section two of the Act of July seventh, eighteen hundred and eighty- 23 Stat., 254. * CLAIMS ALLOWED BY THE AUDITOR FOR THE INTERIOR DEPARTMENT. Claims allowed by Auditor for Interior Department. For Indian schools, support, $64.70. For Indian school transportation, 90 cents. For contingencies, Indian Department, $21.95. For purchase and transportation of Indian supplies, nineteen hundred and thirteen, $1,429.90. For purchase and transportation of Indian supplies, $70.78. For telegraphing and telephoning, Indian Service, nineteen hundred and fourteen, $2,203.90. For telegraphing and telephoning, Indian Service, nineteen hundred and thirteen, $28.69. For telegraphing and telephoning, Indian Service, $7.16. For telegraphing, transportation, and so forth, Indian supplies, $42.34. For Ganado irrigation project, Navajo Reservation, Arizona, nineteen hundred and fourteen, $235.83. For maintenance, irrigation system, Pima Indian lands, Arizona, nineteen hundred and fourteen, $2,129.08. For support of Indians in California, nineteen hundred and fourteen, $652.34. For maintenance and operation, Fort Hall irrigation system, Idaho, nineteen hundred and fourteen, $6.01. For support of Sioux of different tribes, subsistence and civilization, South Dakota, $498.44. For administration of affairs, Five Civilized Tribes, Oklahoma, nineteen hundred and fourteen, $545.24. CLAIMS ALLOWED BY THE AUDITOR FOR THE INTERIOR DEPARTMENT. * For Indian school and agency buildings, $116.38. Claims allowed by For purchase and transportation of Indian supplies, nineteen hun- Auditor for Interior dred and fourteen, $21,351.05. For purchase and transportation of Indian supplies, nineteen hundred and thirteen, $280.30. For purchase and transportation of Indian supplies, 70 cents. For telegraphing and telephoning, Indian Service, nineteen hundred and fourteen, 88 cents. For telegraphing and telephoning, Indian Service, 20 cents. For telegraphing, transportation, and so forth, Indian supplies, 96 cents. For expenses of Indian commissioners, nineteen hundred and fourteen, $32.06. For maintenance, irrigation system, Pima Indian lands, Arizona, nineteen hundred and fourteen, $214.92. For indemnity to certain Chickasaw Indians for losses, treaty of June twenty-second, eighteen hundred and fifty-five, $2,470. Department. March 4, 1915. [H. R. 9899.] 38 Stat., 1188. Indian reservations. over, in Nebraska. CHAP. 161. An Act To authorize the laying out and opening of public roads on the Winnebago, Omaha, Ponca, and Santee Sioux Indian Reservations in Nebraska and on Indian reservations in Montana. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Public roads allowed States of America in Congress assembled, That the legal road authorities, charged with the duty of laying out and opening public roads and highways under the laws of the State of Nebraska, having jurisdiction over any territory embraced within the Winnebago Indian Reservation, the Omaha Indian Reservation, the Ponca Indian Reservation, and the Santee Sioux Indian Reservation in the State of Nebraska, are hereby authorized and empowered to lay out and open public roads within any of the said Indian reservations in conformity to and in accordance with the laws of the State of Nebraska relating to the laying out and opening of public roads, and that any public road when so laid out and opened shall be deemed a legal road: Provided, That such road authorities shall, in addition to notifying the land owners as provided in the State laws, likewise serve notice upon the superintendent in charge of the restricted Indian lands upon which it is proposed to lay out a public road, and shall also furnish him with a map drawn on tracing linen showing the definite location and width of such proposed road, and no such road shall be laid out until after it has received the approval of such superintendent. Proviso. Restricted Indian lands. Public roads allowed over reservations in Montana. Proriso. Restricted Indian lands. March 4, 1915. [II. R. 11318.] 38 Stat., 1189. Public lands. SEC. 2. That the legal authorities charged with the duty of laying out and opening public roads and highways under the laws of the State of Montana, having jurisdiction over any territory embraced within any Indian reservation in Montana, are hereby authorized and empowered to lay out and open public roads within any of the said Indian reservations in conformity to and in accordance with the laws of the State on Montana relating to the laying out and opening of public roads, and that any public road when so laid out and opened shall be deemed a legal road: Provided, That such road authorities shall, in addition to notifying the landowners as provided in the State laws, likewise serve notice upon the superintendent in charge of the restricted Indian lands upon which it is proposed to lay out a public road, and shall also furnish him with a map drawn on tracing linen showing the definite location and width of such proposed road, and no such road shall be laid out until after it has received the approval of such superintendent. Approved, March 4, 1915. CHAP. 162.-An Act Authorizing the sale of lands in Lyman County, South Dakota. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Cash sales of ceded Interior, in his discretion, be, and he is hereby, authorized to sell for Sioux lands, Lyman cash, under such rules and regulations as he may prescribe, the unallotted, unreserved, and unentered lands in Lyman County, South Dakota, formerly in the part of the Sioux Indian Reservation which was restored to the public domain by the Act of March second, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine. County, S. Dak., authorized. 25 Stat., 896, vol. 1, 332. March 4, 1915. [H. R. 21122.) 38 Stat., 1219. Oklahoma. Approved, March 4, 1915. CHAP. 189.-An Act To validate certain homestead entries. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That all homestead entries heretofore erroneously allowed for the unused, unallotted, and unre Kiowa, etc., lands. fied. 576. served lands of the United States in the Kiowa, Comanche, and Apache Indian Reservations, which lands were authorized to be sold ously allowed on, ratiunder section sixteen of the act approved March third, nineteen hun- 36 Stat., 1069, vol. 3, dred and eleven (Thirty-sixth Statutes at Large, page one thousand 499; 38 Stat., 92, vol. 3, and sixty-nine), and under the provisions of the Act approved June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and thirteen (Thirty-eighth Statutes at Large, page ninety-two), are hereby ratified and confirmed: Provided, That in addition to the land-office fees prescribed by statute ment. for such entries the entryman shall pay $1.25 per acre for the land entered at the time of submitting final or commutation proof. Approved, March 4, 1915. Proviso. PRIVATE ACTS OF THE SIXTY-THIRD CONGRESS, THIRD SESSION, 1915. CHAP. 6. An Act To reimburse Edward B. Kelley for moneys expended while superintendent of the Rosebud Indian Agency in South Dakota. January 7, 1915. [H. R. 6939.] 38 Stat.. 1471. Edward B. Kelley. Provisos. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That there is hereby appropriated, out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $1,558.20, to reimburse Edward B. Kelley, formerly superintendent of the Rosebud Indian Agency in South Dakota, for moneys expended for costs and expenses in a suit brought against him by one H. A. Bloom, involving the property of an Indian, a member of the Pine Ridge Sioux Tribe, and for the payment of a judgment entered against him in said suit: Provided, That before any part of the amount herein appropriated is paid to the said Edward B. Kelley required. there shall be filed a duly attested certificate of the clerk of the court in which the judgment was entered, showing that said judgment has been fully paid and satisfied: And provided further, That the said Receipt. Edward B. Kelley shall file a receipt in full of all claims or demands against the United States or any Indian by reason of the moneys expended in connection with the suit herein referred to. Approved, January 7, 1915. of payment CHAP. 61.—An Act Confirming patents heretofore issued to certain Indians in the State of Washington. February 25, 1915. [H. R. 19376.] 38 Stat., 1478. Fee-simple patents to Indian allottees Washington. Kami Sam. Peter Benoy. 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 Kami Sam, July twenty-second, nineteen hundred and two, for the south half of the northeast quarter, and lots one and two, section six, township twenty-three north, range nineteen east of the Willamette meridian; and a similar patent in the name of Peter Benoy, February twenty-fifth, nineteen hundred and five, for the southwest quarter section three, township twenty-three north, range nineteen east of the Willamette meridian; and a similar patent in the name of Anastus Yaksum, widow of Yaksum, February Anastus Yaksum third, nineteen hundred and eight, for the west half of the northwest quarter and the west half of the southwest quarter, section nine, township twenty-three north, range nineteen east of the Willamette meridian; and a similar patent in the name of Ellen Winnier, widow of Tom Winnier, August first, nineteen hundred and four, for the northwest quarter of section sixteen, township twenty-three north, range nineteen east of the Willamette meridian; and a similar patent in the name of Mary Batvia, October first, nineteen hundred and three, for the west half of the southeast quarter and the south half Ellen Winnier. Mary Batvia. John Harmelt. Madeline. Dan Nason. William Nason. of the northeast quarter, section five, township twenty-three north, range nineteen east of the Willamette meridian; and a similar patent in the name of John Harmelt, April fourteenth, nineteen hundred and nine, for the southwest quarter of the northeast quarter, and the southeast quarter of the northwest quarter, and the northeast quarter of the southwest quarter, section twenty-seven, township twentyfour north, range nineteen east of the Willamette meridian; and a similar patent in the name of Madeline, April ninth, nineteen hundred and one, for the east half of the southwest quarter and the southeast quarter of the northwest quarter, section fourteen, township twenty-four north, range eighteen east of the Willamette meridian; and a similar patent in the name of Dan Nason, August first, nineteen hundred and four, for the southeast quarter of the southeast quarter, and lot ten, section twenty-two, township twenty-four north, range eighteen east of the Willamette meridian; and a similar patent in the name of William Nason, August first, nineteen hundred and four, for the northwest quarter section twenty-six, township twenty-four north, range eighteen east of the Willamette meridian; and a similar patent in the name of Tenas George, December seventeenth, nineteen hundred and one, for lots seven and eight, section seven, and lots two, three, four, and seven, section eighteen, township twentyfour north, range twenty-one east of the Willamette meridian; and a similar patent in the name of Mary Ann, August first, nineteen hundred and four, for the northeast quarter of the southwest quarter, and lots two and four, section twenty-six, township twenty-four north, range eighteen east of the Willamette meridian; and a similar patent in the name of Mary Nason, August first, nineteen hundred and four, for the south half of the northeast quarter and the north half of the southeast quarter, section twenty-two, township twentyfour north, range eighteen east of the Willamette meridian, all situated in the State of Washington, be, and the same are hereby, ratiAlienation restric- fied and confirmed as fee-simple patents without restrictions against alienation as of their dates of issuance. Approved, February 25, 1915. Tenas George. Mary Ann. Mary Nason. tions removed. March 3, 1915. [H. R. 12780.] 38 Stat., 1547. J. O. Modisette. Payment to, Chickasaw funds. March 4, 1915. [H. J. Res. 441.] 38 Stat., 1228. from Indian Department. CHAP. 129. An Act To provide for the payment of the claim of J. O. Modisette for services performed for the Chickasaw Indians of Oklahoma. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Commissioner of Indian Affairs is hereby authorized to investigate the claim of J. O. Modisette, of Jennings, Louisiana, amounting to $270, alleged to be due as tuition for instructing certain Chickasaw pupils, and, in his discretion, to pay such claim wholly or in part from funds on deposit in the Treasury of the United States to the credit of the Chickasaw Nation. Approved, March 3, 1915. RESOLUTION OF THE SIXTY-THIRD CONGRESS, THIRD SESSION, 1915 Joint Resolution Making appropriations for 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 sixteen. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United provided for, continued States of America in Congress assembled, That all appropriations for during fiscal year 1916. the current and contingent expenses of the Bureau of Indian Affairs 38 Stat., 582; ante, 7. Amounts authorized. and for fulfilling treaty stipulations with various Indian tribes, which shall remain unprovided for on June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and fifteen, are continued and made available for and during the fiscal year nineteen hundred and sixteen to the same extent, in detail, and under the same conditions, restrictions, and limitations for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and sixteen as the same were provided for on account of the fiscal year nineteen hundred and fifteen in the Indian appropriation Act for the fiscal year. For all of such purposes a sufficient sum is appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, or out of funds to the credit of Indians as the same were respectively provided in the Indian appropriation Act for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and fifteen: Provided, That the appropriations from the Treasury of the United States or from Indian funds shall not exceed in the aggregate the amounts of such appropriations for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and fifteen: Provided further, That this joint resolution shall not be construed as providing for or authorizing the duplication of any special payment or for the execution of any purpose provided for in said appropriation Act that was intended to be paid only once or done solely on account of the fiscal year nineteen hundred and fifteen: Provided further, That appropriations continued hereunder Passenger-carrying shall be available for the maintenance, repair, and operation of motorpropelled and horse-drawn passenger carrying vehicles in the same manner as appropriations were available for those purposes during the fiscal year nineteen hundred and fifteen.' Approved, March 4, 1915. PUBLIC ACTS OF THE SIXTY-FOURTH CONGRESS, FIRST SESSION, 1916. CHAP. 37.-An Act Making appropriations to supply further urgent deficiencies in appropriations for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and sixteen, and prior years, and for other purposes. Provisos. Aggregate restricted. Duplicate payments not authorized. vehicles. February 28, 1916. appropriations. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Urgent deficiencies States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to supply further urgent deficiencies in appropriations for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and sixteen, and prior years, and for other purposes, namely: JUDGMENTS IN INDIAN DEPREDATION CLAIMS. Indian Judgments, depredation claims. 39 Stat., 28, 1600. For payment of judgments rendered by the Court of Claims in Payment. Indian depredation cases, certified to Congress in House Document Numbered Five hundred and sixty-four at its present session, $59,259.50, and the judgment therein in favor of "Andrew D. Everett, Verbal correction. administrator, Thomas W. Everett, deceased," shall read "Thomas W. Everett, administrator, Andrew D. Everett, deceased," and the judgment in favor of "Mrs. Joseph E. Winn, administratrix, John Winn, deceased," shall read "John M. Winn and Mrs. Joseph E. Winn, administrators, John Winn, deceased": said judgments to be paid after the deductions required to be made under the provisions 26 Stat., 853, vol. 1, 58. 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 1246 U. S., 214; 45 App. D. C., 80; 22 Comp. Dec., 57. |