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 270 SIX'I`Y—F1RST CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 140. 1910. 0,*",§§];},:}•__;g{g°§L§ Hereafter the. Secretary of the Interior shall cause_to be stated counts annual accounts between the United States and eacl1 tribe of Indians arising under appropriations heretofore, herein, or hereafter to be · made, which by law are required to be reimbursed to the United States, crediting in said accounts the sums so reimbursed, if ang; mipxyngggz or bu- gg? the Setcretari ocf gigs Intgerjiipe/1$sh;rlLp(py, out ofianylfugld or; fun 3 ‘ oningo uc rr orrr 0 ransa cae ereoan held y the United States in trust or otherlxisiise, all balances of accounts due to the United States and not already reimbursed to the Treasury, and de it such sums in the Treasurgy as miscellaneous Amman;. receipts; and sucliwgccounts shall be received an examined by the proper auditor of the Treasury Department and the balances arising . mmw. thereon certified to the Secretary of the Treasury: Promkled, That w‘§”$}°,‘,},$§,?f,{.{ ,3i hereafter the Secretary of the Interior shall transmit to Congress annu- ‘°*"'°'** "°*'*· ally on the first Monday in December a cost account for the preceding fiscal year of all survey and allotment work on Indian reservations. ‘”*¢*¤°¤· For the construction, repair, and maintenance of ditches reservoirs, and dams, urchase and use of irrigation tools and appliances, ' water rights, lands necessary for. canals, ipe lines and reservoirs for Indian reservations and allotments, and lflor drainage and rotection of irrigable lands fromdamage b floods, two hundred and lfort -nine thousand one hundred dollars, oir which twenty-five thousand dollars °°““¤¤*¤¢*=•1•¤°°- shall be immediately) available, and the balance of the appropriation §s'g"ggi_,cwd_ shall remain_ availa le until expended: Prmnkled, Thatno part of this appropriation shall be expended on any irrigation system or, reclamation  for which specific appropriation is ma e in this Act or for w °c public funds are or may e available under any n¤u¤¤•¤a»rcq¤i¤¤¤· other Act of Congress, and hereafter no new irrigation project on any Indian reservation, allotments or lands, shal be undertaken until it shall have been estimated for and a maximum limit of cost ascertained from survegs, plans, and reports submitted by the chief irrigation engineer in the ndian service and approved by the Comumnercon. missioner of Indian Affairs and the Secretary of the Interior, and such limit of cost shall in no case be exceeded without express authorization of Congress, and hereafter no new project to cost in the aggregate to exceed thirty-five thousand dollars shall be undertaken on any Indian reservation or allotment without specific Annual report or all authority of Congress; and the Secretary of the Interior shall transmit _ ten, a statement, by systems or (projects, showing the original estimated cost, the present estimate cost and the total amount of all moneys, from w atever source derived, expended thereon for construction, extension, repair, or maintenance, of each irrigation system or reclamation project on Indian reservations, allotments or lands to and including June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and ten; and annually thereafter the Secretary of the Interior shall transmit to Congress a cost account of all moneys, from whatever source derived, expended on each such irrigation project for the preceding fiscal year: Przrvided wlxmxusry snr- further, {)I{hat notlgrrgg herkem ccipltarned shall the ccirnstruefl to prohibit ‘ reasona e expen 1 ures rom rs appropria ron or re imma surveys and investigations to determiiilg the feasibilitji and estiiiiated Otgggmnggsu wnn cost of new projects, or to prevent the Bureau of Indian Affairs from ‘ hprapg ther eneiit_ of consultation with engineers in other brailrches o e pu IC service or carrying out exrs m a eements wit the 0,§f"g°“°¤ mp"': Reclamation Service;_for pay of one chief fspibtor of irrigation, who shall be a skilled ujrigation engineer, four thousand dollars; one assistant inspector of irrigation, who shall be a skilled irrigation engineer, two thousand Eve hundred dollars; for traveling expenses of two inspectors of irrigation, at three dollars per diem when actually employed on duty in the field, exclusive of transportation and sleep- 1ng—car fare, in lieu of all other expenses authorized by law, and for
 * "°j°°“‘ to Congress on the first Monday in December, nineteen hundred and