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 900 FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. HI. Ch. 188. 1895. the United States after allotments have been made to the Indians of such reservation, and prior to the opening of such reservation to settlement. Mi1l.Pi¤¤¤ As¤¤¤=y· For operating and repairing the flour mill at Pima Agency, Arizona, M" ‘ one thousand five hundred dollars. Flathead Ageney. For pay of employees at substation, and saw and flour mills at the “°‘"* Flathead Agency, Montana, three thousand dollars. Allotments- To enable the President to cause, under the provisions of the Act of v°L“*P‘388' February eighth, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, entitled “An Act to provide for the allotment of lands in severaltyto Indians," such Indian reservations as in his judgment are advantageous for agricultural and grazing purposes to be surveyed, or resurveyed, for the purposes of said Act, and to complete the allotment of the same, including the neces ary clerical work incident thereto in the field and in the Office of Indian Aiiairs, and delivery of trust patents, so far as allotments shall nam. have been selected under said Act, thirty thousand dollars: Provided, W? P•¤¤***°‘“’Y That whenever it shall be made to appear to the Secretary of the Inte- °` rior that by reason of age, disability or inability, any allottee of Indian lands under this or former Acts of Congress can not personally and with benefit to himself occupy or improve his allotment or any part thereof the same may be leased upon such terms, regulations, and conditions as shall be prescribed by the Secretary for a term not exceeding jive years for farming or grazing purposes, or ten years for mining or business purposes. mum Beveridge- The proper accounting officers of the Secretary of the Treasury are P‘Y“‘°"“°‘ hereby authorized to pay to Louisa Beveridge the sum of one hundred and sixty-nine dollars and fifty cents for board of a delegate of the Ottawa tribe of Indians. - Inlgeuemete. For the construction, purchase, and use of irrigating maehinerynand appliances on Indian reservations, in the discretion of the Secretary of the Interior, and subiect to his control, thirty thousand dollars. _S¤u·veyi¤s¤¤d ¤¤¤*- For survey and subdivision of Indian reservations, and of lands to mg' be allotted to Indians, and to make allotments in severalty, to be expended by the Commissioner of Indian Aiiairs, under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, twenty thousand dollars. _s¤:vey-ing reeervn- For surveying the Indian reservations in South Dakota, twenty ' °'°"‘· SD" ‘ thousand dollars, to be immediately available. aggrt B¤¤¢¤·l> I¤· To enable the Secretary of the Interior, in his discretion, to negone°;eu¤ue¤¤ rei- tiate with the Belknap Indians for the surrender of certain portions of l··¤•1·· their reservation, situated in the north central portion of the State of glyzfgggyfggor Montana, and the Blackfeet Indians for the surrender of certain porno.? tions of their reservation, situated in the northwestern part of the cmmmm State of Montana, three thousand five hundred dollars; and the Sec- ' retary of the Interior is hereby authorized to appoint a commission to negotiate with the said Belknap and Blackfeet Indians for the ceding of said portions of their respective reservations, any agreement thus negotiated being subject to action by Congress. mann Territmfy. For the survey of the lands in the Indian Territory, two hundred §_“"'?>'; thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary to be vrigiiwniay be aime immediately available: Provided, That the Secretary of the Interior by Geviwml $¤¤’°Y· may, in his discretion, direct that the surveys herein authorized, or any part of them, in the Indian Territory, shall be made under the supervision of the Director of the Geological Survey, by such persons as may be employed by or under him for that purpose. And such surveys shall be executed under instructions to be issued by the Secretary of the Interior, and subdivisional surveys shall be executed under the recmngpmem. tangular system, as now provided by law: Provided further, That when any surveys shall have been so made and~plats and held notes thereof prepared, they shall be approved and certified to by the Director of the ‘ Geological Survey, and two copies thereof shall be returned, one for Bling in the Indian Office and one in the General Land Oihce; and such “°°* surveys, field notes, and plats shall have the same legal force and effect