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Matched Legal Cases: ['§470', '§ 461', '§ 470', '§ 501', '§ 389', '§ 22', '§ 188', '§ 22', '§ 188', '§ 22', '§ 184', '§ 188']

June 28, 1944 [H.R. 4679] | [Public Law 369]
58 Stat. 463
Making appropriations for the Department of the Interior for the
fiscal year ending June 30, 1945, and for other purposes.
Chap. 298
Interior Department Appropriation Act, 1945.
Post, pp. 545, 864, 876.
Purchase, of books, etc.
Post, p. 865.
Ante, p. 110.
Fort Peck Reservation, Mont.
Navajo Reservation, sheepbreeding station.
Funds continued available. 57 Stat. 459.
Moneys reimbursed. availability.
25 U.S.C. Supp. III. §470a.
Loans to Indians.
25 U.S.C. §§ 461-479; Supp. III, § 470a.
25 U.S.C. §§ 501-509.
Crow Reservation. Mont.
31 U.S.C. §, 725c.
Tongue River Water Users' Association. etc., Mont.
Paiute Indian lands within Newlands, project. Nev.
25 U.S.C., Supp. III, § 389 note.
Construction, repair, etc. of designated projects.
478 Phoenix, Ariz.
Sequoyah Orphan Training School, Tahlequah, Okla.
479 Pierre, S. Dak.
Tuition for Indian children at public schools. etc.
Natives in Alaska. Support, relief. etc.
480 Medical relief in Alaska.
Post, p. 607.
Choctaw-Chickasaw lands, sale of timber.
Shoshone and Arapaho Tribes, Wyo.
Choctaw-Chickasaw Nations.
Fulfillment of Atoka Agreement.
30 Stat. 495.
Approval by Indians.
Ratification by Congress.
Credit of purchase price. 484
Land and mineral deposits.
30 U.S.C. §§ 22, 48, 181 et seq.; Supp. III, § 188a.
Ante, p. 275.
30 U.S.C. §§ 22, 48, 181, 182, 184, 186-190,
193, 194; Supp. III, § 188a.
30 U.S.C. §§ 22, 48, 181, 182, 193.
30 U.S.C. § 184; Supp. III, § 188a.
7 Stat.46.
11 Stat. 644.
492 Mineral leasing.
38 Stat. 742; 40 Stat. 297; 41 Stat. 437, 1366.
Custer Battlefield National Cemetery, roads. 501
Statue of Liberty National Monument, easements.
Post, p. 896.
507 Attendance at meetings, etc.
of the Interior for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1945, namely:
$8,000; Geological Survey, $6,000; National Park Service, $2,500; General Land Office, $1,000; Bureau of Mines, $4,500.
For departmental personal services, including such services in the
District of Columbia, $798,175.
Columbia, and Chicago, Illinois; rental of office equipment and the purchase of necessary supplies therefor, and other necessary expenses
the Indian Service for which no other appropriation is available, $41,800.
For advertising, inspection, storage, and all other expenses incident
to the purchase of goods and supplies for the Indian Service and for payment of railroad, pipe-line, and other transportation
costs of such goods and supplies, $790,000: Provided, That no part of this appropriation shall be used in payment for any
services except bill therefor is rendered within one year from the time the service is performed.
Indians, and including traveling expenses, supplies, and equipment, $321,000.
and water systems in connection therewith, $182,000.
for the use of employees in the Indian field service, and the transportation of Indian school pupils, and not to exceed $200,000
of applicable appropriations may be used for the purchase of motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicles, and such vehicles
may be used for the transportation of Indian school pupils.
benefit of Indians of the Navajo Tribe in Arizona and New Mexico, $15,000, payable from funds on deposit to the credit of
as authorized by the Act of June 20, 1936 (49 Stat. 1542), is hereby continued available for the same purposes until June
30, 1945.
Purchase of improvements on lands, Havasupai Indian Reservation, Arizona: For the purchase of improvements on exchanged lands
as authorized by and in accordance with the provisions of the Act of March 4, 1944 (Public Law 246), $11,000: Provided, That title to any improvements so purchased shall be taken in the name of the United States in trust for the Indians of the
Havasupai Reservation.
Purchase of land, Colville Indians, Washington (tribal funds): For the purchase of land and improvements thereon, including
the purchase of timber and expenses incidental to such acquisition, for the Indians of the Colville Reservation, Washington,
$50,000, payable from funds on deposit to the credit of the Colville Indians: Provided, That
title to any timber, land, and improvements so purchased shall be taken in the name of the United States in trust for the
Purchase of land, Southern Ute Indians, Colorado (tribal funds): For the purchase of land for the Indians of the Southern
Ute Reservation,
Colorado, $30,000, payable from funds on deposit to the credit of the Southern Ute Indians: Provided, That title to any land so purchased shall be taken in the name of the United States in trust for the Southern Ute Indians.
Purchase of land, Fort Peck Reservation, Montana (tribal funds): For the purchase of land and improvements thereon for the
Indians of the Fort Peck Reservation, Montana, $25,000, payable from funds on deposit to the credit of the Fort Peck Indians:
Provided, That title to any land and improvements so purchased shall be taken in the name of the United States in trust for the Fort
Peck Indians.
of the Flathead Reservation, Montana, $38,000, payable from funds on deposit to the credit of said Indians: Provided, That title to any land and improvements so purchased shall be taken in the name of the United States in trust for the Indians
Purchase of land, Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, North Carolina (tribal funds): For the purchase of land and improvements
thereon for the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, North Carolina, $2,500, payable from funds on deposit to the credit of said
Indians: Provided, That title to any lands and improvements so purchased shall be taken in the name of the United States in trust for the Eastern
setting forest fires, or taking or otherwise destroying timber, in contravention of law on Indian lands, $504,000: Provided, That this appropriation shall be available for the expenses of administration of Indian forest lands from which timber is
forest lands only from which such timber is sold, $175,000, reimbursable to the United States as provided in the Act of February 14, 1920 (25 U.S.C. 413), from the proceeds of timber sales: Provided, That this appropriation shall be available for the payment of reasonable rewards for information leading to arrest and conviction
lands and in supervising mining operations on restricted, tribal, and allotted
Indian lands leased under the provisions of the Acts of February 28, 1891 (25 U.S.C. 336, 371, 397), May 27, 1908 (35 Stat.
312), March 3, 1909 (25 U.S.C. 396), and other Acts authorizing the leasing of such lands for mining purposes, including purchase
services in the District of Columbia, $85,000.
other expenses, and purchase of supplies and equipment, $681,000, of which not to exceed
$10,000 may be used to conduct agricultural experiments and demonstrations
on Indian school or agency farms and to maintain a supply of suitable
plants or seed for issue to Indians, and not to exceed $33,500 may
be used for the operation and maintenance of a sheepbreeding station on
the Navajo Reservation, and not to exceed $5,000 may be used for defraying
the expenses of Indian fairs, including premiums for exhibits.
to assist them in the development and cultivation thereof, to be immediately available, $77,000, payable from tribal funds
as follows: Flathead, Montana, $27,000; Fort Peck,
Montana, $50,000; and the unexpended balances of funds available under this head in the Interior Department Appropriation Act for the fiscal
year 1944 are hereby continued available during the fiscal year 1945 for the purposes for which they were appropriated: Provided, That advances may be made to worthy Indian youths to enable them to take educational courses, including courses in nursing,
advances so made shall be
reimbursed in not to exceed eight years under such regulations as the Secretary may prescribe: Provided further, That all moneys reimbursed during the fiscal year 1945 shall be credited to the respective appropriations and be available
for the making of loans from the revolving loan fund authorized by the Act of June 18, 1934 (25 U.S.C. 470):
Provided further, That the unexpended balances of prior appropriations
under this head for any tribe, including reimbursements to such appropriations and the appropriations made herein, may be advanced to such tribe, if incorporated, for use under regulations established for the
making of loans from the revolving loan fund authorized by the Act of June 18, 1934 (25 U.S.C. 470).
Not to exceed $155,000 of the revolving fund established pursuant to the Acts of June 18, 1934 (48 Stat. 986), and June 26, 1936 (49 Stat. 1967), as amended, shall be available for all necessary
expenses of administering loans to Indians from said fund and other funds; including not to exceed $2,500 for printing and
and telephone services, expenses
of exhibits and of attendance at meetings concerned with the development of Indian arts and crafts, traveling expenses, not
to exceed $2,500 for printing and binding, and other necessary expenses, $29,000, of which not to exceed $12,500 shall be
available for personal services in the District of Columbia: Provided, That no part of this appropriation shall be used to pay any salary at a rate exceeding $6,500 per annum.
The appropriation "Suppressing contagious diseases of livestock on Indian reservations" contained in the Third Supplemental National Defense Appropriation Act, 1942, is hereby continued available until June 30, 1945, for the same
purposes, and for suppressing contagious diseases among livestock of Indians under the jurisdiction of the Pima Agency, Arizona.
For the development, rehabilitation, repair, maintenance, and operation
of domestic and stock water facilities on the Navajo Reservation
in Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah, the Hopi Reservation in Arizona,
the Papago Reservation in Arizona, and the several Pueblos in New
Mexico, including the purchase and installation of pumping and other
equipment, $100,000.
below, $302,130, reimbursable, together with $44,500 operation and maintenance collections, from which latter
amount expenditures for any one project shall not exceed the aggregate receipts from such project covered into the Treasury pursuant to section 4 of the
Permanent Appropriation Repeal Act, 1934:
Miscellaneous projects, $42,730; Arizona: Ak Chin, $4,425; Chiu Chui, $4,520; Fort Apache, $5,425; San Carlos, $5,845; Navajo,
miscellaneous projects, Arizona and New Mexico, $45,150, together with $21,500 (Fruitlands, $9,000; Ganado, $1,500; Hogback,
$7,000; miscellaneous projects, $4,000), collections; Hopi, miscellaneous projects, $1,760; San Xavier, $2,435; Truxton Canon,
$1,165; California: Mission, $8,325, together with $3,000 (Morongo, $1,000; Pala and Rincon, $1,000; miscellaneous projects, $1,000), collections; Colorado: Southern Ute, $10,545, together with $8,000, collections;
Montana: Tongue River, $2,565, together with $1,000, collections; Nevada: Pyramid Lake, $3,725, together with $500, collections;
Walker River, $5,490, together with $1,500, collections; Western Shoshone, $9,500, together with $2,000, collections; White
Narrows, $25,000; New Mexico: Miscellaneous Pueblos, $28,180; Mescalero, $3,025; Oregon: Warm Springs, $3,925; Washington:
Colville, $8,115, together with $5,000, collections; Lummi diking project, $620, together with $2,000, collections; and for
necessary miscellaneous expenses incident to the general administration of Indian irrigation projects, including pay of employees
and their traveling and incidental expenses, $79,960: Provided, That the foregoing amounts shall be available interchangeably in the discretion of the Secretary, for necessary expenditures
for damages by floods and other unforeseen exigencies, but the amounts so interchanged shall not exceed in the aggregate 10 per centum of all the amounts so appropriated: Provided further, That the cost of irrigation projects and of operating and maintaining such projects where reimbursement
thereof is required by law shall be apportioned on a per-acre basis against the lands under the respective projects and shall
be collected by the Secretary as required by such law, and any unpaid charges outstanding against such lands shall constitute
Arizona, $132,953 (operation and maintenance collections), and $212,827 (power revenues), of which latter sum not to exceed
amounts, of $132,953 and $212,827, respectively, expenditures shall not exceed the aggregate receipts covered into the Treasury
in accordance with section 4 of the Permanent Appropriation Repeal Act, 1934; in all, $345,780.
not to exceed $100,000 of the revenues derived from these operations and deposited into the Treasury of the United States
Arizona, $10,500, reimbursable, together with $39,900 (operation and maintenance collections) and $39,200 (power revenues),
from which amounts of $39,900 and $39,200, respectively, expenditures shall not exceed the aggregate receipts covered into
the Treasury in accordance with section 4 of the Permanent Appropriation Repeal Act, 1934; in all, $89,600.
For improvements, maintenance, and operation of the Fort Hall irrigation systems, Idaho, $28,900, together with $27,100,
$13,280, reimbursable, together with $4,900, from which amount expenditures shall not exceed the aggregate receipts covered
acres under the West Side Canal of the Poplar River Division, $8,640, reimbursable, together with $6,000, from which amount
$12,955, reimbursable, together with $16,700, from which amount expenditures shall not exceed the aggregate receipts covered
For operation and maintenance of the irrigation and power systems
on the Flathead Reservation, Montana, $5,500, reimbursable, together
with $144,175 (operation and maintenance collections) and $129,175
(power revenues), from which amounts of $144,175 and $129,175,
respectively, expenditures shall not exceed the aggregate receipts covered into the Treasury in accordance with section 4
of the Permanent Appropriation Repeal Act, 1934; in all, $278,850.
against lands allotted to the Indians and irrigable thereunder, $5,000, reimbursable, together with $48,900, from which amount
Nevada, $2,881; and for payment in advance, as provided by district law, of operation and maintenance assessments, including
assessments for the operation of drains to the Truckee-Carson irrigation district, $5,565, to be immediately available; in all, $8,446.
For improvements, maintenance, and operation of miscellaneous irrigation projects on the Klamath Reservation, Oregon, $2,800,
reimbursable, together with $4,890, from which amount expenditures shall not exceed the aggregate receipts from operation
Uintah, and White River Utes in Utah, authorized under the Act of June 21, 1906 (34 Stat. 375), $23,500, reimbursable, together
with $42,250, from which amount expenditures shall not exceed the aggregate receipts covered into the Treasury in accordance with
Washington, $1,000, reimbursable, together with $215,000 (collections from the water users on the Wapato-Satus, Toppenish-Simcoe,
including the Indians' pro rata share of the cost of operation and maintenance of the Riverton-Le Clair irrigation district
and the Big Bend drainage district on the ceded reservation, $23,300, reimbursable, together with $33,500, from which amount
employment of civilian guards, $35,000.
Arizona: Navajo, Arizona and New Mexico, $25,000; Salt River, $30,000;
California: Sacramento, $10,000;
Idaho: Fort Hall, $50,000;
Montana: Fort Belknap, $6,250;
Nevada: Carson, $15,000; Western Shoshone, $20,000; Pyramid Lake, $50,000;
departmental personal services, and not to exceed $2,500 for printing and binding, $100,000;
In all, $356,250, to be reimbursable in accordance with law, and to remain available until completion of the projects: Provided, That the foregoing amounts may be used interchangeably in the discretion of the Secretary, but not more than 10 per centum
such regulations as the Secretary may prescribe; not exceeding $21,650 for construction and equipment of a dormitory building
at the Denehotso Day School on the Navajo Indian Reservation; and tuition and other assistance for Indian pupils attending
public schools, and for the support of Indian museums at Rapid City, South Dakota, and Browning, Montana, and on the Fort
Apache Reservation, Arizona, $6,066,940:
Provided, That formal contracts shall not be required for payment (which may be made from the date of admission) of such tuition and
Indian-school printing plants: Provided further, That no part of any appropriation in this Act for the Bureau of Indian Affairs shall be available for expenses of travel for
the study of educational systems or practices outside the continental limits of the United States and the Territory of Alaska.
deficient Indian children, there may be expended from Indian tribal funds and from school revenues arising under the Act of May 17, 1926 (25 U.S.C.
155), not more than $377,810: Provided, That formal contracts shall not be required for payment (which may be made from the date of admission) of such tuition and
Indian schools not otherwise provided for, $320,000.
Phoenix, Arizona: For four hundred and twenty-five pupils, including not to exceed $2,500 for printing and issuing school
paper, $163,475; for pay of superintendent or other officer in charge, drayage, and general repairs and improvements, $25,000;
in all, $188,475;
school paper, $169,705; for pay of superintendent, drayage, and general repairs and improvements, $23,700; in all, $193,405;
Haskell Institute, Lawrence, Kansas: For five hundred and fifty pupils, including not to exceed $2,500 for printing and issuing
school paper, $225,120; for pay of superintendent, drayage, and general repairs and improvements, including necessary drainage
work, $25,200; in all, $250,320;
Pipestone, Minnesota: For three hundred and twenty-five pupils, $123,475; for pay of superintendent, drayage, and general
repairs and improvements, $15,200; in all, $138,675;
Carson City, Nevada: For five hundred pupils, $188,370; for pay of principal, drayage, and general repairs and improvements,
$20,000; in all, $208,370;
Albuquerque, New Mexico: For three hundred and seventy-five pupils, $157,340; for pay of superintendent or other officer
in charge, drayage, and general repairs and improvements, $25,200; in all, $182,540;
Santa Fe, New Mexico: For three hundred pupils, $126,555; for drayage, and general repairs and improvements, $15,000; in
all, $141,555;
Wahpeton, North Dakota: For three hundred pupils, $110,335; for pay of superintendent, drayage, and general repairs and improvements,
$13,000; in all, $123,335;
Chilocco, Oklahoma: For five hundred and twenty-five pupils, including not to exceed $2,000 for printing and issuing school
paper, $215,345; for pay of superintendent, drayage, and general repairs and improvements, $25,200; in all, $240,545;
Sequoyah Orphan Training School, near Tahlequah, Oklahoma: For three hundred and twenty-five orphan Indian children of the
State of Oklahoma belonging to the restricted class, $125,735; for pay of superintendent, drayage, and general repairs and
improvements, $15,000; in all, $140,735;
Carter Seminary, Oklahoma: For one hundred and sixty-five pupils, $66,935; for pay of principal, drayage, and general repairs
and improvements, $7,000; in all, $73,935;
Euchee, Oklahoma: For one hundred and fifteen pupils, $47,765; for pay of principal, drayage, and general repairs and improvements,
$7,000; in all, $54,765;
Eufaula, Oklahoma: For one hundred and forty pupils, $56,090; for pay of principal, drayage, and general repairs and improvements,
$7,000; in all, $63,090;
Jones Academy, Oklahoma: For one hundred and seventy-five pupils, $71,050; for pay of principal, drayage, and general repairs
and improvements, $7,000; in all, $78,050;
Wheelock Academy, Oklahoma: For one hundred and thirty pupils, $56,110; for pay of principal, drayage, and general repairs
and improvements, $7,000; in all, $63,110;
Chemawa, Oregon: For three hundred and seventy-five pupils, including not to exceed $1,000 for printing and issuing school
paper, $159,475; for pay of superintendent, drayage, and general repairs and improvements, $20,200; in all, $179,675;
Flandreau, South Dakota: For three hundred and seventy-five pupils, $162,730; for pay of superintendent, drayage, and general
repairs and improvements, $19,000; in all, $181,730;
Pierre, South Dakota: For three hundred pupils, $110,110; for pay of superintendent, drayage, and general repairs and improvements,
$15,200; in all, $125,310;
In all, for above-named nonreservation boarding schools, not to exceed $2,627,620: Provided, That 10 per centum of the foregoing
Agency in Oklahoma, $375,000, to be expended in the discretion of the Secretary and under regulations to be prescribed by
him: Provided, That not to exceed $26,000 may be expended for the payment of salaries of public-school teachers, employed by the State,
of employees; repair, equipment, Page 246
maintenance, and operation of vessels; and all other necessary expenses which are not included under the above special heads,
$1,444,250, to be immediately available and to remain available until June 30, 1946: Provided, That a report shall be made to Congress covering expenditures from the amount herein provided for relief of destitution.
the remains of deceased patients; 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,
$5,734,135: Provided, 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 and under such regulations as may be prescribed by him, fees may be collected from
$691,700, to be available immediately and to remain available until June 30, 1946.
$3,202,700: Provided, That in the discretion of the Secretary, and under such 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
For general support and rehabilitation of needy Indians in the United States, $500,000, of which amount not to exceed $35,000
shall be available for administrative expenses incident thereto, including departmental personal services (not to exceed $24,000),
not to exceed $100,000 shall be available for the rehabilitation of needy Indians, and not to exceed $1,000 shall be available
for expenses of Indians participating in folk festivals.
and other equipment, and all other necessary miscellaneous expenses, $85,650, to be immediately available, and to remain available
until June 30, 1946.
Arizona: Colorado River, $1,970; Fort Apache, $45,000; Navajo, $4,900, including all necessary expenses of holding a tribal
$450; San Carlos, $9,360; Truxton Canon, $14,600; in all, $76,280;
Colorado: Southern Ute, $2,000; Ute Mountain, $10,500; in all, $12, 500;
Nevada: Western Shoshone, $1,500;
New Mexico: United Pueblos, $5,000;
North Carolina: Cherokee, $8,500, including not to exceed a $500 gift to the American Red Cross;
Oregon: Klamath, $223,670, of which not to exceed $1,200 shall be available until expended in units of $300 for standing rewards
for information leading to the apprehension and conviction for the theft or killing of any Indian cattle (tribal or individual)
on the Klamath Reservation, of any person or persons under rules and regulations adopted by the Klamath Cattle Committee and
approved by the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, and, of which not to exceed $4,500 shall be available for fees and expenses of an attorney
or firm of attorneys selected by the tribe and employed under a contract approved by the Secretary,
and to include the purchase of cattle; Umatilla, $1,000; in all, $224,670;
Utah: Uintah and Ouray, $11,500, of which not to exceed $4,500 shall be available for fees and expenses of an attorney or
firm of attorneys selected by the tribe and employed under a contract approved by the Secretary;
Washington: Colville, $8,800; Spokane, $8,000; Taholah (Makah), $6,600, including the purchase of land, title to which shall
be taken in the name of the United States in trust for the Makah Indians; Yakima, $8,470 (Yakima, $7,470; Lummi, $1,000, including
the purchase of land, title to which shall be taken in the name of the United States in trust for the Lummi Indians); Tulalip,
$3,000 (Tulalip, $2,000,including the purchase of land, title to which shall be taken in the name of the United States in
trust for the Tulalip Indians; Puyallup,
$1,000 for upkeep of the Puyallup Indian cemetery); in all, $34,870;
Wisconsin: Menominee, $118,400, including $40,000, of which not exceeding $10,000 shall be available for general relief purposes
and not exceeding $30,000 for monthly allowances to old and indigent members of the Menominee Tribe and $5,200 for the compensation
and expenses of an attorney or firm of attorneys employed by the tribe under a contract approved by the Secretary: Provided, That not to exceed $6,000 shall be available from the funds of the Menominee Indians for the payment of salaries and expenses
approved by the Commissioner of Indian Affairs: Provided further, That not to exceed $10,000 shall be immediately available for an audit of the books, accounts, and operations of the Menominee
Indian Mills by a certified public accountant or firm of accountants under a contract to be entered by said accountant or
of accountants with the Menominee Tribe acting by its advisory council and approved by the Secretary of the Interior; In all,
not to exceed $556,450.
Relief of Chippewa Indians in Minnesota (tribal funds): Not to exceed $43,375 of the principal sum on deposit to the credit
of the Secretary, in aiding indigent Chippewa Indians including boarding-home care of pupils attending public, private, or
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, Revised Statutes, or to the Act of May 27, 1930 (46
Stat. 391), as amended.
Expenses incidental to the sale of timber on Choctaw-Chickasaw tribal lands: Not to exceed $2,000 of the funds held by the
United States in trust for the Choctaw and Chickasaw Tribes, together with the unexpended balance of the 1944 appropriation under this head, may be expended for expenses incidental to the sale of
timber on Choctaw-Chickasaw tribal lands: Provided, That all payments from this appropriation shall be made in the same proportion as the
interest of said tribes in such timber.
other payments authorized by law to individual members of the respective tribes, not to exceed $10,000 for repairs to the
Choctaw Chapter House, and for salaries and contingent expenses of the governor of the Chickasaw Nation and chief of the Choctaw
and said mining trustee, chief of the Creek Nation at $1,200 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
rate of $4,500 per annum to be appointed with the approval of the Osage Tribal Council; payment of damages to individual allottees;
repairs to buildings, rent of quarters for employees, traveling expenses, printing, telegraphing and telephoning, and repair
and operation of automobiles, $200,000, payable from funds held by the United States in trust for the Osage Tribe of Indians
in Oklahoma: Provided, That of the said sum herein appropriated $7,500 is hereby made available for traveling and other expenses of members of the
Expenses of tribal officers and other purposes, Shoshone and Arapaho Tribes, Wyoming (tribal funds): For the current fiscal
year the Secretary of the Interior, or such official as may be designated by him, is hereby authorized to pay out of any joint
tribal funds of the Shoshone and Arapaho Indians of the Wind River Reservation, Wyoming, in the Treasury of the United States
the following salaries and expenses:
To the chairman, secretary, and interpreter of the Shoshone and Arapaho Joint General Council and members of the Shoshone
and Arapaho Joint Business Committee, or other committees appointed by the Joint General Council, when engaged on joint business
of the tribes, a sum of not to exceed $8 per diem for attendance to cover salary and all expenses; to such official delegates
of the Shoshone and Arapaho Tribes who may carry on the joint business of the tribes in Washington or Chicago a per diem of
not to exceed $10 in lieu of salary and expenses: Provided, That the rate of per diem shall be fixed in advance by the Joint General Council or by the Joint Business Committee if authorized
by said Joint General Council: Provided further, That the official delegates of said tribes carrying on business in Washington or Chicago shall also receive the usual railroad
and sleeping-car transportation to and from Washington or Chicago: And provided further, That the length of stay of the official delegates
in Washington or Chicago shall be determined by the Commissioner of Indian Affairs. The Secretary or his designate is also
authorized and directed to expend from said joint tribal funds of the Shoshone and Arapaho Indians with the consent of the
Joint Business Committee, not exceeding $1,500 per annum for pay of game and fish wardens to be appointed by the Joint Business
Committee, for patrolling the lakes, streams, and hunting areas of the Wind River Reservation: Provided, That receipts derived from fishing and hunting licenses and permits and from fines shall be deposited into the Treasury of
United States to the credit of the tribes pursuant to the provisions of the Act of May 17, 1926 (44 Stat. 560): Provided further, That all the aforesaid pay and expenses for all purposes shall not exceed in the aggregate $7,500 per annum.
Fulfillment of Atoka Agreement with Choctaw-Chickasaw Nations of Indians: That pursuant to the provisions of the treaty between
the United States and the Choctaw-Chickasaw Nations of Indians, known as the Atoka Agreement, and the supplemental agreements
thereafter made and the laws enacted by the Congress, the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized and directed to enter
into a contract on behalf of the United States for the purchase from the Choctaw and
Chickasaw Nations of Indians in Oklahoma for all the present right, title, and interest of said Indians in the land and mineral
deposits reserved from allotment in accordance with the provisions of section 58 of the Act entitled "An Act to ratify and
confirm an agreement with the Choctaw and Chickasaw Tribes of Indians, and for other
purposes", approved July 1, 1902. The Secretary shall cause such contract to be executed on behalf of said Indians by the
principal chief of the Choctaw Nation and the governor of the Chickasaw Nation, and shall then submit such contract to said
Indians for their approval. If and when such contract has been approved by said Indians, the Secretary shall submit the contract
to the Congress for its ratification: Provided, That the approval of such contract by the said Indians shall be through a special election called and held pursuant to rules
and regulations to be promulgated by the said Secretary of the Interior: And provided further, That before the said rules and regulations are promulgated they must be submitted to and approved by both the principal chief
of the Choctaw Nation and the governor of the Chickasaw Nation. Such contract shall not be binding upon any of the parties thereto until it shall have been ratified by the Congress.
Upon the approval of such contract by the Congress—
(a) The amount of the purchase price fixed in such contract when appropriated shall be placed to the credit of the Choctaw
and Chickasaw Nations of Indians on the books of the Treasury of the United States, and thereafter such proceeds shall be distributed
to such Indians in pursuance with the terms and provisions of such contract and shall be exempted from attorney fees and other
debt contracted prior to the passage and approval of this Act; and
(b) The Secretary shall cause a proper conveyance to be executed by the principal chief of the Choctaw Nation and the governor
of the Chickasaw Nation conveying all right, title, and interest of said Indians in such lands and mineral deposits to the
United States, and thereupon, all such right, title, and interest shall vest in the United States.
The appropriation of such sum as may be necessary for making the payments to such Indians pursuant to section 2 (a) of this
Act is hereby authorized. There is also authorized to be appropriated the sum of $20,000 to be expended under the direction
of the Secretary of the Interior, to defray the expenses of negotiating the contract and holding of the election authorized
by section 1 hereof, including the making of such appraisal or appraisals as may be deemed necessary.
The land and mineral deposits when acquired hereunder shall become part of the public domain subject to the applicable public
land mining and mineral leasing laws. The coal deposits acquired hereunder may be leased in accordance with the provisions
relating to coal of the Mineral Leasing Act of February 25, 1920 (41 Stat. 437), as amended. The asphalt deposits acquired hereunder may be leased
by the Secretary of the Interior through advertisement, competitive bidding, or such other methods as he may by general regulations
prescribe, and in areas not exceeding six hundred and forty acres each. Leases for such asphalt deposits shall be conditioned upon the payment by the lessee of such royalty as may be fixed in the
lease, not less than 25 cents per ton of two thousand pounds of marketable production, and upon payment in advance of a rental
of 25 cents per acre for the first calendar year or fraction thereof; 50 cents per acre for the second, third, fourth, and
fifth years, respectively; and $1 per acre per annum thereafter during the continuance of the lease, such rental for any lease
year to be credited against royalties accruing for that year. Leases for such asphalt deposits shall be for a period of twenty
years, with preferential right in the lessee to renew the same for successive periods of ten years upon such reasonable terms
and conditions as may be prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior, unless otherwise provided by law at the expiration of
such periods. All asphalt leases issued hereunder shall be subject to such further terms and conditions, not inconsistent
herewith, as may be incorporated in each lease or prescribed by general regulations adopted by the Secretary of the Interior
prior to the issuance of the lease, including
covenants relative to mining methods, waste, period of preliminary development, initial investment, arid minimum production.
The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to modify or amend as to area any asphalt lease issued hereunder upon application
of the lessee if he finds such modification or amendment to be to the best interests of the United States and of the lessee.
The general provisions of sections 1, 27, 29 to 34, inclusive, 37, and 38 of the Mineral Leasing Act of February 25, 1920
(41 Stat. 437), as amended, shall apply to asphalt leases issued under the provisions of this Act, sections 1, 34, and 37 thereof being amended to include deposits of asphalt acquired hereunder,
and section 27 hereof being amended to provide that no person association, or corporation shall take or hold more than two thousand
five hundred and sixty acres under asphalt lease at any one time. The entire net income from coal and asphalt leases issued under this Act shall be deposited in the general fund of the Treasury
26, 1928 (25 U.S.C. 318a), as supplemented and amended, $950,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That not to exceed $15,000 of the foregoing amount may be expended for departmental personal services: Provided further, That not to exceed $15,000 of this appropriation shall be available for repair of structures for housing road materials,
1820, and article 13, treaty of June 22, 1855), $600; for permanent annuity for support of blacksmith (article 6, treaty of October 18, 1820, and article 9, treaty of January 20, 1825, and article 13, treaty of June 22, 1855),
$600; for permanent annuity for education (article 2, treaty of January 20, 1825, and article 13, treaty of June 22, 1855), $6,000;
for permanent annuity for iron and steel (article 9, treaty of January 20, 1825, and article 13, treaty of June 22, 1855),
nonreservation
boarding schools and for conservation of health among Indians shall be available for the purchase of supplies, materials,
and repair parts, for storage in and distribution from central warehouses, garages, and shops, and for the maintenance and
operation of such warehouses, garages, and shops, and said appropriations shall be reimbursed for services rendered or supplies
furnished by such warehouses, garages, or shops to any activity of the Indian Service.
Appropriations made for the Indian Service for the fiscal year 1945 shall be available for travel expenses; the purchase
and for every expense incident thereto, including supplies, equipment, expenses of travel, the construction, maintenance,
and repair of necessary camp buildings and appurtenances thereto, $557,000, of which not to exceed $80,000 may be expended
operation of passenger-carrying automobiles; necessary repairs to the roads from Glacier Park Station through the Blackfeet
Indian Reservation to the various points in the boundary line of Glacier National Park, Montana, and the international boundary;
National military parks, battlefields, monuments, and cemeteries: For administration, protection, maintenance, and improvement,
including maintenance, operation, and repair of motor-driven passenger-carrying vehicles, and including the maintenance and
repair of the approach road to the Custer Battlefield National Cemetery and the road connecting the said cemetery with the Reno Monument site, Montana, and not exceeding $808 for right-of-way easements
across privately owned railroad lands necessary for supplying water to the Statue of Liberty National Monument, $441,000. Page 253