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 246 rrrrrsixtru oonensss. sms. 1. oa. ses. 1900. U§Q{°°‘· S°““‘°’“ For sup-port and education of fifty pupils at the Indian school in southern tah, eight thousand three un red and fifty dollars; salary of superintendent, eight hundred and forty dollars; improvements, givg hundred dollars; in all, nine thousand six` hundred and ninety 0· ats. i pu“;,§*{§·P°'”“**°“ 9* For collection and transportation of pupils to and from Indian schools, and also for the transportation o Indian pupils from all the Indian schools and placing of them, with the consent of their parents, under the care and control of such suitable white families as may in all respects be qualified to give such pupils moral, industrial, and educational training, under arrangements in which their proper care, suppo§t, and education shall be in exchange for their labor, forty thousand o ars._ ’ -l"Xp?“'li“"°‘““dF’ That all ex endjture of mone appropriated for school ur oses in gigdgillglcg Cgmmw this Act shall)be at all times urldelipthd) supervision and dlireldtion of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, and in all respects in conformity with such conditions, rules, and regulations as to the conduct and methods of instruction and expenditure of money as may be from time to time prescribed by him, su ject to theasupervision of the Secretary gyfgfér cmu €x_ of the Interior: Provided, That not more than one hundred and sixty- peuamue. seven dollars shall be expended for the annual support and education of any one pupil in any school herein specifically appropriated for, ···i¤°*°“°· except when, by reason of e idemic, acci ent, or other similar cause, the attendance is so reduced) that a‘ larger expenditure is absolutely necessary for the efH.oient operation of the school affected, when the · Commissioner of Indian Affairs, with the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, may allow a larger pier capita expenditure, such expenditure to continue only so long as the said necessity thereforshall exist: —n¤rbr<> fxceed wml Prmddedjierthw, That the total amount appropriated for the support f°” s°¢°° ’°°°‘ of such. school shall not be exceeded: P7·0videdfurthe¢·, That this provision shall agplydto gte fiscal years eighteen hundred and ninety-nine an nineteen un re . I 00 Supplies. ,1>¤¤·¤h¤¤¤ Sec. 2. That no urchase of su lies for which appropriations are mr °dv°m°°m°°t' herein made, exceeding in the agggggate five hundredudollars in value ‘ _ at any one time, shall be made without first giving at least three wee;;s’ —exceptio¤, exi- public notice by advertisement, excelpt in case of exigency, when, in g°°°y' the discretion of the Secretaryef t c Interior, who shall make oldicial record of the»facts constitutingothe exigency, and shall report the same to Congress at itsnext session, he may direct that purchases may be made in open market in amount not exceeding three thousand dolglrvvgvsk _ _ ti lars at any one purchase: Provided, That supplies may be purchased, °” »S ° mg? °°' contracts let, and labor em loyed for the construction of artesian wells, ditches. and other works {Er irri tion, in the discretion of the Secre- _ tary of the Interior, without aggertising as `hereinbefore provided: digigchases fmm In- Promlded furt}m·,· That as far as practicable Indian labor shall be ‘ employed and purchase in the open market made from Indians, under mzfglipgfactures by the direction o the:Secretary o the Interior: Provided further, That ·° the Secretary of the Interior may, when practicable, arrange for the manufacture, by Indians at reservation or industrial schools, of shoes, clothing, leather, harness, and wagons, 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 wglugggle R¤¤¢¤v¤- the Interior to carry this (provision into effect: Pr·0v¢Idedfm·¢he¢·, _ That Léases aimmazea. the Indians towhom lan s have been allotted on the Yakima Reservation in the State of Washington shall be permitted to lease unimproved allotted lands, for agricultural purposes, for any term not exceeding ten years upon such terms and con itions as may be prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior. . · - ` p,},’;}$*§;g{*,s,S*;;ug_§j'· Sec. 3. Thatthe Secretary of the Interior, underthe direction of the President, may use any surplus that may remain in any of the said