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 FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 543. 1891. 1015 at any one time, shall be made without first giving at least three weeks’_pub11c notice by advertisement, except in cases of exigeucy, when m the discretion of the Secretary of the Interior, who shall make officml record of the facts constituting the exigency and shall report the same to Congress at its next session, he may direct that purchases mav be made in open market in amount not exceeding hree thousand dollars at any one urchase: Provided, That funds MMM- herein and heretofore appropriated) for construction of ditches and Irriwinewcrks. other works for irrigating may be expended in the discretion of the Secretary of the Interior, without advertising Provided further, That purchase in open market maiy be made from Indians under the mmm from rn. digectiop orfqflpe Secretgryfqi the nteriop, h _ d b ‘““5 - nc. . a somuc o ea ro 11310118 eremma easma e lmmodimlysvailrequired to ppp fox; goods Iat1;dJ_suxpIp%i%; for expepsesépcideutto their 'u° urc ase, an or ranspo ion o e same, or e year en m dune thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, shall be immedé ately available; but no such goods or ugphes shall be distributed or umxtommnmuon, delivered to any of said Indians rior to uly first, eighteen hundred °‘°· and ninety-one. And hereafter ghe Commissioner of Indian Affairs is authorized to advertise in the s ring of each year for bids, and foedvswwevlgigaw beenter into contracts, subgect to the appfoval of the Secretary of °°°°p”°° °"` the Interior, for goods an su plies for e Indian service required for the enpuing fisréal ypar, noltiwithstapdgicg the fact that thedapppog riations or suc sca year ave no n made:, a Mm. the contracts so made shall be on the basis of the appropriations for Bnsaoreonuuu. the precjditpg iiscaé ypaprlglut noppltegsess of the  fop such ear. n avi e u er, ese contrac s con ain a commons. glause that p1d)dIe;live;lie§szh::ll be made under the pameinnd no ltilability attach to the nit a es in consequence o suc execu 'on, 1 Congress fails to make anappropriation for the iiscal year for which those supplies are required or the purpose of, and in an amount suf- - iicent to meet the same. And the Secretary of the Interior, under Hgh2r rgvgus for 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 an amount not exceeding ¤¤¤¤¤· twenty-five thousand dollars in the aggregate,to supply an? subsistence deiiciency that may occur: Prmnded. however, hat unds appro- Treaty mus. priated to fulfill treglty obliatiops plhag riptblge so used: énd piglmded urther, That an 'versions w ic s a e un er au. orit if this sectionhshhll be repoéted in detail; and 31; reason fléerefor, th migmn ¤¤ ¤¤v•r— Con ss, at the session 0 ongress nex succ in suc iversion: Andg;rc»vided further. That the Secretary of the Igterior, under the sm: ¤•m•,m. direction of the President, may use any sums appropriated in this pct flqr subs§tenc¢? atrédknott Sbsplugriiybnwqispazéyt {01;: tllpatf purplosei orte urcaseos c ca eor e ene o er1 orwic such apgropriation is made, or for the assistance of such Indians to become farmers, and in aiding such Indians as have taken allotments to build houses and other bui dings for residence or improvements of such allotments, atpdf rihall xgeport tpl Cqplgress, at its next session thereafter, on accoun o IS ac ion un er is provision. Sec. 5. That when not required for the purpose for which appro- rmnsrer or fund! printed the funds herein provided for the pay of peciiied employees ‘°' °“’P*°’°°’· at any agency may be used by Mic Secretary of the Interior for the ay of other emp ogees at such agency, but no deiic1ency shall be thereby created; an, when necessary, specified employees may be de· neun nn- cumtniled for other service when not reqmred for the duty for which they “°"‘°°· were engaged ; and that the severa appropriations erein made for {Hm-¤i<>¤ or smcmillers, blacksmiths, engineers, carpenters,Fhys1c1ans, and other per- I gong, and forlvprilous azrticges prowbcgedy 01rtl3y1treapp stipulation or the severa n ian r1 s, may ive e o o er uses for the benefit of the said tribes, respectively, within, the discretion of the President, and with the consent of said tribes, expressed in