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 FlFTY—SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 888. 1902. 247 the duties of Indian a ent at any of the agencies above named: Provided further, That tie Commissioner of Indian Affairs, with the School superinrondapproval of the Secretary of the Interior, may devolve the duties of °°“m°y”°t°s°g°”tS‘ any Indian agency or any part thereof upon the superintendent of the lndian traimng school located at such agency whenever in his judgment such snéperintendent can properly perform the duties of such agency. An the superintendent upon whom such duties devolve shall Bondg1V0 bond as other Indian agents. For payment of necessary interpreters, to be distributed in the dis- Interpreters. cretion of the Secretary of the Interior, five thousand dollars; but no person employed by the United States and paid for any other service shall be paid for interpreting. For pay of eight Indian inspectors, one of whom shall be an engi- ¥¤Sr>ooror¤- neer competent in the location, construction, and maintenance of irrigation works, at two thousand five hundred dollars ·per annum each, twenty thousand dollars: Provided, That the Indian inspector who shall be {rum- 1 _ assigned to duty in the Indian Territory shall be considered asactually rsdishgir n mdmn. employed on duty in the field; and the accounting officers of the Treasury. are hereb authorized to allow him lper diem pay during the fiscal year nineteen hundred and mo, and so ong as he s all remain on duty in said Territory. j For traveling expenses of eight Indian inspectors, at three dollars 0,§‘P°“‘°” °'““*‘°°" per day when actually employed on duty in the field, exclusive of transportation and slee(ping—car fare, in lieu of all other expenses now authorized by law, an for incidental expenses of inspection and investigation, including telegraphing and expenses of going to and going rom 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 eight hundred dollars. d For pay of one superintendent of Indian schools, three thousand sc§g§{€j“"€"d°“' °’ ollars. For necessary traveling expenses of one superintendent of Indian pe'f1;*;{°“**¤· em-· 9* schools, including telegraphing and incidental expenses of inspection and investigation, one thousand five hundred dollars: Prm,·e`de, That {.°{."}'Q§’§‘§;n_ he shall be allowed three dollars per day for traveling expenses when actually on duty in the field, exc usive of cost of transportation and sleizping-car fare, in lieu of all other ezgpenses now allowed bylaw: A  further, That he shall per orm such other duties as may OUM <*=¤¤•¤·- be imposed upon him by the Commissioner of Indian Affairs. subject to the approval of the Secretary of the Interior. For buildings and repairs of buildings at agencies and for water A8¤¤¤>‘*¤¤¤<“¤·aesupplies at agencies, thirty-tive thousand dollars: Prm,·z°ded, That three ,§j$f3mM_ em, thousand five hundred dollars thereof shall be expended for an agent’s Minn. 8 residence at the White Earth A ency, Minnesota. For contingencies of the Indian Service, includin. traveling and °°"'*¤8°¤°i°=‘· incidental expenses of Indian agents and of their oigces, and of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs. and to enable said Commissioner to examine and re rt the feasibility and expediency of educating the Indians in schooll;) upon the reservations an in the communities where such lndians reside, and to submit the best plan, in his judgment, to accomplish that end to the next session of Congress: also traveling and incidental expenses of five special agents, at three dollars per day when actually employed on duty in the field, exclusive of transportation and sleeping—car fare, in lieu of all other expenses now authorized by law; 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; fO1' pay of employees not otherwise (provided for, and for pay of the live special agents, at two thousand ollars per annum eac. forty thousan dol-