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 266 FIFTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 888. 1902. hundred and ninety-one (Twenty-sixth Statutes, ten hundred and forty- · ` one), among the members of said tribe, to be held by them as individuals in the same manner as their other individual stock is held, after _,€r;¤*;;';{*g;§,,°‘ which the common herd shall cease to exist. The Secretary of the WInterior is also authorized to distribute among the tribe per capita all of the money due or to become due said Indians from sales from the MMI, hom common herd, known as the “Cr0w herd fund": Provided, That the _ distribution of the cattle and payment of the money shall be made at such time and under such re ulations as the Secretary of the Interior umwbw <>f =¤¤=¥ in his discretion may prescrde. That the funds now in the Treasury °' _ of the United States to the credit of the Crow Indians in Montana, or any portion of it, may, with the consent of the tribe, be used by the Secretary of the Interior, in his discretion, in the purchase of stock cattle to be distributed among the members of the tribe under such regulations as he may prescribe. §¤¢2¤$¤¤‘e Q'¢<¤¤· That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized gatign dlltcheslyi and em owered, under general regulations to be fixed by him, to rmit the use of the right of way through the allotted lands of the Sguthern Ute Indians in Colorado for irrigating ditches to the extent of the ground occupied by the water in said ditches and such number ‘ of feet on each side of the margingl lilmits myers? gs nligy be necesiary MWC-. in maintaini and o ratin the itc es: om; e, at no a ica- . i°f mam!` tion for suclilgight oixivayx sgall be granted unless accompanied  the ccénsené, an wgiting, of the allottee or allottees whose land may be a ecte there. - nwgfw B'*°°* That the Seciietary of the Interior shall make investigation as to the Inlpuem mums: practicability of providing a water sup l for irrigation purposes to be mm""` used on a portion of the reservation ofpthe Southern Utes in Colorado, , and he is authorized, in his discretion, to contract for and to expend " from the funds of said Southern Utes in the purchase of (perpetual water rights sufficient to irrigate not exceeding ten thousan acres on the western part of the Southern Ute Reservation and for annual charges for maintenance of such water thereon such amount and upon such terms and conditions as to him may seem just and reasonable, not exceeding one hundred and Efty thousand dollars for the purchase of such perpetual water rights and not exceeding a maximum of fifty _ cents per acre per annum for the maintenance of water upon the land §§',§'g‘§}Q,,,,,_ to be irrigated: Provided. That after such an investigation he shall find all the essential conditions relative to the water supply and to the perpetuity of its availability for use upon said lands such as in his jluldgment will justify a contract for its perpetual use: I ’rov¢'dedj}u·tbw·, ¤<>¤<1r¤q¤i¤¤·1 at the Secretary of the Interior, upon making all such contracts. shall require from the person or persons entering upon such contract a bond of indemnity, to be approved by him, for the faithful and continuous execution of such contract as provided therein. ,,§,§’f’,?{‘,‘f,_ R“°""° That the mineral lands only in the Spokane Indian Reservation, in su*g!j_¥t¤gg;:* *¤¤d¤ the State of Washington, shall be subject to entry under the laws of pimm. y` the United States in relation to the entry of mineral lands: Provided, That lands allotted to the Indians or used by the Government for any ' purpose or by any school shall not be su ject to entry under this provision. éygggmirgr- To enable the Secretary of the Treasury to pay the claim of Josef 'Steiner for labor and material used in making re irs to school buildings numbered one, two, and three at Cheyenne llger Indian Agenc ·, South Dakota, damaged by windstorm and cyclone on night of July nineteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, as approved by the Secretary of the Interior. two hundred and seventv—eight dollars and thirty-seven cents, to be paid from unexpended balance of- appropriation "Education, Sioux Nation."