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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Chapter 199
May 24, 1922. | [H. R. 10329.] 42 Stat., 552.

An Act Making appropriations for the Department of the Interior for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1923, and for other purposes.

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Chap. 199 Interior Department. Appropriations for salaries and expenses.
Chap. 199 Secretary’s Office.
Chap. 199 Clerk to sign tribal deeds, etc.
Chap. 199 Opening Indian reservations to entry.
Chap. 199 Proviso. Reimbursement.
Chap. 199 Indian Affairs Bureau.
Chap. 199 Commissioner, assistant, clerks, etc.
Chap. 199 Indian Reservations.
Chap. 199 Surveying, allotting in severalty, etc.
Chap. 199 Proviso. Use in New Mexico and Arizona restricted.
Chap. 199 Irrigation on reservations.
Chap. 199 Construction, maintenance, etc., of projects.
Chap. 199 Allotments to districts.
Chap. 199 Administrative expenses. Supervising engineers.
Chap. 199 Stream gauging.
Chap. 199 Investigating new projects, etc.
Chap. 199 36 Stat., 858, vol. 3, 479.
Chap. 199 Engineer, assistant, etc.
Chap. 199 Traveling, etc., expenses.
Chap. 199 Reimbursement.
38 Stat., 583; ante, 8.
Chap. 199 Provisos. Use restricted.
Chap. 199 Flood damages, etc.
Chap. 199 Limitation.
Chap. 199 Suppressing liquor traffic.
Chap. 199 Relieving distress, preventing contagious diseases, etc.
Chap. 199 Provisos. Use for general treatment, etc.
Chap. 199 Allotment to specified sanatoria and hospitals.
Chap. 199 Immediate relief of destitution until June 30, 1922.
Chap. 199 Provisos. Payment for work by Indians.
Chap. 199 Limitation on purchase of food, clothing, etc.
Chap. 199 Surplus Government supplies to be turned over without charge.
Chap. 199 Value thereof to be covered into the Treasury.
Chap. 199 Reimbursement from tribal funds.
Chap. 199 Schools.
Chap. 199 Support of, etc.
Chap. 199 Provisos. Deaf and dumb, and blind.
Chap. 199 Boarding schools without minimum attendance discontinued.
Chap. 199 Hope School for Girls excepted.
Chap. 199 Transfer of pupils.
Chap. 199 Day schools discontinued.
Chap. 199 Moneys returned to the Treasury.
Chap. 199 Tuition in public schools.
Chap. 199 Not available for specified schools.
Chap. 199 School and agency buildings.
Chap. 199 Construction, repairs, improvement, etc.
Chap. 199 Provisos. Supervising work.
Chap. 199 Heat and light to employees.
Chap. 199 Not included in compensation limit.
37 Stat., 521, vol. 3, 531.
Chap. 199 School transportation.
Chap. 199 Collecting, etc., pupils.
Chap. 199 Provisos. Obtaining employment.
Chap. 199 Repayment.
Chap. 199 Alaska pupils.
Chap. 199 Industrial work, etc.
Chap. 199 Timber preservation, etc.
Chap. 199 Matrons.
Chap. 199 Agricultural experiments, etc.
Chap. 199 Farmers and stockmen.
Chap. 199 Field matrons.
Chap. 199 Provisos. Menominee Reservation. Soil, etc., experiments.
Chap. 199 Pay not affected by limitation.
Chap. 199 37 Stat., 521, vol.3, 532.
Chap. 199 Supplies.
Chap. 199 Purchase, transportation, etc.
Chap. 199 Provisos. Only three warehouses.
Chap. 199 Credit to drainage, Yakima Reservation.
Chap. 199 42 Stat., 578; post, 357.
Chap. 199 Telegraphing and telephoning.
Chap. 199 Citizen commission.
Chap. 199 Indian police.
Chap. 199 Judges, Indian courts.
Chap. 199 General expenses.
Chap. 199 Special agents, etc.
Chap. 199 42 Stat., 553; ante, 340.
Chap. 199 Provisos. Competency Commission, Five Civilized Tribes. Other tribes.
Chap. 199 Inspectors.
Chap. 199 Pay, etc.
Chap. 199 Determining heirs of deceased allottees.
Chap. 199 Provisos. Clerks in Indian Office.
Chap. 199 Tribes excluded.
Chap. 199 Industry among Indians.
Chap. 199 Encouraging farming, etc., for self support.
Chap. 199 Provisos. Repayment
Chap. 199 Limitation.
Chap. 199 Vehicles.
Chap. 199 Allowance for maintenance, repairs, etc.
Chap. 199 Provisos. Purchases limited.
Chap. 199 Motor vehicles from War Department.
Chap. 199 Live stock of Indians.
Chap. 199 Payment for destroyed diseased animals, etc.
Chap. 199 Water for live stock.
Chap. 199 Increasing grazing ranges by developing, etc., on reservations.
Chap. 199 Proviso. Condition.
Chap. 199 Sales of Indian lands.
Chap. 199 Advertising expenses.
Chap. 199 Arizona.
Chap. 199 Support of Indians in.
Chap. 199 Support, etc., at specified agencies, from tribal funds.
Chap. 199 Fort Mojave School.
Chap. 199 Phoenix School.
Chap. 199 Truxton Canyon School.
Chap. 199 Najavos. School facilities for.
15 Stat., 669, vol. 2, 1015.
Chap. 199 Proviso. Discretionary use.
Chap. 199 Gila River Indian Reservation. Continuing irrigation system for Pima Indian lands.
33 Stat., 1081, vol. 3, 158.
Chap. 199 Repayment.
37 Stat., 522, vol. 3, 533.
Colorado River Reservation. Extending irrigation system.
36 Stat., 273, vol. 3, 432.
Chap. 199 Repayment.
Chap. 199 Ganado irrigation project. Operating.
Chap. 199 San Xavier Reservation. Pumping plants on.
Chap. 199 San Carlos Reservation. Operating pumping, plants, etc., for irrigation, from tribal funds.
Chap. 199 Proviso. Reimbursement to tribe.
Chap. 199 Fort Apache Reservation. Reconstructing power plant, etc., from tribal funds, etc.
41 Stat., 11; ante, 202, 243-299.
41 Stat., 1233; ante, 299.
Chap. 199 Provisos. Reimbursement by Indians.
Chap. 199 Amount immediately available.
Chap. 199 41 Stat., 1233; ante, 299.
Chap. 199 Gila River Reservation Diverting river water to Pima County lands. Reimbursement.
39 Stat., 130; ante, 60.
Chap. 199 Papago Indian villages. Water supply to.
Chap. 199 Navajos and Hopis. Water supply for, on Moqui, etc., reservations.
Chap. 199 California.
Chap. 199 Support, etc., of Indians in.
Chap. 199 Support, etc., at specified agencies, from tribal funds.
Chap. 199 Lands for homeless Indians.
Chap. 199 Sherman Institute.
Chap. 199 Fort Bidwell School.
Chap. 199 Greenville School. Appropriation for 1922, made available for pupils at other schools.
41 Stat., 1234; ante, 300.
Chap. 199 Additional for Greenville pupils at other schools.
Chap. 199 Yuma allotments. Irrigation charges on, advanced.
Chap. 199 36 Stat., 1063; vol. 3, 492.
Chap. 199 Hoopa Valley Reservation. Road construction.
Chap. 199 Reimbursement.
Chap. 199 40 Stat., 570; ante, 156.
Chap. 199 Colorado.
Chap. 199 Support, etc., at specified agencies, from tribal funds.
Chap. 199 Florida.
Chap. 199 Seminoles. Relief, etc., of.
Chap. 199 Idaho.
Chap. 199 Fort Hall Reservation. Support, etc., of Indians on. Support, etc., at specified agencies, from tribal funds.
Chap. 199 Bannocks. Fulfilling treaty.
15 Stat., 696; vol. 2, 1023.
Chap. 199 Coeur d’Alenes. Fulfilling treaty.
26 Stat., 1029, vol. 1, 421.
Chap. 199 Fort Hall Reservation. Operating irrigation system. Enlarging , etc., system, for ceded lands, etc.
Chap. 199 Provisos. Divisions of appropriations.
Chap. 199 Work conditional on private owners paying share of cost.
Chap. 199 Enforcement against Indian lands for share of expenses.
Chap. 199 Iowa.
Chap. 199 Sac and Fox Agency Indians. Support, etc., of, from tribal funds.
Chap. 199 Kansas.
Chap. 199 Support, etc., at specified agencies, from tribal funds.
Chap. 199 Haskell Institute.
Chap. 199 Michigan.
Chap. 199 Mackinac Agency Indians. Support, etc., of, from tribal funds.
Chap. 199 Mount Pleasant School.
Chap. 199 Minnesota
Chap. 199 Support, etc., at specified agencies, from tribal funds.
Chap. 199 Chippewas in Minnesota. Promoting civilization, etc., from tribal funds.
25 Stat., 645, vol. 1. 305.
Chap. 199 Objects specified. Aid to public schools.
Chap. 199 Conveyance of lands for schools.
Chap. 199 Aiding indigent Indians. Conditions.
Chap. 199 Indian hospitals.
Chap. 199 Minnesota public schools. Payment for tuition of Chippewa children in, from tribal funds.
Chap. 199 25 Stat., E45, vol. 1, 305.
Chap. 199 Proviso. Allowance for fiscal year 1922.
Chap. 199 Land included in transfer of unused hospitals to the State.
41 Stat., 1236; ante, 302
Chap. 199 Pipestone School.
Chap. 199 Chippewas of the Mississippi. Schools for.
16 Stat., 720, vol. 2,975.
Proviso. Restriction.
Chap. 199 Red Lake Reservation. Roads and bridges on, from tribal funds.
Chap. 199 Proviso. Indian Labor.
Chap. 199 Mississippi
Chap. 199 Full blood Choctaws. Relief of distress, etc.
Chap. 199 Education, etc.
Chap. 199 Lands, etc.
Chap. 199 Encouraging industry, etc.
Chap. 199 Repayment.
Chap. 199 Montana.
Chap. 199 Support, etc., of Indians. Fort Belknap Agency. Flathead Agency
Chap. 199 Swan Johnson, Agnes and Paul Antoine, from tribal funds.
Chap. 199 Fort Peck Agency.
Chap. 199 Blackfeet Agency.
Chap. 199 Rocky Boy Band of Chippewas, etc.
Chap. 199 Support, etc., at specified agencies, from tribal funds.
Chap. 199 Crows. Fulfilling treaty.
15 Stat., 652, vol. 2, 1011.
Chap. 199 Northern Cheyennes and Arapahoes. Support, etc.
19 Stat., 256, vol. 1, 170.
Physician, etc.
15 Stat., 658, vol. 2, 1014.
Chap. 199 Irrigation systems. Fort Belknap Reservation.
Chap. 199 Flathead Reservation.
Chap. 199 Fort Peck Reservation
Chap. 199 Blackfeet Reservation.
Chap. 199 Crow Reservation. Improving systems from tribal funds.
Chap. 199 Reimbursement to tribe.
Chap. 199 Nebraska.
Chap. 199 Support, etc., at specified agencies, from tribal funds.
Chap. 199 Genoa School.
Chap. 199 Nevada.
Chap. 199 Support, etc., of Indians in.
Chap. 199 Support, etc., at specified agencies, from tribal funds.
Chap. 199 Carson City School.
Chap. 199 Pyramid Lake Reservation. Irrigation system.
Chap. 199 Moapa River Reservation. Irrigation systems.
Chap. 199 Truckee-Carson project. Paying charges on Paiute allotments.
Chap. 199 New Mexico.
Chap. 199 Support, etc., of Indians in.
Chap. 199 Support etc., at specified agencies, from tribal funds.
Chap. 199 Albuquerque School.
Chap. 199 Santa Fe School.
Chap. 199 Laguna Indians. Irrigation system for.
Chap. 199 Rio Grande Valley. Drainage of Pueblo Indian lands in.
Chap. 199 Conditions.
41 Stat., 423; ante, 250.
Chap. 199 Navajo Reservation. Operating Hogback irrigation project on.
Chap. 199 Pueblo Indian lands. Sinking wells, etc., for domestic, etc., water supply.
Chap. 199 Mescalero Reservation. Conserving water for domestic and stock purposes, etc.
Chap. 199 Road and bridge construction.
Chap. 199 Reimbursement.
Chap. 199 Proviso. Indian labor.
Chap. 199 Pueblo Indians. Special attorney for.
Chap. 199 New York.
Chap. 199 Senecas. Annuity.
4 Stat., 443.
Chap. 199 Six Nations. Annuity.
7 Stat., 46, vol. 2, 36.
Chap. 199 North Carolina.
Chap. 199 Eastern Cherokee Agency. Support, etc., of Indians at.
Chap. 199 Cherokee School.
Chap. 199 North Dakota
Chap. 199 Support, etc., of Indians. Devils Lake Sioux.
Chap. 199 Fort Berthold Agency.
Chap. 199 Turtle Mountain Chippewas.
Chap. 199 Support, etc., at specifed agencies, from tribal funds.
Chap. 199 Bismarck School.
Chap. 199 Fort Totten School.
Chap. 199 Wahpeton School.
Chap. 199 Oklahoma.
Chap. 199 Support, etc., of Indians in. Wichitas, etc.
Chap. 199 Kansas Indians.
Chap. 199 Kickapoos.
Chap. 199 Poncas.
Chap. 199 Kiowas, Comanche, and Apaches. Agency expenses.
Chap. 199 Maintenance, self support, etc., from tribal funds.
Chap. 199 Proviso. Report to Congress.
Chap. 199 Cheyennes and Arapahoes. Support, etc., from tribal funds.
Chap. 199 Support, etc., at specified agencies, from tribal funds.
Chap. 199 Osages. Agency expenses, etc., from tribal funds.
Chap. 199 Oil and gas production expenses.
Chap. 199 Pawnees. Annuity.
27 Stat., 644, vol. 1, 498.
Schools, blacksmiths, etc.
Chap. 199 11 Stat., 730, vol. 2, 765.
Chap. 199 Quapaws. Education.
Chap. 199 7 Stat., 425, vol. 2, 396.
Proviso. Discretionary use.
Chap. 199 Chilocco School.
Chap. 199 Osage children. Education from tribal funds.
Chap. 199 Provisos. Saint Louis Mission Boarding School.
Chap. 199 Continuance of Osage Boarding School.
Chap. 199 Osage Tribal Council. Expenses of visit to Washington.
Chap. 199 Five Civilized Tribes.
Chap. 199 Adminisration expenses.
Chap. 199 Proviso. Detailed report to Congress.
Chap. 199 Choctaws and Chickasaws. Per capita payments expenses.
Chap. 199 Probate expenses.
Chap. 199 Sales of tribal lands, etc. Payment of expenses from proceeds.
Chap. 199 Coal and asphalt lands.
41 Stat., 1107; ante, 287.
Chap. 199 Provisos. Rent collections.
Chap. 199 Continuance of tribal schools.
Chap. 199 Specific authority for expenditures.
Chap. 199 Apportionment for current year.
Chap. 199 Repairs, etc., to school buildings.
Chap. 199 Choctaws. Fulfilling treaties.
7 Stat., 99; vol. 2, 87; 11 Stat., 614, vol. 2, 709.
Chap. 199 Light horsemen.
7 Stat., 213, vol. 2, 193; 11 Stat., 614. vol. 2, 709.
Blacksmith, etc.
7 Stat., 212, 236, vol. 2, 213; 11 Stat., 614. vol. 2, 709
Education.
7 Stat., 235, vol. 2, 212; 11 Stat., 614, vol. 2, 709.
Iron and steel.
7 Stat., 236; vol. 2, 213; 11 Stat., 614, vol. 2, 709.
Cherokee Orphan Training School. Support, etc.
Chap. 199 Common schools, including Quapaws.
Chap. 199 Proviso. Parentage limitation not applicable.
40 Stat., 564; ante, 149.
Chap. 199 Oregon.
Chap. 199 Support, etc., of Indians. Grande Ronde and Siletz Agencies. Klamath Agency.
Chap. 199 Umatilla Agency.
Chap. 199 At specified agencies from trust funds of tribes.
Chap. 199 Warm Springs Agency.
Chap. 199 Salem School.
Chap. 199 Klamath Reservation. Operation, etc., of irrigation projects on, from tribal funds.
Chap. 199 South Dakota.
Chap. 199 Support, etc., of Indians. Yankton Sioux.
Chap. 199 At specified agencies, from tribal funds.
Chap. 199 Sioux of different tribes.
Chap. 199 Teachers, etc.
15 Stat., 640, vol. 2, 1002.
Chap. 199 Additional agency employees.
Chap. 199 Subsistence.
Chap. 199 Proviso. Transporting supplies.
Chap. 199 Flandreau School.
Chap. 199 Pierre School.
Chap. 199 Rapid City School.
42 Stat.,1050; post, 367.
Chap. 199 Sioux Indians’ schools.
19 Stat., 256, vol.1, 170.
Chap. 199 Canton. Insane asylum expenses.
Chap. 199 Utah.
Chap. 199 Support, etc., of detached Indians in.
Chap. 199 Support, etc., at specified agencies, from tribal funds.
Chap. 199 Confederated Bands of Utes. Distribution from principal tribal funds. Allotments.
Chap. 199 Self support, etc., from accrued interest.
Chap. 199 37 Stat., 934, vol. 3, 559.
Chap. 199 Proviso. Report to Congress.
Chap. 199 Fulfilling treaty with. Carpenters, etc.
15 Stat., 622, vol. 2, 993.
Chap. 199 Food, etc.
Chap. 199 Agencies, employees.
Chap. 199 Uintah and Duchesne Counties. Aid to public schools in.
Chap. 199 Proviso. Admission of Indian children. Uncompahgre, etc., Utes.
Irrigating allotments of.
34 Stat., 375, vol. 3, 243.
From trust funds.
Chap. 199 Washington.
Chap. 199 Support, etc., of Indians. D’Wamish, etc.
Chap. 199 Makahs.
Chap. 199 Qui-nai-elts and Quil-leh-utes.
Chap. 199 Colville, etc. agencies.
Chap. 199 Joseph’s Band of Nez Perce.
Chap. 199 Yakima Agency.
Chap. 199 At specified agencies, from tribal funds.
Chap. 199 Spokanes.
Chap. 199 27 Stat., 139, vol 1, 449.
Chap. 199 Yakima Reservation. Continuing construction, etc., of Wapato irrigation project on.
38 Stat., 604; ante, 29.
Chap. 199 Provisos. Reimbursement of entire cost.
39 Stat., 154; ante, 84.
Payment to landowners for damages, etc.
Chap. 199 Toppenish-Simcoe irrigation system. Operating, etc.
Chap. 199 Ahtanum system. Operating, etc.
Chap. 199 West Okanogan Valley Irrigation District. Paying charges against Indian allotments in.
39 Stat., 155; ante, 84.
Chap. 199 Wisconsin.
Chap. 199 Support, etc., of Indians. Chippewas of Lake Superior. At specified agencies, from tribal funds.
Chap. 199 Saint Croix Chippewas. Purchase of lands for.
10 Stat., 1109, vol. 2, 649.
Beneficiaries.
38 Stat., 607; ante 32.
Chap. 199 Proviso. Discretionary per capita payments.
Chap. 199 Pottawatomies. Support, etc.
Chap. 199 Hayward School.
Chap. 199 Tomah School.
42 Stat., 1050; post, 367.
Chap. 199 Wyoming.
Chap. 199 Shoshones. Support, etc.
Chap. 199 Agency Indians. Support, etc.
Chap. 199 Fulfilling treaty.
15 Stat., 576, vol. 2, 1023.
Chap. 199 Reservation School.
Chap. 199 Irrigation system within Reservation. Construction, etc.
Chap. 199 Proviso. Purchase of lands, paying damages, etc.
Chap. 199 Extending system for additional lands.
Chap. 199 Roads and bridges in Reservation.
Chap. 199 Reclamation Service.
Chap. 199 Yakima Indian Reservation, Wash. Reimbursing funds, for water furnished to lands in.
38 Stat., 604; ante, 140.

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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 are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the Department of the Interior for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1923, namely:

OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY.

Clerk to sign, under the direction of the Secretary, in his name and for him his approval of all tribal deeds to allottees and deeds for town lots made and executed according to law for any of the Five Civilized Tribes of Indians in the Indian Territory, $1,200.

LAND OFFICE.

Opening Indian reservations (reimbursable): For expenses pertaining to the opening to entry and settlement of such Indian reservation lands as may be opened during the fiscal year 1923: Provided, That the expenses pertaining to the opening of each of said reservations and paid for out of this appropriation shall be reimbursed to the United States from the money received from the sale of the lands embraced in said reservations, respectively, $5,000.

BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS.

SALARIES.

Commissioner, $5,000; Assistant Commissioner, $3,500; chief clerk, $2,750; financial clerk, $2,250; chiefs of divisions-one $2,250, one $2,000; law clerk, $2,000; assistant chief of division, $2,000; private secretary, $1,800; examiner of irrigation accounts, $1,800; draftsmen-one $1,400, one $1,200; clerks-twenty of class four, thirty-one of class three, two at $1,500 each, thirty-six of class two, sixty-four of class one (including one stenographer), thirty at $1,000 each (including one stenographer), thirty at $900 each, one $720; messenger, $840; three assistant messengers, at $720 each; four messenger boys, at $420 each; in all, $306,150.

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 8, 1887 (Twenty-fourth Statutes at Large, page 388), 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, $58,000, reimbursable, to be immediately available: 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 30, 1914.

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IRRIGATION ON INDIAN RESERVATIONS.
(Reimbursable.)

For the 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: Round Valley Reservation, California, $1,000; Colville Reservation, $5,000; total, $6,000.
Irrigation district two: Walker River Reservation, Nevada, $5,000; Western Shoshone Reservation, Idaho and Nevada, $2,000; total $7,000.
Irrigation district three: Tongue River, Montana, $1,500.
Irrigation district four: Ak Chin Reservation, Arizona, $4,000; Coachella Valley pumping plants, California, $11,000; Soboba Reservation, California, $750; Morongo Reservation, California, $7,000; Pala Reservation and Rincon Reservation, California, $2,000; miscellaneous projects, $5,000; total, $29,750.
Irrigation district five: New Mexico Pueblos, $10,000; Zuni Reservation, New Mexico, $4,500; Navajo and Hopi, miscellaneous projects, Arizona, including Tes-nos-pos, Moencopi Wash, Kin-le-chee, Wide Ruins, Red Lake, Corn Creek, Wepo Wash, Oraibi Wash, and Polacca Wash, $10,000; Southern Ute Reservation, Colorado, $11,500; total $36,000.

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, $10,500;
In Indian irrigation district three: Montana, Wyoming, and South Dakota, $11,000;
In Indian irrigation district four: Central and southern California and southern Arizona, $11,000;
In Indian irrigation district five: Northern Arizona, New Mexico, and Colorado, $10,000;

For cooperative stream gauging with the United States Geological Survey, $1,000;

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 13 of the Act of June 25, 1910, $1,000;

For pay of one chief irrigation engineer, $4,000; one assistant chief irrigation engineer, $3,000; 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, $5,500; total, $14,750.

In all, for irrigation on Indian reservations, $149,500 reimbursable as provided in the Act of August 1, 1914 (Thirty-eighth Statutes at Large, page 582): 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,

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That the foregoing amount appropriated for such purposes shall be available interchangeably in the discretion of the Secretary of the Interior for the necessary expenditures for damages by floods and other unforeseen exigencies: Provided, however, That the amount so interchanged shall not exceed in the aggregate 10 per centum of all the amounts so appropriated.

SUPPRESSING LIQUOR TRAFFIC.

For the suppression of the traffic in intoxicating liquors and deleterious drugs among Indians, $30,000.

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, $370,000: Provided, 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 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 Chicksaaw 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, $13,000; Phoenix Sanatorium, Arizona, $40,000; Spokane Hospital, Washington, $10,000; Sac and Fox Sanatorium, Iowa, $40,000; Turtle Mountain Hospital, North Dakota, $10,000; Winnebago Hospital, Nebraska, $18,000; Crow Creek Hospital, South Dakota, $8,000; Hoopa Valley Hospital, California, $10,000; Jicarilla Hospital, New Mexico, $10,000; Truxton Canyon camp hospital, Arizona, $5,000 Indian Oasis Hospital, Arizona, $10,000.

That there is appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $100,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to be immediately available, and to remain available only until June 30, 1922, for the relief of destitution among Indians, to be used in the discretion of the Secretary of the Interior, for the furnishing of food, clothing, and other supplies: Provided, That where able-bodied Indians have no means of support this appropriation may be used to pay such Indians for work performed in the construction of roads or other improvements on the reservation, or for the purchase of necessary seeds and implements to enable them to cultivate their farms: Provided further, That no part of this appropriation shall be used for the purchase of food, clothing, or other supplies that can be furnished by the War or Navy Departments or by the United States Shipping Board from surplus stock in time to meet the present emergency; and the War and Navy Departments and the United States Shipping Board shall, upon receipt of formal request therefor, and without charge, turn over to the Indian Service at the point of storage, any such surplus food, clothing, or other supplies: Provided further, That a sum equal to the total value of all supplies fur-

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nished by the governmental agencies shall be reserved from the appropriation made herein and be covered back into the Treasury: And provided further, That where relief is given under this resolution to any tribe of Indians having available tribal funds held in trust for such tribe in the Treasury of the United States the expenditure for such relief shall be reimbursed from such tribal funds to the extent that they may be available.

SUPPORT OF INDIAN SCHOOLS.

For support of Indian day and industrial schools not otherwise provided for, and other educational and industrial purposes in connection therewith, $1,675,000: Provided, That not to exceed $40,000 of this amount may be used for the support and education of deaf and dumb or blind or mentally deficient Indian children: Provided, That all reservation and nonreservation boarding schools, with an average attendance of less than forty-five and eighty pupils, respectively, shall be discontinued on or before the beginning of the fiscal year 1923: Provided, That this limitation as to attendance shall not apply to the Hope Indian School for Girls at Springfield, South Dakota, which school is hereby continued. The pupils in schools so discontinued shall be transferred first, if possible, to Indian day schools or State public schools; second, to adjacent reservation or nonreservation boarding schools, to the limit of the capacity of said schools: Provided further, That all day schools with an average attendance of less than eight shall be discontinued on or before the beginning of the fiscal year 1923: And provided further, That all moneys appropriated for any school discontinued pursuant to this Act or for other cause shall be returned immediately to the Treasury of the United States: 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: 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 or repair work of roads and bridges and 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 1, Act of August 24, 1912.

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 to give

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them moral, industrial, and educational training, $85,000: 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 of pupils 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.1

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, $375,000, of which sum not less than $50,000 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 not to exceed $12,000 of the amount herein appropriated may 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, nurses, and other hospital employees, and stockmen provided for in this Act shall not be included within the limitations on salaries and compensation of employees contained in the Act of August 24, 1912.

EXPENSES INCIDENT TO 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, $490,000: Provided, That no part of the sum hereby appropriated shall be used for the maintenance of to exceed three warehouses in the Indian Service: And provided further, That the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to charge this appropriation with the sum of $209.95 and to credit the appropriation, "Drainage, Yakima Reservation, Washington, reimbursable," with a like sum, the said sum being for transportation of certain supplies in the fiscal year ended June 30, 1911, and erroneously paid from the appropriation herein last named.

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, $6,800.


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EXPENSES OF INDIAN COMMISSIONERS.

For expenses of the Board of Indian Commissioners, $9,500.

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, $140,000.

PAY OF JUDGES OF INDIAN COURTS.

For pay of judges of Indian courts where tribal relations now exist, $6,500.

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 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, $115,000: Provided, That $5,000 of this appropriation shall be used for continuing the work of the Competency Commission to the Five Civilized Tribes of Oklahoma: Provided, That not to exceed $15,000 of the amount herein appropriated may be expended out of applicable funds in the work of determining the competency of Indians on Indian reservations outside of the Five Civilized Tribes in Oklahoma.

INDIAN SERVICE INSPECTORS.

For pay of six Indian Service inspectors, 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 away from home or designated headquarters, $24,000.

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 $30,000 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 Oklahoma.

INDUSTRY AMONG INDIANS.

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, $80,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, which sum may be used for the purchase of seeds, animals, machinery, tools, implements, and other equipment necessary, in the discretion of the

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Secretary of the Interior, to enable Indians to become self-supporting: Provided, That said sum shall be expended under conditions to be prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior for its repayment to the United States on or before June 30, 1930: Provided further, That not to exceed $15,000 of the amount herein appropriated shall be expended on any one reservation or for the benefit of any one tribe of Indians, and that no part of this appropriation shall be used for the purchase of tribal herds.1

VEHICLES FOR INDIAN SERVICE.

That not to exceed $150,000 of applicable appropriations made herein for the Bureau of Indian Affairs shall be available for the maintenance, repair, and operation of motor-propelled and horse-drawn passenger-carrying vehicles for the use of superintendents, farmers, physicians, field matrons, allotting, irrigation, and other employees in the Indian field service: Provided, That not to exceed $14,000 may be used in the purchase of horse-drawn passenger-carrying vehicles, and not to exceed $35,000 for the purchase of motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicles, and that such vehicles shall be used only for official service: Provided further, That such motor-propelled vehicles shall be purchased from the War Department, if practicable.

SUPPRESSING CONTAGIOUS DISEASES AMONG LIVE STOCK OF INDIANS.

For reimbursing Indians for live stock which may be hereafter destroyed on account of being infected with dourine or other contagious diseases, and for expenses in connection with the work of eradicating and preventing such diseases, to be expended under such rules and regulations as the Secretary of the Interior may prescribe, $15,000.

DEVELOPING WATER FOR INDIAN STOCK.

For improving springs, drilling wells, and otherwise developing and conserving water for the use of Indian stock, including the purchase, construction, and installation of pumping machinery, tanks, troughs, and other necessary equipment, and for necessary investigations and surveys, for the purpose of increasing the available grazing range on unallotted lands on Indian reservations, $10,000, to be reimbursed under such rules and regulations as the Secretary of the Interior may prescribe: Provided, That the necessity exists on any Indian reservation so far as the Indians themselves are concerned.

ADVERTISEMENT FOR SALE OF INDIAN LANDS.

For the payment of newspaper advertisements of sales of Indian lands, $5,000, reimbursable from payments by purchasers of costs of sale, under such rules and regulations as the Secretary of the Interior may prescribe.

ARIZONA.

For support and civilization of Indians in Arizona, including pay of employees, $185,000.

For support and civilization of Indians under the jurisdiction of the following agencies, to be paid from the funds held by the United States in trust for the respective tribes, not to exceed the sums specified in each case, to wit: Colorado River, $4,000; Fort Apache,


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$70,000; Fort Mojave, $2,000; Kaibab, $1,800; Leupp, $500; San Carlos, $95,000; Salt River, $4,000; Truxton Canyon, $14,000.

For support and education of two hundred Indian pupils at the Indian school at Fort Mojava, Arizona, and for pay of superintendent $45,000; for general repairs and improvements, $5,000; for steel water tank and tower and water mains, $6,000; in all, $56,000.

For support and education of seven hundred and fifty Indian pupils at the Indian school at Phoenix, Arizona, and for pay of superintendent, $150,000; for general repairs and improvements, $14,000; in all, $164,000.

For support and education of one hundred pupils at the Indian school at Truxton Canyon, Arizona, and for pay of superintendent, $24,000; for general repairs and improvements, $4,000; in all, $28,000.

To enable the Secretary of the Interior to carry into effect the provisions of the sixth article of the treaty of June 1, 1868, between the United States and the Navajo Nation or Tribe of Indians, proclaimed August 12, 1868, whereby the United States agrees to provide school facilities for the children of the Navajo Tribe of Indians, $100,000: Provided, That the said Secretary may expend said funds, in his discretion, in establishing or enlarging day or industrial schools.

For continuing the work of constructing the irrigation system for the irrigation of the lands of the Pima Indians in the vicinity of Sacaton, on the Gila River Indian Reservation, within the limit of cost fixed by the Act of March 3, 1905 (Thirty-third Statutes at Large, page 1081), $3,000; and for maintenance and operation of the pumping plants and canal systems, $10,000; in all, $13,000, reimbursable as provided in section 2 of the Act of August 24, 1912 (Thirty-seventh Statutes at Large, page 522).

For continuing the construction of the necessary canals and laterals for the utilization of water from the pumping plant on the Colorado River Indian Reservation, as provided in the Act of April 4, 1910 (Thirty-sixth Statutes at Large, page 273), $30,000; and for maintaining and operating the pumping plant, canals, and structures, $35,000; in all, $65,000, reimbursable as provided in the aforesaid Act.

For operation and maintenance of the Ganado irrigation project, reimbursable under such rules and regulations as the Secretary of the Interior may prescribe, $3,000.

For operation and maintenance of the pumping plants on the San Xavier Indian Reservation, Arizona, $9,000, reimbursable out of any funds of the Indians of this reservation now or hereafter available.

For the operation and maintenance of pumping plants and for the drilling of wells and installation of additional pumping plants for the irrigation of lands on the San Carlos Reservation in Arizona, $12,000, to be paid from the funds held by the United States in trust for the Indians of such reservation: Provided, That the sum so used shall be reimbursed to the tribe by the Indians benefited, under such rules and regulations as the Secretary of the Interior may prescribe.

For completing the reconstruction, repair, and improvement of the power plant and irrigation system on the Fort Apache Indian Reservation, Arizona, as provided for in the Act of June 30, 1919 (Forty-first Statutes at Large, page 11), $8,500, to be paid from the funds held by the United States in trust for the Indians of such reservation, and to be expended in connection with the sum of $7,500 contained in the Indian Appropriation Act for the fiscal year 1922, for Indian school and agency buildings: Provided, That the tribal funds so expended shall be reimbursed to the tribe by the Indians benefited, under such rules and regulations as may be prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior: And provided further, That the above-mentioned

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sum of $7,500 for Indian school and agency buildings is hereby set apart and reserved for this purpose, and the entire amount shall be immediately available.

For continuing the construction of the necessary canals and structures to carry the natural flow of the Gila River to the Indian lands of the Gila River Indian Reservation and to public and private lands in Pinal County, reimbursable as provided in the Indian Appropriation Act approved May 18, 1916, $50,000.

For operation and maintenance of pumping plants for distribution of a water supply for Papago Indian villages in southern Arizona, $19,000.

For continuing the development of a water supply for the Navajo and Hopi Indians on the Moqui Reservation, and the Navajo, Pueblo, Bonito, San Juan, and Western Navajo subdivisions of the Navajo Reservation in Arizona and New Mexico, $35,000, reimbursable out of any funds of said Indians now or hereafter available.

CALIFORNIA.

For support and civilization of Indians in California, including pay of employees, $42,000.

For support and civilization of Indians under the jurisdiction of the following agencies, to be paid from the funds held by the United States in trust for the respective tribes, not to exceed the sums specified in each case, to wit: Capitan Grande, $1,300; Hoopa Valley, $2,500; Malki, $100; Round Valley, $7,000; Tule River, $1,000.

For the purchase of lands for the homeless Indians in California, including improvements thereon, for the use and occupancy of said Indians, $8,000, said funds to be expended under such regulations and conditions as the Secretary of the Interior may prescribe.

For support and education of seven hundred and fifty Indian pupils at the Sherman Institute, Riverside, California, including pay of superintendent, $150,000; for general repairs and improvements, $14,000; in all, $164,000.

For support and education of one hundred Indians pupils at the Fort Bidwell Indian School, California, including pay of superintendent, $24,000; for general repairs and improvements, $4,000; in all, $28,000.

The appropriation for the Greenville Indian School, California, for the fiscal year 1922 is hereby made available during such fiscal year for the support of Indian day and industrial schools, including the Fort Bidwell School, California, to provide support, education, and transportation of pupils enrolled at the Greenville School at the time of its destruction by fire.

For the support of Indian day and industrial schools, including the Fort Bidwell School, California, in addition to the sums hereinbefore appropriated for such purposes, in order to provide for increased enrollment on account of the destruction of the Greenville School, $28,000.

For reclamation and maintenance charges on Indian lands within the Yuma Reservation, California, and on ten acres within each of the eleven Yuma homestead entries in Arizona, under the Yuma reclamation project, $68,707, reimbursable as provided by the Act of March 3, 1911 (Thirty-sixth Statutes at Large, page 1063).

For continuing the construction of a road from Hoopa to Weitchpec, on the Hoopa Valley Reservation, in Humboldt County, California, in conformity with plans approved by the Secretary of the Interior, $8,000, to be reimbursed out of any funds of the Indians of said reservation now or hereafter placed to their credit in the Treasury of the United States, in accordance with the Indian Appropriation Act of May 25, 1918 (Fortieth Statutes at Large, pages 570 and 571).

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COLORADO.

For support and civilization of Indians under the jurisdiction of the following agencies; to be paid from the funds held by the United States in trust for the respective tribes, not to exceed the sums specified in each case, to wit: Southern Ute, $2,800; Ute Mountain, $7,000.

FLORIDA.

For relief of distress among the Seminole Indians in Florida and for purposes of their civilization and education, $7,000, including the construction and equipment of necessary buildings.

IDAHO.

For support and civilization of Indians on the Fort Hall Reservation in Idaho, including pay of employees, $25,000.

For support and civilization of Indians under the jurisdiction of the following agencies, to be paid from the funds held by the United States in trust for the respective tribes, not to exceed the sums specified in each case, to wit: Coeur d’Alene, $14,000; Fort Hall, $15,000; Fort Lapwai, $14,000.

For fulfilling treaty stipulations with the Bannocks in Idaho: For pay of physician, teacher, carpenter, miller, engineer, farmer, and blacksmith (article 10, treaty of July 3, 1868), $4,500.

For the Coeur d’Alenes, in Idaho: For pay of blacksmith, carpenter, and physician, and purchase of medicines (article 11, agreement ratified March 3, 1891), $3,000.

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For enlarging and repairing canals, repairing structures and dam, and replacement of structures of the irrigation system for the irrigation of lands on the Fort Hall Reservation, Idaho, and lands ceded by the Indians of said reservation, $300,000, to be immediately available, the total cost of the work to be done on this project not to exceed $760,000: Provided, That the amount herein appropriated and the amount to be appropriated in the future for the completion of the work shall be divided equitably by the Secretary of the Interior between the Indian lands and the lands in private ownership: Provided further, That no additional work toward the enlargement of this project, but only the necessary repairs to the present project shall be made, unless and until the Secretary of the Interior shall be able to make or provide for what he shall deem to be satisfactory agreements with such private landowners to repay their proper proportionate part of the cost of the entire work to be done: And provided further, That in case of lands still held in Indian ownership benefited hereby there is created a lien against such lands for the proportionate share of the money expended hereunder, which shall be enforced against such lands by the Secretary of the Interior under such rules, regulations, and conditions as he may prescribe.

IOWA.

For support and civilization of Indians under the jurisdiction of the Sac and Fox agency, to be paid from the funds held by the United States in trust for such Indians, not to exceed $1,800.

KANSAS.

For support and civilization of Indians under the jurisdiction of the following agencies, to be paid from the funds held by the United States in trust for the respective tribes, not to exceed the sums specified in each case, to wit: Kickapoo, $500; Pottawatomie, $2,800.

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For support and education of seven hundred and fifty Indian pupils at the Indian school, Haskell Institute, Lawrence, Kansas, and for pay of superintendents, $150,000; for general repairs and improvements, $14,000; for addition to heating and power plant, $20,000, to be immed