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 1060 F1FTY-six1*H oonorusss. sm. 11. on. 832. 1901. ,,gE§,{§,e§f,,’},$,‘i§‘,§$,e(g*f d St the Tongue River Agency, Montana, one thousand five hundred 0 ars; At the Uintah and Ouray Agency, Utah (consolidated), one thousand eight hundred dollars; At the Umatilla Agency, Oregon, one thousand two hundred dollarsd gt the Union Agency, Indian Territory, two thousand five hundred o ars; d gt the lVhite Earth Agency, Minnesota, one thousand eight hundred o ars; d gt the Yakima Agency, \Vashington, one thousand six hundred o ars; At the Yankton Agency, South Dakota, one thousand six hundred "'°"‘€"$- dollars; in all, seventy-seven thousand six hundred dollars: Provided, ,w*;gg{gg§(?,§*§pI;,_“0Q§ That the foregoing appropriations shall not take edect nor become iicersacringasagenrs. available in any case for or during the t1me in which any officer of the Army of the United States shall be engaged in the performance of the duties of Indian agent at any of the agencies above named: Prom§;;§$,@“Q@{’,‘gg{"mg§ vided fimfher, That the Commissioner of Indian AHairs, with the acc as agent.approval of the Secretary of the Interior, may devolve the duties of any Indian agency, or any part thereof, upon the superintendent of the Indian training school located at such agency whenever in his jud ment such superintendent can properly perform the duties of sung agency. And the superintendent upon whom such duties devolve shall give bond as other Indian agents. I“""T"‘*"’”· For payment of necessary interpreters, to be distributed in the discretion of the Secretary of the Interior, seven thousand dollars; but no person employed by the United States and paid for any other service shall be paid for interpreting. I“**¥"’°*°’*’· For pay of eight Indian inspectors, one of whom shall be an engineer competent in the location, construction, and maintenance of irrigation works, at two thousand five hundred dollars per annum ·d““€S· each; to enable the Secretary of the Interior to investi ate and report upon the condition of Indians upon reservations, their gegree of civilization, the advisability of reducing the size of their reservations, the propriety of commuting their annuities, and to investigate and report upon the character of reservations, the area used by the Indians and the areas needed for their use, whether the reservation is composed of mineral or agricultural lands, and whether the reservation or any part thereof is better Htted for the purposes of forestry than for agriculture, and how the same shall be administered, and the area of mineral land, five thousand dollars in. all; twenty-five thousand dollars, of _ which sum not exceeding five thousand dollars to be immediately availm;\l}<;~gy;§€f€rié¤$§g9· able: Provided, That the Indian inspector who may be assigned to duty `" in the Indian Territory shall be considered as actually emplo ed on duty in the field; and the accounting officers of the Treasury are liiereby authorized to allow him per diem pay during the fiscal year nineteen hundred and one, and so long as he shall remain on duty in said Territory. ‘ 0,'§;*;;;l§;;§S°XP€“’€S For traveling expenses of eight Indian inspectors, at three dollars ` f per day when actually employed on duty in the field, exclusive of transportation and sleeping-car fare, in lieu of all other expenses now authorized by law, and for incidental expenses of inspection and investigation, including telegraphing and expenses of going to and going from the seat of government, and while remaining there under orders and direction of the Secretary of the Interior, for a period not to exceed twenty days, twelve thousand eight hundred dollars. S¤1·<=*i¤*¢¤<i€¤¤· For pay. of one superintendent of Indian schools, three thousand dollars.