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 1074 FIFTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 932. 1901. “’l·"8·¥‘·939· March second, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, to negotiate with the Five Civilized Tribes in the Indian Territory, twenty thousand dol- Qwggg-0, mmmig lars: Provideci, That the number of said commissioners is hereby fixed siéneis.` at four. For expenses of commissioners and necessary expenses of ,g§lf,§°§‘,lC_ dlSb“”l“g employees, and three dollars per diem for expenses of a clerk detailed ` as special disbursing agent by Interior Department, while on duty with the commission, shall be paid therefrom; for clerical help, including secretary of the commission and interpreters, three hundred thousand dollars; for contingent expenses of the commission, four thousand dollars; in all, three hundred and twenty-four thousand dol- _cse or appmpna- lars: P2·*0cidedfu7·t/wr, That this appropriation may be used by said “°“*‘l°‘ commission in the prosecution of all work to be done by or under its §g§;¤;§;1t of BX- direction as required by law; and said commissioners shall at once P " make an itemized statement to the Secretary of the Interior of all their expenditures up to January first, nineteen hundred and one, and rempemy clerks, annually thereafter: And p<r·0c2'cZed fuv·zf}w7·, That not to exceed ten §§§§m §§§§§l“l°“°’ thousand four hundred dollars of the above amount may be used in I the temporary employment in the office of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs of three clerks, at the rate of one thousand six hundred dollars per annum, who shall be competent to examine records in disputed citizenship cases and law contests growing out of the work of said commission, and in the temporary employment in said office of three competent stenographers, at the rate of one thousand dollars each per annum, to be immediately available. b,[¤q¤¤Y HS *0 Pom To enable the Secretary of the Interior to investigate and report e personal tax, In- . . . . . . dian remmy. to Congress at its next session whether 1t is practicable to iprovide a - system of taxation of personal property, occupations, franc ises, and so forth, in the Indian Territory sufficient to maintain a system of free schools to all the children of the Indian Territory, Eve thousand dollars. 1 Cgecwv ¤¤¤¤¤·¤ That the Commissioner of the General Land Office is hereby authoraldigposition 0:, an- ized and directed to dispose of the Choctaw orphan lands in the State th°“"d· of Mississippi as other public lands are disposed of. mm; Pima Agency, For operating and repairing the flour mill at Pima Agency, Arizona, A“Z· one thousand five hundred dollars. -x1amam Agency. For operating one portable sawmill for the Klamath Agency, Ore- °"g‘ gon, and for necessary repairs to same, one thousand five hundred dollars. ‘ Tse; rms Reserve- For operating one portable sawmill on the Nez Percé Indian Res- “°“’m“h°· ervation, Iddaho,1and for necessary repairs to the same, one thousand five hundre dollars. Physicia¤.NewY¤rk For pay of physician, New York Agency, six hundred dollars. A°(fi»i§ha,xebr. For the purpose of carrying out the provisions of the Act of June p,};§’€h°““° for S“P‘ seventh, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, "that the Secretary of véi. 30,p.v5. the Interior shall, within one year after the passage of this Act, establish and thereafter maintain at the city of Omaha in the State of Nebraska, a warehouse for Indian supplies, from which distributions shall be made to such Indian tribes of the West and Northwest as the Secretary of the Interior may direct," eight thousand dollars. Turtle _Mmmm1¤ For relief and support of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewas B’g‘}§u‘§§ Cl§§’p‘“’§’§$,;], and the Sioux of Devils Lake, North Dakota, to be expended for their I-¤1i¤»,N· mk-= ¤¤¤· benefit under direction of the Secretary of the Interior in such manp°r °` ner and for such purposes as he may direct, twenty-five thousand dollars, to be immediately available. _ snmying spa lu- To enable the President to cause, under the provisions of the Act of V¤ll24,P-388- Act to rovide for the allotment of lands in severalty to Indians,” such Indian reservations as in his judgment are advantageous for agricultural and grazing purposes to be surveyed or resurveyed, for the
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