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 924 FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. III. CHS. 323, 324. 1899. populated suburbs on which there exists an open well,. cistern, dangerous hole, or excavation be a nonresident of the District of Columbia, then after public notice by said Commissioners, given at least twice a week for one week in one newspaper published in the city ofWashi11g- ton, by advertisement, describing the property, specifying the nuisance _ to be abated, then if such nuisance shall not be abated with1n one week. after the expiration of such notice, said Commissioners may cause the lot or parcel of land on which the nuisance exists to be secured by fences or otherwise inclosed, and the cost and expense thereof shall be assessed by said Commissioners as a tax against the property on which such nuisance exists, and the tax so assessed shall bear interest at the rate of ten per centnm per annum until paid, and shall be carried on the regular tax rolls of said District and be collected in the manner provided for the collection of general taxes. Approved, March 1, 1899. Much] 1g9g_ CHAP. 324.—An Act Making appropriations for the current and contingent -——-—-%-— expenses of the Indian Department and for fulfilling treaty stipulations with various Indian tribes for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred, and for other purposes. ‘ Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Indian Department States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums be, °PP"°P“·"“°“· and they are hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the purpose of paying the current and contingent expenses of the Indian Department and in full compensation for all offices the salaries for which are specially provided for herein, for the service of the iiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred, and fullillin g treaty stipulations for the various Indian tribes, namely: CURRENT AND CONTINGENT EXPENSES. Pay of agents at For pay of fifty-six agents of Indian affairs at the following-named °¢°’°°*°°· agencies, at the rates respectively indicated, namely: d At the Blackfeet Agency, Montana, one thousand eight hundred 0 ars; At the Cherokee School, North Carolina: Additional compensation to superintendent of said school for performing the duties heretofore required of the agent at the Cherokee Agency, two hundred dollars`; At the Cheyenne and Arapahoe Agency, Oklahoma Territory, one thousand eight hundred dollars; At the Cheyenne River Agency, South Dakota, one thousand seven hundred dollars; d At the Colorado River Agency, Arizona, one thousand ive hundred ol ars; d At the Colville Agency, \Vashington, one thousand five hundred ol ars; ‘ At the Crow Creek Agency, South Dakota, one thousand six hundred dollars; At the Crow Agency, Montana, one thousand eight hundred dollars; At the Devils Lake Agency, North Dakota, one thousand two hundred dollars; At the Flathead Agency, Montana, one thousand five hundred dollars; d At the Fort Apache Agency, Arizona, one thousand five hundred 0 ars; d At the Fort Belknap Agency, Montana, one thousand five hundred 0 ars; At the Fort Berthold Agency, North Dakota, one thousand five hundred dollars; At the Fort Hall Agency, Idaho, one thousand five hundred dollars; d At the Fort Peck Agency, Montana, one thousand eight hundred 0 ars;