The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1899-02-21

interpreters, s39, $50; for contingent
expenses of the commission, SIS, 800;
in all, 1923, ,4so.
That said commission shall con-
tinue to exercise all authority here
tofore conferred on it by law.
To enable the President to cause
under the provisions of the Act of
February S, 1887, entitled "An Act to
provide for the allotment of lands in
severalty to Indians" such Indian
reservations as in his judgment are
advantageous for agricultural and
grazing purposes to be surveyed or
resurveyed, for the purposes of said
Act, and to complete the allotment
of the same, including the necessary
clerical work incident thereto in the
field and in he Office of Indian
Affairs, and delivery of trust patents,
so far as allotments shall have been
selected under said Act, $50, 900.
For construction of bitches and
reservoirs, purchase and use of irri-
eating tools and appliances, and
purchase of water rights on Indian
reservations, in the discretion of the
Secretary of the Interior and subject
to his control, $40, 900.
For survey and subdivision of In
dian reservations and of lands to be
allotted to indians, and to make
allotments in severalty, to be ex-
pended by the Commissioner of In
dian Affairs, under the direction of
the Secretary of the Interior, $50, 900.
For continuing the work of trans
ferring the Indian depreciation claims
from the Office of Indian Affairs to
the Court of Claims and making a
record of the same, and for the
proper care and custody of the
papers and records relating thereto,
under the provisions of the Act ap-
proved March 3, 1891, (26th Statutes
at Large, page S5D, 81 600.
That the attorneys employed by
the Cherokee Nation to defend the
suit now pending in the Court of
Claims, brought by the Delaware In
dians against said nation, may ap-
pear and defend said suit under any
authority conferred by said Chero-
kee Nation, and with the consent of
said nation the Court of Claims may
determine the compensation to be
paid said attorneys, and with the
consent of the Cherokee Nation
| jurisdiction is hereby conferred on
said court for this purpose: Provid-
ed, that no liability shall be incurred
by the United States an account of
such emp yment.
For support of Indian day and in
/ dustrial schools, and for other educa-
tional purposes not hereinafter
provided for, (39) including pay OF
an architect and craftsman, and a
laborer, to be employed in the Office
of the Commissioner of Indian
Affairs, LOO, 900, of which amount
the Secretary of the Interior may, in
his discretion, use 81, 900 for the edu-
cation of Indians in Alaska, (4O)
Provided, that the Secretary of the
Interior may make contracts with
contract schools, apportioning a
near as may be the amount so con-
tracted for among schools of various
denominations, for the education oi
Indian pupils during the fiscal year
1900, but shall only make such con-
tracts at places where nOn-sectarian
schools cannot be provided for such
Indian children, and to an amount not
exceeding twenty per centum of the
amount so used for the fiscal year
1895, the same to be divided proper.
tionately among the said several con
tract schools: Provided further, thai
the foregoing shall not apply to pub
lie schools of any State, Territory
county or city, or to schools herein
or hereafter specifically provided
for.
For construction, purchase. lease
and repair of echool buildings anC
purchase of school sites, $500, 900.
SUPPORT OF SCHOOLS.
For collection and transportation
of pupils to and from Indian schools
and also for the transportation o
In6ian pupils from all the Indiai
schools and placing of them, will