Apportionment. Congress, second session), that the Indians of the Yakima Reservation in the State of Washington, have been unjustly deprived of the portion of the natural flow of the Yakima River to which they are equitably entitled for the purposes of irrigation, having only been allowed one hundred and forty-seven cubic feet per second, the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized and directed to furnish at the northern boundary of said Yakima Indian Reservation, in perpetuity, enough water, in addition to the one hundred and forty-seven cubic feet per second heretofore allotted to said Indians, so that there shall be, during the low-water irrigation season, at least seven hundred and twenty cubic feet per second of water available when needed for irrigation, this quantity being considered as equivalent to and in satisfaction of the rights of the Indians in the low-water flow of Yakima River and adequate for the irrigation of forty acres on each Indian allotment; the apportionment of this water to be made under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, and there is hereby authorized to be appropriated the sum of $635,000 to pay for said water to be covered into the reclamation fund; the amount to be appropriated annually in installments upon estimates certified to Payment of first in Congress by the Secretary of the Treasury. One hundred thousand dollars is hereby appropriated to pay the first installment of the etc., to be submitted: amount herein authorized to be expended, and the Secretary of the Interior is hereby directed to prepare and submit to Congress the most feasible and economical plan for the distribution of said water upon the lands of said Yakima Reservation, in connection with the present system and with a view to reimbursing the Government for any sum it may have expended or may expend for a complete irrigation system for said reservation. stallment. Plan for distribution, Irrigating Yakima allotments. For operation and maintenance of the irrigation system on lands 33 Stat., 597, vol. 3, allotted to Yakima Indians in Washington, $15,000, reimbursable in 245; 34 Stat., 1050, vol. accordance with the provisions of the Act of March first, nineteen hundred and seven. 3, 302 Cushman School. John Robinson. Conveyance of lands to, ratified. For support and education of three hundred and fifty Indian pupils at the Cushman Indian School, Tacoma, Washington, including repairs and improvements, and for pay of superintendent, $50,000, said appropriation being made to supplement the Puyallup school funds used for said school. That the conveyance from John Teopil and his wife, Susan, to John Robinson of the west half of the southwest quarter of section twentysix, township eighteen north, range eighteen east of the Willamette meridian, Washington, made and executed on the twenty-third day of May, nineteen hundred and three, be, and the same hereby is, approved, ratified, and confirmed, and as an evidence of such conveyTo receive fee pat- ance the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to issue a patent in fec simple for the said described lands to the widow and heirs of John Robinson, deceased, the purchaser of said lands. ent. Wisconsin. Hayward School. Tomah School. WISCONSIN. SEC. 23. For the support and education of two hundred and ten Indian pupils at the Indian school at Hayward, Wisconsin, including pay of superintendent, $36,670; for general repairs and improvements, $5,000; in all, $41,670. For support and education of two hundred and fifty Indian pupils at the Indian school, Tomah, Wisconsin, including pay of superintendent, $43,450; for general repairs and improvements, $6,000; for the construction of an employees' building, $10,000; in all, $59,450: Provided, That the appropriation of $2,500 for repairing and rebuild37 Stat., 538, vol. 3, ing a barn at the Tomah School, contained in the Indian appropriation Act of August twenty-fourth, nineteen hundred and twelve 550. Proviso. Repairs to barn. (Thirty-seventh Statutes at Large, page five hundred and thirtyeight), is hereby reappropriated and made immediately available for the purpose for which appropriated. River Reservation. dians entitled to allot ments on. That within ninety days after the approval of this Act a complete La Pointe or Bad roll of the unallotted members of the La Pointe or Bad River Band Enrollment of Inof Chippewa Indians, of the State of Wisconsin, entitled to allotments under existing laws on the Bad River Reservation, shall be made and completed by the Secretary of the Interior with the assistance of a committee of members of said band duly appointed by a general council of the Bad River Band of Chippewa Indians called for that purpose. Immediately thereafter allotments of land (exclusive Allotments of lands. of the merchantable timber thereon) within said reservation shall be made in conformity with the provisions of the treaty of September thirtieth, eighteen hundred and fifty-four (Tenth Statutes at Large, page eleven hundred and nine) and subsequent Acts of Congress relating thereto, to all persons so enrolled who may be alive at the time of the approval of this Act. Patents for allotments made here- Issue of conditional under, subject to the provisions herein relating to the sale of timber patents. 10 Stat., 1109, vol. 2, 648. and the distribution per capita of the proceeds therefrom, shall issue Timber reserved. to the respective allottees without delay, and such patents shall contain a clause reserving to the United States the right to cut and market merchantable timber on the lands so allotted; the proceeds to be disposed of as herein provided. When the merchantable timber has been cut from the lands so allotted, the title to such timber as remains Removal of timber on said lands shall thereupon pass to the respective allottees: Pro- Provisos. vided, That the clause relating to the cutting and marketing of mer- reservation. chantable timber shall be omitted from all patents issued for allotments from which the merchantable timber has been cut and removed at the date of such patent: Provided further, That any land disposed Intoxicants prohibof hereunder shall be subject to all the laws of the United States prohibiting the introduction of intoxicants into the Indian country until otherwise provided by Congress. ited. That the Secretary of the Interior be and he hereby is authorized Sales of timber. to sell the merchantable timber on all lands allotted under the provisions of this Act within the Bad River Indian Reservation, in the Provisos. Timber contracts State of Wisconsin, under such rules and regulations as he may pre- Distribution of proscribe; the net proceeds derived therefrom, together with any undis- ceeds. tributed proceeds derived from the sale of timber heretofore cut and sold from such lands, shall be distributed per capita and paid to the members of the band enrolled under the provisions of this Act, where such members are or may hereafter be adjudged by the Secretary of the Interior competent; and in cases where members have not been adjudged competent by the Secretary of the Interior their shares shall be deposited to their individual credit as individual Indian moneys are now deposited and paid to them, or used for their benefit under the supervision of the Secretary of the Interior: Provided, That before approving any contract covering the sale of timber on submitted to Indians. any of said lands the Secretary of the Interior shall refer the said contract or contracts to the Indians of the Bad River Band entitled to allotment hereunder, for an expression of their views as to the price, terms, and conditions of sale, in which matter the interests of minors shall be represented by their parents or natural guardians: Distribution of Provided, That of the amount now on hand derived from the sale of amount on hand. tribal timber, at least $500,000 shall be distributed among such allottees enrolled under the provisions of this Act where the same are competent, or, where the allottees are incompetent, deposited to their individual credit as individual Indian moneys are now deposited, price of timber inadequate. Operation of mills if within sixty days from the date of the approval of the roll by the Secretary of the Interior as herein provided: Provided further, That in the event a fair and adequate price is not offered for the merchantable timber on the Bad River Reservation authorized to be sold under the provisions of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior may in his discretion cause to be built, equipped, and operated a suitable sawmill or sawmills, with appurtenances and necessary buildings, on the Use of proceeds from Bad River Reservation, for the purpose of manufacturing said merchantable timber into lumber; and he is hereby authorized to use so much of the proceeds from the timber heretofore sold, exclusive of the $500,000 herein authorized to be disposed of, to erect said sawmill or sawmills, said mill or mills to be constructed, operated, and maintained under such rules, regulations, and conditions as the Secretary of the Interior may prescribe: Provided, That no sawmill shall be constructed at a cost to exceed $5,000. prior sales. Limit of cost. Chippewas of Lake Saint Croix Chippewas. of. Extent of report. For support and civilization of the Chippewas of Lake Superior, Wisconsin, including pay of employees, $7,000. For support, education, and civilization of the Pottawatomie Indians who reside in the State of Wisconsin, including pay of employees, $7,000. That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, directed to Investigation of con- cause an investigation to be made of the condition and tribal rights of dition and tribal rights the so-called Saint Croix Chippewa Indians now residing in the counties of Polk, Burnett, Washburn, and Douglas, State of Wisconsin, and said to be in a destitute condition. That he shall ascertain and report to Congress at the beginning of the next session thereof whether the said Indians belong to the Lake Superior Chippewa of Wisconsin or to the Chippewa of Minnesota; what tribal rights, if any, they have with any band or tribe of Chippewa Indians residing in either Minnesota or Wisconsin; what benefits in land and money they would have received had they removed to a reservation in Wisconsin or had not been excluded from enrollment and allotment with the Chippewa Indians 25 Stat., 642, vol. 1, of Minnesota under the provisions of the Act approved January fourteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine (Twenty-fifth Statutes at Large, page six hundred and forty-two). That he shall cause a census and enrollment to be made of the said Saint Croix Chippewa, and shall report their actual condition and needs, with such recommendation for their relief as he may deem necessary. 301. Enrollment, etc. Bad River Reservation. of. For improving sanitary conditions among the Chippewa Indians of Improving sanitary the Bad River Reservation and for diking the Bad River to pevent conditions of Indians the overflow of said river and damage to Indian homes on tribal lands, $8,000, said sum to be reimbursed to the United States from any moneys which are now or which may hereafter be placed to the credit of the Bad River Band of Wisconsin Chippewa Indians. Wisconsin Band of Pottawatomies. purchase lands for. 586. The money appropriated in section twenty-four of the Indian approUse of balance to priation Act of June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and thirteen (Public 38 Stat., 102, vol. 3, Numbered four), for the purchase of allotments for the individual members of that portion of the Wisconsin Band of Pottawatomie Indians now residing in the States of Wisconsin and Michigan, is hereby reappropriated and made available for the purposes for which appropriated and shall remain available until expended. La Pointe Reservation. be set apart on. That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized, Indian town site to in his discretion, to set apart lots ten, eleven, and twelve, section twenty-five, township forty-eight north, range three west, on the La Pointe Reservation in Wisconsin, for an Indian town site, and to cause the lands described to be surveyed and platted into suitable Board of appraisal. lots, streets, and alleys, and to dedicate said streets and alleys and such lots or parcel as may be necessary to public uses, and to cause the lots to be appraised at their real value, exclusive of improvements thereon or adjacent thereto, by a board of three persons, one of whom Issue of trust patents 24 Stat., 388, vol. 1, Provisos. shall be the United States Indian agent of the La Pointe Agency, one That the northeast quarter of the northeast quarter of section thirty-four, township forty-eight north, range three west, be set aside and dedicated as a burial ground and for such other purposes as may be approved by the Commissioner of Indian Affairs for the use of the members of the La Pointe Band of Indians. Preference to occu pants. Disposal of unsold Intoxicants prohib Burial ground, etc. That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized Fair grounds, etc. to reserve, within said town site of Odanah, not exceeding ten acres for use of the La Pointe and other Chippewa Indians for fair grounds, parks, and other public purposes. SEC. 24. For support and civilization of Shoshone Indians in Shoshones. Wyoming, including pay of employees, $15,000. For support and education of one hundred and seventy-five Indian pupils at the Indian school, Shoshone Reservation, Wyoming, including pay of superintendent, $31,025; for general repairs and improvements, $6,000; in all, $37,025. Support, etc. 15 Stat., 676, vol. 2, For support of Shoshones in Wyoming: For pay of physician, Fulfilling treaty. teacher, carpenter, miller, engineer, farmer, and blacksmith (article 1023. ten, treaty of July third, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight), $5,000; for pay of second blacksmith, and such iron and steel and other materials as may be required, as per article eight, same treaty, $1,000; in all, $6,000. Repairs. For repairs at the old abandoned military post of Fort Washakie, Fort Washakle. on the Wind River Reservation, Wyoming, $1,732.82, from the amount heretofore collected as rentals of the buildings at said post. Irrigation system on Reservation. Repayment. For continuing the work of constructing an irrigation system within the diminished Shoshone or Wind River Reservation, in Wyoming, including the maintenance and operation of completed canals, $25,000, 33 Stat., 1016, vol. 3, reimbursable in accordance with the provisions of the Act of March third, nineteen hundred and five, and to remain available until expended.1 123. Roads and bridges. Right Rev. N. S. Thomas. For continuing the work of constructing roads and bridges within the diminished Shoshone or Wind River Reservation in Wyoming, $25,000, said sum to be reimbursed from any funds which are now or may hereafter be placed in the Treasury to the credit of said Indians. For reimbursing Right Reverend N. S. Thomas, Episcopal bishop Reimbursement to. of Wyoming, for moneys expended in repairs to buildings on the Wind River Reservation, Wyoming, $391.84, and permission is hereby granted the beneficiary to remove a certain barn erected by him upon the reservation. August 1, 1914. [H. R. 17041.] 38 Stat., 609. Sundry civil ex Approved, August 1, 1914. CHAP. 223.-An Act Making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and fifteen, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United penses appropriations. States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums be, and the same are hereby, appropriated, for the objects hereinafter expressed, for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and fifteen, namely: American ethnology. UNDER SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION. * American ethnology: For continuing ethnological researches among the American Indians and the natives of Hawaii, including the excavation and preservation of archaeologic remains, under the direction of the Smithsonian Institution, including salaries or compensation of all necessary employees and the purchase of necessary books and periodicals, including payment in advance for subscriptions, $42,000. Public lands. PUBLIC LANDS SERVICE. Opening Indian reservations to entry. Proviso. Reimbursement. Department of Jus tice. Opening Indian reservations (reimbursable): To meet the expenses pertaining to the opening to entry and settlement of such Indian reservation lands as may be opened during the fiscal year nineteen hundred and fifteen: 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, $15,000. Defense in Indian depredation claims. UNDER THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE. Defense in Indian depredation claims: For salaries and expenses in defense of the Indian depredation claims, including not exceeding $6,000 for salaries of necessary employees in Washington, District of 149 L. O. D., 370. |