Compiled and edited by Charles J. Kappler. Washington : Government Printing Office, 1913.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums be, 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, for fulfilling treaty stipulations with various Indian tribes, 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 eight, namely:
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 land in severalty to Indians,” such Indian reservations as in his judgment are advantageous for agricultural and grazing purposes to be surveyed or resurveyed, for the purposes of said act, and to complete the allotment of the same, including the necessary clerical work incident thereto in the field and in the Office of Indian Affairs, and delivery of trust patents, so far as allotments shall have been selected under said act, forty thousand dollars.
That no purchase of supplies for which appropriations are made herein, exceeding in the aggregate five hundred dollars in value at any one time, shall be made without first giving at least three weeks’ public notice by advertisement, except in case of exigency, when, in the discretion of the Secretary of the Interior, who shall make official record of the facts constituting the exigency and shall report the same to Congress at its next session, he may direct that purchases may be made in open market in amount not exceeding three thousand dollars at any one purchase: Provided, That supplies may be purchased, contracts let, and labor employed for the construction of artesian wells, ditches, and other works for irrigation, in the discretion of the Secretary of the Interior, without advertising as hereinbefore provided. Provided further, That as far as practicable Indian labor shall be employed and purchase in the open market made from Indians, under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior. And the employment of such Indians and the hiring of their property, in connection with the construction of any irrigation project under the Reclamation Service, shall be exempt from the provisions of sections thirty-seven hun-
dred and nine and thirty-seven hundred and forty-four, Revised Statutes.
That hereafter the Secretary of the Interior, under the direction of the President, may use any surplus that may remain in any of the said appropriations for the purchase of subsistence for the several Indian tribes, to an amount not exceeding twenty-five thousand dollars in the aggregate, to supply any subsistence deficiency that may occur: Provided, That any diversions which shall be made under authority of this section shall be reported in detail, and the reason therefor, to Congress, at the session of Congress next succeeding such diversion: Provided further, That the Secretary of the Interior, under direction of the President, may use any sums appropriated in this act for subsistence, and not absolutely necessary for that purpose, for the purchase of stock cattle for the benefit of the tribe for which such appropriation is made, and shall report to Congress, at its next session thereafter, an account of his action under this provision: Provided further, That funds appropriated to fulfill treaty obligations shall not be used.
That hereafter when not required for the purpose for which appropriated, the funds provided for the pay of specified employees at any Indian 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 made for millers, blacksmiths, engineers, carpenters, physicians, and other persons, and for various articles provided for by treaty stipulations for the several Indian tribes, may be diverted to other uses for the benefit of said tribes, respectively, within the discretion of the President, and with the consent of said tribes, expressed in the usual manner; and that he cause report to be made to Congress, at its next session thereafter, of his action under this provision: Provided, That so much of the appropriations of any annual Indian appropriation act as may be required to pay for goods and supplies, for expenses incident to their purchase, and for transportation of the same, for the fiscal year for which such approproations are made, shall be immediately available, upon the approval of such act, but no such goods or supplies shall be distributed or delivered to any of said Indians prior to the beginning of such fiscal year.
That hereafter where there is Government property on hand at any of the Indian reservations or schools not required for the use or benefit of the Indians of said reservations or schools, the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized to move such property to other Indian reservations or schools where it may be required.
In any case where the restrictions as to alienation have been removed with respect to any Indian allottee, or as to any portion of the lands of any Indian allottee, and such allottee as an individual, or as a member of any tribe, has an interest in any fund held by the United States beyond the amount by law chargeable to such Indian or tribe on account of advances, the Commissioner of Indian Affairs is hereby authorized, prior to the date at which any penalties for the nonpayment of taxes would accrue under the laws of the State or Territory in which such land is situated, to pay such taxes and charge the amount thereof to such allottee, to be deducted from the share of such allottee in the final distribution or payment to him from such fund: Provided, That no such payment shall be made by said commissioner
where it is in excess of the amount which will ultimately be due said allottee.
For construction of ditches and reservoirs, purchase and use of irrigating tools, and appliances, and purchase of water rights, on Indian reservations, in the discretion of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior and subject to his control, one hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars: Provided, That the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, may employ superintendents of irrigation, who shall be skilled irrigation engineers, not to exceed five, as in his judgment may be necessary to secure the construction of ditches and other irrigation works in a substantial and workmanlike manner.
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, forty thousand dollars, of which fifteen thousand dollars shall be immediately available.
To enable the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, to take action to suppress the traffic of intoxicating liquors among Indians, twenty-five thousand dollars;1
For support of Indian day and industrial schools, and for other educational purposes not hereinafter provided for, one million three hundred thousand dollars; and the powers conferred by section twenty-one hundred and forty of the Revised Statutes upon Indian agents, and subagents, and commanding officers of military posts are hereby conferred upon the special agent of the Indian Bureau for the suppression of the liquor traffic among Indians and in the Indian country and duly authorized deputies working under his supervision.
For construction, purchase, lease, and repair of school buildings, and for sewerage, water supply, and lighting plants, and purchase of school sites, and improvement of buildings and grounds, four hundred thousand dollars;
In all, one million seven hundred thousand dollars.
For collection and transportation of pupils to and from Indian schools, and also for the transportation of Indian pupils from all the Indian schools and placing of them, with the consent of their parents, under the care and control of such suitable white families as may in all respects be qualified to give such pupils moral, industrial, and educational training, seventy-five thousand dollars: Provided, That not exceeding five thousand dollars of this amount may be used, under direction of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, in the transportation and placing of Indian pupils in positions where remunerative employment can be found for them in industrial pursuits. The provisions of this section shall apply to native pupils brought from Alaska.
That all expenditure of money appropriated for school purposes in this act shall be at all times under the supervision and direction of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, and in all respects in conformity with such conditions, rules, and regulations as to the conduct and methods of instruction and expenditure of money as may be from time to time prescribed by him, subject to the supervision of the Secretary of the Interior: Provided, That, except for pay of superintendent, not more than one hundred and sixty-seven dollars shall be expended for the annual support and education of any one pupil in any school herein specifically provided for, except when, by reason of epidemic, accident, or other sufficient cause, the attendance is so reduced or cost of maintenance so high 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 therefore shall exist: Provided further, That the total amount appropriated for the support of such school shall 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.
That hereafter white children may, under rules and regulations prescribed by the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, be admitted to any Indian day school: Provided, That the tuition fees charged for such children shall in no case exceed the tuition fees allowed or charged by the State or county in which such school is situated for the children admitted in the common schools of such State or county: And provided further, That all tuition fees paid for white children enrolled in Indian day schools shall be deposited in the United States Treasury to reimburse the funds out of which the schools last mentioned are maintained.
To enable the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, from time to time as he may deem necessary, to detail clerks from his office to make special investigations in the field, three thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary: Provided, That while thus absent from Washington under such detail they shall receive a per diem of three dollars to cover all expenses exclusive of transportation and sleeping-car fares.
That any noncompetent Indian to whom a patent containing restrictions against alienation has been issued for an allotment of land in severalty, under any law or treaty, or who may have an interest in any allotment by inheritance, may sell or convey all or any part of such allotment or such inherited interest on such terms and conditions and under such rules and regulations as the Secretary of the Interior may prescribe, and the proceeds derived therefrom shall be used for the benefit of the allottee or heir so disposing of his land or interest under the supervision of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs; and any conveyance made hereunder and approved by the Secrerary of the Interior shall convey full title to the land or interest so sold, the same as if fee-simple patent had been issued to the allottee.
Telegraphing, telephoning, and purchase of Indian supplies: To pay the expense of purchasing goods and supplies for the Indian Service, including inspection and pay of necessary employees, and all other expenses connected therewith; advertising, at rates not exceeding regular commercial rates, and for telegraphing and telephoning, and for transportation of Indian goods and supplies, including pay and expenses of transportation agents and rent of warehouses, and warehouses for the receipt, storage, and shipping of goods for the Indian Service shall be maintained at the following places: New York, Chicago, Omaha, Saint Louis, and San Francisco, three hundred and fifteen thousand dollars.
For building and repairs of buildings at agencies and for rent of buildings for agency purposes, and for water supply at agencies, seventy-five thousand dollars.
For pure vaccine matter and vaccination of Indians, five thousand dollars.
That the provisions of section thirty-seven hundred and eighty-six of the Revised Statutes of the United States shall not hereafter apply to such work of the Indian Department as can be executed at the several Indian schools.
For expenses of the commission of citizens, serving without compensation, appointed by the President under the provisions of the fourth section of the act of April tenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-nine, four thousand dollars, of which amount not to exceed three hundred dollars may be used by the commission for office rent.
For pay of eight Indian inspectors, two of whom shall be engineers, one to be designated as chief, competent in the location, construction, and maintenance of irrigation works, at two thousand five hundred dollars per annum each, except the chief engineer, who shall receive three thousand five hundred dollars, twenty-one thousand dollars.
For traveling expenses of eight Indian inspectors, at three dollars per day when actually employed on duty in the field, exclusive of transportation and sleeping-car fare, in lieu of all other expenses now authorized by law, and for incidental expenses of negotiation, 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 thousand dollars.
For necessary traveling expenses of one superintendent of Indian schools, including telegraphing and incidental expenses of inspection and investigation, one thousand five hundred dollars: Provided, That he shall be allowed three dollars per day for traveling expenses when actually on duty in the field, exclusive of cost of transportation and sleeping-car fare, in lieu of all other expenses now allowed by law: And provided further, That he shall perform such other duties as may be imposed upon him by the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, subject to the approval of the Secretary of the Interior.
For payment of necessary interpreters, to be distributed in the discretion of the Secretary of the Interior, four thousand dollars; but no person employed by the United States and paid for any other service shall be paid for interpreting.
For services of officers at twenty-five dollars per month each, and privates at twenty 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 non-ration agencies, two hundred thousand dollars.
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 fur-
nishing necessary equipments, and renting quarters where necessary, twenty-five thousand dollars: Provided, That the amount paid said matrons shall not come within the limit for employees fixed by the act of June seventh, eighteen hundred and ninety seven.
To enable the Commissioner of Indian Affairs to employ practical farmers and practical stockmen, subject only to such examination as to qualifications as the Secretary of the Interior may prescribe, in addition to the agency farmers now employed, at wages not exceeding seventy-five dollars each per month, to superintend and direct farming and stock raising among such Indians as are making effort for self-support, one hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars: Provided, That the amounts paid said farmers and stockmen shall not come within the limit for employees fixed by the act of June seventh, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven: Provided further, That the Commissioner of Indian Affairs may employ additional farmers at any Indian school at not exceeding sixty dollars per month, subject only to such examination as the Secretary of the Interior may prescribe, said farmers to be in addition to the school farmers now employed.
For compensation of judges of Indian courts, twelve thousand dollars.
For contingencies of the Indian service, including traveling and incidental expenses of Indian agents and of their offices, and of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs; also traveling and incidental expenses of special agents, at three dollars per day when actually employed on duty in the field, exclusive of transportation and sleeping-car fare, in lieu of all other expenses now authorized by law, and expenses of going to and going from the seat of government, and while remaining there under orders and direction of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, for a period not to exceed twenty days; for pay of employees not otherwise provided for, and for pay of special agents, at two thousand dollars per annum each, seventy-five thousand dollars.
The appropriations herein or hereafter made for the salaries of Indian agents shall not take effect nor become available in any case for or during the time in which any active officer of the Army of the United States shall be engaged in the performance of the duties of Indian agent at any of the agencies hereafter named; and the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, with the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, may devolve the duties of any Indian agency or part thereof upon the superintendent of the Indian school located at such agency or part thereof whenever in his judgment such superintendent can properly perform the duties of such agency. And the superintendent upon whom such duties devolve shall give bond as other Indian agents.
That the pay of any superintendent who performs agency duties in addition to those of his superintendency may be increased by the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, in his discretion, to an extent not exceeding three hundred dollars per annum.
For pay of Indian agent at the San Carlos Agency, Arizona, one thousand eight hundred dollars.
For support and civilization of the Apache and other Indians in Arizona and New Mexico who have been or may be collected on reservations in Arizona and New Mexico, two hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars: Provided, That the unexpended balance for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and seven is hereby appropriated and made available for nineteen hundred and eight.
That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized to allot lands in severalty to the Indians of the Moqui Reservation in Arizona, in such quantities as may be for their best interests: Provided, That the allotments hereunder made shall otherwise be subject to the provisions of the act of March second, 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,” and the amendments thereto.
For support and civilization of the Indians of Pima Agency, Arizona, forty thousand dollars, to be expended for their benefit in such manner as the Secretary of the Interior, in his discretion, may deem best.
For support and education of two hundred Indian pupils at the Indian school at Fort Mojave, Arizona, thirty-three thousand four hundred dollars, and for pay of superintendent, one thousand six hundred dollars;
For general repairs and improvements, two thousand dollars;
For boys’ dormitory, eight thousand dollars;
For lighting plant, two thousand dollars;
In all, forty-five thousand dollars.
For support and education of seven hundred Indian pupils at the Indian school at Phoenix, Arizona, one hundred and sixteen thousand nine hundred dollars, and for pay of superintendent, two thousand five hundred dollars;
For general repairs and improvements, ten thousand dollars;
For addition to water system, seven thousand five hundred dollars;
In all, one hundred and thirty-six thousand nine hundred dollars.
Provided, That the Secretary of War is hereby authorized and directed to cause to be issued to the Indian school at Phoenix, Arizona, upon the request of the Secretary of the Interior, sixty Springfield cadet rifles, or other similar rifles, with the necessary equipment therefor, for the instruction of the pupils of the school.
For support and education of one hundred and ten pupils at the Indian school at Truxton Canyon, Arizona, eighteen thousand four hundred and seventy dollars, and for pay of superintendent, one thousand five hundred dollars;
General repairs and improvements, two thousand five hundred dollars;
Maintaining irrigation plant, one thousand dollars;
In all, twenty-three thousand four hundred and seventy dollars.
For general incidental expenses of the Indian Service in Arizona, including traveling expenses of agents, one thousand five hundred dollars.
That the Secretary of the Interior may, in his discretion, use such part of the three hundred thousand dollars heretofore appropriated for an irrigation system for the Pima Indians in the payment of such Indians’ proportionate part of the construction of the Salt River project, and such funds may be transferred to the Reclamation fund, to be expended by that Service in accordance with its rules and regulations; the Indians to receive a credit upon the reclamation charge assessed against their lands under the Salt River project for the amount so transferred.
For support and civilization of the Mission Indians in California, including pay of employees, five thousand dollars.
For support and civilization of the Northern Indians, California, ten thousand dollars.
For support and education of five hundred Indian pupils at the Sherman Institute, Riverside, California, eighty-three thousand five hundred dollars, and for pay of superintendent, two thousand five hundred dollars;
For general repairs and improvements, eight thousand dollars;
For additional water and sewer system, two thousand five hundred dollars;
For addition to laundry, two thousand dollars;
For additional farm buildings and improvements, eight thousand dollars;
For two employees’ cottages, six thousand dollars;
For cement walks, curbing, and guttering, five thousand dollars;
For concreting reservoir, three thousand dollars;
In all, one hundred and twenty thousand five hundred dollars.
For general incidental expenses of the Indian service in California, including traveling expenses of agents, and support and civilization of Indians at the Round Valley, Hoopa Valley, and Tule River agencies, four thousand dollars;
And pay of employees at same agencies, seven thousand dollars;
In all, eleven thousand dollars.
That the paragraph in the Indian appropriation act, approved June twenty-first, nineteen hundred and six (Thirty-fourth Statutes at Large, pages three hundred and twenty-five to three hundred and thirty-three), relating to the removal of obstructions from the bed of a stream in the Round Valley Reservation, California, be amended as follows: Insert after the word “obstructions” the words “both within and without the reservation;” strike out the words “drains into the Eel River in” and insert the words “flows through” and insert after the word “California” the words “and drains into the Eel River.”
For payment to the Indians of the Round Valley Indian Reservation, in such manner as the Secretary of the Interior may direct, five hundred and three dollars and fifty cents for four hundred and two and eighty-hundredths acres of land, at the rate of one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre, which lands were erroneously entered by homestead and other claimants while they were a part of the Round Valley Reservation.
That section three of the act approved January twelfth, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, entitled “An act for the relief of the Mission Indians in the State of California,” be, and the same is hereby, so
amended as to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to select, set apart, and cause to be patented to the Mission Indians such tracts of the public lands of the United States, in the State of California, as he shall find upon investigation to have been in the occupation and possession of the several bands or villages of Mission Indians, and are now required and needed by them, and which were not selected for them by the Commission as contemplated by section two of said act; and to appraise or cause to be appraised the value of any improvements belonging to any person to whom any valid existing rights have attached under the public-land laws of the United States, or to the assignee of such person where such improvements are situated within the limits of any reservation selected, enlarged, or defined under the provisions of this act: Provided, That no patent issued under the provisions of this act shall embrace any tract or tracts to which valid existing rights have attached in favor of any person under any of the United States laws providing for the disposition of the public domain, unless such person shall acquiesce in and accept the appraisal provided for in this act in all respects and shall thereafter, upon demand and payment of such appraised value, execute a release of all claims and title thereto.
For the support and education of two hundred Indian pupils at the Indian school at Fort Lewis, Colorado, thirty-three thousand four hundred dollars; and for pay of superintendent, one thousand seven hundred dollars;
For general repairs and improvements, and improvement to water system, ten thousand dollars;
In all, forty-five thousand one hundred dollars.
For support and education of two hundred Indian pupils at the Indian school at Grand Junction, Colorado, thirty-three thousand four hundred dollars; and for pay of superintendent, one thousand six hundred dollars;
General repairs and improvements, five thousand dollars;
Machinery for laundry and shops, three thousand two hundred dollars;
In all, forty-three thousand one hundred and fifty dollars.
For general incidental expenses of the Indian Service in Colorado, including traveling expenses of agents, one thousand dollars.
For a superintendent in charge of agency and educational matters on the Coeur d’Alene Reservation, Idaho, one thousand two hundred dollars.
For support and civilization of the Shoshones and Bannocks, Sheepeaters, and other Indians of the Fort Hall Reservation, in Idaho, including pay of employees, thirty thousand dollars, ten thousand dollars to be immediately available.
For general incidental expenses of the Indian Service in Idaho, including traveling expenses of agents, one thousand dollars.
BANNOCKS: For pay of physician, teacher, carpenter, miller, engineer, farmer, and blacksmith, as per tenth article of treaty of July third, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, five thousand dollars.
For pay of blacksmith, carpenter, and physician, and purchase of medicines, as per the eleventh article of agreement, ratified by act March, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, three thousand five hundred dollars.
For nineteenth 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.
FULFILLING TREATIES WITH INDIANS FORMERLY OF LEMHI AGENCY, IDAHO: For first of twenty installments, as provided in agreement with the Indians of Fort Hall and Lemhi agencies, Idaho, approved February twenty-third, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, to be used by the Secretary of the Interior for the benefit of the Indians removed to Fort Hall Reservation from Lemhi Agency, Idaho, in such manner as the President may direct, four thousand dollars.
In all, ten thousand dollars.
That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized to acquire by purchase or condemnation on behalf of the United States all land in townships four, five, six, and seven south, range forty, forty-one, and forty-two east, Boise meridian in Idaho, that he shall deem necessary in constructing a reservoir for storing water for the purpose of irrigating lands on the Fort Hall Indian Reservation and those ceded by the Indians of the said reservation, and also the lands, rights, and property which he may determine to be necessary to the success of any plan or project for the said purpose; or he may cause the enlargement to be made of any irrigating system in accordance with the laws of Idaho that circumstances may require.
Upon acquiring the site, as herein provided, the Secretary may cause the system determined on to be constructed by contract or otherwise, in sections or as a whole, as he may determine, and may sell the water right for lands in private ownership at six dollars an acre, but no such right shall permanently attach until all payments therefor are made. The amount at which such water rights shall be sold shall be payable in five equal annual installments, to be paid to the receiver of the local land office, and the failure to make any two payments shall work a forfeiture of the rights acquired by the purchaser, and he shall lose the money previously paid and the water right for the land, but it may be purchased by another person who shall thereafter acquire the land in question at such price and on such conditions as the Secretary of the Interior may determine, but not less than the cost originally determined. In addition, the same fee shall be paid to the register and receiver as though the land was entered as a part of the public domain at one dollar and twenty-five cents an acre; the money so paid, less the fee, shall reimburse the United States for the expenditures made thereunder.
The land susceptible of irrigation under the system herein provided and owned by Indians in severalty or in common shall be deemed to have a right to so much water as may be required to irrigate said lands, without cost to the Indians so long as the title remains in said Indians or tribe, but any such lands leased for a longer term than three years shall bear their pro rata part of the cost of the maintenance of the system that may be constructed, and when the Indian title is extinguished these lands shall also bear their pro rata cost of maintenance. When the payments required by this act are made for the major part of the lands that can be irrigated from the system, the management
and operation of such irrigation work shall pass to the owners of the lands irrigated thereby, to be maintained at their expense under such form of organization and under such rules and regulations as may be acceptable to the Secretary of the Interior, in accordance with the statute of the State of Idaho. The title to and management and operation of the reservoir and the works necessary to its protection and operation shall remain in the Government until otherwise provided by Congress. The Government institutions established for the administration of the affairs of the Fort Hall Reservation, including the school plant and farm, shall have sufficient water for their needs without cost, and any town or city embraced within the project may acquire water rights sufficient for its needs on such terms and condition as the Secretary of the Interior may impose.
The water rights acquired or provided for in this measure shall be appurtenant to the lands irrigated, and there is hereby appropriated for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this act, three hundred and fifty thousand dollars, which shall be reimbursed the United States from the moneys obtained from the sale of water rights, and the Secretary of the Interior shall have full power to do all acts or make all rules and regulations necessary to carry out the provisions of this act relating to the foregoing irrigation system.
For pay of Indian agent at the Union Agency, Indian Territory, three thousand dollars.
For special clerical force in the office of the United States Indian agent, Union Agency, and miscellaneous expenses in connection with entering of remittances received on account of payments of town lots and issuance of patents, and conveying same, six thousand dollars.
For clerical work and labor connected with the leasing of Creek and Cherokee lands, for mineral and other purposes, and the leasing of lands of full-blood Indians under the act of April twenty-sixth, nineteen hundred and six, thirty thousand dollars; for clerical work and labor connected with the sale of inherited and other lands, Five Civilized Tribes, thirty thousand dollars; in all, sixty thousand dollars: Provided, That the sums so expended shall be reimbursable out of the proceeds of such land sales and leases, and shall be equitably apportioned by the Secretary of the Interior from the moneys collected from such sales and leases.
Removal of intruders, Five Civilized Tribes: For the purpose of removing intruders and placing allottees in unrestricted possession of their allotments, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, fifteen thousand dollars.
To enable the Secretary of the Interior to carry out the provisions of the act approved April twenty-first, nineteen hundred and four, for the removal of restrictions upon the alienation of lands of allottees of the Five Civilized Tribes, twenty-five thousands dollars: Provided, That so much as may be necessary may be used in the employment of clerical force in the office of Commissioner of Indian Affairs.
Ten thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to be immediately available, in the payment of indebtedness already incurred, necessarily expended in suppressing the spread of smallpox in the Indian Territory during the fiscal year ended June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and one, all accounts to be first examined and approved by the Secretary of the Interior as just and reasonable before being paid.
For general incidental expenses of the Indian Service in the Indian Territory, and for pay of employees, twenty-two thousand dollars.
For clerical and incidental expenses of the United States inspector’s office, Indian Territory, in accordance with the provisions of section twenty-seven of the act of June twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, entitled “An act for the protection of the people of the Indian Territory, and for other purposes,” eighteen thousand dollars.
To enable the Secretary of the Interior to investigate or cause to be investigated any lease of allotted land in the Indian Territory which he has reason to believe has been obtained by fraud or in violation of the terms of existing agreements with any of the Five Civilized Tribes, as provided by the act approved March third, nineteen hundred and five, ten thousand dollars.1
The Attorney General be, and he is hereby, authorized to make all necessary arrangements for the transfer from the clerks of the United States courts in the Indian Territory and their deputies in their capacities as clerks and as ex officio recorders, to the proper State or county officials of the State of Oklahoma when organized, all records, papers, and files now in the custody of said clerks and their deputies, and he is authorized to pay the necessary expense incident thereto out of the excess of emoluments earned by said clerks and their deputies whether as clerks and deputy clerks or as ex officio recorders of deeds and other instruments during the calendar years nineteen hundred and six and nineteen hundred and seven, notwithstanding the act of February nineteen, nineteen hundred and three (Thirty-two Statutes at Large, page eight hundred and forty-two).
That to enable the clerks and deputy clerks of the United States courts in Indian Territory who are ex officio recorders to complete their records they shall be allowed to retain for such purpose a per centum of the fees earned by them for filing and recording deeds and other instruments in addition to the compensation now provided by law, the amount so to be allowed and retained to be determined and approved by the Attorney General of the United States.
The filing heretofore or hereafter of any lease in the office of the United States Indian agent, Union Agency, Muskogee, Indian Territory, shall be deemed constructive notice.
That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized to make such contract as in his judgment seems advisable for the care of orphan Indian children in the Indian Territory, and for the purpose of carrying this provision into effect the sum of ten thousand dollars, or so much thereof as is necessary, is hereby appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated.
For the maintenance, strengthening, and enlarging of the tribal schools of the Cherokee, Creek, Choctaw, Chickasaw, and Seminole Nations, and making provision for the attendance of children of parents of other than Indian blood therein, and the establishment of new schools under the control of the Department of the Interior, the sum of three hundred thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to be placed in the hands of the Secretary of the Interior, and disbursed by him under such rules and regulations as he may prescribe.
For the completion of the work heretofore required by law to be done by the Commission to the Five Civilized Tribes, one hundred and fifty-seven thousand dollars, said appropriation to be disbursed under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior.
That the Secretary of the Interior, or his accredited representative, shall at all times have access to any books and records of the Choctaw Chickasaw, Cherokee, Creek, and Seminole tribes, whether in possession of any of the officers of either of said tribes or any officer or custodian thereof, of the future State of Oklahoma.
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;
For permanent annuity for support of light horsemen, per thirteenth article of treaty of October eighteenth, eighteen hundred and twenty, and thirteenth article of treaty of June twenty-second, eighteen hundred and fifty-five, six hundred dollars;
For permanent annuity for support of blacksmith, per sixth article of treaty of October eighteenth, eighteen hundred and twenty, ninth article of treaty of January twentieth, eighteen hundred and twenty-five, and thirteenth article of treaty of June twenty-second, eighteen hundred and fifty-five, six hundred dollars;
For permanent annuity for education, per second and thirteenth articles of last two treaties named above, six thousand dollars;
For permanent annuity for iron and steel, per ninth article of treaty of January twentieth, eighteen hundred and twenty-five, and thirteenth article of treaty of June twenty-second, eighteen hundred and fifty-five, three hundred and twenty dollars;
For interest on three hundred and ninety thousand two hundred and fifty-seven dollars and ninety-two cents, at five per centum per annum, for education, support of the government, and other beneficial purposes, under the direction of the general council of the Choctaws, in conformity with the provisions contained in the ninth and thirteenth articles of treaty of January twentieth, eighteen hundred and twenty-five, and treaty of June twenty-second, eighteen hundred and fifty-five, nineteen thousand five hundred and twelve dollars and eighty-nine cents;
That the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized and directed to place upon the books of the Treasury to the credit of the Choctaw tribe of Indians the sum of three hundred and ninety thousand two hundred and fifty-seven dollars and ninety-two cents, balance due said tribe under articles ten and thirteen of the treaty of June twenty-second, eighteen hundred and fifty-five (Eleventh Statutes at Large, six hundred and eleven), and the same shall draw interest at three per centum per annum.
In all, four hundred and twenty thousand two hundred and ninety dollars and eighty-one cents.
That upon the passage of this act tribal courts of the Choctaw and Chickasaw Nations shall be abolished, and no officer of said courts shall thereafter have any authority whatever to do or perform any act theretofore authorized by any law in connection with said courts or to receive any pay for the same; and all civil and criminal causes then pending in any such court in said nations shall be transferred to the proper United States court in said Territory by filing with the clerk of the court the original papers.
That the city of McAlester, Indian Territory, may legally issue, in addition to its present outstanding indebtedness, bonds to the amount of one hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars for the purchase of sites and the erection of schoolhouses thereon, notwithstanding any provision of any law of the United States put in force and made applicable to the Choctaw and Chickasaw Nations, Indian Territory,
limiting the aggregate indebtedness of any municipal corporation therein to a fixed per centum of its taxable property: Provided, That such bonds shall be issued in all other respects in accordance with section fifty-five of the act of Congress approved July first, nineteen hundred and two, entitled “An act to ratify and confirm an agreement with the Choctaw and Chickasaw tribes of Indians, and for other purposes.”
That all restrictions as to the sale and encumbrance of the southeast quarter of the northwest quarter of section thirteen, township eleven, range nine east, in Indian Territory, the same being the homestead heretofore allotted to Nocus Fixico, Creek Indian allottee numbered six thousand nine hundred and thirty-four, are hereby removed.
That William Brown and Levi B. Gritts, on their own behalf and on behalf of all other Cherokee citizens, having like interests in the property allotted under the act of July first, nineteen hundred and two, entitled “An act to provide for the allotment of lands of the Cherokee Nation, for the disposition of town sites therein, and for other purposes,” and David Muskrat and J. Henry Dick, on their own behalf, and on behalf of all Cherokee citizens enrolled as such for allotment as of September first, nineteen hundred and two, be, and they are hereby, authorized and empowered to institute their suits in the Court of Claims to determine the validity of any acts of Congress passed since the said act of July first, nineteen hundred and two, in so far as said acts, or any of them, attempt to increase or extend the restrictions upon alienation, encumbrance, or the right to lease the allotments of lands of Cherokee citizens, or to increase the number of persons entitled to share in the final distribution of lands and funds of the Cherokees beyond those enrolled for allotment as of September first, nineteen hundred and two, and provided for in the said act of July first, nineteen hundred and two.
And jurisdiction is hereby conferred upon the Court of Claims, with the right of appeal, by either party, to the Supreme Court of the United States, to hear, determine and adjudicate each of said suits.
The suits brought hereunder shall be brought on or before September first, nineteen hundred and seven, against the United States as a party defendant, and for the speedy disposition of the questions involved preference shall be given to the same by said courts and by the Attorney General, who is hereby charged with the defense of said suits.
Upon the rendition of final judgment by the Court of Claims, or the Supreme Court of the United States, denying the validity of any portion of the said acts authorized to be brought into question in either or both of said cases, the Court of Claims shall determine the amount to be paid the attorneys employed by the above-named parties in the prosecution thereof for services and expenses, and shall render judgment therefor, which shall be paid out of the funds in the United States Treasury belonging to the beneficiaries under the said act of July first, nineteen hundred and two.1
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 dollars: Provided, That the President of the United States shall certify the same to be for the best interests of the Indians.
For five per centum interest on two hundred and fifty thousand 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 third article of treaty of March twenty-first, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, two thousand five hundred dollars;
For interest on twenty thousand dollars, at the rate of five per centum per annum, to be paid annually, for the support of the Seminole government, as per same article, same treaty, one thousand dollars;
In all, twenty-eight thousand five hundred dollars.
For the care and support of insane persons in Indian Territory, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, thirty-five thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary: Provided, however, That insane Indian citizens in said Territory shall be cared for at the asylum in Canton, Lincoln County, South Dakota.
That the heirs of the late Mathias Splitlog, deceased, an Indian allottee of the Seneca Nation, Indian Territory, are authorized to sell and convey to the Roman Catholic Church, for church and burial purposes, three acres of the land heretofore allotted to the said Mathias Splitlog, as a member of the Seneca tribe of Indians in Indian Territory, to be selected so as to include the church and cemetery now on said allotment. The minor heirs may join in the sale of said three acres of land by a guardian duly appointed by the United States court for the northern district of the Indian Territory.
For support and education of eighty Indian pupils, at the Indian school on the Sac and Fox Reservation, Iowa, thirteen thousand five hundred and sixty dollars, and for pay of superintendent, one thousand dollars;
For general repairs and improvements, two thousand dollars;
In all, sixteen thousand and sixty dollars.
For support and education of seven hundred and fifty Indian pupils at the Indian school, Haskell Institute, Lawrence, Kansas, and for transportation of pupils to and from said school, one hundred and thirty-five thousand two hundred and fifty dollars, and for pay of superintendent, two thousand five hundred dollars;
For general repairs and improvements, fifteen thousand dollars;
For shop building, ten thousand dollars;
In all, one hundred and sixty-two thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars.
For support and education of eighty Indian pupils at the Indian school, Kickapoo Reservation, Kansas, thirteen thousand three hundred and sixty dollars, and for pay of superintendent, one thousand three hundred dollars;
General repairs and improvements, three thousand dollars;
In all, seventeen thousand six hundred and sixty dollars.
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 seven, at five per centum per annum, for education or other beneficial purposes, under the direction of the President, per ninth article of treaty of May seventeenth, eighteen hundred and fifty-four, two thousand eight hundred and seventy-five dollars.
That the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized and directed to place upon the books of the Treasury to the credit of the Iowa tribe of Indians the sum of fifty-seven thousand five hundred dollars, the amount due the tribe under the ninth article of the treaty of May seventeenth, eighteen hundred and fifty-four (Tenth Statutes at Large, page one thousand and sixty-nine), and the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to pay per capita to the members of the Iowa tribe entitled thereto the said sum in the same manner as provided by the act of April twenty-first, nineteen hundred and four (Thirty-third Statutes at Large, page two hundred and one).
That the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized and directed to place upon the books of the Treasury to the credit of the Kickapoo Indians in Kansas the sum of sixty-four thousand eight hundred and sixty-five dollars and twenty-eight cents, the balance due them under the second article of the treaty of May eighteenth, eighteen hundred and fifty-four (Tenth Statutes at Large, page one thousand and seventy-eight), and the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to pay per capita to the members of the tribe entitled the said sum, under such rules and regulations as he may prescribe, in the same manner as provided by the act of April twenty-first, nineteen hundred and four (Thirty-third Statutes at Large, page two hundred and one).
For permanent annuity, in silver, per fourth article of treaty of August third, seventeen hundred and ninety-five, three hundred and fifty-seven dollars and eighty cents;
For permanent annuity, in silver, per third article of treaty of September thirtieth, eighteen hundred and nine, one hundred and seventy-eight dollars and ninety cents;
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;
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;
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;
For permanent provision for payment of money in lieu of tobacco, iron, and steel, per second article of treaty of September twentieth, eighteen hundred and twenty-eight, and tenth article of treaties of June fifth and seventeenth, eighteen hundred and forty-six, one hundred and seven dollars and thirty-four cents;
For permanent provision for three blacksmiths and assistants, and for iron and steel for shops, per third article of treaty of October sixteenth, eighteen hundred and twenty-six; second article of treaty of September twentieth, eighteen hundred and twenty-eight, and second article of treaty of July twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and twenty-nine, one thousand and eight dollars and ninety-nine cents;
For permanent provision for fifty barrels of salt, per second article of treaty of July twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and twenty-nine, fifty dollars;
That the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized and directed to place upon the books of the Treasury to the credit of the Pottawatomie Indians in Kansas the sum of two hundred and thirty thousand and sixty-four dollars and twenty cents, being the unappropriated balance of the sum of eight hundred and fifty thousand dollars due the Pottawatomie tribe under the provisions of article seven of the treaty of June fifth and seventeenth, eighteen hundred and forty-six (Ninth Statutes at Large, page eight hundred and fifty-three), and the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to pay per capita to the members of the Pottawatomie tribe of Indians in Kansas the said sum, under such rules and regulations as may be prescribed by him and in the same manner as provided by the act of April twenty-first, nineteen hundred and four (Thirty-third Statutes at Large, page two hundred and one);
In all, two hundred and thirty-nine thousand one hundred and two dollars and ten cents
For interest on one hundred thousand four hundred dollars, at five per centum, under the direction of the President, per second article of treaty of October twenty-first, eighteen hundred and thirty-seven, five thousand and twenty dollars;
For support of a school, per fifth article of treaty of March sixth, eighteen hundred and sixty-one, two hundred dollars;
That the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized and directed to place upon the books of the Treasury to the credit of the Sac and Fox Indians of the Missouri the sum of one hundred thousand four hundred dollars, the balance of the amount due the tribe under the second article of the treaty of October twenty-first, eighteen hundred and thirty-seven (Seventh Statutes at Large, page five hundred and forty), and the Secretary of the Interior is authorized and directed to pay per capita to the members of Sac and Fox Indians of the Missouri tribe entitled thereto the said sum in the same manner as provided by the act of April twenty-first, nineteen hundred and four (Thirty-third Statutes at Large, page two hundred and one).
Rachel Cross is hereby authorized to sell lot four, section twenty-five, township twenty-five north, range three east, in Kansas, subject to the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, for cemetery purposes.
For support and education of three hundred Indian pupils at the Indian school, Mount Pleasant, Michigan, fifty thousand four hundred dollars, and for pay of superintendent, one thousand seven hundred dollars;
For general repairs and improvements, four thousand dollars;
In all, fifty-six thousand one hundred dollars.
For pay of Indian agent at the Leech Lake Agency, Minnesota, one thousand eight hundred dollars;
For pay of Indian agent at White Earth, one thousand eight hundred dollars;
In all, three thousand six hundred dollars.
That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized, in his discretion, with the consent of the Indians of the White Earth Reservation, in Minnesota, to be obtained in such manner as he may direct, to set apart the southwest quarter of the southwest quarter, the east half of the southwest quarter, and the west half of the south-east quarter of section twenty-three, township one hundred and forty-two north, range forty-one west, fifth principal meridian, on the White Earth Reservation, in the State of Minnesota, for town site, and to cause the lands described to be surveyed and platted into suitable lots, streets, and alleys, and to dedicate said streets and alleys and such lots and parcels as may be necessary to public uses, and to cause the lots to be appraised at their real value, exclusive of improvements thereon or adjacent thereto, by a board of three persons, one of whom shall be the United States Indian agent or superintendent of the White Earth Reservation, one to be appointed by the Secretary of the Interior, and one selected by the White Earth bands of Chippewa Indians, who shall receive such compensation as the Secretary of the Interior shall prescribe, to be paid out of the proceeds of the sale of lots sold under this act, and when so surveyed, platted, and appraised, the President may issue patents for such lots upon the payment of the appraised value, on such terms as may be approved by the Secretary of the Interior, and the net proceeds of such sales shall be placed to the credit of the said White Earth bands of Chippewa Indians, and those now owning permanent improvements there shall have the preference right for six months from the date such lots shall be offered for sale within which to purchase tracts upon which their improvements are situated, but no lots shall be sold for less than the appraised valuation; but if any person entitled fails to take advantage of this provision, the agent or superintendent of the White Earth Reservation shall appraise the improvements on the unsold lots, and any purchaser, on the payment to the owner of the appraised value of the improvements, shall have the preference right for six months from the date of such payment to purchase such unsold lot or lots at their appraised value on such terms as may be approved by the Secretary of the Interior: Provided further, That the patents to be issued shall contain a condition that no malt, spirituous, or vinous liquors shall be kept or disposed of on the premises conveyed, and that any violation of this condition, either by the patentee or any person claiming rights under him, shall render the conveyance void and cause the premises to revert to the White Earth bands of Chippewa Indians, to be held as other tribal lands: Provided, That one square of such plat shall be set aside and reserved for a schoolhouse site.
For the support and education of one hundred and fifty Indian pupils at the Indian school, Morris, Minnesota, twenty-five thousand one hundred and fifty dollars, and for pay of superintendent, one thousand five hundred dollars;
For general repairs and improvements, three thousand dollars;
In all, twenty-nine thousand six hundred and fifty dollars.
For support and education of two hundred and twenty-five Indian pupils at the Indian school, Pipestone, Minnesota, thirty-seven thousand nine hundred and seventy-five dollars, and for pay of superintendent, one thousand six hundred dollars;
For general repairs and improvements, two thousand five hundred dollars;
For warehouse, four thousand dollars;
In all, forty-six thousand and seventy-five dollars.
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.
Advance interest to the Chippewa Indians in Minnesota, as required by section seven of “An act for the relief 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.
That the lands withdrawn by the Secretary of the Interior under the provisions of chapter thirty-five hundred and four, Fifty-ninth Congress, first session, approved June twenty-first, nineteen hundred and six, authorizing a drainage survey of the lands ceded by the Chippewa Indians, shall be subject to entry in the same manner as other lands so ceded, subject to the condition, however, that the entrymen shall be required in addition to the fees and charges now authorized by law, to pay a pro rata charge for the examination and investigation of the swampy and overflowed character of the land, and for the drainage and reclamation thereof.
To enable the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, to carry out an act entitled “An act for the relief and civilization of the Chippewa Indians in the State of Minnesota,” approved January fourteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, namely, the purchase of material and employment of labor for the erection of houses for Indians; for the purchase of agricultural implements, stock and seeds, breaking and fencing land; for payment of expenses of delegations of Chippewa Indians to visit the White Earth Reservation; for the erection and maintenance of day and industrial schools; for subsistence and for pay of employees; for pay of commissioners and their expenses, and for removal of Indians and for their allotments, to be reimbursed to the United States out of the proceeds of sale of their lands, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars.
To carry out and complete the survey provided for in the act of Congress approved June twenty-first, nineteen hundred and six, of the lands ceded by the Chippewa Indians in the State of Minnesota under the act of Congress 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, and an act entitled “An act to authorize the sale of a part of what is known as the Red Lake Indian Reservation, in the State of Minnesota,’ approved February twentieth, nineteen hundred and four, which remain unsold, and are wet, overflowed or swampy in character, with a view of determining what portion thereof may be profitably and economically reclaimed by drainage, the sum of ten thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the purpose of paying for the expense of said survey: Provided, That said amount shall be reimbursable from any funds in the Treasury belonging to said Indians and derived from the sale of the lands under said act. The said survey shall be continued under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior.
That all restrictions as to the sale, incumbrance, or taxation for allotments within the White Earth Reservation in the State of Minnesota, heretofore or hereafter held by adult mixed-blood Indians, are hereby removed, and the trust deeds heretofore or hereafter executed by the department for such allotments are hereby declared to pass the title in fee simple, or such mixed bloods upon application shall be entitled to receive a patent in fee simple for such allotments; and as to full bloods, said restrictions shall be removed when the Secretary of the Interior is satisfied that said adult full-blood Indians are competent to handle their own affairs, and in such case the Secretary of the Interior shall issue to such Indian allottee a patent in fee simple upon application.1
The Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized to pay to the executive committee of the White Earth band of Chippewa Indians in Minnesota the sum of one thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to be expended in the annual celebration of said band to be held June fourteenth, nineteen hundred and seven, out of the funds belonging to said band.
For pay of Indian agents in Montana at the following-named agencies at the rates respectively indicated, namely:
At the Blackfeet Agency, Montana, one thousand eight hundred dollars.
At the Crow Agency, Montana, one thousand eight hundred dollars.
At the Flathead Agency, Montana, one thousand five hundred dollars.
To enable the Secretary of the Interior to complete the survey, allotment, classification, and appraisement of the lands in the Flathead Indian Reservation, Montana, thirty thousand dollars: Provided, That this sum shall be reimbursed the United States from the proceeds of the sale of the surplus lands after the allotments are made.
For support and civilization of the Indians at Fort Belknap Agency, Montana, including pay of employees, twenty thousand dollars.
That the Indians of the Fort Belknap Reservation in Montana may lease their lands, both allotted and tribal, not to exceed twenty thousand acres, for the culture of sugar beets and other crops in rotation, upon such terms, regulations, and conditions as shall be prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior, for a term not exceeding ten years.
For support and civilization of the Crow Indians in Montana, including pay of employees, eight thousand dollars.
For support and civilization of Indians at Flathead Agency, Montana, including pay of employees, nine thousand dollars.
For support and civilization of the Indians at Fort Peck Agency, Montana, including pay of employees, fifty thousand dollars.
For general incidental expenses of the Indian Service in Montana, including traveling expenses of agents, two thousand five hundred dollars.
For pay of physician, as per tenth article of the treaty of May seventh, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, one thousand two hundred dollars;
For pay of carpenter, miller, engineer, farmer, and blacksmith, as per tenth article of same treaty, three thousand six hundred dollars;
For pay of second blacksmith, as per eighth article of same treaty, one thousand two hundred dollars;
In all, six thousand dollars.
For subsistence and civilization, as per agreement with the Sioux Indians approved February twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and seventy-seven, including subsistence and civilization of Northern Cheyennes removed from Pine Ridge Agency to Tongue River, Montana, ninety thousand dollars;
For pay of physician, two teachers, two carpenters, one miller, two farmers, a blacksmith, and engineer, per seventh article of the treaty of May tenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, nine thousand dollars;
In all, ninety-nine thousand dollars.
For an irrigation system on the Tongue River Reservation, in Montana, forty thousand dollars.
That the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized and directed to immediately cause to be surveyed all of the lands embraced within the limits of the Blackfeet Indian Reservation, in the State of Montana.
That so soon as all the lands embraced within the said Blackfeet Indian Reservation shall have been surveyed the Commissioner of Indian Affairs shall cause allotments of the same to be made under the provisions of the allotment laws of the United States to all persons having tribal rights or holding tribal relations and who may rightfully belong on said reservation. That there shall be allotted to each member forty acres of irrigable land and two hundred and eighty acres of additional land valuable only for grazing purposes; or, at the option of the allottee, the entire three hundred and twenty acres may be taken in land valuable only for grazing purposes, respectively, and for constructing irrigating systems to irrigate the aforesaid allotted lands, three hundred thousand dollars, one hundred thousand dollars of which shall be immediately available, the cost of said entire work to be reimbursed from the proceeds of the sale of the lands within said reservations: Provided, That the Indians, and the settlers on the surplus land, in the order named, shall have a preference right for one year from the date of the President’s proclamation opening the reservation to settlement, to appropriate the waters of the reservation which shall be filed on and appropriated under the laws of the State of Montana, by the Commissioner of Indian Affairs on behalf of the Indians taking irrigable allotments and by the settlers under the same law. At the expiration of the one year aforesaid the irrigation system constructed and to be constructed shall be operated under the laws of the
State of Montana, and the title to such systems as may be constructed under this act, until otherwise provided by law, shall be in the Secretary of the Interior in trust for the said Indians, and he may sue and be sued in matters relating thereto: And provided further, That the ditches and canals of such irrigation systems may be used, extended, or enlarged for the purpose of conveying water by any person, association, or corporation under and upon compliance with the provisions of the laws of the State of Montana: And provided further, That when said irrigation systems are in successful operation the cost of operating the same shall be equitably apportioned upon the lands irrigated, and, when the Indians have become self-supporting, to the annual charge shall be added an amount sufficient to pay back into the Treasury the cost of the work done in their behalf within thirty years, suitable deduction being made for the amounts received from the disposal of the lands within the reservation aforesaid: Provided, That the right to the use of water acquired under the provisions of this act shall be appurtenant to the land irrigated, and beneficial use shall be the basis, the measure and the limit of the right: Provided further, That the Secretary of the Interior may reserve
