Service stated. thirteen, be, and the same are hereby, extended from the date of the passage of this Act to the surviving officers and enlisted men of the Texas volunteers who served in defense of the frontier of that State against Indian depredations from January first, eighteen hundred and fifty-nine, to January first, eighteen hundred and sixty-one, inclusive, and from the year eighteen hundred and sixty-six to the year eighteen hundred and seventy-seven, inclusive, and to the surviving officers Age requirement. and enlisted men, including militia and volunteers of the military service of the United States, who have reached the age of sixty-two years, and who served for thirty days in the campaign in southern Oregon and Idaho and northern parts of California and Nevada from eighteen hundred and sixty-five to eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, inclusive; the campaign against the Sioux in Minnesota and the Dakotas in eighteen hundred and sixty-two and eighteen hundred and sixty-three, and the campaigns against the Sioux in Wyoming in eighteen hundred and sixty-five to eighteen hundred and sixty-eight; to the following organizations of the First Regiment Nebraska Militia engaged in fighting Indians and guarding United States mails on the western frontier: Company A, First Regiment, First Brigade Nebraska Militia, who served from August thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, to November twelfth, eighteen hundred and sixtyfour; Company B, First Regiment Nebraska Militia, who served from August thirteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, to February thirteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-five; Company C, First Regiment, Second Brigade Nebraska Militia, who served from August twenty-fourth, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, to February seventh, eighteen hundred and sixty-five; to Captain Edward P. Childs's artillery detachment, Nebraska Militia, who served from August thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, to November twelfth, eighteen hundred and sixty-four; and Company A, First Regiment, Second Brigade Nebraska Militia, who served from August twelfth, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, to December twenty-fourth, eighteen hundred and sixty-four; the campaign against the Cheyennes, Araphoes, Kiowas, and Comanches in Kansas, Colorado, and Indian Territory from eighteen hundred and sixty-seven to eighteen hundred and sixty-nine, inclusive; the Modoc War of eighteen hundred and seventy-two and eighteen hundred and seventy-three; the campaign against the Apaches of Arizona and New Mexico, or either of them, in eighteen hundred and seventy-three; the campaign against the Kiowas, Comanches, and Cheyennes in Kansas, Colorado, Texas, Indian Territory, and New Mexico in eighteen hundred and seventyfour and eighteen hundred and seventy-five; the campaign against the Northern Cheyennes and Sioux in eighteen hundred and seventysix and eighteen hundred and seventy-seven; the Nez Perce War of eighteen hundred and seventy-seven; the Bannock War of eighteen hundred and seventy-eight; the campaign against the Northern Cheyennes in eighteen hundred and seventy-eight and eighteen hundred and seventy-nine; the campaigns in the Black Hawk Indian war in Utah from eighteen hundred and sixty-five to eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, inclusive; the campaign against the Ute Indians in Colorado and Utah, from September, eighteen hundred and seventynine, to November, eighteen hundred and eighty, inclusive; the campaign against the Apache Indians in Arizona and New Mexico, or either of them, in eighteen hundred and eighty-five and eighteen hundred and eighty-six; and the campaign against the Sioux Indians in South Dakota, from November, eighteen hundred and ninety, to January, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, inclusive; and also to include the surviving widows of said officers and enlisted men who shall have married said survivor prior to the passage of this Act: Provided, That such widows have not remarried: Provided further, Not remarried. Widows. Provisos. Tyler's Rangers. Period of service. That this Act shall extend also to the surviving officers and enlisted men of the organization known as Tyler's Rangers, recruited at Black Hawk, Colorado, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, for services against the Indians: Provided further, That if any certain one of the said campaigns did not cover a period of thirty days, the provisions of this Act shall apply to those who served during the entire period of said Record of pay a proof campaign: Provided further, That where there is no record of enlistment or muster into the service of the United States in any of the wars mentioned in this Act, the record of pay by the United States shall be accepted as full and satisfactory proof of such enlistment and service: And provided further, That all contracts heretofore made between the beneficiaries under this Act and pension attorneys and claim agents are hereby declared null and void. of service. Fee contracts void. Determination of service. Provisos. State records Lack of certificate no bar. Loyalty not required. R. S., sec. 4716, p. 919, vol. 1, 21. SEC. 2. That the period of service performed by beneficiaries under this Act shall be determined by reports from the records of the War Department, where there is such a record, and by the reports from the records of the Treasury Department showing payment by the United States where there is no record of regular enlistment or muster into the United States military service: Provided, That when there is no record of service or payment for same in the War Department or Treasury Department, the applicant may establish the service by satisfactory evidence from the muster rolls on file in the several State or Territorial archives: And provided further, That the want of a certificate of discharge shall not deprive any applicant of the benefits of this Act. SEC. 3. That the provisions of section forty-seven hundred and sixteen of the Revised Statutes shall not apply to applicants for pension under this Act. Approved, March 4, 1917. PRIVATE ACTS OF THE SIXTY-FOURTH CONGRESS, SECOND SES- CHAP. 17.-An Act For the relief of William H. Woods. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the sum of $152.21 is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the possession of the United States belonging to the Choctaw and Chickasaw Indian Tribes not other wise appropriated, to reimburse William H. Woods for expenses incurred by him as assistant tribal attorney of the Chickasaw Indians between the date of December thirty-first, nineteen hundred and thirteen, and May fourth, nineteen hundred and fourteen, inclusive. Approved, January 18, 1917. February 15, 1917. {H. R. 5262.] 39 Stat., 1476. John B. Hoover. CHAP. 80.-An Act For the relief of John B. Hoover. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay to John B. Hoover the sum of $145.30, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, amount expended by him out of his personal funds for medical services of agency physician during his incumbency as superintendent at Fort McDermitt Indian School, from July first, nineteen hundred and nine, to October fifteenth, nineteen hundred and nine. Approved, February 15, 1917. CHAP. 81.-An Act Confirming patents heretofore issued to certain Indians in the State of Washington. February 15, 1917. (H. R. 8092.] 39 Stat., 1476. Land patents to Indians in Washington. Theressa Klate. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the patents heretofore issued in the name of Mary Seaples, June twelfth, nineteen hundred Mary Seaples. and seven, for the east one-half of the southwest quarter, and lots three and four, section eighteen, township twenty-three north, range twenty east of the Willamette meridian; and a similar patent in the name of Silico Saska, September sixth, nineteen hundred and two, Silico Saska. for the lots numbered three and four, section sixteen, and lots one and two, and the northeast quarter of the northeast quarter, section seventeen, township twenty-five north, range twenty-one east of the Willamette meridian; and a similar patent in the name of Theressa Klate, August first, nineteen hundred and four, for the south half of the southwest quarter, section twenty-nine, and lots two and three, section thirty-two, township twenty-eight north, range twenty-two east of Willamette meridian; and a similar patent in the name of Osella, August first, nineteen hundred and four, for the southwest Osella. quarter of the northeast quarter, and lots numbered two, three, four, five, and six, section twenty-five, township twenty-eight north, range twenty-one east of the Willamette meridian; and a similar patent in the name of Felix, July thirteenth, nineteen hundred and Felix. four, for the southeast quarter, section thirteen, township twentythree north, range nineteen east of the Willamette meridian; and a similar patent in the name of Mesil, March seventh, nineteen hun- Mesil. dred and two, for the southwest quarter of the southeast quarter, and the southeast quarter of the southwest quarter, section thirtythree, township twenty-four north, range nineteen east of the Willamette meridian; and a similar patent in the name of Louis Judge, Louis Judge. September sixteenth, nineteen hundred and four, for the southwest quarter, section twenty-four, township twenty-four north, range eighteen east of the Willamette meridian, all situated in the State of Washington be, and the same are hereby, ratified and confirmed as fee simple patents without restrictions against alienation as of their dates of issuance. Approved, February 15, 1917. CHAP. 82.-An Act For the relief of Ivy L. Merrill. February 15, 1917. (H. R. 11685.] 39 Stat., 1477. Ivy L. Merrill. Pottawatomie tribal Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Payment to, from Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury of the United States belonging to the Pottawatomie Tribe of Indians in Oklahoma not otherwise appropriated, to Ivy L. Merrill, a quarter blood Pottawatomie Indian, of Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma, the sum of $500, in full compensation for permanent and lasting injuries received, without negligence on her part, while in the employ of the United States Government as a civil-service employee at the Shawnee Indian School in Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma. Approved, February 15, 1917. March 2, 1917. [S. Con. Res. No. 34.1 39 Stat., 1608. Wahpakoota Sioux Indians. restoring annuities to; ante, 133. CONCURRENT RESOLUTION OF THE SIXTY-FOURTH CONGRESS, MEDAWAKANTON AND WAHPAKOOTA INDIAN BILL. Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives concurring), Medawakanton and That in the enrollment of the bill the Secretary of the Senate be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to insert the words "Act Correction in bill for of" after the word "the" where it first occurs in line 12 of the matter inserted by the committee of conference of the two Houses on the bill (S. 135) entitled "An Act for the restoration of annuities to the Medawakanton and Wahpakoota (Santee) Sioux Indians, declared forefeited by the Act of February sixteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-three. April 11, 1917. [H. R. 122.] 40 Stat., 1. Appropriations Passed, March 2, 1917. PUBLIC ACTS OF THE SIXTY-FIFTH CONGRESS, FIRST SESSION, 1917. CHAP. 2.-An Act Making appropriations for certain expenses incident to the first session of the Sixty-fifth Congress, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United for States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, namely: first session Sixty-fifth Congress. Government Print ing Ofice. Indian Service. New accounting system. 89. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE. Indian Service: For printing and binding, including loose-leaf binders, necessary to test and install a new system of bookkeeping and accounting for the Indian Service prepared by the Bureau of 39 Stat., 159; ante, Efficiency in accordance with section twenty-eight of the Indian appropriation Act, approved May eighteenth, nineteen hundred and sixteen, $10,000, to continue available during the fiscal year nineteen hundred and eighteen. Judgments, Indian depredation claims. 60. Payment. Deductions. JUDGMENTS IN INDIAN DEPREDATION CLAIMS. For payment of judgments rendered by the Court of Claims in Indian depredation cases, certified to Congress in House Document Numbered Two thousand and thirty and Senate Document Numbered Seven hundred and thirty during the Sixty-fourth Congress, second session, $46,927.50; said judgments to be paid after the de25 Stat., 853, vol. 1, ductions required to be made under the provisions of section six of the Act approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, entitled "An Act to provide for the adjustment and payment of claims arising from Indian depredations," shall have been ascertained and duly certified by the Secretary of the Interior to the Secretary of the Treasury, which certification shall be made as soon as practicable after the passage of this Act, and such deductions shall be made according to the discretion of the Secretary of the Interior, having due regard to the educational and other necessary requirements of the tribe or tribes affected; and the amounts paid shall be reimbursed to the United States at such times and in such proportions as the Secretary of the Reimbursement. Proviso. Appeal. Interior may decide to be for the interests of the Indian Service: cause. None of the judgments contained in this Act shall be paid until Right of appeal. the right of appeal shall have expired. AUDITED CLAIMS. CLAIMS ALLOWED BY THE AUDITOR FOR THE INTERIOR DEPARTMENT. Claims allowed by Auditor for Interior Department. For relieving distress and prevention, and so forth, of diseases among Indians, $46.94. For Indian schools, support, $1,234.86. For Indian school buildings, $169. For Indian school and agency buildings, nineteen hundred and fifteen, $1,860.02. For purchase and transportation of Indian supplies, nineteen hundred and sixteen, $52,398.30. For purchase and transportation of Indian supplies, nineteen hundred and fifteen, $525.67. For purchase and transportation of Indian supplies, $552.23. For pay of Indian police, 60 cents. For pay of judges, Indian courts, $7.18. For general expenses, Indian Service, $2. For support of Indians in Arizona and New Mexico, $726.92. For support of Indians in California, nineteen hundred and sixteen, $14.44. For Indian school, Fort Bidwell, California, repairs and improvements, nineteen hundred and sixteen, $257.38. For Indian School, Greenville, California, $9.92. For Indian school, Lawrence, Kansas, repairs and improvements, nineteen hundred and sixteen, $24.20. For incidentals in Montana, $7. For Indian school, Albuquerque, New Mexico, repairs and improvements, nineteen hundred and sixteen, $14.11. For support of Indians of Fort Berthold Agency, North Dakota, 18 cents. Indian school, Fort Totten, North Dakota, nineteen hundred and sixteen, $46.21. For support of Sioux of different tribes, subsistence and civilization, South Dakota, $3,981.91. For support of Indians of Colville and Puyallup Agencies and Joseph's Band of Nez Perces, Washington, 53 cents. For Indian school, Hayward, Wisconsin, repairs and improvements, nineteen hundred and fifteen, $14.58. For indemnity to certain Chickasaw Indians for losses, treaty of 11 Stat., 611, vol. 2, June twenty-second, eighteen hundred and fifty-five, $8,660. 706. |