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 FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 290. 1894. 307 thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, one thousand nine hundred and ninety-five dollars. To enable the Secretary of the Interior to carry out the provisions of Grew Creek mi an Act of Congress approved October first, eighteen hundred and d;ii]§i°b”g° r°°°"“' ninety, providing for the assessment of damages resulting to nine Payment or damhundred and fortyfour settlers who went upon the Crow Creek and ?§’,?,,({‘,£,,§,‘§Y“1°'* "‘ VVinnebago Indian Reservation in the now State of South Dakota, V<>¤·26»z>·659- between the twenty-seventh day of February, eighteen hundred and eighty-five, and the seventeenth day of April, eighteen hundred and eightyfive, and who were afterwards removed therefrom by the Government, the sum of one hundred and sixteen thousand one hundred and nineteen dollars and nineteen cents, said sum being the amount found due after careful examination by the Secretary of the Interior and recommended by him for payment in pursuance of said Act of October iirst, eighteen hundred and ninety. And the further sum of Add**i°¤al¤l¤*m¤- three thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated for the purpose of reimbursing, if found upon further examination to be entitled, such claimants in the list examined by the Secretary of the Interior as were held for further proof, or which were erroneously disallowed because of incorrect descriptions of the lands settled upon, thus making it appear that they were not upon lands affected by the executive order of February twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and eighty-five. That the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized and directed S *1};*,;* Ridw -*g•>¤¢¥· to reimburse, out of any unexpended balance of the appropriation for `rglyiimm sor perthe support of the Indian schools for the fiscal year ending June thir- §,';,,,,f§;§,°,f6°,““ “ tieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, the persons employed by the` Government at the Ogalalla Indian Boarding School at Pine Ridge Agency, South Dakota, who lost their personal property by the fire which destroyed the above school building on the eighth day of February, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, while said employees were engaged in saving the lives of the pupils: Provided, That claims pre- greguvrsented for adjudication under this authority shall be supported by `" °”°°’ sworn and competent evidence of the claimants as to the value of the property destroyed: Provided, That no more than one thousand five Lumhundred dollars he expended for this purpose. For the purpose of continuing and completing the appraisal of g';‘;’;L§jfnl;“Qfgud__ improvements of intruders in the Cherokee Nation under the pro- emrpmpmy. visions of the Act of March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, V0!-27·P·*¤3· four thousand nine hundred and ninety-six dollars. To enable the Secretary of the Interior to pay the Stockbridge and M§f1Qje';P'*d¤°¤ md Munsee Indians in Wisconsin the amount received by the United raymsmeo. States and covered into the Treasury, collected by the Government in certain suits for timber cut and removed from the reservation of said Indians, three thousand five hundred and fifty-seven dollars and six—_ teen cents. Said sum to be paid said Indians per capita. That the accounting officers of the Treasury are hereby authorized B*f¤<>*‘¤· and directed to settle and pay the claims of the following-named con- P=¤y¤9¤1¤t ¤f ¤·>¤- tractors for beef cows delivered at the following-named agencies under "°°°°” ° °""°° contracts with the Indian Bureau during the fiscal years of eighteen hundred and ninety, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, and eighteen hundred and ninety-two, being for suspensions or disallowances made on account of excess of number of cows limited by the words of the contracts, to wit: ,_ _ To F. G. Niedringhaus, the sum of two thousand seven hundred and $05 ?‘$'“g“*‘“’· thirty-one dollars and thirtyfour cents, for cows delivered at Fort Peck ’` Agency in the spring of eighteen hundred and ninety-one; To Mathew H. Murphy, the sum of forty-eight dollars and seventy- M"“‘°“’H·M“’P"Y- three cents, for excess of cowsdelivered at Tongue River Agency in the fall of eighteen hundred and ninety-one; And to Portns B. Weare, the sum oftwo thousand one hundred and **0****8 B·“’•==¤¤·