INDIAN AFFAIRS: LAWS AND TREATIES. Vol. IV, Laws

INDIAN AFFAIRS: LAWS AND TREATIES

Vol. IV, Laws (Compiled to March 4, 1927)

Compiled and edited by Charles J. Kappler. Washington : Government Printing Office, 1929.

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PUBLIC ACTS OF THE SIXTY-FIFTH CONGRESS, SECOND SESSION, 1918.
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Chapter 86
May 25, 1918. | [H. R. 8696] 40 Stat., 561

An Act Making appropriations for the current and contingent expenses of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, for fulfilling treaty stipulations with various Indian tribes, and for other purposes, for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and nineteen.
Section 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28

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Chap. 86	Indian Department appropriations.
Chap. 86	Surveying, allotting in severalty, etc. 24 Stat., 388, vol. 1, 33-56.
Chap. 86	Repayment.
Chap. 86	Proviso. Use in New Mexico and Arizona restricted.
Chap. 86	Irrigation on reservations.
Chap. 86	Construction, maintenance, etc., of projects.
Chap. 86	Allotments to districts.
Chap. 86	Administrative expenses.
Chap. 86	Stream gauging.
Chap. 86	Investigating new projects, etc. 36 Stat., 838, vol. 3, 479.
Chap. 86	Chief engineer, etc.
Chap. 86	Travel, etc., expenses.
Chap. 86	Available until expended. 38 Stat., 583; ante, 8.
Chap. 86	Provisos. Use restricted.
Chap. 86	Flood damages, etc.
Chap. 86	Limitation.
Chap. 86	Suppressing liquor traffic. Proviso. Having liquors in possession made an offense. Punishment
Chap. 86	27 Stat., 260, vol. 1, 63.; 29 Stat., 506, vol. 1, 83.
Chap. 86	Relieving distress, preventing contagious diseases, etc.
Chap. 86	Provisos. Limit for new hospitals.
Chap. 86	Use for general treatment, etc.
Chap. 86	Allotments to specified hospitals and sanatoria.
Chap. 86	Indian schools.
Chap. 86	Support of pupils, etc.
Chap. 86	Provisos. Deaf and dumb, or blind.
Chap. 86	In public schools.
Chap. 86	Parentage restriction.
Chap. 86	Not available for specified schools.
Chap. 86	School and agency buildings.
Chap. 86	Construction, etc.
Chap. 86	Provisos. Supervising construction.
Chap. 86	Heat and light to employees.
Chap. 86	Not included in compensation limit.
Chap. 86	37 Stat., 521, vol. 3, 529.
Chap. 86	Transportation.
Chap. 86	Collecting, etc., pupils.
Chap. 86	Provisos. Obtaining employment for pupils.
Chap. 86	Repayment.
Chap. 86	Alaska pupils.
Chap. 86	Per capita cost.
Chap. 86	Limit on amount per pupil.
Chap. 86	Proviso. Restriction.
Chap. 86	Ascertainment of average.
Chap. 86	Applicable to fiscal year 1918.
Chap. 86	Industrial work, etc.
Chap. 86	Timber preservation, etc.
Chap. 86	Matrons.
Chap. 86	Agricultural experiments, etc.
Chap. 86	Farmers and stockmen.
Chap. 86	Field matrons. Provisos. Menominee Reservation.
Chap. 86	Farmers to have competency certificates.
Chap. 86	Exceptions.
Chap. 86	Indian employees.
Chap. 86	Experiments limited.
Chap. 86	Pay not affected by limit. 37 Stat., 521, vol. 3, 531.
Chap. 86	Supplies.
Chap. 86	Purchase, transportation, etc.
Chap. 86	Proviso. Three warehouses.
Chap. 86	Telegraphing and telephoning.
Chap. 86	Court costs.
Chap. 86	Legal expenses in allotment suits.
Chap. 86	Proviso. No attorneys’ fees.
Chap. 86	Citizen commission.
Chap. 86	Indian police.
Chap. 86	Judges, Indian courts.
Chap. 86	Continent expenses, special agents, etc. 40 Stat., 797; post, 198.
Chap. 86	Provisos. Amount at once. Five Civilized Tribes Competency Commission.
Chap. 86	Indian Service inspectors.
Chap. 86	Determining heirs of allottees.
Chap. 86	Provisos. Clerks in Indian Office.
Chap. 86	Five Civilized Tribes and Osages excepted.
Chap. 86	Industry among Indians.
Chap. 86	Encouraging farming, etc., for self-support.
Chap. 86	Provisos. Repayment
Chap. 86	Limitation.
Chap. 86	Vehicles.
Chap. 86	Amount for maintenance, etc.
Chap. 86	Proviso. Allotment of purchases.
Chap. 86	Live stock of Indians.
Chap. 86	Paying for destroying diseased animals, etc.
Sec. 2	Arizona.
Sec. 2	Support, etc., of Indians in, and New Mexico.
Sec. 2	Fort Mojave School.
Sec. 2	Phoenix School.
Sec. 2	Truxton Canyon School.
Sec. 2	Gila River Reservation. Continuing irrigation system. 33 Stat., 1081, vol. 3, 158.
Sec. 2	Repayment. 37 Stat., 522, vol. 3, 533.
Sec. 2	Colorado River Reservation. Extending irrigation system.
Sec. 2	36 Stat., 273, vol. 3, 432.
Sec. 2	Watering additional lands.
Sec. 2	Repayment from sale of town lots.
Sec. 2	35 Stat., 77, vol. 3, 325.
Sec. 2	Papago Indian villages. Water supply for.
Sec. 2	Navajo Indians. School facilities for. 15 Stat., 669, vol. 2, 1015.
Sec. 2	Proviso. Discretionary use.
Sec. 2	Navajos and Hopis. Water supply for, on reservations.
Sec. 2	Operating Ganado project.
Sec. 2	Proviso. Cost increased. 37 Stat., 522, vol. 3, 533.
Sec. 2	Gila River Reservation. Dam, etc., to divert water for irrigating lands on.
Sec. 2	Repayment. 37 Stat., 522, vol. 3, 533.
Sec. 2	Proviso. Cost increased. 39 Stat., 130; ante, 60.
Sec. 2	Salt River allotments. Additional water rights for. 39 Stat., 130; ante, 60.
Sec. 2	Gila River. Irrigating canals, etc. 39 Stat., 130; ante, 60.
Sec. 2	Little Colorado River. Bridgeat Winslow.
Sec. 2	39 Stat., 131; ante, 61.
Sec. 2	Bridge at Tanners Crossing.
Sec. 2	Boundary fence between Papago Reservation and Mexico.
Sec. 2	San Carlos Reservation. Purchase of cattle for Indians of.
Sec. 2	29 Stat., 358, amended, vol. 1, 609.
Sec. 2	Kaibab Reservation. Paying for labor, etc., on road through. 39 Stat., 132, ante, 83.
Sec. 2	Little Colorado and Canon Diablo Rivers. Bridges, near Leupp Agency.
Sec. 2	39 Stat., 75; ante, 113.
Sec. 2	Proviso. Repayment.
Sec. 2	No new reservations, etc., in New Mexico and Arizona without action of Congress.
Sec. 3	California.
Sec. 3	Support, etc., of Indians in.
Sec. 3	Lands for homeless Indians.
Sec. 3	Sherman Institute School.
Sec. 3	Yuma allotments. Irrigation charges advanced.
Sec. 3	36 Stat., 1063, vol. 3, 492.
Sec. 3	Fort Bidwell School.
Sec. 3	Greenville School.
Sec. 3	Yuma Reservation. Roads and bridges.
Sec. 3	Hoopa Valley Reservation. Road construction.
Sec. 3	Provisos. Cooperation of Humboldt County.
Sec. 3	Limit of cost.
Sec. 4	Florida.
Sec. 4	Seminoles. Relief of, etc.
Sec. 4	Proviso. Construction, etc., of buildings.
Sec. 5	Idaho.
Sec. 5	Fort Hall Reservation. Support, etc., of Indians on. Irrigation system. Proviso. Repayment.
Sec. 5	34 Stat., 1025, vol. 3, 275.
Sec. 5	Bannocks. Fulfilling treaty. 15 Stat., 626, vol. 2, 1020.
Sec. 5	Coeur d’Alenes. Fulfilling treaty. 26 Stat., 1029, vol. 1, 421.
Sec. 6	Kansas.
Sec. 6	Haskell Institute School.
Sec. 6	Kickapoo Reservation School.
Sec. 7	Michigan.
Sec. 7	Mount Pleasant School.
Sec. 8	Minnesota.
Sec. 8	Pipestone School.
Sec. 8	Proviso. Laundry, etc. 39 Stat., 134; ante, 64.
Sec. 8	Chippewas of the Mississippi. Schools. 16 Stat., 720, vol. 2, 975.
Sec. 8	Annual celebration of White Earth Band.
Sec. 8	White Earth Reservation. Completing enrollment of allottees. 38 Stat., 88, vol. 3, 572.
Sec. 8	Red Lake Indian Forest. Logging, mill, etc., expenses from timber receipts.
Sec. 8	39 Stat., 137; ante, 67.
Sec. 8	Proviso. Repayment to tribal funds.
Sec. 8	Cass Lake Reservation. Road directed from bridge appropriation balance. 39 Stat., 978; ante, 116.
Sec. 8	Chippewas of Minnesota. Expenses of general council.
Sec. 8	Committee to Washington.
Sec. 8	Promoting civilization, etc., from tribal funds. 25 Stat., 645, vol. 1, 305.
Sec. 8	Provisos. School at White Earth.
Sec. 8	Local contribution.
Sec. 8	Operation when completed.
Sec. 9	Mississippi.
Sec. 9	Full-blood Choctaws. Relief, etc., of.
Sec. 9	Schools.
Sec. 9	Purchase of lands.
Sec. 9	Agricultural development.
Sec. 9	Repayment.
Sec. 10	Montana. Support, etc., of Indians.
Sec. 10	Fort Belknap Agency.
Sec. 10	Flathead Agency.
Sec. 10	Fort Peck Agency.
Sec. 10	Blackfect Agency.
Sec. 10	Fort Belknap Reservation. Irrigation systems.
Sec. 10	36 Stat., 277, vol. 3, 437.
Sec. 10	Crows. Fulfilling treaty. 15 Stat., 652, vol. 2, 1008.
Sec. 10	Northern Cheyennes and Arapahoes. Subsistence, etc. 19 Stat. 652, vol. 1, 169.
Sec. 10	Physician, etc. 15 Stat., 658, vol. 2, 1012.
Sec. 10	"Line riders" on Northern Cheyenne Reservation.
Sec. 10	Rocky Boy’s Chippewas, etc. Support, etc.
Sec. 10	Irrigation systems. Flathead.
Sec. 10	Fort Peck.
Sec. 10	Blackfeet.
Sec. 10	Proviso. Vehicles for irrigation projects.
Sec. 10	Purchases limited.
Sec. 10	Bighorn, Mont. Crow Agency lands transferred to school district.
Sec. 10	Crow Indian Reservation. Improving Big Horn Valley irrigation systems from tribal funds.
Sec. 11	Nebraska.
Sec. 11	Genoa School.
Sec. 12	Nevada.
Sec. 12	Support, etc., of Indians, in.
Sec. 12	Carson City School.
Sec. 12	Pyramid Lake Reservation. Extending irrigation system.
Sec. 12	Proviso. Cost, etc.
Sec. 12	Washoe Indians. Agricultural supplies, etc., for. 39 Stat., 143; ante, 73.
Sec. 12	Balances reappropriated.
Sec. 13	New Mexico.
Sec. 13	Albuquerque School.
Sec. 13	Santa Fe School.
Sec. 13	Pueblo Indians. Special attorney for.
Sec. 13	Navajo and San Juan Reservations. Highway to Gallup.
Sec. 13	Provisos. Employment of Indians, etc.
Sec. 13	Paying incurred expenses. 39 Stat., 981; ante, 119.
Sec. 13	39 Stat., 144; ante, 74.
Sec. 13	Jicarilla Reservation. Purchase of live stock, etc., from timber sales. 34 Stat., 1413, vol. 3, 310.
Sec. 13	San Juan River. Constructing bridge across, in San Juan County. 39 Stat., 926, ante, 104.
Sec. 13	Proviso. Reimbursement.
Sec. 13	Mescalero Reservation. Road from Tularosa to the Agency.
Sec. 13	Reimbursement.
Sec. 14	New York.
Sec. 14	Senecas. Annuity. 4 Stat., 442.
Sec. 14	Six Nations. Annuity. 7 Stat., 46, vol. 2, 36.
Sec. 15	North Carolina.
Sec. 15	Cherokee School.
Sec. 15	Oconalufty River. Bridging, near Indian school. Provisos.
Sec. 15	Cooperation by local authorities.
Sec. 15	Maintenance, etc.
Sec. 15	Additional expense by State, etc.
Sec. 16	North Dakota.
Sec. 16	Devils Lake Sioux. Support, etc.
Sec. 16	Fort Berthold Indians. Support, etc.
Sec. 16	Turtle Mountain Chippewas. Support, etc.
Sec. 16	Bismarck School.
Sec. 16	Proviso. Reappropriation.
Sec. 16	39 Stat., 982; ante, 120.
Sec. 16	Fort Totten School.
Sec. 16	Wahpeton School.
Sec. 16	Standing Rock Indians. Use of per capita distribution of tribal funds. 35 Stat., 460, vol. 3, 373; 37 Stat., 677, vol. 3, 555.
Sec. 17	Oklahoma.
Sec. 17	Wichitas, etc. Support, etc.
Sec. 17	Kiowas, Comanches, and Apaches. Agency expenses, from tribal funds.
Sec. 17	Maintenance, self-support, etc., from tribal funds.
Sec. 17	Proviso. Report of expenditures.
Sec. 17	Support, etc., of Indians. Cheyennes and Arapahoes.
Sec. 17	Kansas Indians.
Sec. 17	Kickapoos.
Sec. 17	Poncas.
Sec. 17	Chilocco School
Sec. 17	Pawnees. Annuity. 27 Stat., 644, vol. 1, 496.
Sec. 17	Schools. 11 Stat., 730, vol. 2, 764. Farmer, blacksmiths, etc. 11 Stat., 730, vol. 2, 764.
Sec. 17	Quapaws. Education, etc. 7 Stat., 425, vol. 2, 395.
Sec. 17	Proviso. Discretionary use.
Sec. 17	Osages. Boarding school continued. 34 Stat., 544, vol. 3, 257.
Sec. 17	Provisos. Saint Louis Mission. Vocational education.
Sec. 17	Applicable to current year.
Sec. 17	Agency purposes. 34 Stat., 544, vol. 3, 252; 37 Stat., 88, amended, vol. 3, 518.
Sec. 17	Amount for agency from royalties, etc., subject to annual appropriations.
Sec. 17	Proviso. General salary limitation not applicable. 30 Stat., 90, vol. 1, 89.
Sec. 17	Amount appropriated from tribal funds.
Sec. 17	Receipts from leases to be deposited in banks in Oklahoma.
Sec. 17	Construction of office building.
Sec. 17	Allottees may change homesteads. 34 Stat., 541, vol. 3, 253.
Sec. 17	Provisos. Status retained.
Sec. 17	Sale of allotments permitted.
Sec. 18	Five Civilized Tribes.
Sec. 18	Administration expenses.
Sec. 18	Provisos. Detailed report required.
Sec. 18	Undisputed claims to be adjusted by Superintendent.
Sec. 18	Oil and gas leases excepted.
Sec. 18	Appeals to Secretary of the Interior.
Sec. 18	Choctaws and Chickasaws. Per capita payment from tribal funds.
Sec. 18	Regulations, etc.
Sec. 18	Provisos. Restricted Indians.
Sec. 18	Exempt from prior debts.
Sec. 18	Claims of attorneys to be investigated, etc.
Sec. 18	Not to delay other payments.
Sec. 18	Distribution expenses.
Sec. 18	Seminoles. Per capita payment from tribal funds.
Sec. 18	Provisos. Regulations, etc.
Sec. 18	Restricted Indians.
Sec. 18	Exempt from prior debts.
Sec. 18	Distribution expenses.
Sec. 18	Creeks. Per capita payment from tribal funds.
Sec. 18	Equalization of shares.
Sec. 18	Provisos. Regulations, etc.
Sec. 18	Restricted Indians.
Sec. 18	Exempt from prior debts.
Sec. 18	Distribution expenses.
Sec. 18	Probate expenses.
Sec. 18	Cherokee Orphan Training School.
Sec. 18	Proviso. Reappropriation.
Sec. 18	39 Stat., 147; ante, 77.
Sec. 18	Tribal schools, including Quapaws.
Sec. 18	Proviso. Parentage limitation not applicable. 40 Stat., 564; ante, 149.
Sec. 18	Sales of tribal property. Payment of expenses from proceeds.
Sec. 18	Coal and asphalt lands.
Sec. 18	37 Stat., 67, vol. 3, 513.
Sec. 18	Provisos. Collection of rents.
Sec. 18	Specific authority required for expenditures.
Sec. 18	Exceptions.
Sec. 18	Tribal attorneys.
Sec. 18	Continuance of schools.
Sec. 18	Repairs, etc., to school buildings.
Sec. 18	Choctaws. Fulfilling treaties. Annuity. 7 Stat., 99, vol. 2, 87. 7 Stat., 213, vol. 2, 614; 11 Stat., 614, vol. 2, 709. Light-horsemen. 7 Stat., 213, vol. 2, 219; 11 Stat., 614, vol. 2, 709. Blacksmith, etc. 7 Stat., 235, vol. 2, 709; 11 Stat., 614, vol. 2, 191.
Sec. 18	Education. 7 Stat., 235, vol. 2, 212; 11 Stat., 614, vol. 2, 709.
Sec. 18	Iron and steel. 7 Stat., 236, vol. 2, 213; 11 Stat., 614, vol. 2, 709.
Sec. 18	Oil and gas inspectors on restricted lands.
Sec. 18	Game preserve. Sale of Choctaw and Chickasaw lands to Oklahoma for.
Sec. 18	Description.
Sec. 18	Proviso. Allotments, etc., excepted.
Sec. 18	Cherokees. All claims against, to be filed within one year.
Sec. 18	Adjudication, etc.
Sec. 18	Payment.
Sec. 18	Funds remaining to be used for Orphan Training School.
Sec. 18	William M. Baker. Credit in accounts.
Sec. 18	38 Stat., 318.
Sec. 18	J. F. McMurray. Claims for services to Choctaws and Chickasaws referred to Court of Claims.
Sec. 18	32 Stat., 641, 646, 648, vol. 1, 771.
Sec. 18	Judgment to be paid from tribal funds.
Sec. 18	Provisos. Defenses by counter-claims or set-offs admitted.
Sec. 18	Offsets of coal mining leases.
Sec. 18	Cancellation of non-coal lands.
Sec. 18	Service of process.
Sec. 18	Adjustment by mutual agreement authorized.
Sec. 18	Surety bond required.
Sec. 18	Murray State School of Agriculture. Additional amount from Chickasaw funds. 39 Stat., 983; ante, 121.
Sec. 19	Oregon.
Sec. 19	Support, etc., of Indians. Klamath Agency.
Sec. 19	Warm Springs Agency.
Sec. 19	Umatilla Agency.
Sec. 19	Salem School.
Sec. 19	Grande Ronde and Siletz Agencies’ Indians.
Sec. 19	Klamath Reservation. Modoc Point irrigation system. 36 Stat., 1071, vol. 3, 500.
Sec. 19	Proviso. Limit of cost increased. 39 Stat., 150; ante, 80.
Sec. 19	Klamath Indians. Self-support, etc.
Sec. 19	Repayment from timber sales, etc.
Sec. 20	Pennsylvania.
Sec. 20	Carlisle School.
Sec. 21	South Dakota.
Sec. 21	Flandreau School.
Sec. 21	Pierre School.
Sec. 21	Rapid City School.
Sec. 21	Sioux of different tribes. Teachers, etc. 15 Stat., 640, vol. 2, 1002.
Sec. 21	Additional employees.
Sec. 21	Subsistence. 19 Stat., 256, vol. 1, 170.
Sec. 21	Proviso. Transportation.
Sec. 21	Schools. 19 Stat., 254, vol. 1, 170.
Sec. 21	Proviso. Reservation school buildings. Reappropriation. 39 Stat., 988; ante, 126.
Sec. 21	Yankton Sioux. Subsistence.
Sec. 21	Canton. Expenses of insane asylum.
Sec. 21	Rosebud Agency Indians. Support. etc., from tribal funds.
Sec. 21	36 Stat., 448, vol. 3, 459.
Sec. 21	Standing Rock Reservation. Reappropriation for highway through. 39 Stat., 151, ante, 82
Sec. 22	Texas.
Sec. 22	Alabama and Coushatta Indians. Education.
Sec. 22	Investigation for purchase of land, etc.
Sec. 23	Utah.
Sec. 23	Utes, Confederated Bands. Carpenters, etc. 15 Stat., 622, vol. 2, 993.
Sec. 23	Food, etc.
Sec. 23	Support, etc., of detached Indians.
Sec. 23	Utes, Confederated Bands. Distribution from principal funds.
Sec. 23	For self-support from accrued interest.
Sec. 23	37 Stat., 934, vol. 3, 559
Sec. 23	Proviso. Report of expenditures.
Sec. 23	Uncompahgre, etc., Utes. Irrigating allotments of.
Sec. 23	34 Stat., 375, vol. 3, 243.
Sec. 23	Uintah and Duchesne Counties. Aid to public schools.
Sec. 23	Shivwits Reservation. Road and bridge in.
Sec. 23	Repayment.
Sec. 24	Washington.
Sec. 24	Support, etc., of Indians. D’Wamish, etc.
Sec. 24	Makahs.
Sec. 24	Qui-nai-elts and Quil-leh-utes.
Sec. 24	Yakima Agency Indians.
Sec. 24	Colville, etc., agencies Indians.
Sec. 24	Spokanes. 27 Stat., 139, vol. 1, 449.
Sec. 24	Yakimas. Irrigating allotments. 33 Stat., 597, vol. 3, 302. 34 Stat., 1050, vol. 3, 302. Proviso. Application of receipts.
Sec. 24	Yakima Reservation. Payment for additional water supply to allottees.
Sec. 24	38 Stat., 604; ante, 29.
Sec. 24	Proviso. Land specified.
Sec. 24	Cushman School.
Sec. 24	Wapato irrigation project. Continuing construction, etc. 38 Stat., 604; ante, 30.
Sec. 24	Provisos. Repayment. 39 Stat., 154; ante, 84.
Sec. 24	Violetta and W. D. Stone. Payment to, for lands taken.
Sec. 24	Spokane. Purchase of lands for fairgrounds, etc., from tribal funds. 35 Stat., 458, vol. 3, 371.
Sec. 24	Quiniault Reservation. Construction of road on.
Sec. 24	Yakimas. Payment to attorneys, from tribal funds.
Sec. 25	Wisconsin.
Sec. 25	Hayward School.
Sec. 25	Tomah School.
Sec. 25	Chippewas of Lake Superior. Support, etc.
Sec. 25	Pottawatomies. Support, etc.
Sec. 25	Wisconsin Band of Pottawatomies, Wis. and Mich. Support, etc. 38 Stat., 102, vol. 3, 586.
Sec. 25	Repayment.
Sec. 25	Use specified.
Sec. 25	Proviso. R. V. Belt. Payment to legal representatives of, for services.
Sec. 25	Menominees. Self-support, etc., from tribal funds.
Sec. 25	26 Stat., 146, vol. 1, 353; 35 Stat., 51, vol. 3, 317; 36 Stat., 1076, vol. 3, 505.
Sec. 25	Provisos. Removing merchantable timber from farm lands.
Sec. 25	Not detrimental to Menominee Forest.
Sec. 25	Per capita to enrolled tribal members. Cash payment.
Sec. 25	Shares of minors, etc.
Sec. 25	Individual credit on reaching 18 years.
Sec. 25	Regulation of deposits.
Sec. 25	Wittenberg School. Sale of property.
Sec. 26	Wyoming.
Sec. 26	Shoshones. Support, etc.
Sec. 26	Reservation school.
Sec. 26	Fulfilling treaty. 15 Stat., 576, vol. 2, 1023.
Sec. 26	Irrigation system within Reservation. Construction.
Sec. 26	33 Stat., 1016, vol. 3, 117.
Sec. 26	Irrigating additional ceded lands.
Sec. 26	Repayment. 33 Stat., 1016, vol. 3, 117.
Sec. 26	Proviso. Payment of construction, etc., charges.
Sec. 26	Roads and bridges.
Sec. 27	Increased expenditures for Indians from tribal funds during fiscal year.
Sec. 27	39 Stat., 158; ante, 89.
Sec. 27	Provisos. Not to exceed estimates.
Sec. 27	Funds excluded.
Sec. 28	Indian trust funds. Withdrawal from the Treasury and segregated to individual Indians.
Sec. 28	Deposit of, in banks to personal credit.
Sec. 28	Trust funds to be deposited to tribal credit.
Sec. 28	Provisos. Interest, etc.
Sec. 28	Investment in Government bonds allowed.
Sec. 28	Funds for schools, etc., excepted.
Sec. 28	Rolls to be complete.
Sec. 28	Funds of Five Civilized Tribes and Osage.

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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 Bureau of Indian Affairs, for fulfilling

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treaty stipulations with various Indian tribes, and in full compensation for all offices and salaries which are provided for herein for the service of the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and nineteen, namely:

SURVEYING AND ALLOTTING INDIAN RESERVATIONS
(REIMBURSABLE).

For the survey, resurvey, classification, and allotment of lands in severalty under the provisions of the Act of February eighth, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven (Twenty-fourth Statutes at Large, page three hundred and eighty-eight), entitled "An Act to provide for the allotment of lands in severalty to Indians," and under any other Act or Acts providing for the survey or allotment of Indian lands, $50,000, to be repaid proportionally out of any Indian moneys held in trust or otherwise by the United States and available by law for such reimbursable purposes and to remain available until expended: Provided, That no part of said sum shall be used for the survey, resurvey, classification, or allotment of any land in severalty on the public domain to any Indian, whether of the Navajo or other tribes, within the State of New Mexico and the State of Arizona, who was not residing upon the public domain prior to June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and fourteen.

IRRIGATION ON INDIAN RESERVATIONS
(REIMBURSABLE).

For construction, repair, and maintenance of irrigation systems, and for purchase or rental of irrigation tools and appliances, water rights, ditches, and lands necessary for irrigation purposes for Indian reservations and allotments; for operation of irrigation systems or appurtenances thereto, when no other funds are applicable or available for the purpose; for drainage and protection of irrigable lands from damage by floods or loss of water rights, upon the Indian irrigation projects named below:
Irrigation district one: Ahtanum project, $23,000; Satus, Toppenish, and Simcoe projects, Yakima Reservation, $3,000; Stranger Marsh project, Colville Reservation, $5,200; total, $31,200;
Irrigation district two: Shivwitz Reservation, $1,200; Moapa River Reservation, $1,000; Western Shoshone, $9,500; Walker River Reservation, $6,800; total, $18,500;
Irrigation district four: Agua Caliente Reservation, $3,000; Morongo Reservation, $2,000; Pala Reservation, $20,000; Pauma Reservation, $5,000; Rincon Reservation, $4,000; Ak Chin Reservation, $800; Papago Reservation, San Xavier, $2,000; miscellaneous projects, $10,000; total, $46,800;
Irrigation district five: Southern Ute Reservation, Pine River project, $9,000; San Juan Reservation, $22,000; New Mexico Pueblos, $12,000; Zuni Reservation, $5,000; Navajo, miscellaneous projects, including Tes-nos-pos, Moencopi Wash, Captain Tom Wash, and Red Lake, $20,000; total, $68,000;

For necessary miscellaneous expenses incident to the general administration of Indian irrigation projects, including salaries of not to exceed five supervising engineers:
In Indian irrigation district one: Oregon, Washington, northern California, and northern Idaho, $10,000;
In Indian irrigation district two: Southern Idaho, Nevada, and Utah, $10,000;
In Indian irrigation district three: Montana, Wyoming, and South Dakota, $8,000;

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In Indian irrigation district four: Central and southern California and southern Arizona, $15,000;
In Indian irrigation district five: Northern Arizona, New Mexico, and Colorado, $12,000;
For cooperative stream gauging with the United States Geological Survey, $4,000;
For necessary surveys and investigations to determine the feasibility and estimated cost of new projects and power and reservoir sites on Indian reservations in accordance with the provisions of section thirteen of the Act of June twenty-fifth, nineteen hundred and ten, $10,000;
For pay of one chief irrigation engineer, $4,000;
One assistant chief irrigation engineer, $2,500;
One superintendent of irrigation competent to pass upon water rights, $2,500;
One field-cost accountant, $2,250;
And for traveling and incidental expenses of officials and employees of the Indian irrigation service, including sleeping-car fare, and a per diem not exceeding $3.50 in lieu of subsistence when actually employed in the field and away from designated headquarters, $6,000;

In all, for irrigation on Indian reservations, $250,750, reimbursable as provided in the Act of August first, nineteen hundred and fourteen, and to remain available until expended: Provided, That no part of this appropriation shall be expended on any irrigation system or reclamation project for which public funds are or may be otherwise available: Provided further, That the foregoing amounts appropriated for such purposes shall be available interchangeably in the discretion of the Secretary of the Interior for the necessary expenditures for damage by floods and other unforeseen exigencies: Provided, however, That the amount so interchanged shall not exceed in the aggregate ten per centum of all the amounts so appropriated.

SUPPRESSING LIQUOR TRAFFIC.

For the suppression of the traffic in intoxicating liquors among Indians, $150,000: Provided, That on and after September first, nineteen hundred and eighteen, possession by a person of intoxicating liquors in the Indian country where the introduction is or was prohibited by treaty or Federal statute shall be an offense and punished in accordance with the provisions of the Acts of July twenty-third, eighteen hundred and ninety-two (Twenty-seventh Statutes at Large, page two hundred and sixty), and January thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven (Twenty-ninth Statutes at Large, page five hundred and six).¹

RELIEVING DISTRESS, AND SO FORTH.

For the relief and care of destitute Indians not otherwise provided for, and for the prevention and treatment of tuberculosis, trachoma, smallpox, and other contagious and infectious diseases, including transportation of patients to and from hospitals and sanatoria, $350,000: Provided, That not to exceed $40,000 of said amount may be expended in the construction and equipment of new hospitals at a unit cost of not exceeding $15,000: Provided further, That this appropriation may be used also for general medical and surgical treatment of Indians, including the maintenance and operation of general hospitals, where no other funds are applicable or available for that purpose: Provided further, That out of the appropriation herein authorized, there shall be available for the maintenance of the

¹ 6 Fed. (2), 801-807; 7 Fed. (2), 887.

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sanatoria and hospitals hereinafter named, and for incidental and all other expenses for their proper conduct and management, including pay of employees, repairs, equipment, and improvements, not to exceed the following amounts: Blackfeet hospital, Montana, $12,500; Carson hospital, Nevada, $10,000; Cheyenne and Arapahoe hospital, Oklahoma, $10,000; Choctaw and Chickasaw hospital, Oklahoma, $35,000; Fort Lapwai sanatorium, Idaho, $40,000; Laguna sanatorium, New Mexico, $17,000; Mescalero hospital, New Mexico, $10,000; Navajo sanatorium, Arizona, $10,000; Pima hospital, Arizona, $10,000; Phoenix sanatorium, Arizona, $40,000; Spokane hospital, Washington, $10,000; Sac and Fox sanatorium, Iowa, $25,000; Turtle Mountain hospital, North Dakota, $10,000; Winnebago hospital, Nebraska, $15,000; Crow Creek hospital, South Dakota, $10,000; Hoopa Valley hospital, California, $10,000; Jicarilla hospital, New Mexico, $10,000; Truxton Canyon camp hospital, Arizona, $10,000; Indian Oasis hospital, Arizona, $10,000.

SUPPORT OF INDIAN SCHOOLS.

For support of Indian day and industrial schools not otherwise provided for, for other educational and industrial purposes in connection therewith, $1,650,000: Provided, That not to exceed $40,000 of this amount may be used for the support and education of deaf and dumb or blind Indian children: Provided further, That not more than $200,000 of the amount herein appropriated may be expended for the tuition of Indian children enrolled in the public schools: Provided further, That hereafter no appropriation, except appropriations made pursuant to treaties, shall be used to educate children of less than one-fourth Indian blood whose parents are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they live and where there are adequate free school facilities provided: And provided further, That no part of this appropriation shall be used for the support of Indian day and industrial schools where specific appropriation is made.

INDIAN SCHOOL AND AGENCY BUILDINGS.

For construction, lease, purchase, repair, and improvement of school and agency buildings, including the purchase of necessary lands and the installation, repair, and improvement of heating, lighting, power, and sewerage and water systems in connection therewith, $350,000: Provided, That this appropriation shall be available for the payment of salaries and expenses of persons employed in the supervision of construction work on school and agency buildings in the Indian Service: Provided further, That the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to allow employees in the Indian Service who are furnished quarters necessary heat and light for such quarters without charge, such heat and light to be paid for out of the fund chargeable with the cost of heating and lighting other buildings at the same place: And provided further, That the amount so expended for agency purposes shall not be included in the maximum amounts for compensation of employees prescribed by section one, Act of August twenty-fourth, nineteen hundred and twelve.

INDIAN SCHOOL TRANSPORTATION.

For collection and transportation of pupils to and from Indian and public schools, and for placing school pupils, with the consent of their parents, under the care and control of white families qualified

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to give them moral, industrial, and educational training, $72,000: Provided, That not exceeding $5,000 of this sum may be used for obtaining remunerative employment for Indian youths and, when necessary, for payment of transportation and other expenses to their places of employment: Provided further, That where practicable the transportation and expenses so paid shall be refunded and shall be returned to the appropriation from which paid. The provisions of this section shall also apply to native Indian pupils of school age under twenty-one years of age brought from Alaska.

PER CAPITA COST.

That hereafter, except for pay of superintendents and for transportation of goods and supplies and transportation of pupils, not more than $200 shall be expended from appropriations made in this Act, or any other Act, for the annual support and education of any one pupil in any Indian school, unless the attendance in any school shall be less than one hundred pupils, in which case the Secretary of the Interior may authorize a per capita expenditure of not to exceed $225: Provided, 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 attendance for the entire fiscal year and not any fractional part thereof: Provided further, That the foregoing shall also apply to expenditures for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and eighteen.

INDUSTRIAL WORK AND CARE OF TIMBER.

For the purposes of preserving living and growing timber on Indian reservations and allotments, and to educate Indians in the proper care of forests; for the employment of suitable persons as matrons to teach Indian women and girls housekeeping and other household duties, for necessary traveling expenses of such matrons, and for furnishing necessary equipments and supplies and renting quarters for them where necessary; for the conducting of experiments on Indian school or agency farms designed to test the possibilities of soil and climate in the cultivation of trees, grains, vegetables, cotton, and fruits, and for the employment of practical farmers and stockmen, in addition to the agency and school farmers now employed; for necessary traveling expenses of such farmers and stockmen and for furnishing necessary equipment and supplies for them; and for superintending and directing farming and stock raising among Indians, $475,000, of which sum not less than $75,000 shall be used for the employment of field matrons: Provided, That the foregoing shall not, as to timber, apply to the Menominee Indian Reservation in Wisconsin: Provided further, That hereafter no money shall be expended for the employment of any farmer or expert farmer at a salary of or in excess of $50 per month, unless he shall first have procured and filed with the Commissioner of Indian Affairs a certificate of competency showing that he is a farmer of actual experience and qualified to instruct others in the art of practical agriculture, such certificate to be certified and issued to him by the president or dean of the State agricultural college of the State in which his services are to be rendered, or by the president or dean of the State agricultural college of an adjoining State: Provided, That this provision shall not apply to persons employed in the Indian Service as farmer or expert farmer prior to January first, nineteen hundred and seventeen: And provided further, That this shall not apply to Indians employed or

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to be employed as assistant farmer: And provided further, That not to exceed $25,000 of the amount herein appropriated shall be used to conduct experiments on Indian school or agency farms to test the possibilities of soil and climate in the cultivation of trees, cotton, grain, vegetables, and fruits: Provided, also, That the amounts paid to matrons, foresters, farmers, physicians, and stockmen provided for in this Act shall not be included within the limitation on salaries and compensation of employees contained in the Act of August twenty-fourth, nineteen hundred and twelve.

PURCHASE AND TRANSPORTATION OF INDIAN SUPPLIES.

For expenses necessary to the purchase of goods and supplies for the Indian Service, including inspection, pay of necessary employees, and all other expenses connected therewith, including advertising, storage, and transportation of Indian goods and supplies, $300,000: Provided, That no part of the sum hereby appropriated shall be used for the maintenance of to exceed three warehouses in the Indian Service.

TELEGRAPHING AND TELEPHONING.

For telegraph and telephone toll messages on business pertaining to the Indian Service sent and received by the Bureau of Indian Affairs at Washington, $8,000.

COURT COSTS.

For witness fees and other legal expenses incurred in suits instituted in behalf of or against Indians involving the question of title to lands allotted to them, or the right of possession of personal property held by them, and in hearings set by the United States local land officers to determine the rights of Indians to public lands, $1,000: Provided, That no part of this appropriation shall be used in the payment of attorneys’ fees.

EXPENSES OF INDIAN COMMISSIONERS.

For expenses of the Board of Indian Commissioners, $10,000.

PAY OF INDIAN POLICE.

For pay of Indian police, including chiefs of police at not to exceed $50 per month each and privates at not to exceed $30 per month each, to be employed in maintaining order, for purchase of equipments and supplies and for rations for policemen at nonration agencies, $200,000.

PAY OF JUDGES OF INDIAN COURTS.

For pay of judges of Indian courts where tribal relations now exist, $8,000.

GENERAL EXPENSES OF INDIAN SERVICE.

For pay of special agents, at $2,000 per annum; for traveling and incidental expenses of such special agents, including sleeping-car fare, and a per diem of not to exceed $3.50 in lieu of subsistence, in the discretion of the Secretary of the Interior, when actually employed on duty in the field or ordered to the seat of government; for transportation and incidental expenses of officers and clerks of the

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Office of Indian Affairs when traveling on official duty; for pay of employees not otherwise provided for; and for other necessary expenses of the Indian Service for which no other appropriation is available, $135,000: Provided, That $5,000 of this amount shall be immediately available: Provided further, That not to exceed $15,000 of this appropriation shall be used for continuing the work of the Competency Commission to the Five Civilized Tribes in Oklahoma.

INDIAN SERVICE INSPECTORS.

For pay of six Indian Service inspectors, exclusive of one chief inspector, at salaries not to exceed $2,500 per annum and actual traveling and incidental expenses, and not to exceed $3.50 per diem in lieu of subsistence when actually employed on duty in the field, $30,000.

DETERMINING HEIRS.

For the purpose of determining the heirs of deceased Indian allottees having any right, title, or interest in any trust or restricted property, under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior, $100,000, reimbursable as provided by existing law: Provided, That the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized to use not to exceed $25,000 for the employment of additional clerks in the Indian Office in connection with the work of determining the heirs of deceased Indians, and examining their wills, out of the $100,000 appropriated herein: Provided further, That the provisions of this paragraph shall not apply to the Osage Indians nor to the Five Civilized Tribes of Indians in Oklahoma.

INDUSTRY AMONG INDIANS
(REIMBURSABLE).

For the purpose of encouraging industry and self-support among the Indians and to aid them in the culture of fruits, grains, and other crops, $150,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to be immediately available, which sum may be used for the purchase of seed, animals, machine