Chapter 888. 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 three, and for other purposes
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CHAP. 888.— 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 three, and for other purposes. May 27, 1902.[[Public, No. 125](/us/pl/32/125).] *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 three, and fulfilling treaty stipulations for the various Indian tribes, namely:
CURRENT AND CONTINGENT EXPENSES. For pay of forty-three agents of Indian affairs at the following-namedPay of agents at agencies. agencies, at the rates respectively indicated, namely: At the Blackfeet Agency, Montana, one thousand eight 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 Colville Agency, Washington, one thousand five hundred dollars;
At the Crow Creek Agency, South Dakota, one thousand six hundred dollars; At the Crow Agency, Montana, one thousand eight hundred dollars; At the Devils Lake Agency, North Dakota, one thousand two hundred, dollars; At the Flathead Agency, Montana, one thousand five hundred dollars; At the Foil 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 Peek Agencv, Montana, one thousand eight hundred dollars; 246 Pay of agents at agencies—Continued.At the Green Bay Agency, Wisconsin, one thousand eight hundred dollars; At the Jicarilla Agency, New Mexico, one thousand five 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 Lower Brule Agency, South Dakota, one thousand four hundred dollars; At the MissionTule Agency, California, one thousand six hundred dollars; At the Navajo Agency, New Mexico, one thousand eight 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 Ponca. Pawnee, Otoe, and Oakland Agency. Oklahoma Territory. one thousand five hundred dollars; At the Pottawatomie and Great Nemaha Agency, Kansas, one thou-sand 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 dollar's; At the Shoshone Agency, Wyoming, one thousand five hundred dollars; At the Sisseton Agency, South Dakota, 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; 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 Ter ritory, two thousand five hundred dollars; At the White Earth Agency, Minnesota, one thousand eight hundred dollars; At Yankton Agency, South Dakota, one thousand six hundred dollars; *Provisos.*Not available for army officers as agents.in all, sixty-eight thousand eight hundred 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 247the duties of Indian agent at any of the agencies above named: *Provided further.* That the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, with theSchool superintendent is may act as agents. 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 shallBond. give bond as other Indian agents. For payment of necessary interpreters, to be distributed in the discretionInterpreters. of the Secretary of the Interior, five thousand dollars: but no person employed by the United States and paid for any other service shall be paid for interpreting. For pay of eight Indian inspectors, one of whom shall be an engineerInspectors. competent in the location, construction, and maintenance of irrigation works, at two thousand five hundred dollars per annum each, twenty thousand dollars: *Provided,* That the Indian inspector who shall be*Proviso.*Inspector in Indian Territory. 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 two, and so long as he shall remain on duty in said Territory.
For traveling expenses of eight Indian inspectors, at three dollarsExpenses of inspectors. 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.
For pay of one superintendent of Indian schools, three thousandSuperintendent of schools. dollars. For necessary traveling expenses of one superintendent of IndianTraveling, etc., expenses. schools, including telegraphing and incidental expenses of inspection and investigation, one thousand five hundred dollars: *Provided,* That*Provisos.*Per diem. 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 mayOther 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 waterAgency buildings.*Proviso.*WhiteEarth Agency Minn. supplies at agencies, thirty-five thousand dollars: *Provided,* That three thousand five hundred dollars thereof shall be expended for an agent’s residence at the White Earth Agency, Minnesota. For contingencies of the Indian Service, including traveling andContingencies. incidental expenses of Indian agents and of their offices, and of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, and to enable said Commissioner to examine and report the feasibility and expediency of educating the Indians in schools upon the reservationsand in the communities where such Indians reside, and to submit the best plan, in his judgment, to accomplish that end to the next session of Congress: also traveling and incidental expenses of five special agents, at three dollars per day when actually employed on duty in the field, exclusive of transportation and sleeping-carfare, 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 dol-248*Proviso.*introduction of will low industry.lars: *Provided,* That five thousand dollars of this sum, or so much thereof as in the discretion of the Secretary of the Interior may be deemed necessary, may be used for the introduction of the willow industry among Indian tribes and on Indian reservations where it may be deemed feasible.
Citizen commission.Vol. 16, p. 40.For expenses of the commission of citizens, serving without compensation. appointed by the President under the provisions of the Act of April tenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-nine, four thousand dollars. Practical farmers.To enable the Secretary of the Interior to employ practical farmers and practical stockmen in addition to the agency farmers now employed, at wages not exceeding seventy-five dollars each per month, to super-intend and direct farming and stock raising among such Indians as are making effort for self-support, seventvfive thousand dollars.
Indian police.For services of officers, at fifteen dollars per month each, and privates, at ten dollars per month each, of Indian police, to be employed in maintaining order and prohibiting illegal traffic in liquor on the several Indian reservations and within the Territory of Alaska, in the discretion of the Secretary of the Interior, for the purchase of equipments, and for the purchase of rations for policemen at nonration agencies, one hundred and thirty-five thousand dollars.
Judges, Indian courts.For compensation of judges of Indian courts, twelve thousand five hundred and forty dollars. Matrons to teach housekeeping.To enable the Secretary of the Interior to employ suitable persons as matrons to teach Indian girls in housekeeping and other household duties, at a rate not to exceed sixty dollars per month, and for furnishing necessary equipments, fifteen thousand dollars. Purchasing sup-plies.Telegraphing, and purchase of Indian supplies: To pay the expense of purchasing goods and supplies for the Indian Service, and pay of necessary employees; advertising, at rates not exceeding regular commercial rates; inspection, and all other expenses connected therewith, and for telegraphing, fifty thousand dollars.
Transporting sup-plies.For necessary expenses of transportation of such goods, provisions, and other articles for the various tribes of Indians provided for by this Act, including pay and expenses of transportation agents and rent of warehouses, two hundred and twenty-five thousand dollar’s. Vaccination.For pure vaccine matter and vaccination of Indians, five thousand dollars. FULFILLING TREATY STIPULATIONS WITH AND SUPPORT OF INDIAN TRIBES.Fulfilling treaties. chippewas of the mississippi.Chippewas of the Mississippi.
For the last of ten installments of annuity, last series to be paid Vol. 9, p. 904.Vol. 16, p. 720.to Chief Hole in the Dav 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: Schools.For support of a school or schools upon said reservation, during the pleasure of the President, in accordance with third article of treaty of March nineteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, four thousand dollars. choctaws.Choctaws.
Permanent annuities.Vol. 7. p. 99.Vol. 11, p. 614.For permanent annuity, per second article of treaty of November sixteenth, eighteen hundred and five, and thirteenth article of treaty of June twenty-second, eighteen hundred and fifty-five, three thousand dollars; Vol. 7. p. 213.For permanent annuitv for support of light horsemen, per thirteenth article of treaty of October eighteenth, eighteen hundred and twenty, 249and thirteenth article of treaty of June twenty-second, eighteen hundredVol. 11, p. 614. and fifty-five, six hundred dollars;
For permanent annuity for support of blacksmith, per sixth articleVol. 7, pp. 212, 236. 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, eighteenVol. 11, p. 614. hundred and fifty-five, six hundred dollars; For permanent annuity for education, per second and thirteenth articles of last two treaties named above, six thousand dollars;
For permanent annuity for iron and steel, per ninth article of treatyVol. 7, p. 236.Vol. 11, p. 614. of January twentieth, eighteen hundred and twenty-five, and thirteenth article of treaty of June twentysecond, eighteen hundred and fifty-five, three hundred and twenty dollars; For interest on three hundred and ninety thousand two hundred andInterest. fifty-seven dollars and ninety-two cents, at five per centum per annum, for education, support of the government, and other beneficial purposes, under the direction of the general council of the Choctaws, in conformity with the provisions contained in the ninth and thirteenthVol. 7, p. 236. articles of treaty of January twentieth, eighteen hundred and twenty- five, and treaty of June twenty-second, eighteen hundred and fifty-five,Vol. 11, p. 614. nineteen thousand five hundred and twelve dollars and eighty-nine cents; in all, thirty thousand and thirty-two dollars and eighty-nine cents. chippewas of minnesota, reimbursable.Chippewas of Minnesota.
Advance interest to the Chippewa Indians in Minnesota, as requiredAdvance interest.Vol. 25, p. 645. by section seven of “An Act for the relief and civilization of the Chippewa Indians in the State of Minnesota,” approved January fourteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, in the manner required by said Act (reimbursable), ninety thousand dollars. To enable the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, under the directionFor civilization, etc.Vol. 25. p. 642. of the Secretary of the Interior, to carry out an Act entitled “An Act for the relief and civilization of the Chippewa Indians in the State of Minnesota,” approved January fourteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, namely, the purchase of material and employment of labor 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, 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 eleventh of fifteen installments of eight thousand dollars each, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, under the sixth article of agreement of March twenty-sixth, eighteenVol. 26, p. 1028. 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 thou-sand five hundred dollars; in all, eleven thousand five hundred dollars. creeks.Creeks.
That the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized and directedPermanent annuities funded. to place upon the books of the Treasury to the credit of the Muscogee 250or Creek tribes the sum of nine hundred and ninety-nine thousand three hundred and sixty-eight dollars, being in full for the permanent annuities Vol. 7, pp. 35, 68, 286.guaranteed them by the treaties of August seventh, seventeen hundred and ninety, June sixteenth, eighteen hundred and two. January twenty-fourth, eighteen hundred and twenty-six, August seventh, Vol. 11, p. 699.Vol. 14, p. 785.eighteen hundred and fifty-six, and June fourteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, to he added to the Creek general fund already to Interest rate.the credit of said nation, and to draw interest at live per centum per annum until drawn out of the Treasury for the purpose named in the Vol. 31, p. 861.agreement with the Muscogee or Creek tribe of Indians ratified by Act of March first, nineteen hundred and one.
Per capita for re-moving west.For payment per capita, under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, to certain Creek Indians, or their heirs, who removed them-selves from east of the Mississippi River to the Creek Nation, in the Indian Territory, and subsisted themselves for one year, in accordance with the twelfth article of the treaty with the Creek tribe, proclaimed Vol. 7, p. 367.April fourth, eighteen hundred and thirty-two, twelve thousand two hundred and twenty dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary:*Proviso*.Proof required. *Provided,* That the Secretary of the Treasury shall, before payment is made, require satisfactory proof that each of said Indians is entitled to the same under the provisions of said treaty. crows.Crows.
Vol. 22, p. 48.For the twenty-first 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. fort hall indians.Fort Hall Indians. Vol. 25, p. 688.For fourteenth 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, indians at blackfeet agency.Black feet Agency Indians.
For fifth of nine installments, to be disposed of as provided in article two of the agreement with the Indians of the Blackfeet Reservation, Vol. 29, p. 854.ratified by Act approved June tenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-six, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars. iowas.lowas. 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 two, at five per Vol. 10, p. 1071.centum per annum, for education or other beneficial purposes, under 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.
InterestFor 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. 251 kick apoos in kansas.Kickapoos. For interest on sixty-six thousand five hundred and fifty-four dollars and forty-three cents, at five per centum per annum, for educational and other beneficial purposes, per treaty of May eighteenth,Vol. 10, p. 1079. eighteen hundred and fifty-four, three thousand three hundred and twenty-seven dollars and seventy-two cents. molels.Molels.
For pay of teachers and for manual-labor schools, and for all necessarySchools. materials therefor, and for the subsistence of the pupils, per second article of treaty of December twenty-first, eighteen hundredVol. 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 SiouxSubsistence, etc.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, twoPhysician, etc.Vol. 15. p. 658. 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. 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,Vol. 7, p. 242. for educational purposes, per Senate resolution of January ninth, eighteen hundred and thirty-eight, three thousand four hundred and fifty-six dollars. pawnees.Pawnees.
For perpetual annuity, at least one-half of which is to be paid inAnnuity.Vol. 11, p. 729 goods and such articles as may be deemed necessary for them, per second article of treaty of September twenty-fourth, eighteenVol. 11, p. 780. hundred and fifty-seven, thirty thousand dollars; For support of two manual-labor schools, per third article of same treaty, ten thousand dollars; For pay of two farmers, two blacksmiths, and two apprentices, one miller and apprentice, two teachers, one shoemaker, and one carpenter, five thousand four hundred dollars:
For pay of physician and purchase of medicines, one thousand two hundred dollars; For purchase of iron and steel and other necessaries for the shops, as per fourth article of treaty of September twenty-fourth, eighteen hundred and fifty-seven, five hundred dollars; in all, forty-seven thousand one hundred dollars. pottawatomies.Pottawatomies. For permanent annuity, in silver, per fourth article of treaty ofAnnuities.Vol. 7. p. 51. August third, seventeen hundred and ninety-five, three hundred and fifty-seven dollars and eighty cents;
For permanent annuity, in silver, per third article of treaty of SeptemberVol. 7, p. 114. thirtieth, eighteen hundred and nine, one hundred and seventy-eight dollars and ninety cents; 252 Vol. 7, p. 186.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. 317.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. p. 320.Vol. 7, p. 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, iron, 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;
Vol. 7, p. 296.For permanent provision for three blacksmiths and assistants, and for iron and steel for shops, per third article of treaty of October Vol. 7, p. 318.Vol. 7. p. 321.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; Vol. 7, p. 820.For permanent provision for fifty barrels of salt, per second article of treaty of July twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and twenty-nine, fiftv dollars;
Interest.Vol. 9, p. 854.For interest on two hundred and thirty thousand and sixty-four dollars and twenty cents, at five per centum, in conformity with pro-visions of article seventh of treaties of June fifth and seventeenth, eighteen hundred and forty-six, eleven thousand five hundred and three dollars and twenty-one cents; in all, twenty thousand five hundred and forty-one dollars and eleven cents. quapaws.Quapaws. Vol. 7, p. 425.For education, per third article of treaty of May thirteenth, eighteen 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 Proviso.Certificate of President.dollars: *Provided,* That the President of the United States shall certify the same to be for the best interest of the Indians. sacs and foxes of the mississippi.Sacs and Foxes of the Mississippi.
Annuity.Vol. 7, p. 85.For permanent annuity, in goods or otherwise, per third article of treaty of November third, eighteen hundred and four, one thousand Interest.Vol. 7. p. 541.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 Vol. 7, p. 596.hundred thousand dollars, at five per centum, per second article of treaty of October eleventh, eighteen hundred hundred and forty-two, *Proviso.*Physician.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 Vol. 7. p. 541.dollars, at five per centum, under the direction of the President, per second article or treaty of October twenty-first, eighteen hundred and thirty-seven, seven thousand eight hundred and seventy dollars; 253 For support, of a school, per fifth article of treaty of March sixth,Vo . 12. p. 1173. eighteen hundred and sixty-one, two hundred dollars; in all, eight thousand and seventy dollars. seminobes.Seminoles.
For five per centum interest on two hundred and fifty thousandInterest.Vol, 11, p. 702. dollars, to be paid as annuity, per eighth article of treaty of August seventh, eighteen hundred and fifty-six, twelve thousand five hundred dollars; For five per centum interest on two hundred and fifty thousand dollars, to be paid as annuity (they having joined their brethren West), per eighth article of treaty of August seventh, eighteen hundred and fifty-six, twelve thousand five hundred dollars;
For interest on fifty thousand dollars, at the rate of five per centum per annum, to be paid annually for the support of schools, as per thirdVol. 14, p. 757, 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 of new york.Senecas of New York.
For permanent annuity, in lieu of interest on stock, per Act ofAnnuity.Vol. 4, p. 442. February nineteenth, eighteen hundred and thirty-one, six thousand dollars;' For interest, in lieu of investment, on seventy-five thousand dollars,Interest.Vol. 9. p. 85. at five per centum, per Act of dune twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and forty-six, three thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars; For interest, at five per centum, on forty-three thousand and fifty dollars, transferred from the Ontario Bank to the United States Treasury, per Act of June twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and forty-six, two thousand one hundred and fifty-two dollars and fifty cents; in all. eleven thousand nine hundred and two dollars and fifty cents. shoshones and arapahoes.Shoshones and Arapahoes.
For the last of five installments, to be expended as provided inVol. 30, p. 94. article 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.Physician, etc.Vol. 15, p. 676. farmer, and blacksmith, as per tenth article of treaty of July third, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, five thousand dollars;
For pay of second blacksmith, and such iron and steel and other materials as may be required, as per eighth article of same treaty, one thousand dollars; Bannocks: For pay of physician, teacher, carpenter, miller, engineer,Bannocks.Physician, etc.Vol. 15, p. 676. 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, perAnnuity.Vol. 7, p. 46. sixth article of treaty of November eleventh, seventeen hundred and ninety-four, four thousand five hundred dollars. 254 sioux of different tribes, including santee sioux of nebraska.Sioux of different tribes.
Teachers, etc.Vol. 15, p. 640.For pay of five teachers, one physician, one carpenter one miller, one engineer, two fanners, and one blacksmith, per thirteenth article of treaty of April twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, ten thousand four hundred dollars; For pay of second blacksmith, and furnishing iron, steel, and other Vol. 15, p. 638.material, per eighth article of same treaty, one thousand six hundred dollars; Employees.For pay of additional employees at the several agencies for the Sioux in Nebraska and in North Dakota and South Dakota, eighty-five thou-sand dollars;
Subsistence.Vol. 19, p. 254.For subsistence of the Sioux, and for purposes of their civilization, as per agreement ratified by Act of Congress approved February twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and seventy-seven, eight hundred and *Provisos.*Transportation.fifty thousand dollars: *Provided,* That this sum shall include transportation of supplies from the termination of railroad or steamboat transportation: and in this service Indians shall be employed when practicable:Rations. *And provided further,* That the number of rations issued shall not exceed the number of Indians on each reservation, and any excess in the number of rations issued shall be disallowed in the settlement of Balance available.the agent’s account: *Provided further,* That the unexpended balance for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and two is hereby appropriated and made available for nineteen hundred and three;
Schools.Vol. 15, p. 637.For support and maintenance of day and industrial schools, including purchase, erection, and repairs of school buildings, in accordance with article seven of the treaty of April twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred Vol. 25, p. 894.and sixty-eight, which article is continued in force for twenty years by section seventeen of the Act of March second, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, two hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars; in all, one million one hundred and seventy-two thousand dollars. sioux, yankton tribe.Sioux, Yankton tribe.
Vol. 11, p. 744.For fourteenth 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; Subsistence.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.
Blacksmith, etc.Vol. 27, p. 139.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 agreement with said Indians, dated March eighteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, ratified by Act of Congress approved July thirteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two. two thou-sand dollars; Chiefs Louis Enoch.For the last 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. two thousand two hundred dollars. confederated bands of utes.Utes, Confederated bands.
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; 255 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 black-smith shop, per ninth article of same treaty, two hundred and twenty dollars;
For annual amount for the purchase of beef, mutton, wheat, flour,Food. beans, and potatoes, or other necessary articles of food, as per twelfth article of same treaty, thirty thousand dollars: For pay of employees at the several Ute agencies, fifteen thousandEmployees. dollars; in all. fifty-three thousand seven hundred and forty dollars. winnebagoes.Winnebagoes. For interest on eight hundred and four thousand nine hundred andInterest.Vol. 7, p. 545. nine dollars and seventeen cents, at five per centum per annum, per fourth article of treaty of November first, eighteen hundred and thirty--seven. and joint resolution of July seventeenth, eighteen hundred andVol. 12, p. 628, sixty-two. forty thousand two hundred and forty-five dollars and forty- five cents; and the Secretary of the Interior is hereby directed to expend said interest for the support, education, and civilization of said Indians;
For interest on seventy-eight thousand three hundred and forty dollarsVol. 16, p. 355. and forty-one cents, at five per centum Tier 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 AND GRATUITIES.Miscellaneous supports, etc. For support and civilization of the Wichitas and affiliated bunds whoWichitas, etc. have been collected in the reservations set apart fortheir use and occupation, twenty-five thousand dollars. For support and civilization of the Arapahoes and Cheyennes whoArapahoes and Cheyennes. have been collected on the reservations set apart fortheir use and occupation, fifty thousand dollars. For support and civilization of the Chippewas of Lake Superior,Chippewa, 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,Chippewas, Turtle Mountain Band. North Dakota, including seeds, thirteen thousand dollars. For support and civilization of the confederated tribes and bands inConfederated tribes, middle Oregon. middle Oregon, and for pay of employees, five thousand dollars.
For support and civilization of Digger Indians of California, andDigger Indians. for locating them on lands purchased for them, one thousand five hundred dollars. For support and civilization of the IT Wamish and other allied tribesD'Wamish, etc., Washington, in Washington, including pay of employees, five thousand dollars. For support and civilization of Carlos’s Band of Flatheads, Montana,Carlos’s Band, Flatheads. including pay of employees, six thousand dollars. For support and civilization of the Flatheads and other confederatedFlatheads, etc. tribes, Montana, including pay of employees, six thousand dollars.
For support and civilization of the Apache and other Indians inApaches, etc,, Arizona and New Mexico. Arizona and New Mexico who have been or may be collected on reservations in Arizona and New Mexico, two hundred and twenty-five, thousand dollars. 256 Fort Hall Indians.For support and civilization of the Shoshones and Bannocks and other Indians of the Fort Hall Reservation in Idaho, including pay of employees, twenty thousand dollars. Fort Berthold Indians.For support and civilization of Indians at Fort Berthold Agency, North Dakota, including pay of employees, fifty thousand dollars.
Fort Peck Indians,For support and education and civilization of the Indians of the Fort Peck Reservation in Montana, including pay of employees, sixty-five thousand dollars. Lemhi Agency Indians.For support, civilization, and instruction of the Shoshones, Bannocks, Sheepeaters, and other Indians of the Lemhi Agency, Idaho, including pay of employees, thirteen thousand dollars. Kaibabs.For support and civilization of Kaibabs in Utah, if, in the opinion of the Secretary of the Interior, the same is necessary, two thousand dollars.
Klamath Agency Indians.For support, civilization, and instruction of the Klamaths, Modocs, and other Indians of the Klamath Agency, Oregon, including pay of employees, five thousand dollars. Kansas.For support and civilization of the Kansas Indians. Oklahoma Territory, including agricultural assistance and pay of employees, two thousand five hundred dollars. Kickapoos.For support and civilization of the Kickapoo Indians in Oklahoma Territory, five thousand dollars. Kicking Kickapoos.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.
Makahs.For support and civilization of the Makahs, Washington, including pay of employees, three thousand dollars. Northern Cheyenne Reservation.For the purchase of heifers and bulls for the Indians on the Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation, twenty-eight thousand dollars; for the construction of wire fence around a portion of said reservation, seven thousand one hundred and fifty dollars; in all, thirty-five thousand *Proviso.*Expenditure.one hundred and fifty dollars: *Provided,* That the expenditure of this money shall be under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, who shall purchase the cattle, regulate their distribution, and construct the fence, according to such rules and regulations as in his discretion he may deem best.
Nez Perces, Joseph’s Band.For purchase of agricultural implements, and support and civilization of Joseph’s Band of Nez Perce Indians, four thousand dollars. Poncas.*Proviso*.Division.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 South Dakota. Qui-nai-elts and Quil-leh-utes.For support and civilization of the Quinai-elts and Quil lehutes, including pay of employees, one thousand dollars.
Shebits.For the support and civilization of the Shebit Indians in Utah, if in the opinion of the Secretary of the Interior the same is necessary, two thousand dollars. Shoshones, Wyoming.For support and civilization of Shoshone Indians in Wyoming, twenty-five thousand dollars. Shoshones, Nevada.For support and civilization of Shoshone Indians in Nevada, including pay of employees, twelve thousand dollars. Big Jim’s Band, Absentee Shawnees.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.
Sioux, Devils Lake.For support and civilization of Sioux of Devils Lake, North Dakota, including pay of employees, and for the purchase of seeds, ten thou-sand dollars. Tonkawas.For support and civilization of Tonkawa Indians, Oklahoma Territory and for seeds and agricultural implements, one thousand dollars. 257 For the purchase of subsistence and other necessaries for the supportHualapais. of the Hualapais i n Arizona, five thousand dollars. For support and civilization of the Walla Walla, Cayuse, and UmatillaWall a Wal 1 as, Cayiises. and Umatl Has. tribes, Oregon, including pay of employees, five thousand dollars.
For support and civilization of the Yakimas, and other Indians atYakimas, etc., Washington. said agency, in the State of Washington, including pay of employees, eight thousand dollars. For the support and civilization of the Mission Indians in California,Mission Indians.*Provisos.* one hundred thousand dollars, to be immediately available: *Provided, *That out of said sum the Secretary of the J nterior be, and he is hereby,Purchase of land to locate Indians. authorized to purchase a suitable tract of land in southern California and to locate thereon such Mission Indians heretofore residing or belonging on the Rancho San Jose del Valle, or Warners Ranch,*Post* p. 999. in San Diego County, California, and such other Mission Indians as may not be provided with suitable lands elsewhere, as the Secretary of the Interior may see fit to locate thereon.
And the Secretary ofAllotment in severalty. the Interior may at any time, in his discretion, cause the land so purchased to be allotted in severalty to the Indians located thereon, under the provisions of the Act of Congress entitled “An Act to provide forVol. 24, p. 388. the allotment of land in severalty to Indians on the various reservations and to extend the protection of the laws of the United States and Territories over the Indians, and for other purposes,” approved February eighth, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven: *Provided,* ThatAllotments. such allotments shall be made in such quantities and to such classes as he may deem expedient: *Provided further,* That of said amount aExpenses of removal. sum not exceeding thirty thousand dollars may be expended, under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, in the removal of said Indians to the said tract, and in the purchase of such building mate-rials, agricultural implements, harness, subsistence supplies, and other necessaries, as may be required to properly establish the Indians at their new location: *Provided,* That the Secretary of the Interior shallCommission, to select land. appoint an advisory commission, consisting of three persons, who shall serve without compensation, to aid in the selection of said tract of*Post,* pp. 999,1069. land, and who shall make their final report and recommendation to the Secretary of the Interior within ninety days after such appointment.
And the sum of one thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, may be used out of the appropriation herein made for the purpose of paying the expenses of such commission. GENERAL INCIDENTAL EXPENSES OF THE INDIAN SERVICE.Incidental expenses. Arizona: For general incidental expenses of the Indian Service inArizona. Arizona, including traveling expenses of agents, one thousand five hundred dollars. California: For general incidental expenses of the Indian ServiceCalifornia. in 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 inColorado. Colorado, including traveling expenses of agents, one thousand dollars. Idaho: For general incidental expenses of the Indian Service inIdaho. Idaho, including traveling expenses of agents, one thousand dollars. Indian Territory: For general incidental expenses of the IndianIndian Territory. Service in the Indian Territory, including incidental expenses of the Indian inspector’s office and for pay of employees, eighteen thousand dollars.
Montana: For general incidental expenses of the Indian Service inMontana. Montana, including traveling expenses of agents and pay of employees, eight thousand five hundred dollars. 258 NevadaNevada: For general incidental expenses of the Indian Service in 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.New Mexico: For general incidental expenses of the Indian Service in New Mexico, including traveling expenses of agents, one thousand five hundred dollars. North Dakota.North Dakota: For general incidental expenses of the Indian Service in North Dakota, including traveling expenses of agents at three agencies, one thousand live hundred dollars. Oregon.Oregon: For general incidental expenses of the Indian Service in Oregon, including traveling expenses of agents, and support and civilization of Indians of Grande Ronde and Siletz agencies, six thousand dollars; and pay of employees at the same agencies, four thousand dollars; in all, ten thousand dollars.
South Dakota.South Dakota: For general incidental expenses of the Indian Service in South Dakota, including traveling expenses of agents at seven agencies, three thousand five hundred dollars. Utah.Utah: For general incidental expenses of the Indian Service in Utah, including traveling expenses of agents, one thousand dollars. Washington.Washington: For general incidental expenses of the Indian Service in Washington, including traveling expenses of agents, and support and civilization of Indians at Colville and Puyallup agencies, and for pav of employees, seventeen thousand dollars.
Wyoming.Wyoming: For general incidental expenses of the Indian Service in Wyoming, including traveling expenses of agents, one thousand dollars. MISCELLANEOUS. Commission to Five Civilized Tribes.Vol. 27. p. 645.Vol. 28, p. 989.For salaries of four commissioners appointed under Acts of Congress, approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, and March second, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, to negotiate with the Five Civilized Tribes in the Indian Territory, twenty thousand dollars: *Proviso.*Powers continued.Children added to Creek roll.*Provided,* That said commission shall exercise all the powers hereto-fore conferred upon it bv Congress: *Provided further,* That all children born to duly enrolled and recognized citizens of the Creek Nation up to and including the twenty-fifth day of May, nineteen hundred and one, and then living, shall be added to the rolls of citizenship of Vol. 81, p. 870.said nation made under the provisions of an Act entitled “An Act to ratify and confirm an agreement with the Muscogee or Creek tribe of Indians and for other purposes.’’ approved March first, nineteen hundred and one, and if any such child has died since the twenty-fifth day of May, nineteen hundred and one. or may hereafter die, before receiving his allotment of land and distributive share of the funds of the tribe, the lands and moneys to which he would” be entitled if living shall descend to his heirs and be allotted and distributed to them accordingly:Rules for descent, etc.Vol. 81, p. 864, amended,*Post,* p. 501. *And provided further.* That the Act entitled “An Act to ratify and confirm an agreement with the Muscogee or Creek tribe of Indians, and for other purposes,” approved March first, nineteen hundred and one, in so far as it provides for descent and distribution according to the laws of the Creek Nation, is hereby repealed and the descent and distribution of lands and moneys provided for in said Act shall be in accordance with the provisions of chapter forty-nine of Mansfield’s Digest of the Statutes of Arkansas in force in Indian Territory.
Expenses of commission.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 the Interior Department while on duty with the 259Commission, shall be paid therefrom; for clerical help, including secretary of the Commission and interpreters (Act of March third, nineteenVol. 31, p. 1074. hundred and one, volume thirty-one, page one thousand and seventy- four, section one), ninety-three thousand dollars; contingent expenses of the Commission (same Act), two thousand dollars: *Provided further,* *Provisos*.Itemized statement.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 there-after: *And, provided further.* That not to exceed ten thousand fourTemporary clerks in Indian Office. 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: one clerk, at the rate of one thousand four hundred dollars, and one clerk at the rate of one thousand two hundred dollars, 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 pay all expenses incident to the survey, platting, and appraisementSurvey, etc., of town sites, Indian Territory.Vol, 30, pp. 500, 505; Vol. 31, p. 237. 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 twentyeighth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, and all Acts amendatory thereof or supplemental thereto, fifty thousand dollars: *Provided,* That*Provisos*.Appointment o f commissioner on failure of Indian appointee, etc. hereafter the Secretary of the Interior may, whenever the chief executive of the Choctaw or Chickasaw nations fails or refuses 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 nations to qualify or act, in his discretion, appoint a commissioner to fill the vacancy thus created: *Provided further.* That the limits of such towns in the Cherokee,Dulin id on of limits of small towns.
Choctaw, and Chickasaw nations having a population of less than two hundred people, as in the judgment of the Secretary of the Interior should be established, shall be defined as early as practicable by the Secretary of the Interior in the same manner as provided for towns having over two hundred people under existing law, and the same shall not be subject to allotment. That the land so segregated and reserved from allotment shall be disposed of, in such manner as the Secretary of the Interior may direct, by a town-site commission, one member to be appointed by the Secretary of the Interior and one by the executive of the nation in which such land is located; proceeds arising from the disposition of such lands to be applied in like manner as the proceeds of other lands in town sites.
For the purpose of removing intruders and placing allottees in unrestrictedRemoving intruders, etc. possession of their allotments, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior and to be immediately available, fifteen thousand dollars; in all, one hundred and sixty thousand dollars: *Provided, however,* That it shall hereafter be unlawful to remove or*Provisos.*Lawful possessory of town sites. deport any person from the Indian Territory who is in lawful possession of any lots or parcels of land in any town or city in the Indian Territory which has Deen designated as a town site under existing laws and treaties, and no part of this appropriation shall be used for the deportation or removal of any such person from Indian Territory: *Provided,* That the just and reasonable share of each member of theAllotment to members of civilized tribes.
Chickasaw, Choctaw, Creek, and Cherokee nations of Indians, in the lands belonging to the said tribes, which each member is entitled to hold in his possession until allotments are made, as provided in the 260Vol. 30, p. 197.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, be, and the same is hereby, declared to be throe, hundred and twenty acres for each member of the Chickasaw Nation, three hundred and twenty acres for each member of the Choctaw Nation, one hundred and sixty’ acres for each member of the Creek Nation, and one hundred acres for each member of the Cherokee Nation.
Mill, Pima Agency, Arlz.For operating and repairing the flour mill at Pima Agency, Arizona, one thousand five hundred dollars. Sawmills.Klamath Agency.For operating one portable sawmill for the Klamath Agency, Oregon, and for necessary’ repairs to same, one thousand five hundred dollars. Nez Perce Reservation.For operating one portable sawmill on the Nez Perce Indian Reservation, Idaho, and for necessary repail’s to the same, one thousand five hundred dollars. Physician, N e w York Agency.For pay of physician, New York Agency, six hundred dollars.
Wenatchi.Removal to Colville Reservation,To enable the Secretary of the Interior to remove certain Indians now residing in the vicinity of Mission and Wenatchee, in the State of Washington, known as Wenatchi, to the Colville Indian Reservation, and to properly’ establish and temporarily maintain them, the sum of twelve thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to be immediately’ available. Klamath Reser Nation, Oreg.Allotment to children.Vol. 24, p. 888.That the Secretary’ of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to cause to be allotted, under the provisions of the Act of Congress approved February eighth, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, entitled “An Act to provide for the allotment of lands in severalty to Indians on various reservations, and to extend the protection of the laws of the United States and the Territories over the Indians, Vol. 26, p. 794.and for other purposes,” as amended by the Act approved February’ twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and ninety-one. to each and every child born of a recognized member of any of the tribes of Indians located on the Klamath Reservation in Oregon since the completion of allotments to said tribes, eighty acres of agricultural or one hundred and sixty acres of grazing land within the reservation of said tribes.
Allotments.Vol. 24, p. 388.*Post,* p. 744.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 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.” such Indian reservations as in his judgment, are advantageous for agricultural and grazing purposes to be surveyed or resurveyed, for the purposes of said Act, and to complete the allotment of the same, including the necessary clerical work incident thereto in the held and in the Office of Indian Affairs, and delivery of trust patents, so far as allotments shall have been selected under said Act. forty thousand dollars.
Walker River Reservation, Nev.Allotment of irrigable laud.*Post.* pp* 714,997.That the Secretary’ of the Interior bo, and he is hereby, directed to allot from the land on the Walker River Reservation in Nevada susceptible of irrigation by the present ditches or extensions thereof twenty’ acres to each head of a family residing on said reservation, the remainder of such irrigable land to be allotted to such Indians on said reservation as the Secretary of the Interior may designate, not exceeding Payment for lands relinquished.twenty’ acres each; and when a majority of the heads of families on said reservation shall have accepted such allotments and consented to the relinquishment of the right of occupancy’ to land on said reservation which can not be irrigated from existing ditches and extensions thereof and land which is not necessary for dwellings, school buildings or habitations for the members of said tribe, such allottees who are heads of families shall receive the sum of three hundred dollars each 261to enable them to commence the business of agriculture, to be paid in such manner and at such times as may be agreed upon between said allottees and the Secretary of the Interior.
And when such allotmentsRelinquished hinds to be open to settlement.*Post*, p. 998. shall have been made, and the consent of the Indians obtained as aforesaid, the President shall, by proclamation, open the land so relinquished to settlement, to be disposed of under existing laws. And the money necessary to pay said Indians is hereby appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated. That the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized to allot NayRed Lake Reservation, Minn.Allotments to certain Indians. may puck, Ka ka keese, and Ka kee ka kee sick lands in severalty on the ceded portion of the Red Lake Reservation, Minnesota, not to exceed one hundred acres each, such allotments to conform to the public surveys and to be subject to the provisions of the Act of CongressVol. 24, p. 388. of February eighth, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven (Twenty-fourth Statutes, page three hundred and eighty-eight).
That the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized to allot OnabOnab Ogamaybeck.Allotment to. Ogamaybeck, a Red Lake Chippewa Indian woman, an allotment of unappropriated lands on the ceded portion of the Red Lake Reservation, Minnesota, not to exceed one hundred and sixty acres, such allotment to conform to the public surveys and to be subject to the provisions of the Act of Congress of February eighth, eighteen hundredVol. 24, p. 888. and eighty-seven (Twenty-fourth Statutes, page three hundred and eighty-eight).
That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorizedNora G. Hazlett.Patent in fee to. and directed to issue a patent in fee to Nora G. Hazlett, a Caddo Indian, for not to exceed eighty acres of the one hundred and sixty acres of land heretofore allotted to her in the Territory of Oklahoma, and all restrictions as to the sale, incumbrance, or taxation of said land are hereby removed: *Provided,* That it shall appear that such tract of*Proviso*Proof. land has been duly allotted to said Nora G.
Hazlett. That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorizedJohn T. Hill.Patent in fee to. and directed to issue a patent in fee to John T. Hill for the northeast quarter of section four, in township six north, range eighteen west, of the Indian meridian, in Oklahoma, the same having been allotted to him under Act of June sixth, nineteen hundred. That the Secretary of the. Interior be, and he is hereby, authorizedElizabeth McKinney.Patent in fee to. and directed to issue a fee-simple patent to Elizabeth McKinney, a citizen Pottawatomie Indian, for the land purchased by the said Elizabeth McKinney from the United States under the Act of May twenty-third,Vol. 17, p. 159. eighteen hundred and seventy-two. and located in Cleveland County, Oklahoma Territory, and described as follows, to wit:
Lot numbered four, and the southwest quarter of the northwest quarter of section one, and the southeast quarter of the northeast quarter and the northeast quarter of the southeast quarter of section two, all in township five north, of range one east, Indian meridian, containing one hundred and fifty-seven and forty one-hundredths acres. That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he hereby is, authorizedMary Keith and Benny Keith.Patents in fee to. and directed to issue patents in fee to Mary Keith and Benny Keith, Cheyenne and Arapahoe Indians, for the lands heretofore allotted to them in the Territory of Oklahoma, to wit. the northeast quarter of section eleven, township twelve north, range six west, and the east half of the northwest quarter and lots five and six of section eight, township twelve north, range seven west, of the Indian meridian; and all restrictions as to the sale, incumbrance, or taxation of said lands are hereby removed.
For construction of ditches and reservoirs, purchase and use of irrigatingIrrigation. 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 and fifty thousand dollars: *Provided, **Proviso, *Irrigation engineers.That the Secretary of the Interior may employ such number of super-262intendents of irrigation, who shall bo 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.
Pima Agency, Ariz.Temporary support of Indians.For temporary employment and support of the Indians of Pima Agency, Arizona, forty thousand dollars, to he expended for their benefit in such manner as the Secretary of the Interior in his discretion may deem best, ten thousand dollars thereof to be immediately available. Surveying and allot-ting. 'For survey and subdivision of Indian reservations and of lands to be 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.
Pine Ridge and Standing Rock reservations.Surveys.For survey of lands in the Pine Ridge and Standing Rock Indian reservations in South Dakota, and for examination in the field of surveys, the sum of twenty-two thousand dollars, to be immediately available, and for clerical work and stationery in the office of the survevorgeneral required on surveys within the Pine Ridge and Standing Rock Indian reservations in South Dakota, the sum of three thousand and two hundred dollars; in all, twenty-five thousand two hundred dollars.
Puyallup Reservation, Wash.Commission to sell lands, etc.Vol. 30, p, 87.For compensation of the commissioner authorized by the Indian 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. Indian depredation claims.Transfer to Court of Claims.Vol. 26, p. 851.For continuing the work of transferring the Indian depredation 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 thou-sand six hundred dollars.
Chickasaw, Seneca, and Eastern Shawnee annuities.Transferred to tribal funds.Vol.31, pp. 1062,1068.That the following sums, placed upon the books of the Treasury by the Indian appropriation Act of March third, nineteen hundred and one (Thirty-first Statutes at Large, pages one thousand and sixty-two and one thousand and sixty-eight), to the credit of the tribes named, being in full for permanent annuities guaranteed by treaties to said Interest.tribes, shall draw interest at. the rate of five per centum per annum from the following dates, namely;
Chickasaw national fund, sixty thousand dollars, from July first, nineteen hundred and one; Seneca fund, seventy-three thousand eight hundred dollars, from July first, nineteen hundred and two; Eastern Shawnee fund, twenty thousand *Provisos.*Per cap! ta pay men la to Eastern Shawnecs and Senecas.six hundred dollars, from July first, nineteen hundred and two: *Provided,* That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, directed to pay, per capita, immediately upon the passage of this Act, to the members of the Eastern Shawnee and Seneca tribes of Indians entitled thereto, all moneys placed to the credit of said tribes upon the books of the Treasury and all trust funds held for said tribes by the Balances to Chickte saws.Government in lieu of investments: *Provided.* That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is here,by, authorized and directed to place in the sub-treasury at Saint Louis, Missouri., to the credit of the national treasurer of the Chickasaw Nation the balance of the said Chickasaw Deduction.Awfr. p. 178.Acts of Eastern Shawnees an d Senecas ratified.national fund after deducting the ten thousand dollars appropriated out of said fund for the aid of certain indigent Chickasaws.
And the Act of the councils of the. Eastern Shawnee and of the Seneca nations, or tribes of the Indian Territory “Providingfor theailotmentof lands to certain minor children and for other purposes.” passed, respectively on the second day of December, nineteen hundred and one, and the 263eighth day of January, nineteen hundred and two, are hereby ratified and approved. That so much of the Act approved March second, eighteen hundredUnited Peorias and Mia mies, Ind. Ter.Sale of su r pl us lands.Vol. 25, p. 1014. and eighty-nine, entitled “An Act to provide for the allotment of land in severalty to United Peorias and Miamies in Indian Territory, and for other purposes,” which inhibits the sale of their surplus lands for twenty-five years from said date, be, and the same is hereby, repealed: *Provided,* That before any distribution per capita shall be made of the*Proviso*.Payment for services. proceeds of any sale thereof among said Western Miami Indians, there shall first be paid such sum or sums as the Secretary of the Interior may determine to be due for services rendered or expenses incurred by any of the delegates or officers of said Western Miami tribe since the thirty-first, day of March, eighteen hundred and ninety.
To maintain at the city of Omaha, Nebraska, in the discretion of theOmaha, Nebr.Warehouse. Secretary of the Interior, a warehouse for the receipt, storage, and shipping of goods for the Indian Service, ten thousand dollars; *Provided.**Provisos.*Furnishing of building by city repealed.Vol. 30, p. 70. That so much of the Act of June seventh, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, entitled “An Act making appropriations for the current and contingent expenses and fulfilling treaty stipulations with the Indian tribes for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight,” as provides that the city of Omaha shall provide, equip, and furnish a building suitable for this purpose free of cost to the United States is hereby repealed.
To maintain at the city of Saint Louis, Missouri, in the discretion ofSaint Louis, Mo.Warehouse. the Secretary of the Interior, a warehouse for the receipt, storage, and shipping of goods for the Indian service, ten thousand dollars. That the accounting officers of the Treasury Department are herebyAllowance for clerks temporarily detailed in Indian Office. authorized and directed to allow in the settlement of the accounts of the disbursing officers in charge of the warehouses for Indian sup-plies, such sums as may have been disbursed by them during the fiscal years nineteen hundred and one and nineteen hundred and two, in payment of clerks appointed to clerkships in such warehouses and temporarily detailed for duty in the office of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs in Washington, District of Columbia.
That the ten thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be available,New York Indians.Clerical expenses.Vol. 31, p. 1077. reserved by Act of March third, nineteen hundred and one, out of the amount appropriated for payment of the judgment in favor of the New York Indians, to pay expenses necessary to ascertain the beneficiaries of said judgment, may when necessary be used for the employment of the clerical force necessary therefor in the Office of Indian Affairs. That the Secretary of the Interior, with the consent thereto of theUintah and White River Ules.Aliotmentol Irrigable land.*Post.* pp. 744,997. majority of the adult male Indians of the Uintah and the White River tribes of Ute Indians, to be ascertained as soon as practicable by an inspector, shall cause to be allotted to each head of a family eighty acres of agricultural land which can be irrigated and forty acres of such land to each other member of said tribes, said allotments to be made prior to October first, nineteen hundred and three, on whichUnallotted lands re-stored to public do-main.*Provisos.*Homestead entries. date all the unallotted lands within said reservation shall be restored to the public domain: *Provided,* That persons entering any of said land under the homestead law shall pay therefor at the rate of one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre: *And provided further.* ThatMineral leases. nothing herein contained shall impair the rights of any mineral lease which nas been approved by the Secretary of the Interior, or any permit heretofore issued by direction of the Secretary of the Interior to negotiate with said Indians for a mineral lease; but any person or company having so obtained such approved mineral lease or such permit to negotiate with said Indians for a mineral lease on said reservation, pending such time and up to thirty days before said lands are 264restored to the public domain as aforesaid, shall have in lieu of such lease or permit the preferential right to locate under the mining laws not to exceed six hundred and forty acres of contiguous mineral land, Raven Mining Com pany.Application of proceeds from sales.except the Haven Mining Company, which may in lieu of its lease locate one hundred mining claims of the character of mineral mentioned in its lease; and the proceeds of the sale of the lands so restored to the public domain shall be applied, first, to the reimbursement of the United States for any moneys advanced to said Indians to carry into effect the foregoing provisions; and the remainder, under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, shall be used for the benefit B«t p. 745.of said Indians.
And the sum of seventy thousand and sixty-four dollars and forty-eight cents is hereby appropriated, out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to be paid to the Uintah and the White River tribes of Ute Indians, under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, whenever a majority of the adult male Indians of said tribes shall have consented to the allotment of lands and the restoration of the unallotted lands within said reservation as herein provided.
Payments to Indians.Vol. 30, p. 87,*Post,* p. 744.Said item of seventy thousand and sixty-four dollars and forty-eight cents to be paid to the Uintah and White River Utes covers claims which these Indians have made on account of the allotment of lands on the Uintah Reservation to Uncompahgre Indians and for which the Government has received from said Uncompahgre Indians money aggregating sixty thousand and sixty-four dollars and forty-eight cents; and the remaining ten thousand dollars claimed by the Indians under an Act of Congress detaching a small part of the reservation on the east and under which Act the. proceeds of the sale of the lands were to be applied for the benefit of the Indians.
Devils Lake Reservation,Resurvey.For the resurvey of the outboundaries of the Devils Lake Indian Reservation and the resurvey of the interior, standard, meander and section lines (including the survey and subdivision of the old Fort Totten Military Reservation), and for the office work and field examination of said surveys and resurveys, twelve thousand dollars. Canton, 8. Dak.Asylum for insane Indians.For support and maintenance of the asylum for insane Indians at Canton, South Dakota; for pay of employees; for transportation of insane Indians to and from said asylum: for general repairs and improvements, including necessary outbuildings, grading, fencing, and so forth; for incidental and all other expenses necessary to its proper conduct and management, twenty-five thousand dollars.
Navajo Reservation, Ariz.Payment for rights, etc., of settlers.For the purchase of the right, title, and improvements of certain settlers within the external boundries of the Navajo Indian Reservation in Arizona, as set out in the communication of the Secretary of the Interior to the President, dated January fifth, nineteen hundred, and printed in Senate Document Numbered Sixty-eight, of date of January tenth, nineteen hundred, forty-eight thousand dollars, to be used and expended under the direction and within the discretion of the Secretary of the Interior.
And the Secretary of the Interior is authorized and empowered to purchase the right, title, and improvements separately of each and every one of the said persons named in the said communication of the Secretary of the Interior, at the prices Reservation fo schools, etc.separately agreed upon with the settlers therein named. And when so purchased the improvements and the lands upon which they are situated, in and near Tuba City, are hereby set apart for school or public furposes, as may be hereafter decided upon by the Secretary of the nterior, and until required to be used for such public or school purposes shall be used by the Indians under rules and regulations to be Prtnws.Earnest A.
Lee.*Pu^t,* p. 1UULValuation.prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior: *Provided.* That the appraisement of Earnest A. Lee’s property shall be three thousand seven hundred dollars: *Provided further,* That the Secretary of the Interior shall make no payment for any of said right, title, and 265improvements unless in his judgment the valuation thereof is fair and just. For pay of one special attorney for the Pueblo Indians of NewPueblo Indians, New Mexico.Attorney. Mexico, one thousand five hundred dollars, and for necessary traveling and incidental expenses of such special attorney for the Pueblo Indians of New Mexico, five hundred dollars: *Provided,* That of saidAwíw.Prior expenses. amount the sum of two hundred dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, shall be available for expenses incurred by said attorney during the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and three; in all, two thousand dollars.
The Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized to pay to theOtoea and Miesourias, Okla.Payment for Nebraska land.Vol. 31, p. 59. Otoe and Missouria tribe, of Indians of Oklahoma, immediately upon the passage of this Act, the sum of fifty thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, out of any money to their credit in the Treasury of the United States, under such regulations as he may prescribe, in the settlement of their claim for lands sold for them in the State of Nebraska.
For the construction and repair of bridges and approaches theretoOmaha and Winnebago Agency, Nebr.Bridges, etc. on the Omaha and Winnebago Agency, in the State of Nebraska, ten thousand dollars to be paid out of the funds in the Treasury of the United States belonging to the Omaha and Winnebago Indians. The Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized, in his discretion,Devils Lake, N. Dak.Bridge permitted. to permit the construction of a free bridge to span the narrows of Devils Lake, in the State of North Dakota, at a point on the south shore of Devils Lake sixty-six chains and seventy links due north and thirty-three chains and thirty links due west of the southeast corner of section twenty-three in township one hundred and fifty-two north of range sixty-three west of the fifth principal meridian.
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. For the construction of two bridges, one over Big Soldier CreekPottowatomie Reservation, Kans.Bridges. and one over Little Soldier Creek, on the Pottowatomie Indian Reservation, in Jackson County, Kansas, three thousand dollars. To enable the Secretary of the Interior to purchase additional landOneida WisPurchase of land for Indian school. from an Oneida Indian allottee or allottees of Wisconsin for the use of the Oneida Indian school, one thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to be paid to said allottee or allottees; and the allottee or allottees from whom said land may be purchased are hereby authorized and empowered to sell and convey the same to the United States for said purpose.
That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorizedSioux Indians, Lower Brule band.Claims for property losses. and directed to investigate the claims of the members of the Lower Brule band of Sioux Indians for loss of property resulting from their forcible removal from their homes south of White River, in South Dakota, in the year eighteen hundred and ninety-three, and to deter-mine what amounts they may be justly and equitably entitled to for the loss of such property, and to certify the same to the Secretary of the Treasury; and the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorizedPayment. and directed to pay such sums so certified to him by the Secretary of the Interior to members of the Lower Brule band of Indians as aforesaid.
And the sum of one thousand rive hundred dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for this purpose. That the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized, with theCrow Indians.Distribution of cattle. consent of the tribe, to distribute the cattle belonging to the Crow tribe, known as the “common herd” and held as such under the ninth article of the agreement with said tribe of December eighth, eighteen hundred and ninety, ratified by the Act of March third, eighteenVol. 26, p. 10-11. 266hundred and ninety-one (Twenty-sixth Statutes, ten hundred and forty- one), among the members of said tribe, to be held by them as individuals in the same manner as their other individual stock is held, after Distribution of ’‘Crow herd fund.”which the common herd shall cease to exist.
The Secretary of the Interior is also authorized to distribute among the tribe per capita all of the money due or to become due said Indians from sales from the *Proviso.*Kegulntions.common herd, known as the “Crow herd fund”: *Provided,* That the distribution of the cattle and payment of the money shall be made at such time and under such regulations as the Secretary of the Interior Purchase of stock cattle.in his discretion may prescribe. That the funds now in the Treasury of the United States to the credit of the Crow Indians in Montana, or any portion of it, may, with the consent of the tribe, be used by the Secretary of the Interior, in his discretion, in the purchase of stock cattle to be distributed among the members of the tribe under such regulations as he may prescribe.
Southern Utes, Colo.Right of way, irrigation ditches.That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and empowered, under general regulations to be fixed by him, to permit the use of the right of way through the allotted lands of the Southern Ute Indians in Colorado for irrigating ditches to the extent of the ground occupied by the water in said ditches and such number of feet on each side of the marginal limits thereof as may be necessary *Proviso.*Consent of Indians.in maintaining and operating the ditches: *Provided,* That no application for such right of wav shall be granted unless accompanied by the consent, in writing, of the allottee or allottees whose land may be affected thereby.
Southern Ute Reservation! Colo.Irrigation contract authorized.That the Secretary of the Interior shall make investigation as to the practicability of providing a water supply for irrigation purposes to be used on a portion of the reservation of the Southern Utes in Colorado, and he is authorized, in his discretion, to contract for and to expend from the funds of said Southern Utes in the purchase of perpetual water rights sufficient to irrigate not exceeding ten thousand acres on the western part of the Southern Ute Reservation and for annual charges for maintenance of such water thereon such amount and upon such terms and conditions as to him may seem just and reasonable, not exceeding one hundred and fifty thousand dollars for the purchase of such perpetual water rights and not exceeding a maximum of fifty cents per acre per annum for the maintenance of water upon the land *Provisos.*Conditions.to be irrigated: *Provided,* That after such an investigation he shall find all the essential conditions relative to the water supply and to the perpetuity of its availability for use upon said lands such as in his judgment will justify a contract for its perpetual use: *Provided further, *Bond requiredThat the Secretary of the Interior, upon making all such contracts, shall require from the person or persons entering upon such contract a bond of indemnity, to be approved by him, for the faithful and continuous execution of such contract as provided therein.
Spokane Reservation, Wash.Only mineral lands subject to entry.*Proviso.*Lunds excepted.*P^i.* pp. 742, 744.That the mineral lands only in the Spokane Indian Reservation, in the State of Washington, shall be subject to entry under the laws of the United States in relation to the entry of mineral lands: *Provided, *That lands allotted to the Indians or used by the Government for any purpose or by any school shall not be subject to entry under this provision. Josef Stainer.Payment to.To enable the Secretary of the Treasury to pay the claim of Josef Stainer for labor and material used in making repairs to school buildings numbered one, two, and three at Cheyenne River Indian Agency, - South Dakota, damaged by windstorm and cyclone on night of July nineteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, as approved by the Secretary of the Interior, two hundred and seventy-eight dollars and thirty-seven cents, to be paid from unexpended balance of appropriation “Education, Sioux Nation.” 267 That the Secretary of the Interior may, in his discretion, pay perOmAhas.Payment per capita. capita to the Omaha Indians entitled thereto the sum of one hundred thousand dollars from their principal now to their credit in the Treasury of the United States and derived from the sale of their lands in Nebraska under section three of the Act of Congress approved AugustVol. 22, p. 341. seventh, eighteen hundred and eighty-two (Twenty-second Statutes, page three hundred and forty-one), under such regulations as may be prescribed by him.
That the Secretary of the Interior may, in his discretion, pay perIowas.Payment per capita. capita to the Iowa Indians, who are under the care of the agent of the Pottawatomie and Great Nemaha Reservation, in the State of Kansas, entitled thereto, the sum of seventy-eight thousand dollars from their principal now to their credit in the Treasury of the United States. That the Secretary of the Interior may, in his discretion, pay perSacs and Foxes of Missouri.Payment per capita. capita to the Sac and Fox Indians of Missouri, who are under the care of the agent of the Pottawatomie and Great Nemaha Reservation, in the State of Kansas, entitled thereto, the sum of seventvnine thou-sand dollars from their principal now to their credit in the Treasury of the United States.
That of the principal sum of one hundred and sixty-eight thousandSioux of Crow Creek Reservation,S. Dak.Distribution of fund. three hundred and thirty-five dollars and ten cents now in the Treasury of the United States to the credit of the Sioux Indians of the Crow Creek Reservation in South Dakota, drawing interest at four per centum per annum, sixty thousand dollars may he used for the purchase of stock cattle, twenty-five thousand dollai's may be paid pro rata in cash, and eighty-three thousand three hundred and thirty-five dollars and ten cents may be used in the purchase of cattle fence wire, in the construction of storage reservoirs, in the improvement of their allotments, and in any other manner that will best promote their welfare and civilization, al! in the discretion of the.
Secretary of the Interior. For payment to the attorneys who, under a contract approved byWichita, etc., Indians.Payment to attorneys. the Commissioner of Indian Affairs and the Secretary of the Interior, represented the Wichita and affiliated bands of Indians in the Court of Claims and the Supreme Court of the United States in the litigation provided for by Act of Congress to determine the title of the saidVol. 28, p. 898. Indians to the lands of the former Wichita Reservation, in the Territory of Oklahoma, six per centum of the value of said land as decreed by the Court of Claims, the sum of forty-three thousand three hundred and thirty-two dollars and ninety-three cents, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to be immediately available: *Provided,* That the*Proviso*.Reimbursement. said sum shall be reimbursed to the United States out of the proceeds of the sale of the said lands.
For payment to James R. Goss, of Billings, Montana, in full settlementJames R. Goss.Payment to. of his claim for legal services rendered by him during eighteen hundred and ninety-eight in defending two Indian policeman and the interpreter of the Crow Agency, Montana, charged with assault in the local courts of said State, one hundred and fifty dollars, to be immediately avaitable. For payment to Robert F. Thompson for compiling laws relating toRobert F. Thompson.Payment to. Indian affairs under provisions of the I ndian appropriation Act approved May seventeenth, eighteen hundred and eightytwo, and digesting correspondence of the land division of the Indian Office, three thousand dollars, to be immediately available.
To reimburse Emmet Cox for the value of the improvements madeEmmet Cox.Reimbursement, by him and surrendered to the United States on the Kiowa.Comanche, and Apache Indian Reservation, as per the award of the board of appraisers appointed under direction of the Secretary of the Interior, the sum of three thousand eight hundred and seventy-five dollars; 268and the acceptance, of said sum by said Cox shall be a complete and absolute bar to any and all claims against the United States for said improvements.
Round Valley Reservation, Cal.Payment for private improvements.For payment to the several persons and firms herein named, their heirs, executors, administrators, or assigns, the several sums mentioned herein, the same being in full for, and the receipt of the same to be taken and accepted in each case as a full and final discharge of, their several claims for private improvements on the Round Valley Indian Reservation, in Mendocino Countv. California, on March third, eighteen hundred anti seventy-three, when said lands were reserved for Indian purposes; and being the several amounts as appropriated and allowed by the Honorables Jed Lake, Arthur A.
Smith, and Arthur Twineham, commissioners appointed by the President of the United States on December thirteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, to appraise the value of Round Valley Indian Reservation lands ami the Vol. 17, p. «34.Vol. 26, p. 658.private improvements made thereon and existing on March third, eighteen hundred and seventy-three, under the provisions of an Act entitled “An Act to provide for the reduction of the Round Valley Indian Reservation in the State of California, and for other purposes,” approved October first, eighteen hundred and ninety, as follows:
To J. N. Rea and D. T. Johnson, eight hundred dollars; to estate of Fred Bourne and estate of D. T. Johnson, one hundred and fifty dollars; to estate of D. T. Johnson. Fred C. Handv, and Percy W. Handy, five hundred dollars; to Martin Corbitt and Whitcomb Henley, eight hundred and twenty-five dollars; to Charles H. Hurt, one thousand and twenty-five dollars; to Henry Marks, four thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars. Chippewa Indian« of Minnesota.Payment for stump-age.Vol. 80, p. 90.The Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized and directed to pay, under such regulations as he may prescribe, to the Chippewa Indians of Minnesota entitled thereto, the money now to their credit in the Treasury of the United States derived from stumpage on dead and down timber cut on ceded Indian lands under the act of June seventh, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven (Thirtieth Statutes, page ninety).
Mille Lac Reservation, Minn,Payment to Indians removing.Vol. 25, p. 642.For payment to the Indians occupying the Mille Lac Indian Reservation, in the State of Minnesota, the sum of forty thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be, necessary, to pay said Indians for improvements made by them, or any of them, upon lands occupied by them on said Mille Lac Indian Reservation, said payment to be made upon investigation, examination, and appraisement by the Secretary of the Interior, upon condition of said Indians removing from said Provisos.Indians permitted to remain.Mille Lac Reservation; *Provided,* That any Indian who has leased or purchased any Government subdivision of land within said Mille Lac Reservation from or through a person having title to said land from the Government of the United States shall not be required to move from said reservation, but shall be entitled to the benefits of said appropriation to all intents and purposes as though they had removed Action by council of Indians.from said reservation: *And provided further.* That this appropriation shall be paid only after said Indians shall, by proper council proceedings, have accepted the provisions hereof and declared the manner in which they wish the money disbursed; and said Indians upon removing from said Mille Lae Reservation shall be permitted to take up their residence and obtain allotments in severalty either on the White Earth Reservation or on any of the ceded Indian reservations in the State of Minnesota on which allotments are made to Indians.
Net Lake Reservation. MinnSurveying and allot' ting.For paying the expenses of surveying and locating allotments heretofore made upon Ret Lake Reservation, in the State of Minnesota, the sum of one thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary. 269 For payment of the balance due various merchants of Cloquet andFond du Lae Indians,Payment for sup-plies furnished to, Fond du Lac. Minnesota, from certain Fond du Lac Indians for sup-plies furnished said Indians at the request of the Indian farmer, as ascertained by the Secretary of the Interior, under the provisions of the Indian appropriation Act approved dune tenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-six, as follows:
H. B. Allen, twenty-four dollars and four-teen cents; Charles Gasper, one thousand and forty-nine dollars and forty-six cents; J. A. Rene, forty-four dollars and ninety-one cents; James A. Wallace, two hundred and fifty-two dollars and sixty-eight cents; Kelly and Moses, forty dollars and forty-nine cents; Mrs. James Peacha, one hundred and sixteen dollars and ninety-five cents; James Peacha. one hundred and eighty-six dollars and twelve cents; Frank P. Thompson, nine, hundred and sixty-four dollars and fifty-one cents;
A. H. Simmons, one hundred and seventy-six dollars and eightyfive cents; in all, two thousand eight hundred and fifty-six dollars and eleven cents; said sums to be payable out of funds belonging to said Indians. SUPPORT OF SCHOOLS.Indian schools. For support of Indian day and industrial schools, and for other educationalSupport, etc. purposes not hereinafter provided for, one million two hundred and forty thousand dollars. For construction, purchase, lease, and repair of school buildings,Buildings. and sewerage, water supply, and lighting plants, and purchase of school sites, or additions thereto, and improvement of buildings and grounds, two hundred thousand dollars; m all, one million four hundred and forty thousand dollars.
For support and education of three hundred Indian pupils at Albuquerque,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 laundry, three thousand dollars; general repairs and improvements, two thousand eight hundred dollars: in all, fifty-seven thousand six hundred dollars. For the support and education of one hundred and fifty Indian pupilsChamberlain, S. Dak. at Chamberlain, 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; extension of sewer, three thousand five hundred dollars, to be immediately available; for enlarging the capacity of the school to two hundred pupils by the erection of additional buildings and other improvements, twenty thousand dollars, to be immediately available; in all, fifty-two thousand and fifty dollars.
For support of one hundred and fifty pupils at the training schoolCherokee, N. C. at Cherokee, North Carolina, 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 heating plant, two thousand five hundred dollars; for erection of a girls’ dormitory, ten thousand dollars, to be immediately available; in all, forty-one thousand and fifty dollars. For support of Indian industrial school at Carlisle, Pennsylvania,Carlisle, Pa. for 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 three hundred Indian pupils at theCarson City, Nev. Indian school at Carson City, Nevada, fifty thousand one hundred dollars; for pay of superintendent at said school, one thousand seven 270hundred dollars: for general repairs and improvements, three thou-sand dollars; for bath house and furnishings, one thousand five hundred dollars; for hospital, five thousand dollars; for employees’ building, four thousand dollars; for a new school building, fifteen thousand dollars; in all, eighty thousand three hundred dollars.
Chilocco, Okla.For support of six hundred Indian pupils at the Indian school at Chilocco, Oklahoma Territory, one hundred thousand two hundred dollars; for pay of superintendent at said school, two thousand two hundred dollars; for general repairs and improvements, three thou-sand dollars; for addition to boys’ dormitory, four thousand five hundred dollars; for additional buildings, forty thousand dollars; improving steam plant, seven thousand live hundred dollars; machine shop, two thousand dollars; in all, one hundred and fifty-nine thousand four hundred dollars.
Elko, Nev.For the establishment of an Indian school in the county of Elko, State of Nevada, provided that a suitable site can be obtained there for a reasonable sum, to be selected by the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, with the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, for the purchase of land, tne erection of buildings, and for other purposes necessary to establish a school plant, upon the, new site, forty thousand dollars. Flandreau, S. Dak.For support and education of three hundred and seventy-five Indian pupils at The Biggs Institute.
Flandreau, South Dakota, sixty-two thousand six hundred and twenty-five dollar's; for general repairs and improvements, three thousand five hundred dollars, to be immediately available; for pay of superintendent of said school, one thousand eight hundred dollars; barn, five thousand dollars; for addition to work-shops, one thousand dollars, to be immediately available; for new boilers and their installation, two thousand dollars; for dairy building and equipments, two thousand dollars; in all, seventy-seven thousand nine hundred and twenty-five dollars.
Fort Mojave, Ariz.For support and education of two hundred Indian pupils at the Indian school, Fort Mojave, Arizona, thirty-three thousand four hundred dollars; for pay of superintendent of said school, one thousand six hundred dollars; for general repairs and improvements, one thou-sand dollars; for school building, fifteen thousand dollars; in all, fifty- one thousand dollars. Fort Totten» N. DakFor support and education of three hundred Indian pupils at Indian school. Fort Totten, North Dakota, lifty thousand one hundred dollars; for pay of superintendent at said school, one thousand seven hundred dollars; for general repairs and improvements, five thousand dollars; sewer system, three thousand dollars; for survey of lands set aside or to be set aside for said school, one thousand dollars, or so much thereof Re-appropriation.Vol. 30» p. 943.Vol. 81, p. 213.as may be necessary; for heating system, ten thousand dollars, in addition to the five thousand dollars and ten thousand dollars heretofore appropriated, which are reap pro printed, and all made immediately available; for electric-light plant, two hundred dollars, in addition to the one thousand eight hundred dollars and one thousand two hundred dollars heretofore appropriated, and now reappropriated; all of the amounts hereby appropriated for steam heating system and electric-light plant to be immediately available; in all, seventy-one thousand 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, five thousand dollars; for pay of superintendent of said school, one thousand seven hundred dollars; for boiler house and boilers, and so forth, ten thousand dollars; in all, sixty-six thousand eight hundred dollars. Grand Junction, ColoFor support and education of two hundred Indian pupils at the Indian school at Grand Junction, Colorado, thirty-three thousand four 271nundred dollars; for pay of superintendent at said school, one thou-sand six hundred dollars; for general repairsand improvements, three thousand five hundred dollars; for laundry, two thousand five hundred dollars; for improvement of water system, eight thousand dollars; for improving the sewerage system, including purchase of land, or rights of way, it necessary, ten thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be required; *Provided,* The Secretary of the Interior shall thoroughly*Prwuo»*Sewer. investigate sewer conditions at this school, and if deemed advisable maintain the present arrangements with such improvements as may be deemed essential; in all, fifty-nine thousand dollars.
For the support and education of one hundred and twenty IndianHampton, Va. pupils at the school at Hampton, Virginia, twenty thousand and forty dollars. For the support and education of one hundred and twenty-five pupilsHayward, Wis. at the Indian school at Hayward, Wisconsin, twenty thousand eight hundred and seventy-five dollars; pay of superintendent, one thousand three hundred dollars; general repairs and improvements, five hundred dollars; in all, twenty-two thousand six hundred and seventy-five dollars. . .
For support and education of seventy Indian pupils at the IndianKickapoo Reservation, Kan?. school, Kickapoo Reservation, Kansas, eleven thousand six hundred and ninety dollars; for pay of superintendent, eight hundred and forty dollars; repairs and minor improvements, one thousand dollars; in all, thirteen thousand five hundred and thirty dollars. For support and education of seven hundred and fifty Indian pupilsLawrence, Kans. at the Indian school. Haskell Institute. Lawrence, Kansas, for transportation of pupils to and from said school, one hundred and thirty thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; for pay of superintendent at said school, two thousand dollars; for tile draining farm, five thousand dollars; for construction of cisterns, three thousand dollars; for boring deep wells, three thousand dollars; for general repairs and improvements, ton thousand dollars; for the purchase of three hundred and twenty-eight acres of improved land, more or less, adjoining land now belonging to the United States, thirty thousand dollars, to be immediately available; in all. one hundred and eighty-three thousand two hundred and fifty dollars.
For the support and education of one hundred and fifty IndianMorris, Minn. pupils at the Indian school at Morris, Minnesota, twenty-five thousand and fifty dollars; pay of superintendent, one thousand five hundred dollars; erection of barn, three thousand dollars; for remodeling building for dining room, two thousand five hundred dollars; for general repairs and improvements, one thousand dollars; and for the purchase of six acres of land, more or less, for use of said school, five hundred and fifty dollars, to replace six acres of land, more or less, belonging to the.
United States and used for said school which the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized to sell; in all. thirty- three thousand six hundred dollars. For support and education of three hundred Indian pupils at theMount 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 dollars; for enlarging school building, eight thousand dollars; in all, sixty-one, thousand eight hundred dollars.
For support and education of one hundred I ndian pupils at the IndianPerris, Cal, school at Perris, California, sixteen thousand seven hundred dollars; for pay of superintendent of said school, one thousand five hundred dollars; for general repairs and improvements, five hundred dollars; in all, eighteen thousand seven hundred dollars. For support and education of seven hundred Indian pupils at thePhoenix, Ariz. Indian school at Phoenix, Arizona, one hundred and sixteen thousand 272nine hundred dollars; for general repairs and improvements, five thou-sand dollars; for pay of superintendent at said school, two thousand dollars: addition to dormitory, ten thousand dollars; dairy barn, six thousand dollars; addition to dining hall, twelve thousand dollars; in all, one hundred and fifty-one thousand nine hundred dollars.
Pierre, S. Dak.For support and education of one hundred and fifty Indian pupils at Indian industrial school at Pierre, South Dakota, twenty-five thou-sand and fifty dollars; for pay of superintendent of said school, one thousand five hundred dollars; for general repairs and improvements, one thousand five hundred dollars; water supply, five thousand dollars; in all, thirty-three thousand and fifty dollars. Pipestone, Minn.W. p. 1004.For support and education of one hundred and fifty Indian pupils at the Indian school, Pipestone, Minnesota, twenty-five thousand and fifty dollars; for pay of superintendent at said school, one thousand five hundred dollars; for general repairs and improvements, one thousand dollars; for enlargement of Itoya’ dormitory, twelve thou-sand dollars; in all, thirty-nine thousand five hundred and fifty dollars.
Rapid City, 8. Dak.For support and education of one hundred and fifty Indian pupils at the Indian school, Rapid City, South Dakota, twenty-five thousand and fifty dollars; for pay of superintendent, one thousand five hundred dollars; for general repairs and improvements, one thousand dollars; for employees' quarters, four thousand dollars; extension of sewer, one thousand five hundred dollars; for laundry, two thousand two hundred dollars: for enlarging the capacity of the school to three hundred pupils, by the erection of additional buildings and other improvements, twenty thousand dollars, to be immediately available; in all, fifty-five thousand two hundred and fifty dollars.
Riverside, Cal.For support and education of three hundred pupils at the Indian school, Riverside. California, fifty thousand one hundred dollars; for additional compensation for superintendent of Perris school, performing duties as superintendent of this school, three hundred dollars; for new buildings, to increase the efficiency of the plant, twenty-five thousand eight hundred dollars; for industrial-farm buildings, fifteen thousand dollars; for general repairs and minor improvements, five thousand dollars; in all, ninety-six thousand two hundred dollars.
Salem, Oreg,For support and education of five hundred and fifty pupils at the Indian school, Salem, Oregon, ninety-one thousand eight hundred and fiftv dollars; for pay of superintendent at said school, one thousand eight hundred dollars; for improvements to sewerage and drainage, six thousand dollars, to be immediately' available; for general repairs and improvements, five thousand dollars; for the construction of a new brick dormitory suitable for the accommodation of two hundred and fifty boys, twentvfive thousand dollars; in all, one hundred and twenty-nine thousand six hundred and fifty 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, three hundred dollars; in all, thirteen thousand eight 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 supei intendent at .said school, one thousand seven hundred dollars; for water supply, one thousand five hundred dollars; for general repairs and improvements, three thousand dollars; in all, fifty-six 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 273general repairs and improvements, one thousand five hundred dollars; for construction of power house and moving machinery, three thou-sand dollars; in all, thirty-five thousand one hundred and twenty-five dollars.
For support and education of seventy-five pupils at the IndianSouthern Utah, school in southern Utah, twelve thousand five hundred and twenty- five dollars; pay of superintendent, nine hundred dollars; general repairs and improvements, five hundred dollars; in all, thirteen thou-sand nine hundred and twenty-five dollars. For the support and education of two hundred and twenty-five IndianTomah, Wis. 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 repairsand improvements, three thousand dollars; for purchase of land, six thou-sand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary; for warehouse, two thousand dollars; for the erection of a barn and silo, five thousand dollars; in all, fifty-five thousand one hundred and seventy-five dollars.
For support and education of one hundred and fifty pupils at theTruxton Canyon, Ariz. Indian school at Truxton Canyon, Arizona, twenty-five thousand and fifty dollars; pay of superintendent, one thousand five hundred dollars; general repairsand improvements, four thousand dollars; in all, thirty thousand five hundred and fifty dollars. For the erection of school buildings on the Tulalip Reservation,Tulalip Reservation, Wash. “Washington, to replace those recently burned, thirty thousand dollars, to be immediately available.
For additional amount for construction, purchase, lease and repairAdditional for construction, etc. of school buildings; for sewer and water supply and lighting plants; for purchase of school sites or additions thereto, and for improvements of buildings and grounds, fifty thousand dollars. For collection and transportation of pupils to and from IndianTransportation» etc. 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, sup-port, and education shall be in exchange for their labor, forty thousand do] lais.
That all expenditure of money appropriated for school purposes inSupervision of expenditures. this Act shall be at al) times under the supervision and direction of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, and in all respects in conformity with such conditions, rules, and regulations as to the conduct and methods of instruction and expenditure of money as may be from time to time prescribed by him, subject to the supervision of the Secretary of the Interior: *Provided,* That not more than one hundred and sixty-seven*Provisos.*Limit of per capita expense. dollars shall be expended for the annual support and education of any one pupil in any school herein specifically provided for, except when, by reason of epidemic, accident, or other sufficient cause, the attendance is so reduced that a larger expenditure is absolutely necessary for the efficient operation of the school affected, when the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, with the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, may allow a larger per capita expenditure, such expenditure to continue only so long as the said necessity therefor shall exist: *Provided further, *That the total amount appropriated for the support of such school shallTotal for schools.Determination of per capita allowance. not be exceeded. *Provided further.* That the number of pupils in any school entitled to the per capita allowance hereby provided for shall be determined by taking the average enrollment for the entire fiscal year and not any fractional part thereof.
Sec. 2. That no purchase of supplies for which appropriations arePurchases of sup-plies to be advertised* herein made, exceeding in the aggregate five hundred dollars in value 274at any one time, shall be made without first giving at least three weeks' Exceptions, exigencies.public notice by advertisement, except in case of exigency, when, in the discretion of the Secretary of the Interior, who shall make official record of the facts constituting the exigency, and shall report the same to Congress at its next session, he may direct that purchases may be made in open market in amount not exceeding three thousand dollars *Provisos.*Irrigation.at any one purchase: *Provided* That supplies may be purchased, contracts let, and labor employed for the construction of artesian wells, ditches, and other works for irrigation, in the discretion of the Secretary of the Interior, without advertising as hereinbefore provided:
Purchases from Indians.*Provided further,* That as far as practicable Indian labor shall be employed and purchase in the open market made from Indians, under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior. Sec. 3. Use of surplus for subsistence deficiencies.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 that *Provisos.*Report of d 5 version s.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 such Purchase of stock cattle from subsistence surplus.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: *Provided further.* Treaty funds.That funds appropriated to fulfill treaty obligations shall not be used.
Sec. 4. Transfer of funds for employees, etc.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 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 session thereafter, of his action under this provision.
Sec. 5. Rejection of bids.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 Open-market purchases.purchased in open market, at prices not to exceed those of the lowest bidder, and not to exceed the. market price of the same, until such time as satisfactory bids can be obtained, for which immediate advertisement *Prwiso.*Amount for supplies immediately available.shall be made: *Provided,* That so much of the appropriations herein made as may be required to pay for goods and supplies, for expenses incident to their purchase, and for transportation of the same, for the year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and three, 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 two.
Sec. 6. Annual report of employees.That the Commissioner of Indian Affairs shall report annually to Congress, specifically showing the number of employees at each 275agency, 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. 7. That the adult heirs of any deceased Indian to whom a trustLands inherited from Indians may be conveyed in fee. or other patent containing restrictions upon alienation has been or shall be issued for lands allotted to him may sell and convey the lands inherited from such decedent, but in case of minor heirs their interestsMinors. shall be sold only by a guardian duly appointed by the proper court upon the order of such court, made upon petition tiled by the guardian, but all such conveyances shall be subject to the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, and when so approved shall convey a full title to the purchaser, the same as if a final patent without restriction upon the alienation had been issued to the allottee.
All allotted landTaxation. so alienated by the heirs of an Indian allottee and all land so patented to a white allottee shall thereupon be subject to taxation under the laws of the State or Territory where the same is situate: *Provided, **Proviso.*Restriction.That the sale herein provided for shall not apply to the homestead during the life of the father, mother or the minority of any child or children. Sec. 8. That the part of the northern district of the Indian TerritoryIndian Territory western judicial district created. consisting of the Greek country, the Seminole country, and all that portion of the Cherokee and Choctaw nations included in the following-describedVol. 28, p. 693.Boundaries. boundaries, to wit:
Commencing at. the northeast corner of the Creek Nation and running east on the line between townships nineteen and twenty, to its intersection with the dividing line between ranges twenty and twenty-one. east, thence south on said line to its intersection with the Arkansas River, thence down the. Arkansas River to its intersection with the Canadian River, thence up the Canadian River to its intersection with the dividing line between ranges twenty and twenty-one, east, thence south to the intersecting line between townships seven and eight, thence west on the intersecting line between townships seven and eight to the Creek Nation, be, and the same is hereby, made the western district in said Territory, and the places ofTerms. holding courts in said western district shall be Xiuscogee, Wagoner, Sapulpa, Wewoka, Eufaula and Okmulgee.
The judge appointedJudge.Vol. 80, p. 84. under the Act entitled “An Act making appropriations for the cur-rent and contingent expenses of the Indian Department, and for fulfilling treaty stipulations with various Indian tribes for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, and for other purposes.” approved June seventh, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, shall be the judge of said western district, and he is hereby authorized to appoint a clerk who shall reside and keep his office at one of the places of holding court in said western district.
That each of the three commissioners with headquarters at Muscogee,Commissioners and constables. Eufaula, and Wewoka, respectively, shall be United States commissioners for said western district for a period of four years from the date of their appointment and until their respective successors shall be appointed and qualified, and the two constables now in office whose headquarters are at Muscogee, and Eufaula, respectively, shall be con-stables in said western district until their successors shall be appointed and qualified; and said judge may appoint a constable for the com-missioner at.
Wewoka, and the said judge may appoint an additional commissioner to be located at Checotah, and an additional constable for said commissioner’s court. Each of the United States commissioners and each of the four constables now located in the northern district as constituted by this Act. shall continue to be United States 276commissioners and constables, respectively, for said district until their Recorder's office, northern district.Vol. 29, p. 880.successors shall be appointed and qualified.
That the clerk's office at Vinita shall also be the recorder’s office for the northern district, except that the clerk's office at Miami shall continue to be the recording office for the Quapaw Indian Agency as now provided by law. Marshals and district attorney.The United States marshal of the present northern district shall be marshal of the western district, and there shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, a district attorney for said western distinct, and a United States marshal for the northern district.
The said officers shall be appointed and shall hold office for the period of four years, and shall receive the same salarv and fees and discharge like duties as other similar officers in Pending causes.said Territory. The eases now pending in that part of the northern district which is hereby made the western district shall be tried the Terms northern district.Vol. 28, p. 692.same as if brought in said western district. Terms of court shall continue to be held within the territory remaining in said northern district at the places now provided by law for the holding of courts therein, and in addition thereto at. the towns of Sallisaw, Claremore, Nowata, and Pryor Creek, in the Cherokee country.
All laws now applicable to the existing judicial districts in the Indian Territory, and to attorneys, marshals, clerks, and their assistants or deputies therein, not inconsistent herewith, are hereby made applicable to the western district. Terms southern and central districts.In addition to the places now provided by law for holding courts in the southern and central districts, courts in the southern district shall also be held at Tishomingo and Ada, and in the central Constable, Durant.district at Durant.
The United States judge for the central district of the Indian Territory, after the approval of this Act. may appoint a constable for the commissioner located at Durant. Jails.Vol. 30, p. 679.To enable, the Attorney-General to carry out the provisions of the Act approved July seventh, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, for the erection of three jails in the Indian Territory, and also to erect one additional United States jail in said Territory, forty thousand dollars is hereby appropriated, to be expended under the direction of the Attorney-General, to be immediately available, and to remain available United States jails.until expended.
And the Attorney-General is hereby authorized and directed to cause to be erected a United States jail at each of the Muscogee.South McAlester.three places already formally designated by him, namely, at Muscogee in the western district, at South McAlester in the central district, and at Ardmore in the southern district, and one additional United States Vinita.jail at Vinita in the northern district, at a total cost not exceeding one hundred thousand dollars. Referees to condemn jail sites.That for the purpose of acquiring sites for United States jails as provided herein in the Indian Territory, there shall be appointed by the judge of the United States court in the district where such land is situated, on application of the United States by petition describing the land sought to be condemned, three disinterested referees, who shall determine the compensat ion and damage to be paid any owner, occupant, tribe, or nation by reason of the appropriation and condemnation of such land for the use and benefit of the United States for a jail at any of the places hereinbefore mentioned.
Such referees, before entering upon the duties of their appointment, shall each take and subscribe before the clerk of the said United States courtan oath that he will faithfully and impartially discharge the duties of his appointment, which oaths, duly certified, shall be returned with the award of the referees to the Assessment of damages.clerk of the court by which they were appointed. Before such referees shall proceed with the assessment of damages for any lands sought to be condemned under this Act. ton days' personal notice of said hearing shall be given to all persons interested, and service may be had upon each tribe or nation in which said land may be located by service upon the principal chief thereof, and in case personal service can not 277be had upon any person interested, twenty days’ notice of the time when the same shall be condemned shall be given, by publication in some newspaper in general circulation nearest said property in the district where said land is situated.
If the referees can not agree, then any two of them are authorizedAward.Appeal from referees. to and shall make the award. Any party to the proceedings who is dissatisfied with the award of the referees shall have the right, within ten days after the filing of the award in the court by which said referees were appointed, to appeal by original petition to the United States court sitting at the place nearest and most convenient to the property sought to be taken, where the question of the damages occasioned by the taking of the land in controversy shall be tried de novo, and the judgment rendered by the court shall be final and conclusive.
And upon the payment into court of the amount or amounts awarded as damages, fee, simple title to said tract of land shall vest in the United States. I f such appeal is not taken as hereinbefore set forth, the award shall be conclusive and final, and shall have the same, force and effect as a judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction, and upon the payment of the sum or sums so found due into the court, a fee simple title to said land shall vest in the United States. Each of said referees shall receive for his compensation the sumPay of referees. of five dollars per day while actually engaged in the appraisement of the property and the hearing of any matter submitted to them under this Act.
That if any party or person other than the United States shall appealCosts on appeal. from any award, and the judgment of the court does not award such appealing party or person more than the referees awarded, all costs occasioned by such appeal shall be paid by such appealing party or person. It shall be the duty of the United States court in each district to promptly hear and determine the rights of all parties if any appeal shall be taken under this Act. Approved, May 27, 1902.