Morris tribune., 1882-08-17
NORTHWESTERN APPROPRIATION
A COMPLETE LIST

WASHINGTON, Aug s.-Ofths appropriations
passed this year, the following are items OF
interst to the northwest:
For legislative expenditures. Territory Of Mon
taua, namely, for printing house and council jour-
nails Of the Eleventh regular session OF the leeisla-
tive assembly. heing for the service of the fiscal
year 1879, .145 s5.
For amount required for payment Of Montana
volunteers for service In the war with the Nez
Indians ID 10 az s % Col
To pay indebtedness incurred under Fulfilling
treaty with the Chippewas of Lake Superior and
Contingencies Indian department" for the fiscal
To pay Indebtedness incurred under Incidental
expenses Of Indian service in Dakota for tine fiscal
1875 and S general council Of
For pay of Superintendent In Dakota for 1873
and plior years, $44.44.
For support Of Chippewas, Puager and Lake
Winnebagoshish lands !or same period. $5l5.l1
For support of Chippewas of Red lake and Penn
bina for same period, $53.17. "a.
For salaries of superntendents Of the life saving
Huron aud Superior, aud one on the coast Of Lake
Michigan, and one on the coast OF Washington Ter
ritory, Oregan and California, at $500 each.
For the construction and continuing the con-
struction and of military telegraph lines on the
Indian aud Mexican frontiers and in the North
west, for the connection Of military posts and
stations and for the better proteet1n OF Immigrants
especially in the States of Texas and Nevada
and the Territories Of New Mexico, Arizona,
Dakots, Washington, Montana, Idaho and
Wyoming and the Indian Territory under the
the provisions of the act approved March 3rd,
1875. and June 20, 1878, $40, 1000,
provided that the construction of new lines of tele
graph shall be under the supervision Of the several
military commanders subject to the approval of the
secretary of war. -.
Survey Of Northern and Northwestern :lakes
$4,000.
TO improve the military road from Yankton to
Fort Randall, D. IT,. So, 900.
For the erection Of building for quartermas-
ter and commissary depot at st. Paul. Mimi, for
the department of Dakota, $4S, 500; provided that
lot and the lower portion of lot 4, block 81, st.
Paul proper, offered to the United States for the
the United " States D'tsS for the said purpose.
by good and sufficient deed. which. together with
the title Of the premises. shall be approved by the
money shall be expended until such title is per-
fected.
For public building at Minneapolis. $50. 900:
to purchase q site and begin construction. the
building to cost $4,000.
For contingent expenses Of the office Of the sur
veyor general of Minnesota, $1,000; Dakota,
$1,000: Montana, $4,000.
To enable the secretary Of the interior to- nego-
tate with the Sioux Indians for such modi-
fcatiou Of existing treaties and agree
BILE by said Indians and the secretary
Of the interior. $5, 900; but any such agreement
shall not take effect until ratified by congress, pro-
vided however, that if any lands shall be acquired
on the EXPRESS condition that the United States
shall dispose of the same to actual settlers under
the provisions of the homestead laws.
For the recovery of lands within the Sioux re-
servation. west of Big Stone lake. Dakota, and re-
tracement Of the west boundary Of the reservation
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