Chapter 832. 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 two, and for other purposes
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CHAP. 832.— 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 two, and for other purposes. March 3, 1901. *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 and two, and fulfilling treaty stipulations for the various Indian tribes, namely:
CURRENT AND CONTINGENT EXPENSES. Pay of agents at agencies. For pay of forty-nine agents of Indian affairs at the following-named 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; 1059 At the Flathead Agency, Montana, one thousand live hundred Pay of agents at agencies—Continued.dollars;
At the Fort Apache Agency, Arizona, one thousand five hundred dollars; At the Fort Belknap Agency, Montana, one thousand five hundred dollars; At the Fort Berthold Agency, North Dakota, one thousand five hundred dollars; At the Fort Hall Agency, Idaho, one thousand five hundred dollars; At the Fort Peck Agency, Montana, one thousand eight hundred dollars; At the Green Bay Agency, Wisconsin, one thousand eight hundred dollars; At the 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 Bride Agency, South Dakota, one thousand four hundred dollars; At the Mission Tide 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 dollars; At the Nez Perces Agency, Idaho, one thousand six 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 eight 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 five 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 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 Sisseton Agency, South Dakota, one thousand five hundred dollars; At the Shoshone Agency, Wyoming, one thousand five hundred dollars; At the Southern Ute Agency, Colorado, one thousand four hundred dollars: At the Standing Rock Agency, North Dakota, one thousand eight hundred dollars; 1060 Pay of agents at agencies—Continued. At the Tongue River Agency, Montana, one thousand five 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: 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, seventy-seven thousand six hundred *Provisos*. Appropriations not available for army officers acting as agents.dollars: *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*, Superintendent of training school may act as agent.That the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, with the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, may devolve the duties of any Indian agency, or any part thereof, 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.
Interpreters. For payment of necessary interpreters, to be distributed in the discretion of the Secretary of the Interior, seven thousand dollars; but no person employed by the United States and paid for any other service shall be paid for interpreting. Inspectors. For pay of eight Indian inspectors, one of whom shall be an engineer competent in the location, construction, and maintenance of irrigation works, at two thousand five hundred dollars per annum —duties.each; to enable the Secretary of the Interior to investigate and report upon the condition of Indians upon reservations, their degree of civilization, the advisability of reducing the size of their reservations, the propriety of commuting their annuities, and to investigate and report upon the character of reservations, the area used by the Indians and the areas needed for their use, whether the reservation is composed of mineral or agricultural lands, and whether the reservation or any part thereof is better fitted for the purposes of forestry than for agriculture, and how the same shall be administered, and the area of mineral land, five thousand dollars in all; twenty-five thousand dollars, of which sum not exceeding five thousand dollars to be immediately available:
Allowance, inspector, Indian Territory.*Provided*, That the Indian inspector who may be assigned to duty in the Indian Territory shall be considered as actually employed on duty in the field: and the accounting officers of the Treasury are hereby authorized to allow him per diem pay during the fiscal year nineteen hundred and one, and so long as he shall remain on duty in said Territory. Traveling expenses of inspectors. For traveling expenses of eight Indian inspectors, 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 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.
Superintendent. For pay of one superintendent of Indian schools, three thousand dollars. 1061 For necessary traveling expenses of one superintendent of Indian —traveling expenses.schools, including telegraphing and incidental expenses of inspection and investigation, one thousand five hundred dollars: *Provided*, That *Provisos*. —per diem allowance in field.he shall be allowed three dollars per day for traveling expenses when actually on duty in the field, exclusive of cost of transportation and sleeping-car fare, in lieu of all other expenses now allowed by law: *And provided further*, That he shall perform such other duties as may —other duties.be imposed upon him by the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, subject to the approval of the Secretary of the Interior.
For buildings and repairs of buildings at agencies and for water Agency buildings.supplies at agencies, thirty-five thousand dollars. For contingencies of the Indian Service, including traveling and incidental Contingent expenses.expenses of Indian agents and of their offices, and of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs; also traveling and incidental expenses of Special agents.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.
For expenses of the commission of citizens, serving without compensation, Citizens’ commission. Vol. 16, p. 40.appointed by the President under the provisions of the Act of April tenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-nine, four thousand dollars, of which sum an amount not to exceed three hundred dollars may be paid for the rent of an office for said commission. To enable the Secretary of the Interior to employ practical farmers Practical farmers.and practical stockmen, subject only to such examination as to qualification as the Secretary of the Interior may prescribe, 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.
For services of officers, at fifteen dollars per month each, and privates, Indian police.at ten dollars per month each, of Indian police, to be employed in maintaining order and prohibiting illegal traffic in liquor on the several Indian reservations and within the Territory of Alaska, in the discretion of the Secretary of the Interior, for the purchase of equipments, and for the purchase of rations for policemen at nonration agencies, one hundred and thirty-five thousand dollars.
For compensation of judges of Indian courts, twelve thousand five Judges of Indian courts.hundred and forty dollars. To enable the Secretary of the Interior to employ suitable persons Matrons to teach housekeeping.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. To pay the expense of purchasing goods and supplies for the Indian Supplies, etc.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 dollars.
For necessary expenses of transportation of such goods, provisions, Transportation.and other articles for the various tribes of Indians provided for by this Act, including pay and expenses of transportation agents and rent of warehouses, two hundred and fifty thousand dollars. For pure vaccine matter and vaccination of Indians, five thousand Vaccination.dollars. 1062 FULFILLING TREATY STIPULATIONS WITH, AND SUPPORT OF, INDIAN TRIBES. Fulfilling treaties. apaches, kiowas, and comanches fund.
Apaches, Kiowas, and Comanches fund. To carry out the agreement with said Indians, approved June sixth, nineteen hundred, as provided in article six of said agreement, one million five hundred thousand dollars. chickasaws. Chickasaws. Payment in full for permanent annuity. For permanent annuity, in goods, three thousand dollars: *Provided*, That the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized and directed to place upon the books of the Treasury, to the credit of the Chickasaws, the sum of sixty thousand dollars, being in full for the permanent Vol. 1, p. 619.annuity in money or otherwise, as guaranteed to them by the treaty of July fifteenth, seventeen hundred and ninety-four. chippewas of the mississippi.
Chippewas of the Mississippi. Vol. 9, p. 904. For ninth 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 August second, eighteen hundred and forty-seven, and fifth article of treaty of March nineteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, one thousand dollars; Vol. 16, p. 720. 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, four thousand dollars. choctaws.
Choctaws. Vol. 7, p. 99. Vol. 11, p. 614. For permanent annuity, per second article of treaty of November sixteenth, eighteen hundred and live, and thirteenth article of treaty of June twenty-second, eighteen hundred and fifty-five, three thousand dollars; Vol. 7, p. 213. For permanent annuity for support of light horsemen, per thirteenth article of treaty of October eighteenth, eighteen hundred and twenty, Vol. 11, p. 614.and thirteenth article of treaty of June twenty-second, eighteen hundred and fifty-five, six hundred dollars;
Vol. 7. pp. 212, 236, 36. For permanent annuity for support of blacksmith, per sixth article of treaty of October eighteenth, eighteen hundred and twenty, ninth article of treaty of January twentieth, eighteen hundred and twenty-five, and thirteenth article of treaty of June twenty-second, eighteen hundred and fifty-five, six hundred dollars; For permanent annuity for education, per second and thirteenth articles of last two treaties named above, six thousand dollars; Vol. 7. p. 236.
Vol. 11, p. 614. For permanent annuity for iron and steel, per ninth article of treaty of January twentieth, eighteen hundred and twenty-five, and thirteenth article of treaty of June twenty-second, eighteen hundred and fifty-five, three hundred and twenty dollars; Interest. For interest on three hundred and ninety thousand two hundred and 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 Vol. 7, p. 286.conformity with the provisions contained in the ninth and thirteenth articles of treaty of January twentieth, eighteen hundred and twenty-five, Vol. 11, p. 614.and treaty of June twenty-second, eighteen hundred and fifty-five, nineteen thousand five hundred and twelve dollars and eighty-nine cents; in all, thirty thousand and thirty-two dollars and eighty-nine cents. 1063 chippewas of minnesota, reimbursable.
Chippewas of Minnesota. Advance interest to the Chippewa Indians in Minnesota, as required Advance interest. Vol. 25, p. 645, etc.by section seven of “An Act for the relief and civilization of the Chippewa Indians in the State of Minnesota,” approved January fourteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, in the manner required by said Act (reimbursable), ninety thousand dollars. To enable the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, under the direction of Expenses of civilization.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, when authorized by the Secretary of the Interior, 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 and fifty thousand dollars. cœur d’alenes.
Cœur d’ Alenes. For tenth of fifteen installments of eight thousand dollars each, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, under Vol. 26, p. 1028.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. For permanent annuity, in money, per fourth article of treaty of Permanent annuities. Vol. 7, p. 36. Vol. 11, p. 700.August seventh, seventeen hundred and ninety, and fifth article of treaty of August seventh, eighteen hundred and fifty-six, one thousand five hundred dollars; For permanent annuity, in money, per second article of treaty of Vol. 7, p. 69. 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;
For permanent annuity, in money, per fourth article of treaty of Vol. 7, p. 287.January twenty-fourth, eighteen hundred and twenty-six, and fifth article of treaty of August seventh, eighteen hundred and fifty-six, Vol. 11, p. 700.twenty thousand dollars; For permanent annuity for blacksmith and assistant, and for shops and tools, per eighth article of treaty of January twenty-fourth, eighteen hundred and twenty-six, and fifth article of treaty of August seventh, eighteen hundred and fifty-six, eight hundred and forty dollars;
For permanent annuity for iron and steel for shop, per same articles and treaties, two hundred and seventy dollars; For permanent annuity for the pay of a wheelwright, per same articles of same treaties, six hundred dollars; For five per centum interest on two hundred thousand dollars, for Interest. Vol. 11, p. 700.purposes of education, per sixth article of treaty of August seventh, eighteen hundred and fifty-six, ten thousand dollars; 1064 For interest on two hundred and seventy-five thousand one hundred and sixty-eight dollars, at the rate of five per centum per annum, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, under 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. Vol. 22, p. 43. For the twentieth of twenty-five installments, as provided in agreement with the Crows, dated June twelfth, eighteen hundred and eighty, to be used by the Secretary of the Interior in such manner as the President may direct, thirty thousand dollars; Vol. 15, p. 652. This amount, or so much thereof as may be necessary to furnish such articles of food as from time to time the condition and necessities of the Indians may require, fifteen thousand dollars; in all, forty-five thousand dollars. fort hall indians.
Fort Hall Indians. Vol. 25, p. 688. For thirteenth of twenty installments, as provided in agreement with 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; *Ante*, p. 671. To carry out the agreement with said Indians, approved June sixth, nineteen hundred, to be used as provided in article two of said agreement, four hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars; in all, four hundred and thirty-one thousand dollars. indians at blackfeet agency.
Indians at Black-feet Agency. For fourth of nine installments, to be disposed of as provided in article two of the agreement with the Indians of the Blackfeet Vol. 29, p. 354.Reservation, ratified by Act approved June tenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-six, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars. iowas. Iowas. Interest. For interest in lieu of investment on fifty-seven thousand five hundred dollars, balance of one hundred and fifty-seven thousand five hundred dollars, to July first, nineteen hundred and one, at five per centum per annum, for education or other beneficial purposes, under Vol. 10, p. 1071.the direction of the President, per ninth article of treaty of May seventeenth, eighteen hundred and fifty-four, two thousand eight hundred and seventy-five dollars. kansas.
Kansas. Interest. For interest in lieu of investment on one hundred and thirty-five thousand dollars, being the amount due the Kansas tribe of Indians, Vol. 9, p. 842.per second article of treaty of January fourteenth, eighteen hundred and forty-six, six thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars. 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. 1065 molels.
Molels. For pay of teachers and for manual-labor schools, and for all necessary Schools.materials therefor, and for the subsistence of the pupils, per second article of treaty of December twenty-first, eighteen hundred Vol. 12, p. 981.and fifty-five, three thousand dollars. northern cheyennes and arapahoes. Northern Cheyennes and Arapahoes. For subsistence and civilization, as per agreement with the Sioux Subsistence. Vol. 19, p. 256.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. For interest on sixty-nine thousand one hundred and twenty dollars, Interest. Vol. 7, p. 242.at five per centum per annum, being value of fifty-four sections of land set apart by treaty of June second, eighteen hundred and twenty-five, for educational purposes, per Senate resolution of January ninth, eighteen hundred and thirty-eight, three thousand four hundred and fifth-six dollars.
That the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized and directed Adjustment of accounts of traders with Osage Indians authorized.to examine the accounts of Indian traders with the Osage Indians at the Osage Agency, and to determine the sums equitably due to such traders from such Indians, and to adjust their accounts upon the basis —basis.of a fair profit upon the goods which have been sold by such traders to such Indians, and when the amounts due as aforesaid shall have been determined and adjusted, the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized —per capita payment to Indians, accumulated interest, etc.to pay, by a disbursing officer selected by the Secretary for that purpose, to the Osage Indians per capita the amount which has been collected as rent of pasture lands, and any accumulated interest other than their regular annuities which has not been heretofore paid to them: *Provided*, That when it shall appear to such disbursing officer *Proviso*. —payment to trader of per capita share of Indian indebted, etc.that any such Indian, either as an individual or as the head of a family, is indebted to a trader or traders at such agency, as the same shall have been determined and adjusted, in an amount equal to or exceeding said per capita payment, such disbursing officer shall pay the per capita share due to said Indian as an individual or the head of a family, to such trader or traders in discharge of, or to be applied upon such indebtedness to such trader or traders.
If such Indian as an individual or head of a family shall be indebted to more than one of such traders, such payment of his per capita share shall be paid to the traders in pro-portion to the amount of the respective sums due them as determined and adjusted. If the per capita share of any such Indian as an individual or head of a family shall exceed his indebtedness to said trader or traders, then payment shall be made as aforesaid to such trader or traders of the amount due, as aforesaid, and the balance of such per capita payment shall be paid to said Indian: *And provided further*, That it shall be unlawful hereafter for the traders upon the Osage —limit of credit to Indians from traders, etc.Indian Reservation to give credit to any individual Indian or head of a family to an amount greater than sixty per centum of the next quarterly annuity to which such individual Indian or head of a family will be entitled; and if such traders shall give credit to any individual Indian or head of a family upon such reservation in excess of the 1066amount herein allowed, no portion of the indebtedness thus created shall be collectible, and the same shall be void and the licenses of such traders shall be revoked.
Further payments to Indians authorized. Should the amount of the per capita payment herein authorized and directed be insufficient to fully cancel and discharge the debts found to be due from such Indians to such traders as herein provided, the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized and directed to make further per capita payments to said Indians whenever and as often as future pasture moneys and accumulations of interest other than regular annuities shall amount to the sum of one hundred thousand dollars, the same to be paid and applied in the manner hereinbefore provided: *And provided further*, Regulations for trading with Indians.That on and after July first, nineteen hundred and one, any person desiring to trade with the Indians on said reservation shall, upon establishing the fact, to the satisfaction of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, that he is a proper person to engage in such trade, be permitted to do so under such rules and regulations as the Commissioner of Indian Affairs may prescribe for the protection of said Indians:
Report.*And provided further*, That the Secretary of the Interior is hereby directed to report to the next session of Congress showing the amounts due by such Indians to such traders as determined and adjusted as herein provided, and also any payments that may have been made to said Indians or to said trader or traders. 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: Vol. 11, p. 730. For purchase of iron and steel and other necessaries for the shops, 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 October second, eighteen hundred and eighteen, eight hundred and ninety-four dollars and fifty cents:
Vol. 7, p. 314. For permanent annuity, in money, per second article of treaty of September twentieth, eighteen hundred and twenty-eight, seven hundred and fifteen dollars and sixty cents; Vol. 7, pp. 320, 317. For permanent annuity, in specie, per second article of treaty of 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;
Vol. 7, p. 318. For permanent provision for payment of money in lieu of tobacco, 1067iron, and steel, per second article of treaty of September twentieth, Vol. 9, p. 855.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, etc.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. s320.of treaty of July twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and twenty-nine, fifty dollars; For interest on two hundred and thirty thousand and sixty-four Interest.dollars and twenty cents, at five per centum, in conformity with provisions of article seventh of treaties of June fifth and seventeenth, Vol. 9, p. 854.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. 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. That the act of the general council of the Quapaw tribe or nation of Acts dedicating lands for schools, etc., confirmed.Indians in the Indian Territory, “To set apart and dedicate certain Quapaw lands for the use of schools, and dispose of certain other lands, to pay the indebtedness of the Quapaw Nation,” passed and approved on January second, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, be, and is hereby, ratified and confirmed: *Provided*, That the lands so dedicated —limit.and disposed of shall not exceed four hundred acres. sacs and foxes of the mississippi.
Sacs and Foxes of the Mississippi. For permanent annuity, in goods or otherwise, per third article of Annuity. Vol. 7, p. 85.treaty of November third, eighteen hundred and four, one thousand dollars: for interest on two hundred thousand dollars, at five per centum, per second article of treaty of October twenty-first, eighteen hundred and thirty-seven, ten thousand dollars; for interest on eight Interest. Vol. 7, p. 541. Physician, etc.hundred thousand dollars, at five per centum, per second article of treaty of October eleventh, eighteen hundred and forty-two, forty thousand dollars: *Provided*, That the sum of one thousand five hundred dollars of this amount shall be used for the pay of a physician and for purchase of medicine; in all, fifty-one thousand dollars. sacs and foxes of the missouri.
Sacs and Foxes of the Missouri. For interest on one hundred and fifty-seven thousand four hundred Interest.dollars, at five per centum, under the direction of the President, per second article of treaty of October twenty-first, eighteen hundred and Vol. 7, p. 541.thirty-seven, seven thousand eight hundred and seventy dollars; For support of a school, per fifth article of treaty of March sixth, School. Vol. 12, p. 1173.eighteen hundred and sixty-one, two hundred dollars; in all, eight thousand and seventy dollars. seminoles.
Seminoles. For five per centum interest on two hundred and fifty thousand dollars, Interest. Vol. 11, p. 702.to be paid as annuity, per eighth article of treaty of August 1068seventh, eighteen hundred and fifty-six, twelve thousand five hundred dollars: Vol. 14, p. 757. For five per centum interest on two hundred and fifty thousand dollars, to be paid as annuity (they having joined their brethren West), per eighth article of treaty of August seventh, eighteen hundred and fifty-six, twelve thousand five hundred dollars;
For interest on fifty thousand dollars, at the rate of five per centum per annum, to be paid annually for the support of schools, as per third article of treaty of March twenty-first, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, 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; Vol. 7, p. 179. For permanent annuity, in specie, per fourth article of treaty of 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 Vol. 15, p. 515.chiefs (with the consent of their agent) may designate, as stipulated in the seventh article of treaty of February twenty-third, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, one thousand six hundred and sixty dollars;
Vol. 7, p. 179. Vol. 15, p. 515. For permanent annuity, in specie, per fourth article of treaty of September seventeenth, eighteen hundred and eighteen, and fifth article of treaty of February twenty-third, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, five hundred dollars; Vol. 7. p. 352. For blacksmith and assistants, shops and tools, iron and steel, per 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: *Provided,* That the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized and directed to place upon the books of the Treasury, to the credit of the Senecas, the sum of seventy-three thousand eight hundred dollars, being in full for the permanent annuities, in money or otherwise, guaranteed to them by the treaties described above. senecas of new york.
Senecas of New York. Annuity. Vol. 4, p. 442. For permanent annuity, in lieu of interest on stock, per Act of February nineteenth, eighteen hundred and thirty-one, six thousand dollars; Interest. For interest, in lieu of investment, on seventy-five thousand dollars, at five per centum, per Act of June twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and forty-six, three thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars; For interest, at five per centum, on forty-three thousand and fifty dollars, transferred from the Ontario Bank to the United States Vol. 9, p. 35.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. Annuity. Vol. 7, p. 179. Vol. 15, p. 515. For permanent annuity, in specie, per fourth article of treaty of September seventeenth, eighteen hundred and eighteen, and fifth 1069article 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: *Provided,* That the Secretary of the Payment in full for permanent annuity.Treasury is hereby authorized and directed to place upon the books of the Treasury to the credit of the Eastern Shawnees the sum of twenty thousand six hundred dollars, being in full for the permanent annuities, in money or otherwise, guaranteed to them by the treaties above described. shoshones and arapahoes.
Shoshones and Arapahoes. For fourth 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.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 Supplies. Vol. 15, p. 676.materials as may be required, as per eighth article of same treaty, one thousand dollars; Bannocks: For pay of physician, teacher, carpenter, miller, engineer, Bannocks.farmer, and blacksmith, as per tenth article of treaty of July third, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, five thousand dollars; in all, eleven thousand dollars. six nations of new york. Six Nations of New York. For permanent annuity, in clothing and other useful articles, per Annuity.
Vol. 7, p. 46.sixth article of treaty of November eleventh, seventeen hundred and ninety-four, four thousand five hundred dollars. sioux of different tribes, including santee sioux of nebraska. Sioux of different tribes. For pay of five teachers, one physician, one carpenter, one miller, Teachers, etc.one engineer, two farmers, and one blacksmith, per thirteenth article of same treaty, ten thousand four hundred dollars; For pay of second blacksmith, and furnishing iron, steel, and other material, per eighth article of same treaty, one thousand six hundred dollars;
For pay of additional employees at the several agencies for the Employees.Sioux in Nebraska and in North Dakota and South Dakota, eighty-five thousand dollars; For subsistence of the Sioux, and for purposes of their civilization, Subsistence. Vol. 19, p. 254.as per agreement ratified by Act of Congress approved February twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and seventy-seven, nine hundred thousand dollars: *Provided*, That this sum shall include transportation *Provisos*. Transportation.of supplies from the termination of railroad or steamboat transportation; and in this service Indians shall be employed when practicable: *And provided further*, That the number of rations issued shall not Limit of rations, etc.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;
For support and maintenance of day and industrial schools, including Schools. Vol. 15, p. 637.purchase, erection, and repairs of school buildings, in accordance 1070Vol. 25, p. 894.with article seven of the treaty of April twenty ninth, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, which article is continued in force for twenty years by 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. Vol. 11, p. 744. For thirteenth of twenty installments (last series), to be paid to them 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 thousand dollars; in all, forty-five thousand dollars. spokanes.
Spokanes. Removal to Cœur d’Alene Reservation. For last of ten installments, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior in the removal of the Spokane Indians to the Cœur d’Alene Reservation, in erecting suitable houses, in assisting them in breaking lands, in furnishing them with cattle, seeds, agricultural implements, saw and grist mills, 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 Vol. 27, p. 139.hundred and eighty-seven, ratified by Act of Congress approved July thirteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety two, five thousand dollars: *Provided*, That any moneys heretofore or hereafter to be appropriated for the removal of said Spokane Indians to the Cœur d’Alene Reservation shall be extended to or expended for such members of the tribe who have removed or shall remove to the Colville, Spokane, or Jocko Reservations;
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; Chiefs Louis and Enoch. For ninth of ten installments of one hundred dollars each to Chiefs 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. Carpenters, etc.
Vol. 13, p. 675. Vol. 15, p. 622. For pay of two carpenters, two millers, two farmers, and two black smiths, as per tenth article of treaty of October seventh, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, and fifteenth article of treaty of March second, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, six thousand seven hundred and twenty dollars; Vol. 15, p. 621. For pay of two teachers, as per same article of same treaty, one thousand eight hundred dollars: For purchase of iron and steel and the necessary tools for blacksmith shop, per ninth article of same treaty, two hundred and twenty dollars;
Food. For annual amount for the purchase of beef, mutton, wheat, flour, Vol. 15, p. 622.beans, and potatoes, or other necessary articles of food, as per twelfth article of same treaty, thirty thousand dollars; Employees. For pay of employees at the several Ute agencies, fifteen thousand dollars; in all, fifty-three thousand seven hundred and forty dollars. 1071 winnebagoes. Winnebagoes. For interest on eight hundred and Interest. Vol. 7, p. 545. Vol. 12, p. 628.four thousand nine hundred and nine dollars and seventeen cents, at live per centum per annum, per fourth article of treaty of November first, eighteen hundred and thirty-seven, and joint resolution of July seventeenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, forty thousand two hundred and forty-five dollars and forty-five cents; and the Secretary of the Interior is hereby directed to expend said interest for the support, education, and civilization of said Indians:
For interest on seventy-eight thousand three hundred and forty dollars Vol. 16, p. 355.and forty-one cents, at five per centum per annum, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior for the erection of houses, improvement of their allotments of land, purchase of stock, agricultural implements, seeds, and other beneficial objects, three thousand nine hundred and seventeen dollars and two cents; in all, forty-four thousand one hundred and sixty-two dollars and forty-seven cents.
MISCELLANEOUS SUPPORTS. Miscellaneous supports. For subsistence and civilization of the Apaches, Kiowas, Comanches, Wichitas, and affiliated bands who have been collected in the reservations set apart for their use and occupation, fifty thousand dollars. For subsistence and civilization of the Arapahoes and Cheyennes who have been collected on the reservations set apart for their use and occupation, seventy thousand dollars. 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.
For support and civilization of Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewas, North Dakota, including seeds, thirteen thousand dollars. For the relief of the Turtle Mountain Indians and those of the Devils Lake Agency, North Dakota, for the purpose of stamping out small-pox and expenses already incurred in respect thereto, twenty thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to be immediately available. For support and civilization of the confederated tribes and bands in middle Oregon, and for pay of employees, five thousand dollars.
For support and civilization of Digger Indians of California, and for locating them on lands purchased for them, two thousand five hundred dollars. For support and civilization of the D’Wamish and other allied tribes in Washington, including pay of employees, five thousand dollars. For support and civilization of Carlos's Band of Flatheads, Montana, including pay of employees, eight thousand dollars. For support and civilization of the Flat heads and other confederated tribes, Montana, including pay of employees, eight thousand dollars.
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. For support, civilization, and instruction of the Shoshones and Bannocks and other Indians of the Fort Hall Reservation in Idaho, including pay of employees, twenty-five thousand dollars. For support and education and civilization of the Indians of the Fort Peck Reservation in Montana, including pay of employees, seventy-five thousand dollars.
For support, civilization, and instruction of the Shoshones, Ban-Miscellaneous supports—Continued.1072nocks, Sheepeaters, and other Indians of the Lemhi Agency, Idaho, including pay of employees, thirteen thousand dollars. For support, civilization, and instruction of the Klamaths, Modocs, and other Indians of the Klamath Agency, Oregon, including pay of employees, five thousand dollars. For support and civilization of the Kansas Indians, Oklahoma Territory, including agricultural assistance and pay of employees, two thousand live hundred dollars.
For support and civilization of the Kickapoo Indians in Oklahoma Territory, five thousand dollars. For the purchase of teams, farming implements, seeds, and other necessary articles for the Mexican Kickapoo Indians, known as the “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 pay of employees, three thousand dollars. For support and civilization of Indians at the Mission Agency, California, including pay of employees, three thousand dollars.
For support and civilization of the Modoc Indians now residing within the Indian Territory, one thousand dollars. For purchase of agricultural implements, and support and civilization of Joseph’s Band of Nez Perce Indians, four thousand dollars. For support and civilization of Nez Perce Indians in Idaho, three thousand dollars. For support and civilization of the Ponca Indians, including pay of employees, fifteen thousand dollars: *Provided,* That this amount shall be divided pro rata among all the members of said tribe in Oklahoma Territory and in Nebraska and Dakota.
For support and civilization of the Qui-nai-elts and Quil-leh-utes, including pay of employees, one thousand dollars. For support and civilization of the Shebits and Kaibabs in Utah if in the opinion of the Secretary of the Interior the same is necessary, five thousand dollars. For support and civilization of Shoshone Indians in Wyoming, twenty-five thousand dollars. For support and civilization of Shoshone Indians in Nevada, including pay of employees, twelve thousand dollars.
For purchase of teams, farming implements, seeds, and other necessary 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, including pay of employees, and for the purchase of seeds, ten thousand dollars. For support and civilization of Tonkawa Indians, Oklahoma Territory, and for seeds and agricultural implements, one thousand dollars.
To enable the Secretary of the Interior to purchase subsistence and other necessaries for the support of the Hualpais in Arizona, five thousand dollars. For support and civilization of the Walla Walla, Cayuse, and Umatilla tribes. Oregon, including pay of employees, five thousand dollars. For support and civilization of the Yakimas, and other Indians at said agency, including pay of employees, eight thousand dollars. GENERAL INCIDENTAL EXPENSES OF THE INDIAN SERVICE. Incidental expenses.
Arizona. Arizona: For general incidental expenses of the Indian Service in Arizona, including traveling expenses of agents, one thousand five hundred dollars. California. California: For general incidental expenses of the Indian Service 1073in California, including traveling expenses of agents, and support and civilization of Indians at the Round Valley, Hoopa Valley, and Tide 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 general incidental expenses of the Indian Indian Territory.Service in the Indian Territory, including incidental expenses of the Indian inspector’s office and for pay of employees, eighteen thousand dollars: *Provided*, That hereafter the clerks of the district courts in *Proviso*.
Clerks of district courts to return fees in excess of necessary expenses.the Indian Territory shall account to the United States for all fees earned and collected by them in accordance with such rules and regulations as the Attorney-General shall prescribe. They shall annually pay over to the Treasurer of the United States all such fees collected and earned by them in excess of the necessary expenses incurred and paid by them for attendance on court, record books, stationery, and clerk hire subsequent to May thirty-first, nineteen hundred, such expenses to be allowed and retained by said clerks on accounts approved by the judge of the court when accompanied by proper vouchers, and such clerks shall hereafter be paid the sum of one thousand dollars —annual payment for extra services.each per annum for all extra services in addition to their regular salary.
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.Nevada, including traveling expenses of agents, and support and civilization of Indians located on the Piute, Walker River, and Pyramid Lake reservations, eight thousand dollars; and pay of employees, including physician at the Walker River Reservation, at nine hundred dollars, four thousand nine hundred dollars; in all, twelve thousand nine hundred dollars.
New Mexico: For general incidental expenses of the Indian Service New Mexico.in New Mexico, including traveling expenses of agents, one thousand five hundred dollars. North Dakota: For general incidental expenses of the Indian North Dakota.Service in North Dakota, including traveling expenses of agents at three agencies, one thousand five hundred dollars. Oregon: For general incidental expenses of the Indian Service in Oregon.Oregon, including traveling expenses of agents, and support and civilization of Indians of Grand Ronde and Siletz agencies, six thousand dollars; and pay of employees at the same agencies, four thousand dollars; in all, ten thousand dollars.
South Dakota: For general incidental expenses of the Indian South Dakota.Service in South Dakota, including traveling expenses of agents at seven agencies, three thousand five Hundred dollars. Utah: For general incidental expenses of the Indian Service in Utah.Utah, including traveling expenses of agents, one thousand dollars. Washington: For general incidental expenses of the Indian Service Washington.in Washington, including traveling expenses of agents, and support and civilization of Indians at Colville and Puyallup agencies, and for pay of employees, seventeen thousand dollars.
Wyoming: For general incidental expenses of the Indian Service Wyoming.in Wyoming, including traveling expenses of agents, one thousand dollars. miscellaneous. Miscellaneous. For salaries of four commissioners, appointed under Acts of Congress Commission to Five Civilized Tribes. Vol. 27, p. 645.approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, and 1074Vol. 28, p. 939.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, 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, three hundred thousand dollars; for contingent expenses of the commission, four thousand dollars; in all, three hundred and twenty-four thousand dollars:
Use of appropriation, etc. Statement of expenditures.*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 law: and said commissioners shall at once make an itemized statement to the Secretary of the Interior of all their expenditures up to January first, nineteen hundred and one, and annually Temporary clerks, office Commissioner Indian Affairs.thereafter: *And provided further*, That not to exceed ten thousand four hundred dollars of the above amount may be used in the temporary employment in the office of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs of three clerks, at the rate of one thousand six hundred dollars per annum, who shall be competent to examine records in disputed citizenship cases and law contests growing out of the work of said commission, and in the temporary employment in said office of three competent stenographers, at the rate of one thousand dollars each per annum, to be immediately available.
Inquiry as to possible personal tax, Indian Territory. To enable the Secretary of the Interior to investigate and report to Congress at its next session whether it is practicable to provide a system of taxation of personal property, occupations, franchises, and so forth, in the Indian Territory sufficient to maintain a system of free schools to all the children of the Indian Territory, five thousand dollars. Choctaw orphan lands. Disposition of, authorized. That the Commissioner of the General Land Office is hereby authorized and directed to dispose of the Choctaw orphan lands in the State of Mississippi as other public lands are disposed of.
Mills; Pima Agency, Ariz. For operating and repairing the flour mill at Pima Agency, Arizona, one thousand five hundred dollars. —Klamath Agency, Oreg. For operating one portable sawmill for the Klamath Agency, Oregon, and for necessary repairs to same, one thousand five hundred dollars. —Nez Percé Reservation, Idaho. For operating one portable sawmill on the Nez Percé Indian Reservation, Idaho, and for necessary repairs to the same, one thousand five hundred dollars. Physician, New York Agency.
Omaha, Nebr. Warehouse for supplies. Vol. 30, p. 75. For pay of physician, New York Agency, six hundred dollars. For the purpose of carrying out the provisions of the Act of June 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,” eight thousand dollars.
Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewas. Sioux of Devils Lake, N. Dak.; support of. For relief and support of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewas and the Sioux of Devils Lake. North Dakota, to be expended for their benefit under direction of the Secretary of the Interior in such manner and for such purposes as he may direct, twenty-five thousand dollars, to be immediately available. Surveying and allotting lands in severalty. Vol. 24, p. 388. To enable the President to cause, under the provisions of the Act of 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 1075purposes 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, one hundred thousand dollars: *Provided,* That *Proviso*. —superintendents authorized.the Secretary of the Interior may employ such number of 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 one clerk in the Office of Indian Affairs, —and clerk.at a salary of one thousand dollars per annum.
For repairs to the bridge across Wind River, on the Shoshone Reservation Shoshone Reservation. Wyo. Repairs, bridge over Wind River.in Wyoming, eight hundred and fifty dollars, to be immediately available. 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. Vol. 26, p. 851.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 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. To enable the President to cause, under the provisions of the Act of Sioux Indian Reservation, Dak.
Appropriation for allotments, resurveys, etc. Vol. 25, p. 888.March second, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, entitled “An Act to divide a portion of the reservation of the Sioux Nation of Indians in Dakota into separate reservations and to secure the relinquishment of the Indian title to the remainder, and for other purposes,” to be allotted the land in said separate reservations as provided in said Act, including the necessary resurveys, ten thousand dollars. [Reimbursable.].
For the equipment and maintenance of the asylum for insane Indians Canton, S. Dak., in-sane asylum.at Canton, South Dakota, for incidental and all other expenses necessary for its proper conduct and management, including pay of employees, and for necessary expense of transporting insane Indians to and from said asylum, twelve thousand dollars. To pay all expenses incident to the survey, platting, and appraisement Choctaw, Chickasaw, etc., nations. Appropriation for platting town sites, etc.
Vol. 30, pp. 500, 505.of town sites in the Choctaw, Chickasaw, Creek, and Cherokee nations, Indian Territory, as required by sections fifteen and twenty-nine 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, and all Acts amendatory thereof or supplemental thereto, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars: *Provided*, That hereafter the Secretary of the Interior may, whenever the chief executive of the Choctaw or Chickasaw Nation fails or refuses Appointment of town-site commissioner.to appoint a town-site commissioner for any town, or to fill any vacancy caused by the neglect or refusal of the town-site commissioner appointed by the chief executive of the Choctaw or Chickasaw Nation to qualify or act, in his discretion, appoint a commissioner to fill the vacancy thus created. 1076 Suit of Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians *vs*.
Thomas et al. Appropriation for payments under certain agreements of compromise. Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians: For this amount, to be expended under the direction of the Attorney-General for the purpose of carrying into effect six agreements of compromise in the suit of the United States against William H. Thomas and others, entered into between A. E. Holton. United States attorney, and George H. Smathers, special assistant to the United States attorney for the western district of North Carolina, representing the United States and the defendants therein and hereinafter named: and an agreement in the two suits, respectively, of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians against William H.
Thomas and others, and the United States against William H. Thomas and others, entered into between George H. Smathers, special assistant United States attorney, representing the United States and the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, as evidenced by an act of the council of said Indians, bearing date December seventeenth. nineteen hundred, both suits pending in the circuit court of the United States for the western district of North Carolina, which agreements of compromise with said defendants and the agreement with said band of Indians are on file in the Department of Justice, and are set forth in detail on pages four and five of a report made by George H.
Smathers, special assistant United States attorney, to the Attorney-General, as to the status of this litigation, bearing date January twenty-second, nineteen hundred and one, to settle and quiet the title to certain tracts of land claimed by said Indians that were conveyed in a deed executed by William Johnston and others, to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs as trustee for the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, bearing date August fourteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty, known as the “Sibbald deed,” and more fully set forth in said agreements of compromise, the sum of eight thousand seven hundred and seventy dollars, the names of the defendants and the amount to be paid to each under said agreements of compromise, and the amount to be —payees designated.paid to said band of Indians, being as follows:
To W. N. Cooper, R. L. Cooper, and T. J. Cooper, executors of James W. Cooper, deceased, under agreement of compromise, Exhibit Numbered One, two thousand dollars: to M. A. Hembree and others, defendants, in agreement of compromise, Exhibit Numbered Two, as follows: To M. A. Hembree, Murphy, Cherokee County, North Carolina, three hundred and twenty-five dollars; to Thomas Dockery, Murphy, Cherokee County, North Carolina, five hundred dollars; to James Humphreys, Murphy, Cherokee County, North Carolina, three hundred dollars; to W.
R. Graves, Murphy, Cherokee County. North Carolina, one hundred and twenty-five dollars; to John E. Graves, Murphy, Cherokee County. North Carolina, three hundred dollars; to John A. Dockery. Murphy. Cherokee County. North Carolina, thirty dollars; to N. E. Dockery, Murphy, Cherokee County, North Carolina, twenty-five dollars; to John E. Fricks, Murphy, Cherokee County, North Carolina, three hundred and twenty-five dollars; to A. G. Hunsucker, Murphy. Cherokee Comity, North Carolina, seventy-five dollars; to L.
M. Hunsucker, Murphy, Cherokee County, North Carolina, one hundred and twenty-five dollars; to Henry P. McClure, Murphy. Cherokee County. North Carolina, forty dollars; to Irena Warlick, Murphy, Cherokee County, North Carolina, two hundred and fifty dollars; to W. F. Mauney and N. F. Cooper. Robbinsville, Graham County, North Carolina, Exhibit Numbered Three, fifty dollars; to David Watkins and Joseph Watkins, Bryson City, Swain County, North Carolina. Exhibit Numbered Four, two hundred dollars; to J.
U. Whiteside, Bryson City, North Carolina, Exhibit Numbered Five, fifty dollars; to Charley Kirk-land, Bryson City, North Carolina, Exhibit Numbered Six. fifty dollars; to Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, Cherokee, Swain County, North Carolina, Exhibit Numbered Seven, four thousand dollars; total, eight thousand seven hundred and seventy dollars. 1077 The Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized, in his discretion, Devils Lake, North Dakota. Construction of bridge at narrows authorized.to permit the construction of a free bridge to span the narrows of Devils Lake, in the State of North Dakota, at a point between town-ships one hundred and fifty-two and one hundred and fifty-three north, range sixty-four west.
If said bridge shall abut on an Indian allotment, the consent of the allottee shall first be obtained. The Secretary may also authorize the taking of stone from the shores of the lake on the reservation side in the construction of the said bridge. To pay Lieutenant-Colonel James F. Randlett, retired from the Lieut. Col. James F. Randlett. Payment to.Army, while serving as agent at the Uintah and Ouray Agency, Utah (as provided in Twenty-seventh United States Statutes, page one hundred and twenty), for six months and twenty-three days, at the rate of one thousand eight hundred dollars per annum, the sum of one thousand and fifteen dollars.
That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized, Secretary of Interior may negotiate with Indians for cession of lands.in his discretion, to negotiate, through any United States Indian inspector, agreements with any Indians for the cession to the United States of portions of their respective reservations or surplus unallotted lands, any agreements thus negotiated to be subject to subsequent ratification by Congress. To enable the Secretary of the Interior to employ a special attorney for the Pueblo Indians of New Mexico during the remainder of the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and one, and to pay for legal services heretofore rendered said Indians during said fiscal year, one thousand five hundred dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to be immediately available.
To enable the Secretary of the Interior to employ a special attorney Pueblo Indians, New Mexico. Special attorney for.for the Pueblo Indians of New Mexico during the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and two, one thousand five hundred dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary. The rolls made by the Commission to the Five Civilized Tribes, Rolls of Commission to Five Civilized Tribes. Force of, etc.when approved by the Secretary of the Interior, shall be final, and the persons whose names are found thereon shall alone constitute the several tribes which they represent: and the Secretary of the Interior is authorized and directed to fix a time by agreement with said tribes or either of them for closing said rolls, but upon failure or refusal of said tribes or any of them to agree thereto, then the Secretary of the —time for closing.Interior shall fix a time for closing said rolls, after which no name shall be added thereto.
That no act, ordinance, or resolution of the Creek or Cherokee tribes, Approval of acts, etc., of Creeks or Cherokees.except resolutions for adjournment, shall be of any validity until approved by the President of the United States. When such acts, ordinances, or resolutions passed by the council of either of said tribes shall be approved by the principal chief thereof, then it shall be the duty of the national secretary of said tribe to forward them to the President of the United States, duly certified and sealed, who shall, within thirty days after their reception, approve or disapprove the same.
Said acts, ordinances, or resolutions, when so approved, shall —publication of acts, etc.be published in at least two newspapers having a bona fide circulation in the tribe to be affected thereby, and when disapproved shall be returned to the tribe enacting the same. That the Secretary of the Interior is authorized and directed to New York Indians. Deduction from appropriation to pay judgment of Court of Claims in favor of.withhold from the amount appropriated by the Act of February ninth, nineteen hundred, to pay the judgment of the Court of Claims in favor of the New York Indians, a sum not exceeding ten thousand dollars, and to apply it in the payment of expenses necessary in ascertaining the beneficiaries of said judgment: *Provided*, That out of the —attorneys’ fees.amount so appropriated for the payment of said judgment there be first retained and paid by the proper officers to the attorneys engaged in the prosecution of the claim resulting in said judgment such sum or 1078sums as shall have heretofore been ascertained and approved by the Commissioner of Indian Affairs and the Secretary of the Interior as payable in accordance with contracts with the said Indians heretofore approved by said Commissioner of Indian Affairs and the Secretary of the Interior.
Albert Pike’s heirs. Payment to, of claim for legal services to Choctaw Nation. For payment to the heirs of Albert Pike, deceased, to be paid as hereinafter provided, out of any funds in the Treasury of the United States belonging to the Choctaw Nation, seventy-five thousand dollars; which said sum the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized and directed to pay immediately as follows: Thirty thousand dollars to Yvon Pike, surviving son and heir of Albert Pike: fifteen thousand dollars to Mrs.
Lilian Pike Roome, surviving daughter and heir of Albert Pike; and thirty thousand dollars to Yvon Pike as administrator of the estate of Luther H. Pike, deceased, son of Albert Pike, upon execution by each of the said heirs and said administrator of a receipt in full for all their respective claims against the Choctaw Nation for the services of Albert Pike in the collection from the United States of what is commonly known as the “net proceeds claim.” Omaha and Winnebago agencies, Nebraska.
Repairs to bridges. Mandan, N. Dak. Indian industrial school at, authorized. For repairs of bridges and approaches on the Omaha and Winnebago Agency, in the State of Nebraska, five thousand dollars. For erecting, constructing, and completing suitable school buildings for an Indian industrial school at or near the city of Mandan, in the State of North Dakota, upon lands to be donated to the Government for that purpose, of not less than one hundred and sixty acres in extent, and of such character and in such location as shall be deemed by the Secretary of the Interior to be most suitable for the purpose, and upon plans and specifications to be approved by the Secretary of the Interior, fifty thousand dollars.
Sisseton and Wahpeton bands of Dakota or Sioux Indians. Court of Claims to determine claims of loyal members since act of forfeiture, etc. That full jurisdiction is hereby conferred upon the Court of Claims to hear, ascertain, and report to Congress what members of the Sisseton and Wahpeton bands of Dakota or Sioux Indians remained loyal to the Government of the United States and were not directly or indirectly concerned in the depredations of certain bands of Sioux Indians named Vol. 12, pp. 652, 1038.in the Act of Congress approved February sixteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, entitled “An Act for the relief of persons for damages sustained by reason of depredations and injuries by certain bands of Sioux Indians,” or other Acts upon the subject; and to hear, ascertain, and report to Congress what annuities provided by the treaty with said bands of July twenty-third, eighteen hundred and fifty-one, would now be due the loyal members of said bands if the said Act of Congress had —procedure, etc.not been passed.
The court is further authorized to further consider, ascertain, and report to Congress what lands, appropriations, payments, gratuities, or other provisions have been made to or for said bands or to any of the members thereof since said Act of forfeiture was passed. Proceedings shall be commenced by petition verified by the attorney for said Indians who may appear for and on their behalf, and said ease shall have preference and be advanced on the docket of said court; and if said court shall find that said bands preserved their loyalty to the United States, they shall ascertain and state the amount that would be due to said Indians on account of said annuities, had said Act of Congress of February sixteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, not been passed, stating in connection therewith what credits should be charged against said annuities on account of the lands, appropriations, payments, gratuities or other provisions as hereinbefore stated.
Comanche, Kiowa, and Apache Indians, Oklahoma. Appropriation for allotments available for surveys, etc. *Ante,* p. 727. It is hereby directed that the money appropriated by the Act of Congress entitled “An Act making appropriations to supply urgent deficiencies in the appropriations for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and one, and for other purposes,” and approved January fourth, nineteen hundred and one, “for completing the allot-1079merits provided for in the agreement with the Comanche, Kiowa, and Apache Indians in Oklahoma,” may be used in accordance with the provisions of said Act by the Secretary of the Interior for making any and all surveys whether original or resurveys found necessary in connection with the making of said allotments, and also for any expenses necessary and incident for the setting apart as grazing lands for said Indians, four hundred and eighty thousand acres of land, as provided in the agreement ratified by the Act approved June sixth, nineteen hundred.
SUPPORT OF SCHOOLS. Support of schools. For support of Indian day and industrial schools, and for other educational Day and industrial.purposes not hereinafter provided for, one million two hundred and twenty thousand dollars. For construction, purchase, lease, and repair of school buildings, and sewerage, water supply, and lighting plants, and purchase of school sites, and improvement of buildings and grounds, two hundred and forty thousand dollars; in all, one million four hundred and sixty thousand dollars.
For support and education of three hundred Indian pupils at Albuquerque, Support of pupils. Albuquerque, N. Mex.New Mexico, fifty thousand one hundred dollars; for pay of superintendent of said school, one thousand seven hundred dollars; for erection of shops, two thousand dollars; warehouse, one thousand eight hundred dollars; boiler house, boiler, pump, and engine, two thousand five hundred dollars; in all, fifty-eight thousand one hundred dollars. For the support and education of one hundred Indian pupils at Chamberlain, S.
Dak.Chamberlain. South Dakota, sixteen thousand seven hundred dollars; for pay of superintendent of said school, one thousand live hundred dollars; for general repairs and improvements, three thousand one hundred dollars; for increasing the capacity of school plant to one hundred and fifty pupils by the erection of additional buildings and other improvements, twenty thousand dollars; in all, forty-one thousand three hundred dollars. For support of one hundred and fifty pupils at the training school Cherokee, N.
C.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 improvements, one thousand dollars; addition to dormitory, one thousand five hundred dollars; for lighting plant, one thousand five hundred dollars; in all, thirty thousand three hundred and fifty dollars. For support of Indian industrial school at Carlisle, Pennsylvania, for Carlisle, Pa.transportation of pupils to and from said school, and for general repairs and improvements, one hundred and forty-nine thousand dollars; for additional 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.
For support and education of two hundred Indian pupils at the Carson City, Nev.Indian school at Carson City, Nevada, thirty-three thousand four hundred dollars; for pay of superintendent at said school, one thousand six hundred dollars; for general repairs and improvements, two thousand five hundred dollars; for installing a complete water system, including the purchase of right of way, if necessary, for pipe line to said school, twelve thousand two hundred dollars; for steam heating plant, three thousand five hundred dollars; in all, fifty-three thousand two hundred dollars.
For support of four hundred Indian pupils at the Indian school at Chilocco, Okla.Chilocco, Oklahoma Territory, sixty-six thousand eight hundred dollars; for pay of superintendent at said school, one thousand eight hundred dollars; for general repairs and improvements, five thousand 1080dollars; for addition to school building, eight thousand dollars; in all, eighty-one thousand six hundred dollars. Flandreau, S. Dak. For support and education of three hundred and fifty Indian pupils at The Riggs Institute, Flandreau.
South Dakota, fifty-eight thousand four hundred and fifty dollars: for general repairs and improvements, three thousand dollars: for pay of superintendent of said school, one thousand eight hundred dollars; water rent, one thousand five hundred dollars; for erection of warehouse and office building, four thousand dollars; for industrial shops, four thousand dollars: for farm building, one thousand five hundred dollars; to extend water system, including purchase of one acre of land, four thousand dollars; in all, seventy-eight thousand two hundred and fifty dollars.
Fort Mojave, Ariz. For support and education of one hundred and fifty Indian pupils 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 erection of new dormitory, fifteen thousand dollars; in all, forty-three thousand five hundred and fifty dollars. Fort Totten, N. Dak. For support and education of two hundred and fifty Indian pupils at Indian school, Fort Totten, North Dakota, forty-one thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars; for pay of superintendent at said school, one thousand six hundred dollars; for general repairs and improvements, five thousand dollars; in all, forty-eight thousand three hundred and fifty dollars.
Genoa, Nebr. For support and education of three hundred Indian pupils at the Indian school. Genoa. Nebraska, fifty thousand one hundred dollars; for general repairs and improvements, one thousand dollars; for pay of superintendent of said school, one thousand seven hundred dollars; in all, fifty-two thousand eight hundred dollars. Hayward, Wis. For the support and education of one hundred and twenty-five pupils 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, five hundred dollars: in all, twenty-two thousand six hundred and seventy-five dollars.
Grand Junction, Colo. For support and education of one hundred and seventy-five Indian 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 five hundred dollars; for construction of warehouse, two thousand five hundred dollars; for lighting plant, three thousand dollars; in all, thirty-nine thousand seven hundred and twenty-five dollars.
Kickapoo Reservation, Kans. For support and education of sixty-five Indian pupils at the Indian school, Kickapoo Reservation, Kansas, ten thousand eight hundred and fifty-five dollars: for pay of superintendent, eight hundred and forty dollars; construction of employees’ quarters, two thousand five hundred dollars: for new porch, three hundred dollars; in all, fourteen thousand four hundred and ninety-five dollars. Haskell Institute, Kans. For support and education of six hundred Indian pupils at the Indian school, Haskell Institute, Lawrence, Kansas, for transportation of pupils to and from said school, and for general repairs and minor improvements, one hundred and five thousand two hundred dollars; for pay of superintendent at said school, two thousand dollars; for construction of employees’ quarters, five thousand dollars; for construction of domestic building, twenty-five thousand dollars: in all, one hundred and thirty-seven thousand two hundred dollars.
Hampton, Va. For support and education of one hundred and twenty Indian pupils at the school at Hampton, Virginia, twenty thousand and forty dollars. Morris, Minn. For the support and education of one hundred and fifty Indian pupils 1081at Morris, Minnesota, Indian School, twenty-five thousand and fifty dollars; pay of superintendent, one thousand five hundred dollars; erection of hospital, five thousand dollars; for the extension and improvement of the water supply, two thousand dollars; in all, thirty-three thousand five hundred and fifty dollars.
For support and education of three hundred Indian pupils at the Mt. Pleasant, Mich.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, two thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars; for construction of hospital, four thousand dollars: for additional mess hall, kitchen, and so forth, five thousand dollars; for improvement of the water supply, three thousand five hundred dollars; in all, sixty-seven thousand and fifty dollars.
For support and education of one hundred and fifty Indian pupils at Perris, Cal.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, five hundred dollars; in all, twenty-seven thousand and fifty dollars. For support and education of six hundred Indian pupils at the Phoenix, Ariz.Indian school at Phoenix, Arizona, and for general repairs and improvements, one hundred and five thousand two hundred dollars; for pay of superintendent at said school, two thousand dollars; for construction of hospital, six thousand dollars: purchase of eighty acres of land, with water right, four thousand eight hundred dollars; in all, one hundred and eighteen thousand dollars.
For support and education of one hundred and fifty Indian pupils at Pierre, S. Dak.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; construction of new sewer, five thousand dollars; construction of lighting plant, two thousand dollars; in all, thirty-five thousand five hundred and fifty dollars. For support and education of one hundred and fifty pupils at the Truxton Canyon, Ariz.Indian school at Truxton Canyon, Arizona, twenty-five thousand and fifty dollars; pay of superintendent, one thousand five hundred dollars; general improvements, one thousand dollars; schoolhouse, twelve thousand dollars; in all, thirty-nine thousand five hundred and fifty dollars.
For support and education of one hundred and fifty Indian pupils at Pipestone, Minn.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 five hundred dollars, to be immediately available; for construction of warehouse, two thousand five hundred dollars: for iron bridge and approaches, one thousand five hundred dollars, to be immediately available; barn, three thousand dollars; sewer, two thousand dollars, to be immediately available; water-closets and bath, one thousand five hundred dollars, to be immediately available; in all, thirty-eight thousand five 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 five hundred dollars: for general repairs and improvements, seven hundred and fifty dollars; for water plant, three thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars: for increasing the capacity of school plant to one hundred and fifty pupils by the erection of additional buildings and other improvements, twenty thousand dollars; in all, forty-two thousand seven hundred dollars.
For support and education of three hundred pupils at the Indian Riverside, Cal.school, Riverside, California, fifty thousand one hundred dollars; for additional compensation to the superintendent of the Perris school, act-1082ing as superintendent of this school, three hundred dollars; for increasing the capacity of the school plant from one hundred and fifty pupils to three hundred pupils, by the erection of additional buildings and other improvements, seventy-five thousand dollars, to be immediately available; for the purchase of one hundred acres of land, ten thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary; in all, one hundred and thirty-five thousand four hundred dollars.
Salem, Oreg. For support and education of five hundred pupils at the Indian school, Salem, Oregon, eighty-three thousand live hundred dollars; for pay of superintendent at said school, one thousand eight hundred dollars; for erection and equipment of brick laundry, five thousand dollars, to be immediately available; for completion of electric-light and steam-heating plant, eleven thousand dollars, to be immediately available; for general repairs and improvements, five thousand dollars; in all, one hundred and six thousand three hundred dollars.
Sac and Fox Reservation, Iowa. For the support and education of seventy-five Indian pupils, Sac and Fox Reservation, Iowa, twelve thousand five hundred and twenty-five dollars; for pay of superintendent, one thousand dollars; for general repairs and improvements, six hundred dollars; in all, fourteen thou sand one hundred and twenty-five dollars. Santa Fe, N. Mex. For support and education of three hundred Indian pupils at the 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, one thousand five hundred dollars; for general repairs and improvements, three thousand dollars; for construction of industrial building, six thousand dollars; for construction of employees’ quarters, five thousand dollars; in all, sixty-seven thousand three hundred dollars.
Shoshone Reservation, Wyo. For support and education of one hundred and seventy-five Indian 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 construction of employees’ quarters, three thousand five hundred dollars; in all, thirty-five thousand six hundred and twenty-five dollars.
Tomah, Wis. For the support and education of two hundred and twenty-five Indian pupils at the Indian school, Tomah, Wisconsin, thirty-seven thousand five hundred and seventy-five dollars; for pay of superintendent at said school, one thousand six hundred dollars; for general repairs and improvements, three thousand dollars; in all, forty-two thousand one hundred and seventy-five dollars. 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.
Transporting 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 1083of the Interior: *Provided*, That not more than one hundred and sixty-seven *Provisos.* —limit per capita expenditure.dollars shall he expended for the annual support and education of any one pupil in any school herein specifically appropriated for, except when, by reason of epidemic, accident, or other similar cause, —increase.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: *Provided further,* That the total amount appropriated for the support of —not to exceed total for school, etc.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. That no purchase of supplies for which appropriations are Supplies, purchase after advertisement.herein made, exceeding in the aggregate five hundred dollars in value at any one time, shall be made without first giving at least three weeks’ public notice by advertisement, except in case of exigency, —exception.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 at any one purchase: *Provided*, That supplies may be *Provisos*.
Works of irrigation.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: *Provided further*, That as far as practicable Indian labor Purchases from Indians.shall be employed and purchase in the open market made from Indians, under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior: *Provided further*, Manufactures by Indians.That the Secretary of the Interior may, when practicable, arrange for the manufacture, by Indians upon the reservations, or at 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 the Interior to carry this provision into effect.
Sec. 3. That the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized and Secretary of Interior may grant rights of way for telephones, etc., through Indian reservations, etc.empowered to grant a right of way, in the nature of an easement, for the construction, operation, and maintenance of telephone and telegraph lines and offices for general telephone and telegraph business through any Indian reservation, through any lands held by an Indian tribe or nation in the Indian Territory, through any lands reserved for an Indian agency or Indian school, or for other purpose in connection with the Indian service, or through any lands which have been allotted in severalty to any individual Indian under any law or treaty, but which have not been conveyed to the allottee with full power of alienation, upon the terms and conditions herein expressed.
No such lines shall be constructed across Indian lands, as above mentioned, until authority therefor has first been obtained from the Secretary of the Interior, and the maps of definite location of the lines shall be subject to his approval. The compensation to be paid the tribes in their —damages.tribal capacity and the individual allottees for such right of way through their lands shall be determined in such manner as the Secretary of the Interior may direct, and shall be subject to his final approval; and where such lines are not subject to State or Territorial taxation Annual tax.the company or owner of the line shall pay to the Secretary of the Interior, for the use and benefit of the Indians, such annual tax as he may designate, not exceeding five dollars for each ten miles of line so constructed and maintained: and all such lines shall be constructed and Regulations.maintained under such rules and regulations as said Secretary may prescribe.
But nothing herein contained shall be so construed as to No exemption from State tax.exempt the owners of such lines from the payment of any tax that 1084may be lawfully assessed against them by either State, Territorial, or Regulating tolls reserved. Rights of towns on line of construction.municipal authority; and Congress hereby expressly reserves the right to regulate the tolls or charges for the transmission of messages over any lines constructed under the provisions of this Act: *Provided,* That incorporated cities and towns into or through which such telephone or telegraphic lines may be constructed shall have the power to regulate the manner of construction therein, and nothing herein contained shall be so construed as to deny the right of municipal taxation in such towns and cities.
Condemnation of lands allotted in severalty authorized. That lands allotted in severalty to Indians may be condemned for any public purpose under the laws of the State or Territory where located in the same manner as land owned in fee may be condemned, and the money awarded as damages shall be paid to the allottee. Secretary of Interior may grant permission to open highways through Indian reservations, etc. Sec. 4. That the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized to grant permission, upon compliance with such requirements as he may deem necessary, to the proper State or local authorities for the opening and establishment of public highways, in accordance with the laws of the State or Territory in which the lands are situated, through any Indian reservation or through any lands which have been allotted in severalty to any individual Indians under any laws or treaties but which have not been conveyed to the allottees with full power of alienation.
Diversion of surplus for subsistence. Sec. 5. That the Secretary of the Interior, under the direction of the President, may use any surplus that may remain in any of the said appropriations herein made for the purchase of subsistence for the several Indian tribes, to an amount not exceeding twenty-five thousand dollars in the aggregate, to supply any subsistence deficiency *Provisos*. —report.that may occur: *Provided*, That any diversions which shall be made under, authority of this section shall be reported in detail, and the reason therefor, to Congress at the session of Congress next succeeding Purchase of stock cattle.such diversion: *Provided further*, That the Secretary of the Interior, under direction of the President, may use any sums appropriated in this Act for subsistence, and not absolutely necessary for that purpose, for the purchase of stock cattle for the benefit of the tribe for which such appropriation is made, and shall report to Congress, at its next session thereafter, an account of his action under this provision: —treaty funds not available.*Provided further,* That funds appropriated to fulfill treaty obligations shall not be used.
Transfer of funds for employees. Sec. 6. That when not required for the purpose for which appropriated 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 Diversions.they were engaged; and that the several appropriations herein or heretofore 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 *Proviso.* Crow Reservation, Mont.
Use of annuity money of Indians for irrigation.session thereafter, of his action under this provision: *Provided*, That with the 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. Rejection of bids. —purchases in open market. Sec. 7. That whenever, after advertising for bids for supplies in accordance with sections three and four of this Act, those received for any article contain conditions detrimental to the interests of the Government they may be rejected and the articles specified in such bids 1085purchased 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 two, shall be immediately available, but no such goods or supplies shall be distributed or delivered to any of said Indians prior to July first, nineteen hundred and one. Sec. 8. 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 Com-missioner, any of such employees are unnecessary.
Sec. 9. That section five of “An Act to provide for the allotment of Siletz Reservation, Oreg. Vol. 24, p. 389.lands in severalty to Indians on the various reservations, and to extend the protection of the laws of the United States and the Territories over the Indians, and for other purposes,” approved February eighth, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, be amended by adding thereto the following proviso: “*Provided further*, That whenever the Secretary Patents to Indians for more than 80 acres of land authorized, etc.of the Interior shall be satisfied that any of the Indians of the Siletz Indian Reservation, in the State of Oregon, fully capable of managing their own business affairs, and being of the age of twenty-one years or upward, shall, through inheritance or otherwise, become the owner of more than eighty acres of land upon said reservation, he shall cause patents to be issued to such Indian or Indians for all of such lands over and above the eighty acres thereof.
Said patent or patents shall be issued for the least valuable portions of said lands, and the same shall be discharged of any trust and free of all charge, incumbrance, or restriction whatsoever; and the Secretary of the Interior is hereby —inquiry directed.authorized and directed to ascertain, as soon as shall be practicable, whether any of said Indians of the Siletz Reservation should receive patents conveying in fee lands to them under the provisions of this Act.” Approved, March 3, 1901.