Chapter 298. To pay tuition of Indian children in public schools
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CHAP. 298.— An Act To pay tuition of Indian children in public schools. June 7, 1924.[[H. R. 4835](/us/bill/68/hr/4835).][[Public, No. 220](/us/pl/68/220).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * Indian pupilsPayment authorized for tuition of in State public schools, 1922, 1923. That the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized to pay any claims which are ascertained to be proper and just, whether covered by contracts 537or not, for tuition of Indian pupils in State public schools during the fiscal years 1922 and 1923, and to expend for such purpose out of balances remaining from the appropriations for support of Indian day and industrial schools for such fiscal years, not to exceed a total of $30,000, without regard to the limitations heretofore placed by law upon the use of such appropriations for tuition of Indian pupils in public schools.
Approved, June 7, 1924.