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 FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 3. 1897. 87 authorize any expenditure in connection with transportation of remains ofégsggcgs gms of deceased employees, except when otherwise specifically provided by gloyeeg, ac. ° °m` law. To reimburse David F. Day, United States Indian agent at the 1>aymr.n¤y. Southern Ute Agency, Colorado, for personal expenses incurred in R°““'°“”°“‘°“*· defending the suit brought against him by J osé B. Lucero, for damages for malicious prosecution, which suit was subsequently decided in favor of said Day, three hundred and sixty-seven dollars and eighty cents. The Secretary of the Interior is directed to negotiate through an Yankton mM_ Indian inspector with the Yankton tribe of Indians of South Dakota Swhogggggiorland for the purchase of a parcel of land near Pipestone, Minnesota, on g ` which is now located an Indian industrial school. For commissioner, to be appointed by the President, by and with the Puwlup 12mm.. advice and consent of the Senate, to superintend the sale of lands, ***3;*,;,, ;°*;,2 ascertain who are the owners of the allotted lands, have guardians cqmluamimo su; appointed for any minor heirs of deceased allottees, make deeds of the }},‘Q,f,Q‘;,‘jf’“ "'° °* lands to the purchasers thereof, subject to the approval of the Secre— Fw. p- =•4<>· tary of the Interior, which deeds shall operate as a complete convey- ance of the land upon payment of the purchase money therefor, and to carry out the provisions of the Act approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, relative to lands of the Puyallup lndiau Reservation, Washington, as set forth on pages six hundred and thirty- V¤1-27·1>·°33- three and six hundred and thirty-four of volume twenty-seven of the Revised Statutes, two thousand dollars. The Secretary of the Interior is hereby directed to allot agricultural Iuf,’j*;j]•;mP°hG’° U°° lands in severalty to the Uncompahgre Ute Indians now located upon Aiitalim w. or belonging to the Uncompahgre Indian Reservation in the State of Utah, said allotments to be upon the Uncompahgre and Uintah reservations or elsewhere in said State. And all the lands of said Uncompahgre Reservation not theretofore allotted in severalty to said Uncom- 0 Usggygofgflmls gg pahgre Utes shall, on and after the first day of April, eighteen hundred p° ‘‘ and ninety-eight,be open for location and entry under all the land laws of the United States; excepting, however, therefrom all lands contain- eiisonnam., nuns ing gilsonite; asphalt, elaterite, or other like substances. °"°°’“’“· And the title to all of the said lands containing gilsoni:3 asphaltum, arms to giimam, elaterite, or other like substances is reserved to the Uni States. °*°"l“""" That the settlers who purchased with the condition annexed of actual nmnmm or time settlement on all ceded Indian reservations be, and they are hereby, §j{,]’:,{";'gf‘° "°°“*" granted an extension of one year, in addition to the extensions hereto- ` fore granted, in which to make payments as now provided by law. For repair of present bridge across Big Wind River, on the Shoshone mg wm mm, is- Reservation in the State of Wyoming, the sum of three thousand dol- I'"' °"""‘g°· lars, to he immediately available. To reimburse the county of Ormsby, State of Nevada, for money or-m.uy,z<¤»·. expended in the purchase of improvements on lands donated to the R"°"°“'°°”‘°°° Government for an Indian school, six thousand, three hundred and seventy-five dollars. That it being impracticable to provide homes in the Indian Territory H¤¤¤e¤ f¤r M>¤¤¤¤¤·· for the Absentee Wyandotte Indians as contemplated by the Acts of W""'°°"‘°”‘ Congress approved June tenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-six, and Ig}-gg-P-gg of August fifteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, the Secretary ofp' ' the Interior is therefore directed to use the money appropriated therefor by Acts of August fifteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, and March second, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, in locating homes for v¤1.zs,psns. said Indians upon any lands that may be available and suitable for such purpose, except that out of said money so appropriated as aforesaid R. u. 1:. éimstmug B. Armstrong, attorney of said Absentee Wyandottes, be allowed and M mm ` paid the sum of one thousand dollars for his services and expenses already incurred in and about such matters in behalf of said Indians. For completion of the digest, now being prepared under the direction niqeafr masons. of the Secretary of the Interior, of the decisions of the courts and the °"°" "° "‘“°0"" Interior Department, and of the opinions of the Attorney·General relating to Indian Aifairs, under authority of the Indian Appropriation