteen hundred and ninety-nine and nineteen hundred. For pay of one superintendent of Indian schools, three thousand Superintendent of schools. dollars. 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. 224 Agency buildings.
For buildings and repairs of buildings at agencies and for water supply at agencies, forty-five thousand dollars. Contingent expenses. For contingencies of the Indian Service, including traveling and incidental expenses of Indian agents and of their offices, and of the Special agents. 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; 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; 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.
Practical farmers. To enable the Secretary of the Interior to employ 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. Indian police. For services of officers, at fifteen dollars per month each, and privates, 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.
Judges of Indian courts. For compensation of judges of Indian courts, twelve thousand five hundred and forty dollars. Matrons to teach housekeeping. To enable the Secretary of the Interior to employ suitable persons as 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. Vaccination. For pure vaccine matter and vaccination of Indians, five thousand dollars.
Supplies, telegraphing, etc. To pay the expense of purchasing goods and supplies for the Indian Service, and pay of necessary employees; advertising, at rates not exceeding regular commercial rates; inspection, and all other expenses connected therewith, including telegraphing, fifty thousand dollar. Transportation. For necessary expenses of transportation of such goods, provisions, 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 and twenty-five thousand dollars.
Citizen commission. For expenses of the commission of citizens, serving without compensation, Vol. 16, p. 40. appointed by the President under the provisions of the Act of April tenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-nine, four thousand dollars, of which sum an amount not to exceed three hundred dollars may —office rent. be paid for the rent of an office for said commission; and the sums heretofore paid from annual appropriations for the expenses of the said commission for office rent, authorized by vote of the commission, are hereby legalized, and these payments, together with the payments for rent of an office in the current fiscal year shall be allowed by the accounting officer of the Treasury Department.
Charles D. Rakestraw, allowance in accounts of. The accounting officers of the Treasury Department are hereby authorized and directed to allow, in the accounts of Charles D. Rakestraw, supervisor of Indian schools, for the fourth quarter of the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, and for the first, second, and third quarters of the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, the sum of one hundred and eight dollars expended by him for sleeping-car fares while traveling under orders. 225 FULFILLING TREATY STIPULATIONS WITH, AND SUPPORT Fulfilling treaties.
OF, INDIAN TRIBES. chickasaws. Chickasaws. For permanent annuity, in goods, three thousand dollars. chippewas of the mississippi. Chippewas of the Mississippi. For eighth of ten installments of annuity, last series to be paid to Chief Hole in the Day or his heirs, per third article of treaty of Vol. 9, p. 904. August second, eighteen hundred and forty-seven, and fifth article of Vol. 16, p. 720. treaty of March nineteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, one thousand dollars;
For support of a school or schools upon said reservation, in accordance with third article of treaty of March nineteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, if directed by the President, four thousand dollars. choctaws. Choctaws. For permanent annuity, per second article of treaty of November Vol. 7, p. 99. sixteenth, eighteen hundred and five, and thirteenth article of treaty Vol. 11, p. 614. 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. article of treaty of October eighteenth, eighteen hundred and twenty, and thirteenth article of treaty of June twenty-second, eighteen hundred Vol. 11, p. 614. and fifty-five, six hundred dollars;
For permanent annuity for support of blacksmith, per sixth article Vol. 7, pp. 212, 236. of treaty of October eighteenth, eighteen hundred and twenty, ninth Vol. 7, p. 36. article of treaty of January twentieth, eighteen hundred and twenty-five, and thirteenth article of treaty of June twenty-second, eighteen Vol. 11, p. 614. 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 Vol. 7, p. 236. with the provisions contained in the ninth and thirteenth articles of treaty of January twentieth, eighteen hundred and twenty-five, and treaty of June twenty-second, eighteen hundred and fifty-five, nineteen Vol. 11, p. 614. thousand five hundred and twelve dollars and eighty-nine cents; in all, thirty thousand and thirty-two dollars and eighty-nine cents.
To carry out the provisions of section twenty-nine of the Act of Credit Choctaw orphan fund for unsold orphan lands, Mississippi. Vol. 30, p. 513. Congress approved June twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, under the title “orphan lands,” two thousand six hundred and ninety-six dollars and forty cents, the said sum to be placed to the credit of the Choctaw orphan fund in the Treasury of the United States, and to draw interest at five per centum per annum, this amount being the value of two thousand one hundred and fifty-seven and twelve one-hundredths acres of land, being the unsold Choctaw orphan lands in the State of Mississippi, which lands, under the provisions of said section twenty-nine, were taken by the United States at one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre. 226 Chippewas of Minnesota, reimbursable. chippewas of minnesota, reimbursable.
Advance interest. Vol. 25, p. 645. Advance interest to the Chippewa Indians in Minnesota, as required 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. Expenses of civilisation. Vol. 25, p. 642. To enable the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, under the direction 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 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 commissioner and his 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, one hundred thousand dollars.
Cœur d’Alenes. cœur d’alenes. For ninth of fifteen installments of eight thousand dollars each, to be Vol. 26, p. 1028. 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 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.
Creeks. creeks. Permanent annuities. Vol. 7, p. 36. Vol. 11, p. 700. For permanent annuity, in money, per fourth article of treaty of August seventh, seventeen hundred and ninety, and fifth article of treaty of August seventh, eighteen hundred and fifty-six, one thousand five hundred dollars; Vol. 7, p. 69. For permanent annuity, in money, per second article of treaty of Vol. 11, p. 700. June sixteenth, eighteen hundred and two, and fifth article of treaty of August seventh, eighteen hundred and fifty-six, three thousand dollars;
Vol. 7, p. 287. For permanent annuity, in money, per fourth article of treaty of Vol. 11, p. 700. January twenty-fourth, eighteen hundred and twenty-six, and fifth article of treaty of August seventh, eighteen hundred and fifty-six, twenty thousand dollars; For permanent annuity for blacksmith and assistant, and for shops Vol. 7, p. 287. and tools, per eighth article of treaty of January twenty-fourth, Vol. 11, p. 700. eighteen 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; Interest. For five per centum interest on two hundred thousand dollars, for Vol. 11, p. 700. 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 227 expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, under Vol. 14, p. 787. provisions of third article of treaty of June fourteenth, eighteen hundred 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 nineteenth of twenty-five installments, as provided in agreement Vol. 22, p. 43. with the Crows, dated June twelfth, eighteen hundred and eighty, to be used by the Secretary of the Interior in such a manner as the President may direct, thirty thousand dollars; To furnish such articles of food as from time to time the condition Vol. 15, p. 652. and necessities of the Indians may require, fifteen thousand dollars; but no part of this fund shall be available except by the direct order of the Secretary of the Interior; in all, forty-five thousand dollars. fort hall indians.
Fort Hall Indians. For twelfth of twenty installments, as provided in agreement with Vol. 25, p. 688. said Indians, approved February twenty-third, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, 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 third of nine installments, to be disposed of as provided in Vol. 29, p. 354. article two of the agreement with the Indians of the Blackfeet Reservation, ratified by Act approved June tenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-six, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars. indians at fort berthold agency.
Indians at Fort Berthold Agency. For last of ten installments of eighty thousand dollars each, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, as per Vol. 26, p. 1033. second article of agreement ratified by Act approved March third, 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 last of five installments, second series, to be paid per capita, under the seventh article of agreement ratified by Act approved February Vol. 26, p. 753. thirteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, three thousand dollars. And to enable the Secretary of the Interior to anticipate five installments, third series, same agreement, twelve thousand dollars; in all, fifteen 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. 228 Kickapoos in Kansas. kickapoos in kansas.
Interest. For interest on sixty-six thousand five hundred and fifty-four dollars and forty-three cents, at five per centum per annum, for educational Vol. 10, p. 1079. and other beneficial purposes, per treaty of May eighteenth, eighteen hundred and fifty-four, three thousand three hundred and twenty-seven dollars and seventy-two cents. Molels. molels. Schools. For pay of teachers and for manual-labor schools, and for all necessary Vol. 12, p. 981. 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.
Northern Cheyennes and Arapahoes. northern cheyennes and arapahoes. Subsistence, etc. Vol. 19, p. 256. For subsistence and civilization, as per agreement with the Sioux Indians, approved February twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and seventy-seven, including subsistence and civilization of Northern Cheyennes removed from Pine Ridge Agency to Tongue River, Montana, ninety thousand dollars; For pay of physician, two teachers, two carpenters, one miller, two farmers, a blacksmith, and engineer, per seventh article of the treaty of May tenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, nine thousand dollars; in all, ninety-nine thousand dollars.
Osages. osages. Interest. For interest on sixty-nine thousand one hundred and twenty dollars, at five per centum per annum, being value of fifty-four sections of Vol. 7, p. 242. 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. Annuity. Vol. 11, p. 729. For perpetual annuity, at least one-half of which is to be paid in 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, Vol. 11, p. 730. as 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. Annuities. Vol. 7, p. 51. For permanent annuity, in silver, per fourth article of treaty of August third, seventeen hundred and ninety-five, three hundred and fifty-seven dollars and eighty cents; Vol. 7, p. 114. For permanent annuity, in silver, per third article of treaty of September thirtieth, eighteen hundred and nine, one hundred and seventy-eight dollars and ninety cents; Vol. 7, p. 185. For permanent annuity, in silver, per third article of treaty of 229 October 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 Vol. 7, p. 314. September twentieth, eighteen hundred and twenty-eight, seven hundred arid fifteen dollars and sixty cents; For permanent annuity, in specie, per second article of treaty of Vol. 7, pp. 320, 317. July 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; For permanent provision for three blacksmiths and assistants, and Vol. 7, pp. 296, 318, 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 fifty dollars; 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 five hundred and forty-one dollars and eleven cents: *Provided*, That whenever it shall be made *Proviso*.
Leases of lands of disabled allottee authorized. to appear to the Secretary of the Interior that, by reason of age, disability, or inability, any allottee of Indian lands can not personally, and with benefit to himself, occupy or improve his allotment or any part thereof, the same may be leased upon such terms, regulations, and conditions as shall be prescribed by the Secretary for a term not exceeding five years, for farming purposes only. quapaws. Quapaws. For education, per third article of treaty of May thirteenth, eighteen Vol. 7, p. 425. hundred and thirty-three, one 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, if directed by the President.
That hereafter all chattel Recording chattel mortgages. mortgages executed in the Quapaw Agency in the northern district of the Indian Territory shall be recorded in the town of Miami by the clerk of the said northern district of the Indian Territory, or his duly appointed deputy, in a book or books kept for the purpose: *Provided*, *Provisos*. That hereafter the clerks of the district courts in the Indian Territory Clerks of district courts, Indian Territory, to return fees in excess of $1,000. shall account for and pay into the Treasury of the United States, all fees collected in excess of one thousand dollars per year.
All settlements to be made in accordance with such rules and regulations as the Attorney-General may prescribe: *Provided*, That the one thousand —amount to be expended for reservation schools. dollars of this amount, or so much thereof as may be necessary, shall be expended, under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, for the support and maintenance of three or more public schools on the Quapaw Reservation, at such places as may be provided by the Quapaw Nation: *And provided*, That the present industrial school on said Consolidation of certain schools. reservation shall be consolidated with the Seneca Industrial School at Wyandotte, in the Quapaw Agency: *And provided*, That the building —disposition of building, etc. and furniture now used for school purposes at the present Industrial 230 Quapaw School, except such as may be required for the consolidated school at Wyandotte, shall be turned over to the Quapaw Nation by the Secretary of the Interior for the use of schools on the Quapaw Reservation: *And provided*, That such of said buildings as may not be required for a public school, where they now stand, may be removed by said nation to suitable places on said reservation, and five hundred dollars of the amount hereby appropriated shall be turned over to the Quapaw Nation to pay for the removal and repairing of said buildings.
Sacs and Foxes of the Mississippi. sacs and foxes of the mississippi. Annuity. Vol. 7, p. 85. For permanent annuity, in goods or otherwise, per third article of 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 Interest. Vol. 7, p. 541. 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 *Provisos*.
Physician. 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: *Provided further*, Payment to Indians in Oklahoma. That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay to said Sac and Fox Indians in Oklahoma the sum of fifty thousand dollars, to be immediately available, out of the amount of money now to the credit of said Indians in the United States Treasury.
Sacs and Foxes of the Missouri. sacs and foxes of the missouri. Interest. For interest on one hundred and fifty-seven thousand four hundred 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; School. Vol. 12, p. 1173. For support of a school, per fifth article of treaty of March sixth, eighteen hundred and sixty-one, two hundred dollars; in all, eight thousand and seventy dollars.
Seminoles. seminoles. Interest. For five per centum interest on two hundred and fifty thousand Vol. 11, p. 702. dollars, 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 Vol. 14, p. 757. 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, 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 government, as per same article, same treaty, one thousand dollars; in all, twenty-eight thousand five hundred dollars.
Senecas. senecas. Annuities. Vol. 7, p. 161. For permanent annuity, in specie, per fourth article of treaty of September twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and seventeen, five hundred dollars; 231 For permanent annuity, in specie, per fourth article of treaty of Vol. 7, p. 179. September seventeenth, eighteen hundred and eighteen, five hundred 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 Vol. 15, p. 515. in the seventh article of treaty of February twenty-third, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, one thousand six hundred and sixty dollars;
For permanent annuity, in specie, per fourth article of treaty of Vol. 7, p. 179. September seventeenth, eighteen hundred and eighteen, and fifth article Vol. 15, p. 515. 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 Vol. 7, p. 352. fourth article of treaty of July twentieth, eighteen hundred and thirty-one, 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 Annuity. Vol. 4, p. 442. February nineteenth, eighteen hundred and thirty-one, six thousand dollars; For interest, in lieu of investment, on seventy-five thousand dollars, Interest. Vol. 9, p. 35. 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 Vol. 7, p. 352. fourth article of treaty of July twentieth, eighteen hundred and thirty-one, and fifth article of treaty of February twenty-third, eighteen Vol. 15, p. 515. hundred and sixty-seven, five hundred and thirty dollars; in all, one thousand and thirty dollars. shoshones and arapahoes.
Shoshones and Arapahoes. For third of five installments, to be expended as provided in article Vol. 30, p. 94. three of the agreement with the Shoshones and Arapahoes in Wyoming, ratified by Act of June seventh, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, ten thousand dollars. shoshones and bannocks. Shoshones and Bannocks. Shoshones: For pay of physician, teacher, carpenter, miller, engineer, Shoshones. Supplies. Vol. 15, p. 676. farmer, 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; 232 Bannocks. Supplies. Vol. 15, p. 676. Bannocks: For pay of physician, teacher, carpenter, miller, engineer, farmer, and blacksmith, as per tenth article of treaty of July third, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, live thousand dollars; in all, eleven thousand dollars. Six Nations of New York. six nations of new york. Annuity.
Vol. 7, p. 46. For permanent annuity, in clothing and other useful articles, per sixth article of treaty of November eleventh, seventeen hundred and ninety-four, four thousand five hundred dollars. Sioux of different tribes. sioux of different tribes, including santee sioux of nebraska. Teachers, etc. For pay of live teachers, one physician, one carpenter, one miller, Vol. 15, p. 638. one engineer, two farmers, and one blacksmith, per thirteenth article of same treaty, ten thousand four hundred dollars;
Employees. For pay of additional employees at the several agencies for the Sioux in Nebraska and in North Dakota and South Dakota, eighty-five thousand dollars; Subsistence. For subsistence of the Sioux, and for purposes of their civilization, Vol. 19, p. 254. as per agreement ratified by Act of Congress approved February twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and seventy-seven, nine hundred *Provisos*. Transportation. 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:
Limit of rations. *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; Blacksmith, etc. For pay of second blacksmith, and furnishing iron, steel, and other material, per eighth article of same treaty, one thousand six hundred dollars; Schools. For support and maintenance of day and industrial schools, including Vol. 15, p. 637. purchase, erection, and repairs of school buildings, in accordance with article seven of the treaty of April twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred Vol. 25, p. 894. and sixty-eight, which article is continued in force for twenty years by section seventeen of the Act of March second, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, two hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars; in all, one million two hundred and twenty-two thousand dollars.
Sioux, Yankton tribe. sioux, yankton tribe. For twelfth of twenty installments (last series), to be paid to them Vol. 11, p. 744. or expended for their benefit, per fourth article of treaty of April nineteenth, eighteen hundred and fifty-eight, fifteen thousand dollars; Vol. 19, p. 287. For subsistence and civilization of Yankton Sioux, heretofore provided for in appropriations under “Fulfilling treaty with 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 last of thirteen installments of eighteen thousand four hundred Vol. 26, p. 1037. 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 third, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, eighteen thousand four hundred dollars. Spokanes. spokanes. Removal to Cœur d’Alene Reservation. For ninth of ten installments, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior in the removal of the Spokane Indians 233 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, thrashing 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 Vol. 27, p. 139. and eighty-seven, ratified by Act of Congress approved July thirteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, five thousand dollars;
For pay of a blacksmith and carpenter to do necessary work and to instruct the said Indians in those trades, one thousand dollars each, per sixth article of said agreement, two thousand dollars; For eighth 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 bands of Utes. For pay of two carpenters, two millers, two farmers, and two blacksmiths, Carpenters, etc. as per tenth article of treaty of October seventh, eighteen Vol. 13, p. 675. hundred and sixty-three, and fifteenth article of treaty of March second, Vol. 15, p. 622. 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 Vol. 15, p. 621. thousand eight hundred dollars; For purchase of iron and steel and the necessary tools for blacksmith shop, per ninth article of same treaty, two hundred and twenty dollars; For annual amount for the purchase of beef, mutton, wheat, flour, Food. beans, and potatoes, or other necessary articles of food, as per twelfth Vol. 15, p. 622. article of same treaty, thirty thousand dollars; For pay of employees at the several Ute agencies, fifteen thousand Employees. dollars; in all, fifty-three thousand seven hundred and forty dollars. winnebagoes.
Winnebagoes. For interest on eight hundred and four thousand nine hundred and Interest. nine dollars and seventeen cents, at five per centum per annum, per Vol. 7, p. 545. fourth article of treaty of November first, eighteen hundred and thirty-seven, and joint resolution of July seventeenth, eighteen hundred and Vol. 12, p. 628. 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. alsea and siletz indians.
Alsea and Siletz Indians. The Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized and directed, on Payment to. the passage of this Act, to pay to such Alsea and other Indians on the Siletz Reservation, in Oregon, parties to an agreement made October thirty-first, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, ratified by the Act of Vol. 28, p. 323. Congress approved August fifteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four (Twenty-eighth Statutes, page three hundred and twenty-three), as shall be found to be competent and capable of managing and taking care of their own affairs their pro rata shares of the permanent fund 234 of one hundred thousand dollars, appropriated by the said Act of August fifteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, and now to their *Proviso*.
Payees not to pay interest, etc., on remainder of fund. credit in the Treasury of the United States: *Provided*, That such of said Indians as receive their pro rata share of said fund, under this provision, shall not hereafter participate in the payment of interest or principal on that portion of the fund that shall remain. Miscellaneous supports. MISCELLANEOUS SUPPORTS. Apaches, Kiowas, Comanches, Wichitas, etc. For subsistence and civilization of the Apaches, Kiowas, Comanches, Wichitas, and affiliated bands who have been collected in the reservations set apart for their use and occupation, fifty thousand dollars.
Arapahoes and Cheyennes. For subsistence and civilization of the Arapahoes and Cheyennes who have been collected on the reservations set apart for their use and occupation, eighty thousand dollars. Chippewas of Lake Superior, Wis. For support and civilization of the Chippewas of Lake Superior, 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 dollars.
Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewas, North Dakota. For support and civilization of Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewas, North Dakota, including seeds, thirteen thousand dollars. Confederated bands middle Oregon. For support and civilization of the confederated tribes and bands in middle Oregon, and for pay of employees, five thousand dollars. Digger Indians, California. For support and civilization of Digger Indians of California, and for locating them on lands purchased for them, two thousand five hundred dollars.
D’Wamish, etc., Indians, Washington. For support and civilization of the D’Wamish and other allied tribes in Washington, including pay of employees, five thousand dollars. Carlos’s Band of Flatheads, Montana. For support and civilization of Carlos’s Band of Flatheads, Montana, including pay of employees, eight thousand dollars. Flatheads, etc., Montana. For support and civilization of the Flatheads and other confederated tribes, Montana, including pay of employees, eight thousand dollars.
Hualpais, Arizona. To enable the Secretary of the Interior to purchase subsistence and other necessaries for the support of the Hualpais in Arizona, five thousand dollars. Apaches, etc., Arizona and New Mexico. For support and civilization of the Apache and other Indians in 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. Shoshones and Bannocks, Fort Hall Reservation, Idaho. For support, civilization, and instruction of the Shoshones and Bannocks and other Indians of the Fort Hall Reservation in Idaho, including pay of employees, thirty-five thousand dollars.
Fort Peck Reservation, Mont. For support and education and civilization of the Indians of the Fort Peck Reservation in Montana, including pay of employees, seventy-five thousand dollars. Shoshones, etc., Lemhi Agency, Idaho. For support, civilization, and instruction of the Shoshones, Bannocks, Sheepeaters, and other Indians of the Lemhi Agency, Idaho, including pay of employees, thirteen thousand dollars. Klamaths, etc., Klamath Agency, Oreg. For support, civilization, and instruction of the Klamaths, Modocs, and other Indians of the Klamath Agency, Oregon, including pay of employees, five thousand dollars.
Kansas Indians, Oklahoma Territory. For support and civilization of the Kansas Indians, Oklahoma Territory, including agricultural assistance and pay of employees, two thousand five hundred dollars. Kickapoo Indians, Oklahoma Territory. For support and civilization of the Kickapoo Indians in Oklahoma Territory, five thousand dollars. Kicking Kickapoos, Oklahoma Territory. For the purchase of teams, farming implements, seeds, and other necessary articles for the Mexican Kickapoo Indians, known as the 235 “Kicking Kickapoos,” in Oklahoma Territory, in the discretion of the Secretary of the Interior, three thousand dollars.
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 Indians, California. including pay of employees, one thousand five hundred dollars. For support and civilization of the Modoc Indians now residing Modoc Indians, Indian Territory. within the Indian Territory, one thousand dollars. For support and civilization of Joseph’s Band of Nez Perce Indians, Joseph’s Band of Nez Perces. four thousand dollars.
For support and civilization of Nez Perce Indians in Idaho, including Nez Perces, Idaho. pay of physician, three thousand dollars. For support and civilization of the Ponca Indians, including pay of Poncas. employees, fifteen thousand dollars. For support and civilization of the Qui-nai-elts and Quilleh-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, Shoshones, Wyoming. twenty-five thousand dollars.
For support and civilization of Shoshone Indians in Nevada, including Shoshones, Nevada. pay of employees, ten thousand dollars. For purchase of teams, farming implements, seeds, and other necessary Big Jim’s Band, Absentee Shawnees, Oklahoma Territory. articles for the Big Jim’s Band of Absentee Shawnee Indians in Oklahoma Territory, in the discretion of the Secretary of the Interior, five thousand dollars. 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, provisions, horses, horse feed, harness, and farm machinery, twenty thousand dollars, the same to be immediately available. For support and civilization of Tonkawa Indians, Oklahoma Territory, Tonkawas, Oklahoma Territory. and for seeds and agricultural implements, one thousand dollars. For support and civilization of the Walla Walla, Cayuse, and Umatilla Walla Walla, Cayuse, and Umatillas, Oregon. tribes, Oregon, including pay of employees, five thousand dollars.
For support and civilization of the Yakimas, and other Indians at Yakimas. said agency, including pay of employees, five thousand dollars. GENERAL INCIDENTAL EXPENSES OF THE INDIAN Incidental expenses. SERVICE. 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, seven thousand dollars; and pay of employees at same agencies, eight thousand dollars; in all, fifteen thousand dollars.
Colorado: For general incidental expenses of the Indian Service in Colorado. Colorado, including traveling expenses of agents, one thousand dollars. Idaho: For general incidental expenses of the Indian Service in Idaho. Idaho, including traveling expenses of agents, one thousand dollars. Indian Territory: For two additional clerks at the Union Agency, Indian Territory. two thousand dollars; for general incidental expenses of the Indian Service in the Indian Territory, including incidental expenses of the Indian inspector’s office and for pay of employees, thirteen thousand two hundred and eighty dollars; in all, fifteen thousand two hundred and eighty dollars.
Montana: For general incidental expenses of the Indian Service in Montana. Montana, including traveling expenses of agents and pay of employees, eight thousand five hundred dollars. Nevada: For general incidental expenses of the Indian Service in Nevada. 236 Nevada, including traveling expenses of agents, and support and civilization of Indians located on the Piute, Walker River, and Pyramid Lake reservations, and Pintes on the Western Shoshone Reservation, ten thousand dollars; and pay of employees, including physician for Walker River Reservation, at nine hundred dollars per annum, same agency, four thousand nine hundred dollars; in all, fourteen thousand nine hundred dollars.
New Mexico. New Mexico: For general incidental expenses of the Indian Service in New Mexico, including traveling expenses of agents, one thousand five hundred dollars. North Dakota. North Dakota: For general incidental expenses of the Indian Service in North Dakota, including traveling expenses of agents at three agencies, one thousand five hundred dollars. Oregon. Oregon: For general incidental expenses of the Indian Service in Oregon, including traveling expenses of agents, and support and civilization of Indians of Grand Ronde and Siletz agencies, six thousand dollars; and pay of employees at the same agencies, four thousand dollars; in all, ten thousand dollars.
South Dakota. South Dakota: For general incidental expenses of the Indian Service in South Dakota, including traveling expenses of agents at seven agencies, three thousand five hundred dollars. Utah. Utah: For general incidental expenses of the Indian Service in Utah, including traveling expenses of agents, one thousand dollars. Washington. Washington: For general incidental expenses of the Indian Service 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, seventeen thousand dollars.
Wyoming. Wyoming: For general incidental expenses of the Indian Service in Wyoming, including traveling expenses of agents, one thousand dollars. Miscellaneous. miscellaneous. Commission to Five Civilized Tribes. Vol. 27, p. 645. Vol. 28, p. 939. For salaries of four commissioners, appointed under Acts of Congress 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: *Provisos*.
Number of commissioners. Special disbursing agent, clerk, etc. *Provided*, That the number of said commissioners is hereby fixed at four. For expenses of commissioners and necessary expenses of employees, and 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, five hundred thousand dollars, to be immediately available; for contingent expenses of Amount. the commission, four thousand dollars; in all, five hundred and twenty-four Use of appropriation. thousand dollars: *Provided further*, That this appropriation may be used by said commission in the prosecution of all work to be done by or under its direction as required by statute.
Continuance of authority. Enrollment as members of tribe. That said commission shall continue to exercise all authority heretofore conferred on it by law. But it shall not receive, consider, or make any record of any application of any person for enrollment as a member of any tribe in Indian Territory who has not been a recognized citizen thereof, and duly and lawfully enrolled or admitted as such, and its refusal of such applications shall be final when approved *Provisos*. Right of Mississippi Choctaws, enrolled, to settle in Choctaw-Chickasaw Country. by the Secretary of the Interior: *Provided*, That any Mississippi Choctaw duly identified as such by the United States Commission to the Five Civilized Tribes shall have the right, at any time prior to the approval of the final rolls of the Choctaws and Chickasaws by the Secretary of the Interior, to make settlement within the Choctaw-Chickasaw country, and on proof of the fact of bona fide settlement may be enrolled by the said United States Commission and by the Secretary 237 of the Interior as Choctaws entitled to allotment: *Provided further*, That all contracts or agreements looking to the sale or incumbrance Contracts for sale, etc., of Mississippi—Choctaw allotments void. in any way of the lands to be allotted to said Mississippi Choctaws, shall be null and void.
To pay all expenses incident to the survey, platting, and appraisement Surveys, etc., town sites, Choctaw, Chickasaw, Creek, and Cherokee nations. of town sites in the Choctaw, Chickasaw, Creek, and Cherokee nations, Indian Territory, as required by sections fifteen and twenty-nine Vol. 30, pp. 500, 505. of an Act entitled “An Act for the protection of the people of the Indian Territory, and for other purposes,” approved June twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, for the balance of the current year and for the year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and one, the same to be immediately available, sixty-seven thousand dollars, or so much as may be necessary: *Provided*, That the Secretary *Proviso*. —plats, etc., into town lots, etc. of the Interior is hereby authorized, under rules and regulations to be prescribed by him, to survey, lay out, and plat into town lots, streets, alleys, and parks, the sites of such towns and villages in the Choctaw, Chickasaw, Creek, and Cherokee nations, as may at that time have a population of two hundred or more, in such manner as will best subserve the then present needs and the reasonable prospective growth of such towns.
The work of surveying, laying out, and —surveyors. platting such town sites shall be done by competent surveyors, who shall prepare five copies of the plat of each town site which, when the —filing plats. survey is approved by the Secretary of the Interior, shall be filed as follows: One in the office of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, one with the principal chief of the nation, one with the clerk of the court within the territorial jurisdiction of which the town is located, one with the Commission to the Five Civilized Tribes, and one with the town authorities, if there be such.
Where in his judgment the best interests —contract work. of the public service require, the Secretary of the Interior may secure the surveying, laying out, and platting of town sites in any of said nations by contract. Hereafter the work of the respective town-site commissions provided Work of commissions to begin on approval of survey. Vol. 30, p. 505. for in the agreement with the Choctaw and Chickasaw tribes ratified in section twenty-nine of the Act of June twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, entitled “An Act for the protection of the people of the Indian Territory, and for other purposes,” shall begin as to any town site immediately upon the approval of the survey by the Secretary of the Interior and not before.
The Secretary of the Interior may in his discretion appoint a town-site Creek and Cherokee town-site commissions. commission consisting of three members for each of the Creek and Cherokee nations, at least one of whom shall be a citizen of the tribe and shall be appointed upon the nomination of the principal chief of the tribe. Each commission, under the supervision of the Secretary of the Interior, shall appraise and sell for the benefit of the tribe the town lots in the nation for which it is appointed, acting in conformity with the provisions of any then existing Act of Congress or agreement with the tribe approved by Congress.
The agreement of any two members of the commission as to the true value of any lot shall constitute a determination thereof, subject to the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, and if no two members are able to agree the matter shall be determined by such Secretary. Where in his judgment the public interests will be thereby subserved, Choctaw, Chickasaw, Creek, and Cherokee Nations. Separate town-site commissions for towns. the Secretary of the Interior may appoint in the Choctaw, Chickasaw, Creek, or Cherokee Nation a separate town-site commission for any town, in which event as to that town such local commission may exercise the same authority and perform the same duties which would otherwise devolve upon the commission for that Nation.
Every such local commission shall be appointed in the manner provided in the Act approved June twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, Vol. 30, p. 500. entitled “An Act for the protection of the people of the Indian Territory.” 238 Surveys by towns. The Secretary of the Interior, where in his judgment the public interests will be thereby subserved, may permit the authorities of any town in any of said nations, at the expense of the town, to survey, lay out, and plat the site thereof, subject to his supervision and approval, as in other instances.
Appraisal and sale of lots. As soon as the plat of any town site is approved, the proper commission shall, with all reasonable dispatch and within a limited time, to be prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior, proceed to make the appraisement of the lots and improvements, if any, thereon, and after the approval thereof by the Secretary of the Interior, shall, under the supervision of such Secretary, proceed to the disposition and sale of the lots in conformity with any then existing Act of Congress or agreement with the tribe approved by Congress, and if the proper commission shall not complete such appraisement and sale within the time limited by the Secretary of the Interior, they shall receive no pay for such additional time as may be taken by them, unless the Secretary of the Interior for good cause shown shall expressly direct otherwise.
Removal of commissioners, etc. The Secretary of the Interior may, for good cause, remove any member of any townsite commission, tribal or local, in any of said nations, and may fill the vacancy thereby made or any vacancy otherwise occurring in like manner as the place was originally filled. Establishment of corporate and town-site limits. It shall not be required that the townsite limits established in the course of the platting and disposing of town lots and the corporate limits of the town, if incorporated, shall be identical or coextensive, but such townsite limits and corporate limits shall be so established as to best subserve the then present needs and the reasonable prospective growth of the town, as the same shall appear at the times when such *Proviso*. —regulations. limits are respectively established: *Provided further*, That the exterior limits of all townsites shall be designated and fixed at the earliest practicable time under rules and regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior.
Reservation from allotment at railroad stations, etc. Upon the recommendation of the Commission to the Five Civilized Tribes the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized at any time before allotment to set aside and reserve from allotment any lands in the Choctaw, Chickasaw, Creek, or Cherokee nations, not exceeding one hundred and sixty acres in any one tract, at such stations as are or shall be established in conformity with law on the line of any railroad which shall be constructed or be in process of construction in or through either of said nations prior to the allotment of the lands therein, and this irrespective of the population of such townsite at the time.
Such townsites shall be surveyed, laid out, and platted, and the lands therein disposed of for the benefit of the tribe in the manner *Proviso*. —compensation for occupants’ improvements. herein prescribed for other townsites: *Provided further*, That whenever any tract of land shall be set aside as herein provided which is occupied by a member of the tribe, such occupant shall be fully compensated for his improvements thereon under such rules and regulations as may be prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior.
Existing surveys, etc., unaffected. Nothing herein contained shall have the effect of avoiding any work heretofore done in pursuance of the said Act of June twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, in the way of surveying, laying out, or platting of town sites, appraising or disposing of town lots in any of said nations, but the same, if not heretofore carried to a state of completion, may be completed according to the provisions hereof. Mill, Pima Agency, Ariz. For operating and repairing the flour mill at Pima Agency, Arizona, one thousand five hundred dollars.
Pima Indians. For temporary support of the Pima Indians, at Pima Agency, Arizona, thirty thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to be expended under direction of the Secretary of the Interior; in all, thirty-one thousand five hundred dollars. 239 For operating one portable steam sawmill on the Nez Percé Indian Nez Percé Reservation, Idaho. Reservation, Idaho, and for necessary repairs to the same, one thousand five hundred dollars. For pay of physician, New York Agency, six hundred dollars.
New York Agency. For the purpose of carrying out the provisions of the Act of June Warehouse, Omaha, Nebr., appropriation for. Vol. 30, p. 75. seventh, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, “that the Secretary of the Interior shall, within one year after the passage of this Act, establish and thereafter maintain, at the city of Omaha, in the State of Nebraska, a warehouse for Indian supplies, from which distributions shall be made to such Indian tribes of the West and Northwest as the Secretary of the Interior may direct,” ten thousand dollars.
To enable the President to cause, under the provisions of the Act of Surveying and alloting lands in severalty. Vol. 24, p. 388. February eighth, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, entitled “An Act to provide for the allotment of lands in severalty 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. 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, fifty thousand dollars: *Provided*, That the Secretary Proviso. Employment of superintendents authorized. of the Interior may employ superintendents of irrigation, who shall be skilled irrigation engineers, not to exceed two, as in his judgment may be necessary to secure the construction of ditches and other irrigation works in a substantial and workmanlike manner; and also Clerk. one clerk in the Office of Indian Affairs, at a salary of one thousand dollars per annum.
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 compensation of the commissioner authorized by the Indian Puyallup Reservation, Wash. Compensation of Commissioner to sell lands. Vol. 30, 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 Indian depredation claims. Transfer to Court of Claims. claims 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 Vol. 26, p. 851. Act approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-one (Twenty-sixth Statutes at Large, page eight hundred and fifty-one), four thousand six hundred dollars.
For the survey of lands in the Pine Ridge, Rosebud, and Standing Expenses of surveys, etc., Pine Ridge, Rosebud, and Standing Rock Reservations, S. Dak. Cheyenne River Reservation. Rock Indian reservations, in South Dakota, and for examination in the field of the surveys, the sum of twenty-two thousand dollars, to be immediately available and for clerical work and stationery in the office of surveyor-general, required on surveys within the Cheyenne River, Pine Ridge, Rosebud, and Standing Rock Indian reservations, in South Dakota, the sum of three thousand two hundred dollars.
In all, the sum of twenty-five thousand two hundred dollars, reimbursable under Vol. 25, p. 888. the provisions of the Act of March second, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine. For the equipment and maintenance of the asylum for insane Indians Canton, S. Dak., insane asylum. at Canton, South Dakota, for incidental and other expenses necessary for its proper conduct and management, including pay of employees, 240 and for necessary expense of transporting insane Indians to and from said asylum, twelve thousand dollars.
Increase of appropriation. For increasing the amount heretofore appropriated for the erection of said asylum for insane Indians at Canton, South Dakota, the sum of fifteen thousand dollars, the said sum being in addition to the amount Vol. 30, p. 941. appropriated for that purpose by the Act entitled “An Act making appropriations for the current and contingent expenses of the Indian department, and for fulfilling treaty stipulations with the various Indian tribes for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred, and for other purposes,” approved March first, eighteen hundred and —limit of cost. ninety-nine, and the limit of cost for said asylum is fixed at the amount heretofore and herein appropriated, namely, sixty thousand dollars.
The accounting officers of the Treasury Department are hereby Lucius A. Wright. Credit in accounts of. authorized and directed to pass to the credit of Lucius A. Wright, United States Indian agent of the Mission-Tule River (consolidated) Agency, California, on his quarterly accounts for the first quarter of the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, the sum of five hundred dollars collected by him for grazing privileges on the Indian Reservations under his charge, and distributed by him directly to the Indians, under the authority of the Secretary of the Interior of May twentieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, and for which proper vouchers have been presented.
Payment to Kaskaskia, Peoria, Piankeshaw and Wea Indians. For this amount to enable the Secretary of the Interior to carry out the terms of the twenty-fourth article of the treaty of February twenty-third, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, with the confederated tribes of Kaskaskia, Peoria, Piankeshaw, and Wea Indians, twenty-five Vol. 15, p. 519. thousand five hundred and four dollars and ninety-six cents, as itemized and set forth in Senate Report Numbered Five hundred and eighty-two, Forty-fourth Congress, second session, at page three thereof, to be immediately available, and to be in full of all demands of said Indians under and by virtue of said treaty, said sum to be paid per capita to said Indians by the Secretary of the Interior, or expended for their benefit in such manner and for such objects and purposes as *Proviso*. —deduction. he may direct: *Provided*, That before any payment shall be made to said Indians under this Act the sum of one thousand one hundred and eighty-one dollars and sixty-nine cents shall be deducted and paid to T.
F. Richardville, or his legal representatives, on account of money loaned to said Indians. Seminole Indians. Payment of balance of awards. That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized to pay the balance of awards made to the loyal Seminole Indians under Vol. 14, p. 756. the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, with interest thereon, as per articles three and four of the treaty of March twenty-first, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, and paragraph fourteen of the agreement of December sixteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, such payment to be in full settlement and satisfaction of all claims under said articles and paragraph; and the sum of one hundred and eighty-six *Proviso*. thousand dollars is hereby appropriated for the purpose: *Provided*, —payment to heirs of deceased Seminoles.
That if any of the said loyal Seminoles whose names are on the lists of awards as made up in pursuance of said treaty of eighteen hundred and sixty-six shall have died, then the amount due such deceased persons, respectively, shall be paid to their legal heirs, and the acceptance of the sum hereby appropriated shall be in full settlement of said awards. Chickasaw Nation. That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay out and distribute in the following manner the sum of two hundred and sixteen thousand six hundred and seventy-nine Payment to beneficiaries of incompetent fund.
Vol. 30, p. 505. dollars and forty-eight cents, which amount was appropriated by the Act of June twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, and credited to the “incompetent fund” of the Chickasaw Indian Nation on the books of the United States Treasury, namely: First, 241 there shall be paid to such survivors of the original beneficiaries of said fund and to such heirs of deceased beneficiaries as shall, within six months from the passage of this Act, satisfactorily establish their identity in such manner as the Secretary of the Interior may prescribe and also the amount of such fund to which they are severally entitled, their respective shares; and second, so much of said fund as is not paid out upon claims satisfactorily established as aforesaid shall be distributed per capita among the members of said Chickasaw Nation, and all claims of beneficiaries and their respective heirs for participation in said incompetent fund not presented within the period aforesaid shall be, and the same are hereby, barred.
For payment to the Flambeau Lumber Company twelve thousand Flambeau Lumber Company. Payment to. and thirty-nine dollars and thirty-five cents, the same being balance due said company for improvements made on the Lac du Flambeau Reservation for school and reservation purposes under a proper authority of the Secretary of the Interior, to be paid for out of timber to be cut on school and swamp lands within said reservation, which timber was not cut on account of suit instituted by the State of Wisconsin against the lumber company, after the improvements authorized had been made, stopping the same.
For making necessary repairs of the Big Wind River bridge, on the Repairs Big Wind River bridge, Shoshone Agency, Wyo. Shoshone Agency, Wyoming, seven hundred and fifty dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior; the same to be immediately available. For purchase and construction of one portable sawmill for the Klamath Klamath Agency, Oreg., sawmill. Agency, Oregon, three thousand dollars. That the settlers who purchased with the condition annexed of actual Additional time for payment to settlers, etc. settlement on all ceded Indian reservations be, and they are hereby, granted an extension to July first, nineteen hundred and one, in which to make payments as now provided by law.
Fifty thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to Suppression of smallpox. be immediately available, in payment of liabilities already incurred and for amount necessary to be expended in suppressing the spread of smallpox in the Indian Territory among those residents of said Territory not members of any Indian tribe or nation therein, all accounts to be first carefully examined and approved by the Secretary of the Interior as just and reasonable. To enable the United States Indian agent of the Pima Agency, Arizona, Counsel for Papago Indians.
Reimbursement for services of. to pay the expenses incurred by the farmer in charge of the San Xavier Reservation in employing two attorneys to defend four Papago Indians tried on the charge of violating United States Statute fifty-two hundred and eighty-six, the sum of two hundred dollars. To enable the Secretary of the Interior to pay for certain lands and Northern Cheyenne Reservation, Mont. Payment for lands, etc. improvements, as recommended by United States Indian Inspector James McLaughlin in his three reports to the Secretary of the Interior dated, respectively, November fourteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, and February third and sixteenth, nineteen hundred, upon investigations made under the provisions of section ten of the Indian appropriation Act approved July first, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight Vol. 30, p. 596.
(Thirtieth Statutes, pages five hundred and ninety-six and five hundred and ninety-seven), one hundred and seventy-one thousand six hundred and fifteen dollars and forty-four cents. For the erection of additional buildings, fencing, means of locomotion, Leach Lake Agency, Minn. Expenses of establishing. and other purposes necessary to complete the establishment of Leech Lake Agency, Minnesota, five thousand dollars, to be immediately available. For printing and binding in two volumes not exceeding two thousand Digest of Indian decisions. copies of the digest of decisions relating to Indian Affairs, authorized by Indian appropriation Acts of June tenth, eighteen hundred Vol. 30, p. 87. and ninety-six, and June seventh, eighteen hundred and ninety-Vol. 29, p. 341.242seven, five thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary: *Proviso*. —copies to compiler. *Provided*, That the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to donate thirty copies to Kenneth S.
Murchuson, the compiler of said digest, for complimentary distribution by him. Support of schools. SUPPORT OF SCHOOLS. Day and industrial. For support of Indian day and industrial schools, and for other educational purposes not hereinafter provided for, one million two hundred thousand dollars; For construction, purchase, lease, and repair of school buildings and for sewerage, water supply, and lighting plants, and purchase of school sites, two hundred and forty thousand dollars, forty thousand dollars of which shall be immediately available; in all, one million four hundred and forty thousand dollars.
Support of pupils. Albuquerque, N. Mex. For support and education of three hundred Indian pupils at Albuquerque, New Mexico, fifty thousand one hundred dollars; for pay of superintendent of said school, one thousand seven hundred dollars; for general repairs and improvements, one thousand seven hundred dollars; in all, fifty-three thousand five hundred dollars. Chamberlain, S. Dak. For the support and education of one hundred Indian pupils at Chamberlain, South Dakota, sixteen thousand seven hundred dollars; for pay of superintendent of said school, one thousand two hundred dollars; for general repairs and improvements, two thousand dollars; for erection of shops, two thousand dollars; for a lighting plant, one thousand two hundred dollars; for construction and extension of sewer, three thousand dollars; in all, twenty-six thousand one hundred dollars.
Cherokee, N. C. For support of one hundred and fifty pupils at the training school at Cherokee, North Carolina, twenty-five thousand and fifty dollars; for pay of superintendent of said school, one thousand three hundred dollars; for general repairs and minor improvements, one thousand five hundred dollars; in all, twenty-seven thousand eight hundred and fifty dollars. Carlisle, Pa. For support of Indian industrial school at Carlisle, Pennsylvania, for transportation of pupils to and from said school, for purchase of additional land, subject to the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, and for general repairs and improvements, one hundred and forty-nine thousand 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 fifty thousand dollars.
Carson City, Nev. For support and education of two hundred Indian pupils at the Indian school at Carson City, Nevada, thirty-three thousand four hundred dollars; for pay of superintendent at said school, one thousand five hundred dollars; for general repairs and improvements, three thousand dollars; for erection of shops, three thousand dollars; in all, forty thousand nine hundred dollars. Chilocco, Okla. For support of four hundred Indian pupils at the Indian school at Chilocco, Oklahoma Territory, sixty-six thousand eight hundred dollars; for pay of superintendent at said school, one thousand eight hundred dollars; for electric-light system for school, five thousand dollars; for general repairs and improvements, three thousand dollars; for erection of warehouse, four thousand dollars; for cold-storage plant, three thousand dollars; for erection of a tank, three thousand dollars; in all. eighty-six thousand six hundred dollars.
Flandreau, S. Dak. For support and education of three hundred and fifty Indian pupils at Flandreau, South Dakota, fifty-eight thousand four hundred and fifty dollars; for general repairs and improvements, two thousand dollars; for pay of superintendent of said school, one thousand eight 243 hundred dollars; water rent, one thousand five hundred dollars; for permanent water supply, six thousand dollars; in all, sixty-nine thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars. For support and education of one hundred and fifty Indian pupils Fort Mojave, Ariz. at the Indian school, Fort Mojave, Arizona, 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 a lighting plant, three thousand five hundred dollars; in all, thirty-two thousand and fifty dollars.
For support and education of two hundred and fifty Indian pupils Fort Totten, N. Dak. 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 sewerage system, two thousand five hundred dollars; for general repairs and improvements, five thousand dollars; for steam-heating system, ten thousand dollars, to be immediately available, this to be in addition to the sum of five thousand dollars heretofore appropriated for this purpose, which sum is hereby reappropriated; for a lighting plant, one thousand two hundred dollars, this being in addition to the sum of one thousand eight hundred dollars heretofore appropriated for this purpose, which sum is hereby reappropriated; in all, sixty-two thousand and fifty dollars.
For support and education of three hundred Indian pupils at the Genoa, Nebr. Indian school, Genoa, Nebraska, fifty thousand one hundred dollars; for general repairs and improvements, two thousand five hundred dollars; for pay of superintendent of said school, one thousand seven hundred dollars; for construction and completion of new school building, twenty-five thousand dollars; for construction and completion of new hospital building, five thousand dollars; for construction of barn, one thousand five hundred dollars; in all, eighty-five thousand eight hundred dollars.
For the support and education of one hundred and twenty-five pupils Hayward, Wis. at the Indian school at Hayward, Wisconsin, twenty thousand eight hundred and seventy-five dollars; pay of superintendent, one thousand three hundred dollars; general repairs and improvements, one thousand five hundred dollars; for increasing the amount heretofore appropriated for the erection of a new school building at Hayward, Wisconsin, the sum of fifteen thousand dollars, the said sum being in addition to the amount appropriated for that purpose by the Act approved March first, Vol. 30, p. 945. eighteen hundred and ninety-nine; and the limit of cost for said school building is fixed at the amount heretofore and herein appropriated, namely, seventy-five thousand dollars, the same to be immediately available; in all, thirty-eight thousand six hundred and seventy-five dollars.
For support and education of one hundred and seventy-five Indian Grand Junction, Colo. pupils at the Indian school at Grand Junction, Colorado, twenty-nine thousand two hundred and twenty-five dollars; for pay of superintendent at said school, one thousand five hundred dollars; for general repairs and improvements, three thousand dollars; for dormitory building, twenty thousand dollars; for the purchase of not exceeding ten acres of land for the purpose of sewerage deposits, six hundred dollars, to be immediately available; in all, fifty-four thousand three hundred and twenty-five dollars.
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 sixty Indian pupils at the Indian Kickapoo Reservation, Kans. school, Kickapoo Reservation, Kansas, ten thousand and twenty dollars; for pay of superintendent, eight hundred and forty dollars; general repairs and improvements, five hundred dollars; for erection of a laundry, one thousand dollars; for erection of a warehouse, one thousand dollars; to install a proper system of waterworks and to be made 244 immediately available, five thousand dollars; in all, eighteen thousand three hundred and sixty dollars.
Haskell Institute, Lawrence, Kans. For support and education of six hundred Indian pupils at the Indian school, Haskell Institute, Lawrence, Kansas, and for general repairs and improvements, one hundred thousand two hundred dollars; for pay of superintendent at said school, two thousand dollars; for extending steam plant, ten thousand dollars, to be immediately available; for increasing the amount heretofore appropriated for the erection of a new school building at Haskell Institute, Lawrence, Kansas, the sum Vol. 30, p. 943. of ten thousand dollars; the said sum being in addition to the amount appropriated for that purpose by the Act approved March first, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, and the limit of cost of said school building is fixed at the amount heretofore and herein appropriated, namely, twenty-five thousand dollars, the same to be immediately available; in all, one hundred and twenty-two thousand two hundred dollars.
Mount Pleasant, Mich. For support and education of three hundred Indian pupils at the Indian school, Mount Pleasant, Michigan, fifty thousand one hundred dollars; for pay of superintendent of said school, one thousand seven hundred dollars; for general repairs and improvements, one thousand five hundred dollars; for erecting girls’ dormitory, twenty thousand dollars, to be immediately available; in all, seventy-three thousand three hundred dollars. Perris, Cal. For support and education of one hundred and fifty Indian pupils at the Indian school at Perris, California, 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.
Riverside, Cal. Establishment of school. *Proviso*. Site. For the establishment, in the discretion of the Secretary of the Interior, of an Indian school at or near Riverside, California: *Provided*, That a suitable site can be obtained there for a reasonable sum, to be selected by the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, with the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, for the purchase of land, the erection of buildings, and for other purposes necessary to establish a complete school plant upon the new site, seventy-five thousand dollars.
Phoenix, Ariz. For support and education of six hundred Indian pupils at the Indian school at Phoenix, Arizona, and for general repairs and improvements, one hundred thousand two hundred dollars; for pay of superintendent at said school, two thousand dollars; for the erection of an auditorium, seven thousand five hundred dollars; in all, one hundred and nine thousand seven hundred dollars. Truxton Canon, Ariz. For support and education of one hundred and twenty-five pupils at the Indian school at Truxton Canon, Arizona, twenty thousand eight hundred and seventy-five dollars; pay of superintendent, one thousand three hundred dollars; general improvements, one thousand five hundred dollars; in all, twenty-three thousand six hundred and seventy-five dollars.
Pierre, S. Dak. For support and education of one hundred and fifty Indian pupils at Indian industrial school at Pierre, South Dakota, 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. Pipestone, Minn. For support and education of one hundred and fifty Indian pupils at the Indian school, Pipestone, Minnesota, 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.
Morris Minn. For the support and education of one hundred and fifty Indian pupils at the Indian school at Morris, Minnesota, twenty-five thousand and fifty dollars; for pay of superintendent, one thousand five hundred 245 dollars; for general repairs and improvements, one thousand five hundred dollars; for the purchase, in the discretion of the Secretary of the Interior, of a farm of one hundred and sixty acres, six thousand four hundred dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to be immediately available; in all, thirty-four thousand four hundred and fifty dollars.
For support and education of one hundred Indian pupils, Rapid Rapid City, S. Dak. City, South Dakota, sixteen thousand seven hundred dollars; for pay of superintendent, one thousand two hundred dollars; for general repairs and improvements, five hundred dollars; for water for fire protection, five hundred dollars; in all, eighteen thousand nine hundred dollars. For support and education of five hundred pupils at the Indian Salem, Oreg. school, Salem, Oregon, eighty-three thousand five hundred dollars; for pay of superintendent at said school, one thousand eight hundred dollars; for erection of an industrial building, six thousand dollars; for the erection and completion of a brick dormitory, twenty thousand dollars; for general repairs and improvements, three thousand dollars; for purchase of twelve and twenty-seven one-hundredths acres of land at one hundred dollars per acre, one thousand two hundred and twenty-seven dollars; in all, one hundred and fifteen thousand five hundred and twenty-seven dollars.
For the support and education of seventy-five Indian pupils, Sac Sac and Fox Reservation, Iowa. and Fox Reservation, Iowa, twelve thousand five hundred and twenty-five dollars; for pay of superintendent, one thousand dollars; for general repairs and improvements, four hundred dollars; in all, fourteen thousand and twenty-five dollars: *Provided*, That the Secretary *Proviso*. Push-e-ten-neke-que Annuity. of the Interior is directed to pay to Push-e-ten-neke-que, head chief of the Sac and Fox of the Mississippi Indians located in the State of Iowa, five hundred dollars per annum during the remainder of his natural life, beginning with and including the fiscal year nineteen hundred, in accordance with the terms of article four of the treaty proclaimed March twenty-third, eighteen hundred and forty-three.
For support and education of three hundred Indian pupils at the Santa Fe, N. Mex. Indian school at Santa Fe, New Mexico, fifty thousand one hundred dollars; for pay of superintendent at said school, one thousand seven hundred dollars; for water supply and sewerage, two thousand dollars; for general repairs and improvements, three thousand dollars; for extension to school building, six thousand six hundred dollars; for addition to warehouse, two thousand dollars; for a lighting system, four thousand five hundred dollars; in all, sixty-nine thousand nine hundred dollars.
For support and education of one hundred and seventy-five Indian Shoshone Reservation, Wyo. pupils at the Indian school, Shoshone Reservation, Wyoming, 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, one thousand five hundred dollars; for erection of hospital, two thousand five hundred dollars; for sewer and water system, one thousand one hundred dollars; in all, thirty-five thousand seven hundred and twenty-five dollars.
For the support and education of one hundred and seventy-five Tomah, Wis. Indian pupils at the Indian school, Tomah, Wisconsin, twenty-nine thousand two hundred and twenty-five dollars; for pay of superintendent at said school, one thousand five hundred dollars; for general repairs and improvements, three thousand dollars; for equipment of girls’ dormitory, dining hall, kitchen, and hospital, to be immediately available, one thousand five hundred dollars; for construction of suitable quarters for superintendent, to be immediately available, three thousand five hundred dollars; in all, thirty-eight thousand seven hundred and twenty-five dollars. 246 School, southern Utah.
For support and education of fifty pupils at the Indian school in southern Utah, eight thousand three hundred and fifty dollars; salary of superintendent, eight hundred and forty dollars; improvements, five hundred dollars; in all, nine thousand six hundred and ninety dollars. Transportation of pupils. For collection and transportation of pupils to and from Indian 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, forty thousand dollars.
Expenditures under direction of Commissioner, etc. That all expenditure of money appropriated for school purposes in 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 *Provisos*. Limit per capita expenditure. of the Interior: *Provided*, That not more than one hundred and sixty-seven dollars shall be expended for the annual support and education of any one pupil in any school herein specifically appropriated for, —increase. except when, by reason of epidemic, accident, or other similar cause, the attendance is so reduced that a larger expenditure is absolutely necessary for the efficient operation of the school affected, when the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, with the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, may allow a larger per capita expenditure, such expenditure to continue only so long as the said necessity therefor shall exist: —not to exceed total for school, etc. *Provided further*, That the total amount appropriated for the support of such school shall not be exceeded: *Provided further*, That this provision shall apply to the fiscal years eighteen hundred and ninety-nine and nineteen hundred.
Sec. 2. Supplies, purchase after advertisement. That no purchase of supplies for which appropriations are 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’ —exception, exigency. public notice by advertisement, except in case of exigency, when, in 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 *Provisos*.
Works of irrigation. at any one purchase: *Provided*, That supplies may be purchased, contracts let, and labor employed for the construction of artesian wells, ditches, and other works for irrigation, in the discretion of the Secretary of the Interior, without advertising as hereinbefore provided: Purchases from Indians. *Provided further*, That as far as practicable Indian labor shall be employed and purchase in the open market made from Indians, under Manufactures by Indians. 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 at reservation or industrial schools, of shoes, clothing, leather, harness, and wagons, and such other articles as the Secretary of the Interior may deem advisable, and the sum of ten thousand dollars is hereby appropriated to enable the Secretary of Yakima Reservation, Wash.
Leases authorized. the Interior to carry this provision into effect: *Provided further*, That the Indians to whom lands have been allotted on the Yakima Reservation in the State of Washington shall be permitted to lease unimproved allotted lands, for agricultural purposes, for any term not exceeding ten years upon such terms and conditions as may be prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior. Sec. 3. Diversion of surplus for subsistence. That the Secretary of the Interior, under the direction of the President, may use any surplus that may remain in any of the said 247 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 authority *Provisos*. —report. 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 direction of Purchase of stock cattle. 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 Treaty funds not available. 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 or heretofore Diversions. made for millers, 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 the consent of said tribes, expressed in the usual manner; and that he cause report to be made to Congress, at its next session thereafter, of his action under this provision: *Provided*, That with the *Proviso*.
Crow Reservation, Mont. Use of annuity money of Indians for irrigation. consent of the Crow Indians in Montana, to be obtained in the usual way, the Secretary of the Interior, in his discretion, may use the annuity money due or to become due said Indians to complete the irrigation system heretofore commenced on said Crow Indian Reservation. 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: *Provided*, That so much of the appropriations *Proviso*.
Appropriations immediately available. 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, nineteen hundred and one, shall be immediately available, but no such goods or supplies shall be Distribution of supplies to Indians. distributed or delivered to any of said Indians prior to July first, nineteen hundred. Sec. 6. That the Commissioner of Indian Affairs shall report annually Annual report of employees. 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. 7. That the proviso to the Act approved August fifteenth, Citizen Band of Pottawatomie Indians and Absentee Shawnee Indians of Oklahoma. Adult heirs of deceased allottee may sell inherited lands, etc. Vol. 28, p. 295. eighteen hundred and ninety-four, permitting the sale of allotted lands by members of the Citizen Band of Pottawatomie Indians and of the Absentee Shawnee Indians of Oklahoma is hereby extended so as to permit the adult heirs of a deceased allottee to sell and convey the lands inherited from such decedent; and if there be both adult and minor owners of such inherited lands, then such minors may join in a 248 sale thereof by a guardian, duly appointed by the proper court, upon an order of such court made upon petition filed by such guardian, all conveyances made under this provision to be subject to the approval of the Secretary of the Interior; and any Citizen Pottawatomie or Absentee Shawnee not residing upon his allotment, but being an actual resident of another State or Territory, may in like manner sell and convey all the land allotted to him.
Further extension of act. Vol. 17, p. 159. That such proviso of the Act approved August fifteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, as herein enlarged, is hereby extended to those members of the Citizen Band of Pottawatomie Indians and the Absentee Shawnee Indians who were given allotments under the Act approved the twenty-third day of May, eighteen hundred and seventy-two, Purchasers may sell, etc. and to their heirs; and any purchasers of Indian blood of lands sold under the provisions of the Act last named, or their heirs, who may own other allotted lands under any Act of Congress, may sell all the lands so owned by them in excess of eighty acres, the restrictions against sales by allottees under the Act last named to others than the United States or persons of Indian blood being hereby removed; and all such conveyances shall hereafter be subject to the approval of the Secretary of the Interior.
Act extended to heirs of allottees of Peoria and Miami Indians. Vol. 30, p. 72. That the provisions hereof as to the sale of inherited lands by heirs of deceased allottees of the Citizen Band of Pottawatomie Indians and Absentee Shawnee Indians are hereby extended and made applicable to the heirs of allottees of the Peoria and Miami Indians, who were authorized by the Act approved June seventh, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, to sell a portion of their lands, and all sales and conveyances of lands of deceased allottees by their heirs, which have been duly made and executed by such heirs and duly approved by the Secretary of the Interior, are hereby ratified and confirmed.
Approved, May 31, 1900.
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