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 FIFTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sizss. I. Ch. 398. 1896. 345 deceased, or his legal representatives, the sum of ten thousand dollars, as provided by the ninth article of the treaty of June nineteenth, eighteen hundred and fifty-eight, with the Medawakanton and Wahpa— V•>1-12·1>-1040- koota bands of Dakota or Sioux Indians, and for which purpose the sum of ten thousand dollars is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, and said sum shall be in full payment and satisfaction of all claims of the said Campbell or his representatives for said money and lands and interest therein, and the receipt of said CampbeH for said sum shall so specify. SUPPORT OF SCHOOLS. Support of schools. For support of Indian day and industrial schools, and for other edu- my und industrial. cational purposes, not hereinatter provided for, including pay of architect and draftsman, to be employed in the office of the Commissioner of Indian Aifairs, one million two hundred and thirty-five thousand dollars, of which amount the Secretary of the Interior may, in his discretion, use five thousand dollars for the education of Indians in M¤¤k¤ I¤<¥i=¤¤¤· Alaska. And it is hereby declared to be the settled policy of the Nvnppwpumoufor Government to hereafter make no appropriation whatever for educa- §‘}'{,’,,°§“‘“'°"°°1“l‘°'°' tion in any sectarian school: Provided, That the Secretary of the Inte- mh rior may make contracts with contract schools apportioning as near as °° may be the amount so contracted for among schools of various denominations for the education of Indian pupils during fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, but shall only make such contracts at places where nonsectarian schools can not be provided for such Indian children and to an amount not exceeding fifty per centum of the amount so F~¤¤¤·=*i¤¤- used for the iiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-tive: Provided further, That the foregoing shall not apply to public schools of any Public ¤um1¤,sm., State, Territory, county, or city, or to schools herein or hereafter specific- “°’ ‘“°l“d°°‘ ally provided tor. For construction, purchase, lease, and repair of school buildings and B¤i¤·1i¤z¤ ¤¤•1 simspurchase of school sites, one hundred and forty thousand dollars: Provided, That any unexpended balance of the amounts appropriated {,’,f_';°;;°,m,_we M for the support of Indian day and industrial schools for the fiscal years e¤mm¤m»¤,m?' eighteen hundred and ninety-five and eighteen hundred and ninety-six, not needed for that purpose, may be used in the construction, repair, and equipment of school buildings, and shall be available during the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninetyseven. For purchase of horses, cattle, sheep, goats, swine, and so forth, for 1·`¤¤¤ ¤¤i¤¤•1•· schools, fifteen thousand dollars. For the purpose of erecting, constructing, and completing suitable gQ§{g£fg;**:fé£:}; school buildings thr an Indian industrial school at or near Chamberlain, ami. in the State of South Dakota, which buildings are to be constructed under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, upon plans and specifications to be approved by him, twenty-tive thousand dollars; out of which sum the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized to sim. purchase not exceeding one hundred and sixty acres of land near Chamberlain, at a cost of not to exceed three thousand dollars, to be immediately available, upon which land said school shall be built. For the purpose of erecting, constructing, and completing suitable g35E City. Spank. school buildings for an Indian industrial school at or near Rapid City, i,.,d_ °g° "" "` in the State of S .uth Dakota, which buildings are to be constructed under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, upon plans and specitieations to be approved by him, twenty-fivethousand dollars; out of which sum the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized to Sirepurchase not exceeding one hundred and sixty acres of land near Rapid City, at a cost of not' exceeding three thousand dollars, to be immediately available, upon which said buildings shall be built. For the erection and completion of suitable buildings, including the Fxpgcgunrp ipvnecessary furnitnre of all kinds for the same, for an industrial boarding `“ ‘ "‘*“ °" “'°‘ school at or near the reservation of the Sac and Fox Indians in Tama