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 FIFTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. Il. Ch. 1-102. 1904. 217 alppropriation is made, and shall report to Congress, at its next session t ereafter, an account of his action under this provision: Provided {zrtheg, That funds appropriated to fulfill treaty obligations shall not Treaty mms. use. Sec. 4. That when not required for the purpose for which appro- Tmusferoffundsfor priated, the funds herein provided for the pay of-specified employees °m°1°y°°°‘°t°' at any agency may be used b the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, subject to the approval of the Secretary of the Interior for the pay of other emplolyees at such agency, but no deficiency shall be thereby created; an, when necessary, specified em loyees may be detailed for other service when not required for the dhty for which they were engaged; and that the several appropriations herein made for millers blacksmiths, engineers, carpenters, physicians, and other persons, and for various artic es pgovided for by treaty stipulation for the several Indian tribes, may diverted to other uses for the benefit of said tribes, respectively, within the discretion of the President, and with the consent of said tribes, expressed in the usual manner; and that he cause report to be made to Congress, at its next session thereafter, of his action under this provision. Sec. 5. That whenever, after advertising for bids for supplies in R¤i¤<=¤i<>¤ <>fbi¤¤- accordance with sections three and four of this Act, those received for any article contain conditions detrimental to the interests of the Government, they may be rejected, and the articles specified in such c,gg¤ m¤k¤¤ Purbids purchased in open market, at prices not to exceed those of the ` lowest bidder, and not to exceed the market Bprice of the same, until such time as satisfactory bids can be obtain, for which immediate advertisement. shall be made: Hovided, Thatso much of the a pro- mm priations herein made as may be required to pay for goods_ andp sup- ;,,$,;'€.‘.i'i.“$§'"£’$’,{u°E plies, for expenses incident to  and for transportation •“*- ‘ of the same, not Que year ending) Jane thirtleth, nineteen hundred and tive, shall be immediately availa le, but no such goods or sup lies shall be distributed or delivered to any of said Indians prior to .l)uly iirst, nineteen hundred and four. Sec. 6. That the Commissioner of Indian Affairs shall report to each A¤¤¤¤1 r;j><>r¢ con- Congress, at the first regular session thereof, specifically showing the °°mmg°m °y°°°° number of employees at each agency. industrial and boarding sc ool, which are supported in whole or in part out of the appropriations in this Act, giving name, when emplo *ed, in what capacity employed, male or female, whether white or lndian, amount of compensation paid,.and out of what item or fund of the appropriation paid, and whether, in the opinion of such Commissioner, any of such employees are unnecessary. Sec. 7. That no part of the moneys herein appropriated for fuliilling aumcmm. treaty stipulations shall be available or expen ed unless expended without regard to the attendance of any beneiiciary at any school other than a Government school. Sec. 8. That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, `iggga ,23;;,1 and authorized and directed to cause to be allotted, under the rovisions of “Allotments to 61111- the Act of Congress approved February eighth, eighteen hundred and ‘*“’“· eighty-seven., entitled "An Actto provide for the allotment of lands in v¤1.24,p.sss. severalty to Indians on the various reservations, and to extend the protection of the laws of the United States and the Territories over the Indians, and for otl er purposes,” as amended by the Act approved v¤1.2s,p.na. February twenty-ei lhth, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, to each and every child born og a recognized member of the Ponca tribe and to each and every child born of a recognized member of the Otoe and Missouria tribe of Indians since the completion of allotments to said tribes, respectively, and prior to the thirtieth day of June, nineteen hundred and four, and alive and in being on that date, eighty acres of