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 FIFTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 832. 1901. 1075 purposes of said Act, and to complete the allotment of the same, including the necessary clerical work incident thereto in the field and in the Oiiice of Indian Affairs, and delivery of trust patents, so far as allotments shall have been selected under said Act, thirty thousand dollars. For construction of ditches and reservoirs, purchase and use of irri- W.,,k,, of ,,,,,,,,,,O,,_ gating tools and appliances, and purchase of water rights on Indian I reservations, in the discretion of the Secretary of the Interior and subject to his control, one hundred thousand dollars: Provided, That in-mso. the Secretary of the Interior may employ such number of superin- §§,‘}{’§’€'(§{1°€“d€"‘S‘*"` tendents of irrigation, who shall be skilled irrigation engineers, not to exceed two, as in his judgment may be necessary to secure the construction of ditches and other irrigation works in a substantial and workmanlike manner; and also one clerk in the Office of Indian Affairs, —un<1 clerk. at a salary of one thousand dollars er annum. For repairs to the bridge across %ind River, on the Shoshone Res- ,,§,j"{§?{$,“€ R“€"**‘ ervation in Wyoming, eight hundred and fifty dollars, to be immedi- Bélpaimjbridee over ately available. Wm Rm"` For survey and subdivision of Indian reservations and of lands to be Surveys and allocallotted to Indians, and to make allotments in severalty, to be expended mmf by the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, twenty thousand dollars. _ For compensation of the commissioner authorized by the Indian m§,“§,§tQ§]P R*’S€*"’¤· appropriation Act approved June seventh, eighteen hundred and Cdmpensation or ninety-seven, to superintend the sale of land, and so forth, of the Pu- i:§°§§§lm°”°r t° sfu yallup Indian Reservation, Washin ton, who shall continue the work V°r 3°»P- S7- as therein provided, two thousand <Iollars. . _ For continuin the work of transferring the Indian depredation c,,{§‘,§;““ d°P"’d’*“°¤ claims from the Cffice of Indian Affairs to the Court of Claims and 1'1‘muuferr¤ Court of making a record of the same, and for the proper care and custody of C %fdllSé6,p.S51. the papers and records relating thereto, under the provisions of the. Act approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-one (Twenty- sixth Statutes at Large, page eight hundred and fifty-one), four thousand six hundred dollars. To enable the President to cause, under the provisions of the Act of Qjouxgugisu Reser- March second, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, entitled ‘“An Act to vaaggiepimien nndivide a portion of the reservation of t§e Sioux Nation of Indians in §}l?‘m°““·’€s“V“YS· Dakota into separate reservations and to secure the relinquishment of V<>1-25»1>-8861 the Indian title to the remainder, and for other purposes,” to be allotted the land in said separate reservations as (provided in said Act, including`the necessary resurveys, ten thousan dollars. [Reimbursable.], or the equi ment and maintenance of the asylum for insane Indians · canton, s. mk., niat Canton, Sou’dIi Dakota, for incidental and all other expenses necessary S““° “y1“m· for its proper conduct and management, including pay of employees, and for necessary expense of transporting insane Indians to and from said asylum, twelve thousand dollars. To pay all expenses incident to the survey, platting, and a praise- mghgggazmgwckament of town sites in the Choctaw, Chickasaw, Creek, and Cherokee A;3p¤£i>nsn0¤S` for nations, Indian Territory,.as required by sections fifteen and twenty- §jf,‘f““g “""“ S“°“· nine of an Act entitled "An Act for the protection of the people of V<>1·3<>.1>1>-50<>.505- the Indian Territory, and for other purposes," a proved June twenty- eighth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, ancf) all Acts amendatory thereof or supplemental thereto, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars: Provided, That hereafter the Secretary of the Interior may, whenever App_ei¤zme¤t_¤: the chief executive of the Choctaw or Chickasaw Nation fails or refuses §,§’g§',§f"° °°'“"“”‘ to appoint a town-site commissioner for any town, or to fill any vacancy caused by the neglect or refusal of the town-site commissioner appointed by the chief executive of the Choctaw or Chickasaw Nation to qualify or act, in his discretion, appoint a commissioner to fill the vacancy `thus created.