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 640 FIFTY-SECOND CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 209. 1893. 'fj¤¤¤f*>¤·>ff¤¤·l¤¤`°¥ Sec. 5. That when not required for the purpose for which appropri- °mP °y°°°’ ated the funds herein provided for the pay of specified employees at any agency may be used by the Secretary of the Interior for_the pay of other employees at such agency, but no deficiency shall be thereby created; and, when necessary, specified employees may be detailed tor other service when not required for the duty for which they were engaged; and that the several appropriations herein made for millers, blacksmiths, engineers, carpenters, physicians, and other persons, and for various articles provided for by treaty stipulation for the several Indian tribes, may be diverted to other uses for the benefit of said tribes, respectively, within the discretion of the President, and with the consent of said tribes, expressed in the usual manner; and that he cause report to be made to Congress, at its next session thereafter, of his action under this provision. B¤J°·=**·>¤ 0* ****1*- Sec. 6. That whenever, after advertising for bids for supplies in accordance with section three of this act, those received for any article contain conditions detrimental to the interest of the Government, they mf,.‘,‘§f“‘°° “‘ °P°~“ may be rejected, and the articles specified in such bids purchased in open market, at prices not to exceed those of the lowest bidder, and not to exceed the market price of the same until such time as satisgaactory bids can be obtained, for which immediate advertisement shall made. ` m&¤¤ ¤f rwww Mt Sec. 7. That at any of the Indian reservations where there is now on ` hand Government property not required for the use and benent of the Indians at said reservation the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized to move such property to other Indian reservations where it may be required, or to sell it and apply the proceeds of same in the purchase of such articles as may be needed for the use of the Indians for whom said property was purchased; and he shall make report of his _ action hereunder to the next session of Congress thereafter. ¤}j_jm;“g§§,*{;°‘]f E; Sec. 8. That when in the judgment of the Secretary of the Interior dum. any Indian tribe, or part thereof, who are receiving rations and clothing and other supplies under this act, are sufficiently advanced in civilization to purchase such rations and clothing and other supplies judiciously, they may commute the same and pay the value thereof in money per capita to such tribe or part thereof, the manner of such pay- ment to be prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior. mkjyjgoggejaug Sec. 9. That the Commissioner of Indian Affairs shall report annually be mais {many." toCongress, specifically showin g the number of employees at such agency, industrial, and boarding school, which are supported out of the appropriations in this act; giving name, when employed, in what capacity employed, male or female, whether white or Indian, amount of compensation paid, and out of what item or fund of the appropriation paid. Also the number of employees in his office here in Washington; when employed, in what capacityemployed, male or female, full name, amount of ccimpspsation paid and out of what fund paid, and under what law m . Cherokee Outlet. 8 P Oy CHEROKEE OUTLET t°,§$,Q’°;QR{§f,;;’,f Xg Sec. 10. That the sum of two hundred and ninety-five thousand param. Seven Hundred and thirty-six-dollars payable as hereinafter provided is hereby appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, and the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized and directed to contract to pay eight million three hundred thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary in addition, to pay the Cherokee Nation of Indians for all the right, title, interest, and and claims which the said nation of Indians may have in and to certain lands described and specified in an agreement concluded between David H Jerome, Alfred M Wilson, and Warreii G Sayre, duly appointed commissioners on the part of the United States, and Elias C Boudinot, Joseph A Scales, George Downing, Roach Young, Thomas Smith, William Triplett, and Joseph Smallwood, duly appointed commissioners