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 FIFTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 2285. 1907. 1017 where it is in excess of the amount which will ultimately be due said allottee. _ or construction of ditches and reservoirs, purchase and use of Irrigationirrigating tools and appliances, and purchase of water rights on Indian reservations, in the disc'retion of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior and subject to his control, one hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars: Provided, That the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, under the nam. direction of the Secretary of the Interior, may employ superinten- Sk‘"°d °“‘“‘°°"· dents of irrigation, who shall be skilled irrigation engineers, not to exceed five, as in his judgment may be necessary to secure the construction of ditches and other irrigation works in a substantial and workmanlike manner. For survey and subdivision of Indian reservations and of lands to 1,,§{f"’“‘ ‘“‘° “' be allotted to Indians, and to make allotments in severalt, to be expended by the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, forty thousand dollars, of which _ fifteen thousand dollars shall be immediately available. To enable the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, under the direction ,,E,‘§{"°““*“‘ ”‘*"°’ of the Secretar of the Interior, to take action to suppress the tratlic of intoxicating liquors among Indians, twenty~five thousand dollars; For support of Indian day and industrial schools, and for other edu- °‘“’*’°" °* “°°‘°°l" cational purposes not hereinafter provided for, one million three hundred thousand dollars; and the powers conferred by section twenty- mggihgggxggfg one hundred and forty of the Revised Statutes upon Indian agents, ligucrtmiic. and suba ents, and commanding officers of military posts are hereby ‘S"°°°‘2"°'”‘m` conferred utppn the special agent of the Indian Bureau for the suppression of e liquor traflic among Indians and in the Indian country and duly authorized deputies working under his supervision. 1, For construction, purchase, lease, and repair of school buildings, b.S{§l‘,fQ§'§§,l °° ° and for sewerage, water supply, and lighting plants, and purchase of school sites, and improvement of buildings and grounds, four hundred thousand dollars; In all, one million seven hundred thousand dollars. For collection and transportation of pupils to and from Indian schools, T"‘°"°’°'”"’“”‘ and also for the transportation of 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 morahindustrial, and educational training, seventy-five thousand ollarsz Hmded, That not exceeding five {gala., in thousand dollars of this amount may be used, under direction of the °"' °"’"" Commissioner of Indian Affairs, in the transportation and placing of Indian pupils in positions where remunerative employment can be found for them in induSf·l‘i8l pll!‘SlliliS. The provisions of this section A1¤¤k¤ ¤¤¢iv¤¤· shall appl to native pupils brought from Alaska. _ That ally expenditure of money appropriated for school purposes in p0§,*g§",j;g{°“ °‘ °"· this Act shall be at all times under the supervision and direction of the Commissioner of Indian Atfairs, 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 rescribed by him, subject to the supervision of the Secretary of the mmm_ Interior: Provided, That, except for pay of superintendent, not more Hung; of per mma than one hundred and sixty-seven dollars shall be expended for the W ' annual support and education of any one pupil in any school herein specilicall y provided for, except when, by reason of gpidemic, accident, or other sufficient cause, the attendance is so reduc or cost of maintenance so high that a largtpr expenditure is absolutely necessary for the etheient operation of the school affected, when the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, with the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, may allow a larger per capita expenditure, such expenditure to continue