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 SIXTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 153. 1908. 73 amount appropriated for the support of such school shall not be exceeded: Provided further, That the number of pupils in any school D¢g’{f¤*“8 P" entitled to the per calpita allowance hereby provided for shall be cm u omni determined bfy ta ing the average enrollment for the entire fiscal year and not any ractional part thereof. There shall not be paid out of any appropriation, made in this Act, ,,,;§,“'j,}°},u°‘;§}}{f;‘,§f,j any greater rate of annual compensation to any su erintendent of snwrestriciim. Indian schools during the iiscal year nineteen hundredp and nine, than is authorized and paid out of appropriations made for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and eight. The Commissioner of Indian Affairs is hereby authorized under the e,’,},{·}§’,§“,}c,'j,§0j‘,j’“'“‘ direction of the `Secretary of the Interior, to ascertain whether and I . i upon what terms it may be possible to dispose of any of the nonreser— rsp%ii’itiiiidi[§ie£.°d vation Indian schools which in his judgment are no longer of value to the Indian Service, and to report the result of his investigations to the nelifplsesision of the Colpgresg. S at erea ter any United States Indian a n su rintenden or ‘ Di¤\>¤¤*¤s •=¤¤¤ other disbursinig agent of the Indian Serv€a Fmaypdeposit Indian di¥»u°i°1°ii>rb°i]I¤;.i1:.i moneys, indivi ual or tribal, coming into his hands as custodian, in '“"°‘ . such national bank or banks as he may select: Bwided, That the bank g•:g·°· or banks so selected by him shall first execute to said disbursing agent ' a bond, with approved surety, in such an amount as will properly safeguard the funds to be deposited. Such bond shall be subject to the approval of the Secretarfy of the Interior. That the Commissioner o Indian Affairs is hereby authorized to ,,,,§,°,f,§’,*{,‘,';*,,’,§‘“,,, ,,Q°,{ send a s§:ial Indian agent, or other representative of his office, to ve, •¤¤, ,•¤¤¤i¤¤• •¤- visit any dian tribe for the purpose of negotiating and entering into _' a written agreement with suc tribe for the commutation of the perpetual annuities due under treaty stipulations, to be subject to the approval of Congress; and the Commissioner of Indian Affairs shall transmit to Congress said agreements with such recommendations as he may deem proper. Miscnruunous. ‘““"°“°“°°'”· Telegra hing, tclephoning, and purchase of Indian su plies: To y S" 1******- M the expengn of purchasing goods and supplies for the Ihdian Servijdh, Mrupenincluding inspection, pay of necessary employees, and all other expenses connected therewith; advertising, at rates not exceeding regular commercial rates; telegraphing and telephoning; and transporting Indian goods and supp ies, inc uding expenses of transportation agents and rent of warehouses, three hundre and fifteen thousand W¤~¤<>¤¤e¤- dollars: Bwided, That hereafter warehouses for the receipt, storage, ppg; and shipment of goods for the Indian Service shall be maintained at ”' the following places: New York, Chicaglo, Omaha, Saint Louis, and San Francisco: Provided further, That ereafter payment for trans I 'fur:¤¤v¤r_¢£i_·¤¤ tgt portation of Indian goods and supplies shall inclu e all Indian trans- ;:ym:¤¢{r¤»,w1:sdZ portation lawfully due such land-grant railroads as have not received §{,?,;‘Q‘HL”"’°"' '°‘ aid in Government bonds (to be adjusted in accordance with the decisions of the Supreme Court in cases decided under such land~grant Acts), but in no case shall more than fifty per eentum of full amount of service be paid to said land-grant roads: Provided, That such com- u¥u<::¤1>¤¤¤z pensation shall be computed upon the basis of the tariif or lower °° special rates for like transportation performed for the public at lapge, antdeplhall blzraccrpptedhas inffull for a l deénands for suc service: d f·0- vi furt, at erea ter in e n ing money appropriate or Fifv w ¤¤¤* *¤ this pu a railroad company wlii:1 has not received aid in bonds mms u°ib°°d ddd of the Cnited States, and which obtained a grant of public lands to and in the construction of its railroad on condition that such railroad should be a post route and military road. subject to the use of the United States for postal, military, naval, and other Government services, and