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Pierre, South Dakota: For three hundred pupils, $97,750; for pay of superintendent, drayage, and general repairs and improvements, $16,000; in all, $113,750;

In all, for above-named nonreservation boarding schools, not to exceed $2,698,125: Provided, That 10 per centum of the foregoing amounts shall be available interchangeably for expenditures for similar purposes in the various boarding schools named, but not more than 10 per centum shall be added to the amount appropriated for any one of said boarding schools or for any particular item within any boarding school. Any such interchanges shall be reported to Congress in the annual Budget.

For tuition and for care and other assistance for Indian pupils attending public schools and special Indian day schools in the Cherokee, Creek, Choctaw, Chickasaw, and Seminole Nations and the Quapaw Agency in Oklahoma, $397,200, to be expended in the discretion of the Secretary of the Interior and under rules and regulations to be prescribed by him: Provided, That not to exceed $21,500 may be expended for the payment of salaries of public-school teachers, employed by the State, county, or district in special Indian day schools in full-blood Indian communities, where there are not adequate white day schools available for their attendance.

Natives in Alaska: To enable the Secretary of the Interior, in his discretion and under his direction, to provide for support and education and relief of destitution of the Eskimos, Aleuts, Indians, and other natives of Alaska, including necessary traveling expenses of pupils to and from boarding schools in Alaska; purchase, repair, and rental of school buildings, including purchase of necessary lands; textbooks and industrial apparatus; pay and necessary traveling expenses of superintendents, teachers, physicians, and other employees; repair, equipment, maintenance, and operation of vessels; and all other necessary miscellaneous expenses which are not included under the above special heads, $951,380, to be immediately available and to remain available until June 30, 1941: Provided, That a report shall be made to Congress covering expenditures from the amount herein provided for relief of destitution.

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CONSERVATION OF HEALTH

For conservation of health among Indians, including equipment, materials, and supplies; repairs and improvements to buildings and plants; compensation and traveling expenses of officers and employees and renting of quarters for them when necessary; transportation of patients and attendants to and from hospitals and sanatoria; returning to their former homes and interring the remains of deceased patients; and not exceeding $25,000 for clinical surveys and general medical research in connection with tuberculosis, trachoma, and venereal and other disease conditions among Indians, including cooperation with State and other organizations engaged in similar work and payment of traveling expenses and per diem of physicians, nurses, and other persons whose services are donated by such organizations, and including printing and binding circulars and pamphlets for use in preventing and suppressing trachoma and other contagious and infectious diseases, $5,088,170, including not to exceed $3,743,000 for the following-named hospitals and sanatoria:

Arizona: Indian Oasis Hospital, $27,260; Kayenta Sanatorium, $52,000; Fort Defiance Sanatorium and Southern Navajo General Hospital, $268,780; Phoenix Sanatorium, $107,560; Pima Hospital, $27,600; Truxton Canyon Hospital, $14,000; Western Navajo Hospital, $35,700; Chin Lee Hospital, $16,620; Fort Apache Hospital, $29,700; Hopi Hospital, $40,000; Leupp Hospital, $27,800; San Carlos Hospital, $32,300; Tohatchi Hospital, $17,200; Colorado River Hospital, $22,000; San

Xavier Sanatorium, $45,000; Phoenix Hospital, $42,000; Winslow Sanatorium, $60,000:

1 California: Hoopa Valley Hospital, $25,000; Soboba Hospital, $25,620; Fort Bidwell Hospital, $25,000; Fort Yuma Hospital, $22,000; Colorado: Ute Mountain Hospital, $15,000; Edward T. Taylor Hospital, $25,000;

Idaho: Fort Lapwai Sanatorium, $90,000; Fort Hall Hospitals, $15,900;

Iowa: Sac and Fox Sanatorium, $75,000;

Minnesota: Pipestone Hospital, $22,500; Cass Lake Hospital, $30,000; Fond du Lac Hospital, $25,000; Red Lake Hospital, $22,500; White Earth Hospital, $22,000;

Mississippi: Choctaw Hospital, $25,000;

Montana: Blackfeet Hospital, $45,000; Fort Peck Hospital, $26,400; Crow Hospital, $32,000; Fort Belknap Hospital, $30,000; Tongue River Hospital, $28,000;

Nebraska: Winnebago Hospital, $47,000;

Nevada: Carson Hospital, $27,000; Walker River Hospital, $25,000; Western Shoshone Hospital, $20,000;

New Mexico: Albuquerque Sanatorium, $104,660; Jicarilla Hospital and Sanatorium, $62,620; Mescalero Hospital, $23,000; Eastern Navajo Hospital, $55,000; Northern Navajo Hospital, $45,000; Taos Hospital, $20,000; Zuni Hospital, $35,000; Albuquerque Hospital, $50,000; Charles H. Burke Hospital, $30,000; Santa Fe Hospital, $44,000; Toadlena Hospital, $13,000;

North Carolina: Cherokee Hospital, $25,000;

North Dakota: Turtle Mountain Hospital, $41,600; Fort Berthold Hospital, $18,000; Fort Totten Hospital, $23,000; Standing Rock Hospital, $38,000; Fort Totten Preventorium, $20,000;

Oklahoma: Cheyenne and Arapahoe Hospital, $36,000; Choctaw and Chickasaw Sanatorium and General Hospital, $195,000; Shawnee Sanatorium, $100,000; Claremore Hospital, $76,300; Clinton Hospital, $22,000; Pawnee and Ponca Hospital, $38,000; Kiowa Hospital, $130,000; William W. Hastings Hospital, $70,000;

Oregon: Warm Springs Hospital, $20,000;

South Dakota: Crow Creek Hospital, $22,000; Pine Ridge Hospital, $53,000; Rosebud Hospital, $45,000; Yankton Hospital, $23,000; Cheyenne River Hospital, $35,000; Sioux Sanatorium, $140,000; Sisseton Hospital, $33,000;

Utah: Uintah Hospital, $30,000;

Washington: Yakima Sanatorium, $40,000; Tacoma Sanatorium, $225,000; Tulalip Hospital, $12,600; Colville Hospital, $35,000;

Wisconsin: Hayward Hospital, $40,600; Tomah Hospital, $32,620;
Wyoming: Wind River Hospital, $29,620:

Provided, That 10 per centum of the foregoing amounts shall be available interchangeably for expenditures in the various hospitals named, but not more than 10 per centum shall be added to the amount appropriated for any one of said hospitals or for any particular item within any hospital, and any interchange of appropriations hereunder shall be reported to Congress in the annual Budget: Provided further, That nonreservation boarding schools receiving specific appropriations shall contribute on a per diem basis for the hospitalization of pupils in hospitals located at such schools and supported from this appropriation: Provided further, That in the discretion of the Secretary of the Interior and under such rules and regulations as may be prescribed by him, fees may be collected from Indians for medical, hospital, and dental service and any fees so collected shall be covered into the Treasury of the United States.

Medical relief in Alaska: To enable the Secretary of the Interior, in his discretion and under his direction through the Bureau of Indian Affairs, with the advice and cooperation of the Public Health Service,

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Ito provide for the medical and sanitary relief of the Eskimos, Aleuts, Indians, and other natives of Alaska; purchase, repair, rental, and equipment of hospital buildings; books and surgical apparatus; pay and necessary traveling expenses of physicians, nurses, and other employees, and all other necessary miscellaneous expenses which are not included under the above special heads, $440,000, to be available immediately and to remain available until June 30, 1941.

Reindeer service: For supervision of reindeer in Alaska and instruction in the care and management thereof, including salaries and travel expenses of employees, purchase, rental, erection, and repair of range cabins, purchase and maintenance of communication and other equipment, and all other necessary miscellaneous expenses, including $3,000 for the purchase and distribution of reindeer, $75,000, to be immediately available, and to remain available until June 30, 1941.

General support and administration.

Proviso.

Fees for services.

Support of Indians, etc., under specified agencies, from tribal funds.

Arizona.

California. Post, p. 1315. Colorado. Post, p. 1315.

Florida.

Idaho.

Iowa.

Montana.
Nevada.

North Carolina.
Oklahoma.
Oregon.

Post, p. 1315.
Utah.

Washington.

Wisconsin. Post, p. 1315. 1709

GENERAL SUPPORT AND ADMINISTRATION

For general support of Indians and administration of Indian property, including pay of employees authorized by continuing or permanent treaty provisions, $2,743,700: Provided, That in the discretion of the Secretary of the Interior, and under such rules and regulations as may be prescribed by him, fees may be collected from individual Indians for services performed for them, and any fees so collected shall be covered into the Treasury of the United States.

For general support of Indians and administration of Indian property under the jurisdiction of the following agencies, to be paid from the funds held by the United States in trust for the respective tribes, in not to exceed the following sums, respectively:

Arizona: Fort Apache, $54,000; Navajo, $2,500 for all necessary expenses of holding a tribal fair, including erection of structures, awards for exhibits and events, feeding of livestock, and labor and materials; Pima (Camp McDowell), $300; San Carlos, $60,000; Truxton Canyon, $6,500; in all, $123,300;

California: Mission, $20,000;

Colorado: Consolidated Ute (Southern Ute), $78,000, including purchase of land, the subjugation thereof, and the construction of improvements thereon;

Florida: Seminole, $6,000, including the purchase of cattle for the establishment of a tribal herd;

Idaho: Fort Hall, $4,000 for the purchase of equipment, materials, and supplies for the eradication of noxious weeds; Iowa: Sac and Fox, $2,000;

Montana: Flathead, $24,000;

Nevada: Carson, the unexpended balances of the appropriations under this head for the Walker River, Summit Lake, and Pyramid Lake Indians, for the fiscal year 1938 are hereby continued available for the same purposes until June 30, 1940; Western Shoshone, $3,000; North Carolina: Cherokee, $8,000;

Oklahoma: Seminole, $7,787 for reconstruction of community house;
Oregon: Klamath, $93,760;

Utah: Uintah and Ouray, $10,000, of which amount not to exceed $3,000 shall be available for the payment of an agent employed under a contract approved by the Secretary of the Interior;

Washington: Puyallup, $1,000 for upkeep of the Puyallup Indian cemetery; Taholah, $24,650 (Makah, $9,500; Shoalwater, $15,150); Yakima, $250; Tulalip, $1,000; in all, $26,900;

Wisconsin: Keshena, $71,500, including $20,000 for monthly allowances, under such rules and regulations as the Secretary of the Interior may prescribe, to old and indigent members of the Menominee Tribe who reside with relatives or friends;

In all, not to exceed $478,247.

Expenses of attorneys, Quinaielt Reservation, Washington (tribal funds): The unexpended balance of the appropriation of $1,500 of the funds on deposit to the credit of the Quinaielt Indians, Washington, contained in the Second Deficiency Appropriation Act, fiscal year 1938, for expenses incurred by the attorney of record in prosecuting the claims of the Quinaielt Tribe in the Court of Claims, as authorized by the Act of February 12, 1925 (43 Stat. 886), is hereby continued available, for the same purposes and under the same conditions, until expended.

Relief of Chippewa Indians in Minnesota (tribal funds): Not to exceed $40,000 of the principal sum on deposit to the credit of the Chippewa Indians of Minnesota, arising under section 7 of the Act entitled "An Act for the relief and civilization of the Chippewa Indians in the State of Minnesota", approved January 14, 1889 (25 Stat. 645), may be expended, in the discretion of the Secretary of the Interior, in aiding indigent Chippewa Indians including boarding-home care of pupils attending public or high schools.

Relief of needy Indians: For the relief of Indians in need of assistance, including cash grants; the purchase of subsistence supplies, clothing, and household goods; medical, burial, housing, transportation, and all other necessary expenses, $100,000, payable from funds on deposit to the credit of the particular tribe concerned: Provided, That expenditures hereunder may be made without regard to section 3709, United States Revised Statutes, or to the Act of May 27, 1930 (46 Stat. 391), as amended.

For compensation and expenses of an attorney or attorneys employed by the Chippewa Tribe under a contract, approved by the Secretary of the Interior on April 15, 1937, $6,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, payable from the principal sum on deposit to the credit of the Chippewa Indians of Minnesota, arising under section 7 of the Act entitled "An Act for the relief and civilization of the Chippewa Indians in the State of Minnesota", approved January 14, 1889 (25 Stat. 645), and the amount herein appropriated shall be available for compensation earned and expenses incurred during the period covered by said contract.

Expenses of tribal officers, Five Civilized Tribes, Oklahoma (tribal funds): For the current fiscal year money may be expended from the tribal funds of the Choctaw, Chickasaw, Creek, and Seminole Tribes for equalization of allotments, per capita, and other payments authorized by law to individual members of the respective tribes, salaries and contingent expenses of the governor of the Chickasaw Nation and chief of the Choctaw Nation, one mining trustee for the Chocktaw and Chickasaw Nations, at salaries at the rate heretofore paid for the said governor and said chief and $3,000 for the said mining trustee, chief of the Creek Nation at $600 and one attorney each for the Choctaw and Chickasaw Tribes employed under contract approved by the President under existing law: Provided, That the expenses of the above-named officials shall be determined and limited by the Commissioner of Indian Affairs at not to exceed $2,500 each: Provided further, That so much as may be necessary may be expended from the tribal funds of the Creek Nation for payment of the salary of the principal chief for the period from February 12, 1935, to June 30, 1936.

Support of Osage Agency and pay of tribal officers, Oklahoma (tribal funds): For the support of the Osage Agency, and for necessary expenses in connection with oil and gas production on the Osage 1 Reservation, Oklahoma, including pay of necessary employees, the tribal attorney and his stenographer, one special attorney in tax and other matters, and pay of tribal officers; payment of damages to individual allottees; repairs to buildings, rent of quarters for employees, traveling expenses, printing, telegraphing, and telephoning, and purchase, repair, and operation of automobiles, $189,680, payable from

Quinaielt Reservation, Wash., expenses of attorney.

52 Stat. 1131.

43 Stat. 886.

Chippewas in Minnesota, and in school attendance, etc.

25 Stat. 645.

Relief of needy Indi

ans.

Proviso.
Expenditures.
R. S. § 3709.
41 U. S. C. § 5.
46 Stat. 391.

18 U. S. C. § 744a.
Attorneys.

25 Stat. 645.

Availability.

Five Civilized Tribes, Okla.

Expenses of tribal of ficers, from tribal funds.

Provisos.

Limitation on ex

penses.

Principal chief, salary for designated period.

Osage Agency, Okla.
Agency, etc., ex-

penses.

1710

Provisos.

Employment of curator for Museum.

Travel, etc.

Rehabilitation of needy Choctaw Indians, Okla.

52 Stat. 315. Proviso.

Title in trust.

Tribal councils, traveling, etc., expenses.

Supplies and equip

ment.

Visits to Washington, D. C.

Provisos.

Limitation on expenditures.

Expense allowance, limitation.

Makah Reservation, Wash., attorney.

Yakima Indians, attorneys.

1711

Proviso.

Deduction from any judgment received.

Shoshone Indians, attorneys employed under contract.

funds held by the United States in trust for the Osage Tribe of Indians in Oklahoma: Provided, That not more than $1,800 may be used for the employment of a curator for the Osage Museum, which employee shall be an Osage Indian and shall be appointed without regard to civilservice laws and regulations upon the recommendation of the Osage tribal council: Provided further, That this appropriation shall be available, for traveling and other expenses, including not to exceed $5 per diem in lieu of subsistence, and not to exceed 5 cents per mile for use of personally owned automobiles, of members of the tribal council and other members of the tribe, when engaged on tribal business, including visits to the District of Columbia when duly authorized or approved in advance by the Commissioner of Indian Affairs.

Rehabilitation of needy Choctaw Indians: For the rehabilitation of needy Choctaw Indians, in Oklahoma, including the purchase of land in the vicinity of the Council House of the Choctaw Indians, Tuskahoma, Oklahoma, the construction of improvements on newly acquired land, and such other purposes as may be recommended by the advisory council of the Choctaw Tribe and approved by the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, $100,000, payable from funds on deposit to the credit of the Choctaw Indians of Oklahoma, which sum together with the unexpended balance of the appropriation of $50,000 from Choctaw tribal funds for the acquisition of lands, and so forth, contained in the Interior Department Appropriation Act, fiscal year 1939, shall remain available until expended: Provided, That title to any land or improvements purchased under the provisions of this paragraph shall be taken in the name of the United States in trust for the Choctaw Tribe.

Expenses of tribal councils or committees thereof (tribal funds): For traveling and other expenses of members of tribal councils, business committees, or other tribal organizations, when engaged on business of the tribes, including supplies and equipment, not to exceed $5 per diem in lieu of subsistence, and not to exceed 5 cents per mile for use of personally owned automobiles, and including not more than $25,000 for visits to Washington, District of Columbia, when duly authorized or approved in advance by the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, $50,000, payable from funds on deposit to the credit of the particular tribe interested: Provided, That, except for the Navajo Tribe, not more than $5,000 shall be expended from the funds of any one tribe or band of Indians for the purposes herein specified: Provided further, That no part of this appropriation shall be available for expenses of members of tribal councils, business committees, or other tribal organizations, when in Washington, for more than a thirty-day period, unless the Secretary of the Interior shall in writing approve a longer period.

Expenses of attorneys, Makah Reservation, Washington (tribal funds): Not to exceed $1,700 of the funds on deposit to the credit of the Makah Indians, Washington, is hereby made available for the fiscal years 1939 and 1940 for payment of the compensation and expenses of an attorney employed by the Makah Tribe under a contract executed September 7, 1938, and approved by the Secretary of the Interior on November 30, 1938.

For expenses of an attorney or attorneys employed by the Yakima Tribe under a contract approved by the Secretary of the Interior on 1July 27, 1938, $3,000, payable from funds on deposit to the credit of the Yakima Indians: Provided, That expenditures hereunder shall be deducted from the expenses allowed to the attorney or attorneys in connection with any judgment recovered by said Indians.

For compensation and expenses of an attorney or attorneys employed by the Shoshone Indian Tribe under a contract approved by the Secretary of the Interior on January 30, 1939, $20,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, payable from funds on deposit in the Treasury to the credit of such tribe; and the amount herein appropri

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