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Indians occupying the Fort Hall Reservation now or hereafter available.

Bannocks.
Fulfilling treaty.

For fulfilling treaty stipulations with the Bannocks in Idaho: For pay of physician, teacher, carpenter, miller, engineer, farmer, and 15 Stat., 676, vol. 2, blacksmith (article ten, treaty of July third, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight), $5,000.

1023.

Coeur d'Alenes.
Fulfilling treaty.

26 Stat., 1029, vol. 1,

421.

For the Coeur d'Alenes, in Idaho: For pay of blacksmith, carpenter, and physician, and purchase of medicines (article eleven, agreement ratified March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-one), $3,000. To reimburse M. D. Čolgrove, superintendent of the Coeur d'Alene M. D. Colgrove. Agency, for expenses incurred in connection with the retention of an Indian charged with murder, $6.

Reimbursement.

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SEC. 6. For support and education of seven hundred and fifty Haskell Institute. Indian pupils at the Indian school, Haskell Institute, Lawrence, Kansas, and for pay of superintendent, $127,750; for general repairs and improvements, $11,000; for gymnasium building and equipment, $25,000; in all, $163,750.

tion School.

For support and education of eighty Indian pupils at the Indian Kickapoo school, Kickapoo Reservation, Kansas, including pay of superintendent, $14,860; for general repairs and improvements, $2,500; in all, $17,360.

School.

Reserva

For fulfilling treaties with the Sacs and Foxes of the Missouri: For Sacs and Foxes. support of a school (article five, treaty of March sixth, eighteen hundred and sixty-one), $200.

MICHIGAN.

12 Stat., 1172, vol. 2, 812.

Michigan.

School.

SEC. 7. For support and education of three hundred and fifty Mount Pleasant Indian pupils at the Indian school, Mount Pleasant, Michigan, and for pay of superintendent, $60,450; for general repairs and improvements, $5,000; for gymnasium and manual training buildings and equipment, $20,000; in all, $85,450.

Payment to.

11 Stat., 633, vol. 2,

The Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized and directed to Joseph Bradley. pay to Joseph Bradley, attorney in fact for the Saginaw, Swan Creek, and Black River Bands of Chippewa Indians, Michigan, the balance of $30.65 in the Treasury and due these Indians under the provisions of article two of the treaty of August second, eighteen hundred and fifty-five (Eleventh Statutes at Large, page six hundred and thirty-three): Provided, however, That he shall before receiving the said sum execute as attorney in fact on behalf of these Indians a receipt in full therefor.

MINNESOTA.

732.

Proviso.

Receipt in full re

quired.

Minnesota.

SEC. 8. For support and education of two hundred and twenty-five Pipestone School. Indian pupils at the Indian school, Pipestone, Minnesota, including pay of superintendent, $39,175; for general repairs and improvements, $6,000; for lavatory, $3,500; $6,500 for repairs on buildings and purchase of equipment to replace that destroyed or damaged by tornado on June tenth, nineteen hundred and fourteen; in all, $55,175. For support of a school or schools for the Chippewas of the Mississippi in Minnesota (article three, treaty of March nineteenth, eighteen 16 Stat., 720, vol. 2, hundred and sixty-seven), $4,000.

For the payment of high-school teachers at the White Earth Indian School, Minnesota, for instruction of children of the Chippewa Indians in the State of Minnesota, $4,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, the said sum to be reimbursable and to be used under

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Proviso.

Continuing higher education of boys.

573.

rules to be prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior: Provided, That not to exceed $1,000 of this sum may be used to continue the 38 Stat., 90, vol. 3, education of boys appointed under the provisions of the Act of Congress entitled "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 fourteen," approved June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and thirteen.

Chippewas of Minnesota.

Promotion

support, etc.

305.

Proviso.

Lands for homeless Mille Lacs.

The Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized to withdraw of self- from the Treasury of the United States, at his discretion, the sum of 25 Stat., 645, vol. 1, $205,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, of the principal sum on deposit to the credit of the Chippewa Indians in the State of Minnesota, arising under section seven of the Act of January fourteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, entitled "An Act for the relief and civilization of the Chippewa Indians in the State of Minnesota," and to use the same for the purpose of promoting civilization and self-support among the said Indians in manner and for purposes provided for in said Act: Provided, That not to exceed $40,000 of this amount may be used in the purchase of lands for homeless nonremoval Mille Lacs Indians, to whom allotments have not heretofore been made, to be immediately available and to remain available until expended, said lands to be held in trust and may be allotted to 24 Stat., 388, vol. 1, said Indians, in the discretion of the Secretary of the Interior, subject 33; 26 Stat., 794, vol. 1, to the provisions of the Act of February eighth, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven (Twenty-fourth Statutes at Large, page three hundred and eighty-eight, as amended): Provided further, That not to exceed $5,000 of the amount herein appropriated may be expended in the Removal, etc., of removal of Chippewa Indian bodies from the burial grounds in the vicinity of Wisconsin Point, Wisconsin, and their reinterment in an established cemetery in the city of Superior; said amount to cover markers for each grave or one monument, as may be found most suitable; and for the removal and suitable burial and marking of the graves of Indian bodies at Mille Lacs, Gull Lake, and Sandy Lake, Minnesota.1

56.

Trust allotments.

Indian bodies.

White Earth Band.
Annual celebration.

Bena, Minn.

Granted school

house.

The Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized to advance to the executive committee of the White Earth Band of Chippewa Indians in Minnesota the sum of $1,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to be expended in the annual celebration of said band to be held June fourteenth, nineteen hundred and fourteen, out of the funds belonging to said band.

That the building at Bena, Minnesota, is hereby granted to the village of Bena to be used as a schoolhouse, together with so much land as the Secretary of the Interior may determine, not exceeding three acres, and the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized to Attendance of Chip- convey said property by deed with a condition that the children of the Chippewa Indians of Minnesota shall have the privilege of attending at all times the school maintained therein on the same basis as white children attend the said school.

pewa pupils.

White Earth, Minn. system into.

That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized Extending water and directed to expend the sum of $1,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, of the funds of the White Earth Band of the Chippewa Indians of Minnesota, for the extension of the water system in the village of White Earth, Minnesota.

Methodist Church.

Land to Northern
Post, p. 65..

The Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and Minnesota Conference, directed to issue to the Northern Minnesota Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church a patent in fee to lot one, section nineteen, township sixty-five north, range twenty-one west of the fourth

122 Comp. Dec., 57.

principal meridian, State of Minnesota: Provided, That any persons who were residing upon said land on January first, nineteen hundred and fourteen, shall not be required to remove therefrom except upon terms approved by the Secretary of the Interior.

Proviso.
Right of residents.

Chippewas of Min

nesota.

That the sum of $1,500, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated from the tribal funds of the Chippewa Indians Paying expenses of of the State of Minnesota now in the Treasury, to pay the expenses delegations, etc. incurred by the delegations of Chippewa Indians who visited Washington, District of Columbia, on business for said Chippewas and who were elected by the councils of March twenty-fifth, nineteen hundred and eleven, and December thirtieth, nineteen hundred and twelve, and also for the expenses of the delegates who attended the General Council of the Chippewas of Minnesota, held at Cass Lake, Minnesota, on May sixth, seventh, eighth, and ninth, nineteen hundred and thirteen.

vation.

age assessment upon

Payment.

Appropriation.
Reimbursement

That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized, Fond du Lac Reserin his discretion, to approve the assessments, together with maps Approval of drainshowing right of way and definite location of proposed drainage lands in. ditches made under the laws of the State of Minnesota upon the tribal and allotted lands of the Fond du Lac Indian Reservation, Minnesota, in Carlton County judicial ditch number one. That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized, in his discretion, to pay the amount assessed against said allotted and tribal lands. There is from Indian funds. hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $13,080, to be reimbursable from any funds belonging to the individual allottees or their heirs or from any funds belonging to the tribe subject to be prorated, in the discretion of the Secretary of the Interior. That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized to approve deeds for right of way from such said allottees or their heirs as may be necessary to permit the construction and maintenance of said drainage ditch upon the payment of adequate damages therefor: Provided, That no patent in fee shall be issued for any tract of land under the terms of this paragraph until the United States shall have been wholly reimbursed for all assessments paid or to be paid on such tract under the terms hereof. That the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized to do and perform Regulations, etc. any and all acts and to make such rules and regulations as may be necessary and proper for the purpose of carrying the provisions hereof

into force and effect.

Rights of way.

Proviso.
Lien for repayment.

hospitals.

25 Stat., 645, vol. 1,

That the sum of $1,500, or so much thereof as may be necessary, of General council at the tribal funds of the Chippewa Indians of Minnesota is hereby Bemidji, Minn. appropriated to pay the expenses of the general council of said tribe held at Bimidji, Minnesota, in July, nineteen hundred and fourteen. The Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized to withdraw Construction of two from the Treasury of the United States, at his discretion, the sum of $50,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, of the principal sum on deposit to the credit of the Chippewa Indians in the State of Minnesota, arising under section seven of the Act of January fourteenth, 305. eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, entitled "An Act for the relief and civilization of the Chippewa Indians in the State of Minnesota," and to use the same for the purpose of constructing, equipping, and maintaining two hospitals, one to be located either on the Red Lake or Leech Lake Reservation and one to be located on the Fond du Lac Reservation, the sites to be selected by the Secretary of the Interior, for the use and benefit of the Chippewa Indians in Minnesota.

Location.

Sawyer.

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Council
Construction, etc.

The Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized to withdraw from the Treasury of the United States the sum of $1,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, of the principal sum on deposit to the credit of the Chippewa Indians in the State of Minnesota, arising under section seven of the Act of January fourteenth, eighteen hun- 305.

25 Stat., 645, vol. 1,

on road to Cass Lake School.

dred and eighty-nine, entitled "An Act for the relief and civilization of the Chippewa Indians in the State of Minnesota," and to use the same for the purpose of constructing and furnishing a council hall at such point as he may select, for the use of the Indians living in the vicinity of Sawyer, Minnesota.

Mississippi River. For the construction of a bridge across the Mississippi River on the Constructing bridges road between Cass Lake, Minnesota, and the Cass Lake Indian School, in said State, at a point on Government lot numbered three, in section twenty-nine, township one hundred and forty-six, range thirty-one, to a point on Government lot numbered four, in said section, in said State of Minnesota, or at such point and in such manner as shall be designated by the Secretary of the Interior, the sum of $5,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, of the principal sum on deposit to the credit of the Chippewa Indians in the State of Minnesota.

Montana.

Support, etc., of Indians.

ΜΟΝΤΑΝΑ.

SEC. 9. For support and civilization of the Indians at Fort Belknap Fort Belknap Agency, Montana, including pay of employees, $20,000.

Agency.

Flathead Agency.

Fort Peck Agency.

Blackfeet Agency.

Fort Belknap Reservation.

Irrigation system. 36 Stat., 277, vol. 3, 437.

Flathead tion.

Reserva

Irrigation systems.

For support and civilization of Indians at Flathead Agency, Montana, including pay of employees, $12,000.

For support and civilization of Indians at Fort Peck Agency, Montana, including pay of employees, $30,000.

For support and civilization of Indians at Blackfeet Agency, Montana, including pay of employees, $15,000.

For maintenance and operation, including repairs, of the Milk River irrigation system on the Fort Belknap Reservation, in Montana, $20,000, reimbursable in accordance with the provisions of the Act of April fourth, nineteen hundred and ten.'

For continuing the construction of irrigation systems to irrigate the allotted lands of the Indians of the Flathead Reservation, in Montana, and the unallotted irrigable lands to be or which have been heretofore disposed of under authority of law, including the necessary surveys, plans, and estimates, $200,000, reimbursable in accordance 38 Stat., 277, vol. 3, with the provisions of the Act of April fourth, nineteen hundred and ten, and to remain available until expended.

437.

Blackfeet

tion.

ReservaIrrigation systems.

For continuing the construction of irrigation systems to irrigate the lands of the Indians of the Blackfeet Indian Reservation, in Montana, including the necessary surveys, plans, and estimates, $50,000, 34 Stat., 1037, vol. 3, reimbursable in accordance with the provisions of the Act of March first, nineteen hundred and seven, and to remain available until expended.

437.

Fort Peck Reservation.

Proviso. Lands to unallotted children.

877.

For continuing construction of irrigation systems to irrigate allotted Irrigation systems. lands of the Indians of the Fort Peck Indian Reservation, in Montana, including necessary surveys, plans, and estimates, $50,000, the same to be reimbursable, and to remain available until expended: Provided, That the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized to 35 Stat., 558, vol. 3, make allotments in accordance with the provisions of the Act of May thirtieth, nineteen hundred and eight (Thirty-fifth Statutes, page five hundred and fifty-eight), to children on the Fort Peck Reservation who have not received, but who are entitled to, allotments as long as any of the surplus lands within said reservation remain undisposed of, such allotments to be made under such rules and regulations as the Secretary of the Interior may prescribe.

Crows.

Fulfilling treaty.

For fulfilling treaties with Crows, Montana: For pay of physician, 15 Stat., 652, vol. 2, $1,200; and for pay of carpenter, miller, engineer, farmer, and blacksmith (article ten, treaty of May seventh, eighteen hundred and sixty

1011.

1207 U. S., 564; 263 U. S., 497; 18 Fed. (2), 643, 644.

eight), $3,600; for pay of second blacksmith (article eight, same treaty), $1,200; in all, $6,000.

Flathead
Mont.

County,

For payment to the trustees of school district numbered twentythree, Flathead County, Montana, for the tuition of Indian children Tuition of Indian during the year nineteen hundred and twelve, $471.60.

pupils.

Northern Cheyennes and Arapahoes.

19 Stat., 256, vol. 1,

For subsistence and civilization of the Northern Cheyennes and Arapahoes (agreement with the Sioux Indians, approved February Subsistence, etc. twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and seventy-seven), including 168. subsistence and civilization of Northern Cheyennes removed from Pine Ridge Agency to Tongue River, Montana, and for pay of physi- Physician, etc. cian, two teachers, two carpenters, one miller, two farmers, a blacksmith, and engineer (article seven, treaty of May tenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight), $85,000.

15 Stat., 658, vol. 2, 1014.

riders.

For the employment of "line riders" along the southern and eastern Employing boundaries of the Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation in the State of Montana, $1,500.

"line

For the support and civilization of Rocky Boy's Band of Chip-Rocky Boy's Band, pewas, and other indigent and homeless Indians in the State of Support, etc. Montana, including pay of employees, $10,000.

Purchase of

cattle

There is hereby appropriated the sum of $25,000, out of any money Northern Cheyennes. in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, or so much thereof as for." may be necessary, for the purpose of purchasing cattle for the benefit of the Northern Cheyenne Indians: Provided, That said sum shall

Provisos.

be expended under conditions to be prescribed by the Secretary of Repayment.

the Interior for its repayment to the United States on or before June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and twenty-five: Provided further, That

the Secretary of the Interior shall submit to Congress annually on the Annual report of exfirst Monday in December a detailed statement as to the expenditure penditures.

of this fund.

NEBRASKA.

Nebraska.

SEC. 10. For support and education of three hundred and seventy- Genos School. five Indian pupils at the Indian School at Genoa, Nebraska, including pay of superintendent, $60,000; for general repairs and improvements, $4,500; for new laundry building and equipment, $4,000; for repairs and addition to hospital, $4,000; dairy barn, $6,000; for lavatory annex, $2,500; for industrial building for girls, $4,000; in all, $85,000.

Distribution of re

funds.

455.

That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized, Sacs and Fores. in his discretion, under such rules and regulations as he may pre- mainder of tribal scribe, after the assessments made on Sac and Fox tribal lands by drainage district No. 1, in Richardson County, Nebraska, shall have been paid, and after the Indians whose allotments are within the drainage district shall have received their proportionate shares of 36 Stat., 368, vol. 3, the tribal funds as authorized by the Act of May thirteenth, nineteen hundred and ten (Thirty-sixth Statutes at Large, page three hundred and sixty-eight), to distribute and pay per capita to the remaining members of the tribe entitled there to the tribal funds on deposit in the Treasury of the United States to the credit of the Sac and Fox of the Missouri tribe, under the above Act, in the same manner as provided by the Act of April twenty-first, nineteen hundred and 47. four (Thirty-third Statutes at Large, page two hundred and one).

NEVADA.

Manner of payment. 33 Stat. 201, vol. 3,

Nevada.

dians in.

SEC. 11. For support and civilization of Indians in Nevada, includ-Support, etc., of Ining pay of employees, $18,500.

For support and education of two hundred and fifty Indian pupils at the Indian school at Carson City, Nevada, including pay of superintendent, $41,700; for general repairs and improvements, $8,000; in all, $49,700.

Carson City School.

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