The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-02-27
AMENDED BY MONDELL'S BILL

be used, under the direction Of the
secretary of the interior, to v nee
essary expenses Of maintaining said
hospital.
Fifty thousand dollars shall be de-
posted in the treasury of the United
States to the credit If the Crow tribe
of Indians, the same to be expended
for their benefit from time to time
by the secretary Of the interior, in
such ann as he may direct. Three
thousand dollars, or as much thereof
as may be necessary, is hereby ap-
propriated and set apart to pay the
expenses of 10 Crow Indians, two in
terpreters and the agent to visit
Washington at such time as permits
sion is received from the secretary Of
the interior.
The balance of the principal sum
due the Grow Indians under this
agreement shall be placed in the
treasury of the United States to their
credit as a trust fund and shall bear
interest at the rate of 4 per centum
per annum; said interest to be added
annually to the principal, and an
annual annuity of $12 per capita shall
be paid, in cash, to every man, woman
and child having rights upon the said
reservation, said annuity to be paid
s%emi-anually in accordance with such
rules and regulations az the secretary
of the interior may prescribe; provid-
ed further, that 100000 of the last
named sum may be expended in the
further purchase of cattle or sheep,
should a majority of the Indians so
decide and the same be approved by
the secretary Of the interior; provid-
ed. further, that when each object for
which a specific appropriation has
been made in this agreement shall
have been fully carried out and COM
pleted then the balance remaining OF
said appropriation may be expended
for the benefit of the Grow tribe or
placed to their credit in such manner
as the secretary of the interior may
determine.
1T is further agreed that in the con-
struction of bitches, dams, canals and
fences no contract shall be awarded
nor employment given to other than
Grow Indians or whites intermarried
with them, except that any Indian
employed in construction may hire
white men to work for him if he so
desires; provided further that nothing
herein shall be construed to prevent
other skilled employees or to prevent
the employment of white labor where
it is impracticable for the Grows
to perform the same.
"None of the money due to the said
Indians under this agreement shall
be subject to the demands of any
claims, judgments or demands against
said Indians for damages or depreda-
tons claimed to have been committed
prior to the signing of this agreement.
And the various expenditures and pay
ments to be made under the provi-
sions of this article shall be made as
sionss thereof are available as herein
provided, and shall be %prorated, APP
portioned and made in such proper
lions and amounts as in the opinion
of fhn cnnrnforu nf tho infnvi0r tho
needs and requirements of the In
dams and their best interests shall
warrant and demand; provided fur
Their, that none of the other expendi-
lures or payments provided for by
this article shall be made until the
annual annuity of $12 per capita shall
have been paid"
Section 3 appropriates the sum OF
$1,000 for surveying the coded strip.
Section 4 is as follows:
That the commissioner of Indian
affairs shall cause allotments to be
made, in n and quantity as pro-
vided by existing law, of the lands
occupied and cultivated by any In
dians On the portion of the reserva-
ton by said agreement coded and re-
linquished, as required by article 3
thereof, and where such Indian occu-
pants elect to remove to the dimin-
ished reservation he shall cause a
schedule to be prepared showing the
names of such occupants, the descrip.
ton of the lands and the character of
the improvements thereon. Such i'm
provements shall then be appraised
and sold under the direction Of the
secretary of the interior to the highest
bidder, no sale to be for less than the
appraised value, the proceeds to be
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