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 FIFTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. l. Ch. 598. 1900. 223 At the Tongue River Agency, Montana, one thousand five hundred ,g*;§,>é,e§f_C’j,*§l‘}§‘l§§lel‘;} dollars; A ` At the Tulalip Agency, Washington, one thousand two hundred dollars; At the Uintah and Ouray Agency, Utah (consolidated), one thousand eight hundred dollars; At the Umatilla Agency, Oregon, one thousand two hundred dollars; At the Union Agency, Indian Territory, two thousand five hundred dollars; for additional payment for the last three quarters of the iiscal year ending June thirt1eth, nineteen hundred, seven hundred and fifty dollars, to be immediately available; At the White Earth Agency, Minnesota, one thousand eight hundred dollars; At the Yakima Agency, Washington, one thousand six hundred dollars; At the Yankton Agency, South Dakota, one thousand six hundred dollars; in all, eighty-three thousand one hundred and fifty dollars: Provided, That the foregoing appro riations shall not take effect nor fgggimllous not become available in any case for or d)urin the time in which any offi- available for army ofcer of the Army of the United States shalI be engaged in the perform- §°"s“°t1“g“S“g€”°°‘ ance of the duties of Indian agent at any of the a encies above named: _ Provided further, That the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, with the m§§,‘{§Q1“§§§‘,§§{"m§,$ approval of the Secretary of the Interior, may devolve the duties of **0* as agemany Indian agency upon the superintendent of the Indian training school located at such agency whenever in his judgment such superintendent can properly perform the duties of such agency. And the superintendent upon w om such duties devolve shall give bond as other Indian agents. For payment of necessary interpreters, to be distributed in the dis- I¤*°*P*€‘€”· cretion of the Secretary of the Interior, eight thousand dollars; but no person employed by the United States an paid for any other service shall be paid for interpreting. For pay of eight Indian inspectors, one of whom shall be an engineer I““P€°°°’“· competent in the location, construction, and maintenance of irrigation works, at two thousand five hundred dollars per annum each, twenty thousand dollars. For traveling expenses of eight Indian inspectors, at three dollars —¤r=w¢1i¤s expenses-' per day when actually employe on duty in the field, exclusive of transportation and sleeping-car fare, in lieu of all other expenses now autho1·- — ized 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 eilght hundred do lars: Provided, That the gl<rv#1¤v· _ l accounting officers of the reasury are hereby authorized to allow per 1¤ai§°ilv1'i'§1$?riifi€ii(i%T diem pay to the inspector who was located in the Indian Territory ""’· under orders and directions of the Secretary of the Interior during the fiscal years eighteen hundred and ninety-nine and nineteen- hundred. d For pay of one superintendent of Indian schools, three thousand SC§l¤gggri¤¤¢¤¤d¤¤¤ of ollars. ` For necessary traveling expenses of one superintendent of Indian —traveIing expenses. schools, including telegraphing and incidental expenses of ins ection and investigation, one thousand five hundred dollars: Provided; That __P;g{l§g;3 allowance he shall be allowed three dollars per day for traveling expenses when inpiield. actually on duty in the field, exclusive of cost of transportation and slee ing—car fare, in lieu of all other expenses now allowed by law: And) provided fwrther, That he shall perform such other duties as may —oci1er duties. be imposed upon him by the Co1nmissioner of Indian Aifairs, subject to the approval of the Secretary of the Interior.