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 FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. I. Rus. 9-11. 1890. 669 [No. 9.] Joint resolution for the relief of certain Chippewa Indians of the La F¤b¤'¤¤¤'Y 11, 1899 Pointe Agency, Wisconsin. W Whereas, It has been the practice of the Chippewa Indians of the P'°•¤¤bl¤· La Pointe Agency, for a number of years, to contract for cutting and selling gimber oni their reservation to provide food and other neces- 8811080 1 0; 8.11 Whereas, Permission to do so has been denied them by the Interiorlfraepziitmengsl during the pgesent winter, until proper egislation can on the su ject- an · VVhereas, The failure tobontract for cutting timber has already resulted in suiferingkand some means must be provided for imm iate relief: Therefore it Resolved by the Senate and House 0; Representatives of the United _ States of America, in Congress assem led, That the sum of seventy- W°,}§,§;f° I“‘*‘°“"· five thousand dollars be, and hereby is, appropriated out of any fogppwprmmn for moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to be immedi- ;°°°‘ ately available, for the purpose of purchasing food and clothing for the ndians of the La ointe Agency, and that in expending said money the gcgetary of the Ilnterioigl is authorized to make the Eupc, iniscretion, eit er un er con ract or in open mar e : _ Provided, however,. That the amount hereby appropriated shall be P"°"“’°· _ reimbursed to the United States out of the moneys hereafter realized R‘°*“"“”°“‘°"“· from the sale of land, or timber, of such of the bands of Indians as have received the benefit of this appropriation. . Approved, February 11, 1890. [No. 10.] Joint resolution congratulating the people of the United States of Brazil F°b"“°"-7 lg- ‘§· on their adoption of a republican form of government. Resolved by the Senate and House og Representives of the United States of America in Congress assem led, That the _Un1ted States of gxngmlatim ,0_ America congratulate the people of Brazil on theirjust and peaceful gawccming ¤ repubassumption o the powers, duties, and responsibilities of selfjgovernment, ased upon the free consent of the governed, and in their recent adoption of a republican form of government. Approved, February 19, 1890. . [No. I1;} Joint resolution for the removal of obstructions to navigation in the F°b¤‘¤¤¤’y 22.1890. Missouri ver and extension of jetty work at the mouth of Columbia River, """""'”"' Oregon. Wliereas the amounts appropriated by Congress in the act of eight- "°“'“*"°- een hundred and eighty-eight, for the improvement of rivers and V¤1.25,pp.·m,m. harbors, for the removal of snags and other obstructions from the Missouri River and the Columbia River, to be expended under the control of the Missouri River Commission, and of the Chief of Engineers of the War Department, havebeen m each case exhausted, and there being no funds remaining available, for the purposes aforesaid, d auWhereas, it is important to the navigation of said rivers, that certain snags and obstructions be removed at once, to the end that navigation may not be suspended by reason of said obstructions, there- Orlgesolved by the Senate and House of Regiresentatives of the United _ _ U Smtes of America in Congress assembled, That the sum of seventy- M¤¤¤<¤¤¤R¤v¤r- five thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary: is hereby appropriated out of any money in the Treasury, not other-  uf:-P wise appropriated, which shall be expended under the supervision S"'"'