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 FIFTY-SIXTH oonennss. Sess. 11. ou. sae. 1901. 1083 of the Interior: Provided, That not more than one hundred and sixty- __{§`,§g’§,"*,§’§, 0,,,,,,,,, Bxseven dollars shall be expended for the annual su port and education nendiwre. of any one pupil in any school herein s ecificaily appropriated for, except when, by reason of epidemic, accidldnt, or other similar cause, "i“°'°“S°· the attendance is so reduced that a larger ex enditure is absolutely necessary for the efficient operation of the scgool affected, when the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, with the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, may allow a larger er ca ita expenditure, such expenditure to continue only so`long as Exe said necessity therefor shall exist: Ho~vided_fi¢rt/tor, That the total amount appropriated for theisupport gg{.‘§§ht§0f§§’§f’d *°““ of such school shall not be exceeded: Providedfurt/ver, That this provision shall apply to the Hscal years eighteen hundred and ninety- nirée and nilpsteen hundilled. f 1 h h ha no. 2. at no purc ase o supp ies for w ic appropriations are S“PP“°S» .P“’° SG herein made, exceeding in the aggregpte five hundred dollars in value mer advmlsemem at any one time, shall be made wit out first giving at least three weeks’ public notice by advertisement, except in case of exigency, —€X°°P“°¤- when, in the discretion of the Secretary of the Interior, who shall. make official record of the facts constituting the exigency, and shall report the same to Congress at its next session,. he may direct that purchases may be made in open market in amount not exceeding three thousand dollars at any one purchase: Provided, That supplies may be $§Q@°g;,mg,u0n_ purchased, contracts let, and labor employed for the construction of artesian wells, ditches, and other works for I1'1'lg3.l`]lOIl, in the discretion of the Secretary of the Interior, without advertising as hereinbefore g provided: Provided fart/tor, That as far as practicable Indian labor d§g;<>h¤—¤€¤ fmm I¤- shall be employed and purchase in the open market made from Indians, ` under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior: Providodfurzthor, m%¤*¤f¤<=¤¤¢¤bY ID- That the Secretary of the Interior may, when practicable, arrange for ` the manufacture, by Indians upon the reservations, or at `industrial schools, of shoes, clothing, leather, harness, and wasr-» 1s, and such other articles as the Secretary of the Interior may deem advisable, and the sum of ten thousand dollars is hereby appropriated to enable the Secretary of the Interior to carry this provision into effect. Sec. 3. That the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized and m§§,°§,f§,§§°,§{,‘{,§°$“g§ empowered to- grant a right of way, in the nature of an easement, for npr tjpr wéephoqes; the construction, c eration, and maintenance of telephone and tele- iSSé§wSti°¢i1;igS,S¢iSl?d1a° graph lines and otliices for general telephone and telegraph business through any Indian reservation, throng any lands hel by an Indian tribe or nation in the Indian Territory, through any lands reserved for an Indian a ency or Indian school, or for other purpose in connection with the Indian service, or through any lands which have been allotted in severalty to any individual Indian under any law or treaty, but which have not been conveyed to the allottee with full power of alienation, upon the terms and conditions herein expressed. No such lines shall be constructed across Indian lands, as above mentioned, until authority therefor has first been obtained from the Secretary of the Interior, and the ma s of definite location of the lines shall·be subject to his approval. The compensation to be paid the tribes in their ydtmagestribal capacity and the individual allottees for such right of way through their lands shall be determined in such manner as the Secre- , tary of the Interior may direct, and shall be subject to his final approval; and where such lines are not subject to State or Territorial taxation A¤¤¤¤l°¤X· the company_or owner of the line shall pay to the Secretary of the Interior, for the use and beneiit of the Indians, such annual tax as he may designate, not exceeding five dollars for each ten miles of line so constructed and maintained; and all such lines shall be constructed and R€g“l"**i°¤S· maintained under such rules and regulations as said Secretary may prescribe. But nothing herein contained shall be so construed as to S,§f;§§mP“°¤ "°m‘ exempt the owners of such lines from the payment of any tax that `