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 88 FOBTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. C11. 163, 170. 1882. the discretion of tho Secretary of the Interior, who shall make olicial record of the facts coustitutin g the contingency, he may diyeci; that purchases may be made in open market 111 amounts not excccding thrco thousand dollams. _ APP¥°PTi¤·ti°¤¤ Sm:. Fovxzr-That so much of the appropriations herein mmle as may f:l‘:‘“**°’7°"u‘ be required to pay for- goods and supplies, gud for transportation of tha same, for the year ending J unc thirtzicth, e1gl1tcc11 hundred and mghty- three, shall be immediately available; but no such goods or supplies shall be distributed or delivered to any of said Indians prior to July first, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, and the Secretary of the Interior, under the direction of the President, may use any surplus that may remain in any of the said appropriations herein made for the purchase of subsistence for the several Indian tribes, to :1.11 amount not exceeding twentyfive thousand dollars in the aggregate, to supply any Prwhu. subsistence deficiency that may occur: 'Providcd, however, That funds appropriated to fulfill treaty obligations shall not be so used: And provided further, That any diversions which shall be made under 2.u- Secretary im thority of this section shall be reported in detail, and the reasons thererim to repcrt to for, to Congress, at the session of 'Congress next succeeding such di- 6*9*- vcrs10x1. . cukh wm Sec. FEE.- Th8t when not required for the purpose for which approprmiom may be primsed, the funds herein provided for the pay of specified employees ¤¤¤d in di¤<=f¤¤i0¤ at any agency may be used by the Secretary of tho Interior for the pay °* P'°'m°““ f°' of other employees at such agency, but 110 deficiency shall be thereby ""’°'°' °*'¥°’ a 1. um 1 be {1 *1 (1 f mm m,,, ,1,,,,; created, an, w cn necessary, spec cmp cyces may atm ez or ieauy named. other service when not required for the duty for which they were ongaged; and that the several appropriations herein made for millccrs blacksmiths, engineers, carpenters, physicians, and other persons, and for various articles provided by treaty stipulation for the several Indian tribes, may be diverted to other uses for the benefit of the said tribes respectively, within the discretion of the President, and with the consent of said tribes, expressed in the usual manner; and that he ,;,],,1.; to cm, cause report to be made to Congress, at its next session thereafter of gnu. his action under this provision. cmmudmm 0; 81:0. Srx. That the President may, in his discretion, cousohdatc two wig und m- or more agencies into one and where Indians am located ou reservations be afocted thereby, expressed in the usual manner, consolidate one or A;,,,;it;,, ,; more tribes, and abolish such agencies as are thereby mud:-and unnecesagmeim. sary; and preference shall at all times, as far as practicable, be given to Indians in the employment of clerical, mochaniml, and other help on reservations and about agencies. Compilation, Slqc. Smm.-That it shall be the duty of the Commissioner of Indian md mg. Afmrs to cause to be compiled and printed for the use of Indian Agents www vf laws and inspectors the provisions nf the statutes xwgulating the perform- .";’“{’f;";’:Q{';';’:} qnm of qhcixj respective duties, and also to furnish said officers from ngeuumdmpees- tune to tame xnformation of new enactments upon the same subject. om. S1·:c. Emun-That the Secretary of the Interior shall cause such IumI¤g¤¤¤¤•¤v1>¤r¤· dmns as pre p0w bcing 8l1bBlSt8(l,l11 whole or in part, by appropriations um "0:‘h¥§;"°{’{’a°g not rcqunred m discharge of treaty obligations to be nctiiicd that he will mw, muimd by recommend to Congress, at its next session, a diminution of such apnucy mqulguem prepnutxou, and that m consequence thereof their ihturc support will
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Approved, May 17, 1882. m: 1% lg CHAP. 170.- An not providing for s Public Building an Jackson, Tennessee. Bc it emwtad byjhc Senate and House of Rqprnentatives of the United public banding States of Amman ur Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Trc=‘¤S· Jmkmn, T¤un. ury be, and lm is hereby authorized and dimctcd to purchase u site for, P¤¤=¤¤¤¤<¤'¤f¤- and cause to be crcctccl thereon, a suitable building, with Hm-proof