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 SIXTY·THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 4. 1913. 95 rrvn crvrmznn rnrnms. F*"°°""**°dT*'“>¤· Sec. 18. For enses of administration of the affairs of the Five ,,,’§Q,’,‘§,{*“"*’“‘i°“ °" Civilized Tribesijxgklahoma, and the compensation of employees, mmm M m_ including such attomeys as the Secretary o the Interior may, in his bots matters. P discretion employ in connection with robate matters affecting individuel allottees of the Five  Tribes, $250,000: Provided gféumggion on eb That during the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred peaamms without and fomteen, no moneys shall   expended from_the tribal funds 'P°°*“° °““‘°“"· belonging to the Frve Crvrlrzed Tribes without sqecrtic appropriation by Congress, except as follows: Equalization of a lotments per capita and other payments authorized bynlaw to individual members of the respective tri es, tribal and other dian schools for the current fiscal year under exist, salaries and contingent expenses of governors, chiefs, assistant, secretaries, interpreters, and ' trustees of the tribes for the current fiscal year at salaries not  those for the last iiscalmyear; and attorneys for said tribes employe under contract approv by the President under existing law for the current fiscal year: Provided further, That the Secretary of the Interior m°§,‘ °°j':*1',*:; rs hereby authorized to continue the tribal schools of the Choctaw and wi. N Xtionp gear the current Egcdaéylear. th md ma at e cto ap v eruarynineteen ,nineteen, " · hundred and twelve y-sepdehth Statutes at Large, page sixty- ~i‘¤¤i°° l' seven), being "An Act to provide for the sale of the surface o the coal {§°.§}°i°g,,_ti"?,;_°’“"‘°°" and asphalt lands of the Choctaw and Chickasaw Nations, and for V°l·”iPP· °"·¤*- other  ,” be, and the same is hereby, amended to provide that ‘ the c cation and appraisement of suc lands shall be completed not later than December first, nineteen hundred and thirteen, and the sum of $10,000, to be paid out of the Choctaw and Chickasaw tribal ,,,,,P,‘{§'“‘°°***°m MW funds, is hereby appropriated for the completion of the work. For the support, continuance, and maintenance of the Cherokee T§"g,f,,'?8**&,m‘f_{P¤¤¤ Orphan Training School, near Tahloqililah, Oklahoma, for the orphan Maintenance In ian children of the Five Civilized `bes belonging to the restricted class, to be conducted as an industrial school under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, $25,000; and the principal chief of the iammwnmos. Cherokee Nation is authorized to sell and convey said property, including the forty acres of land aiplpurtenant thereto and all u` dings thereon, to the United States for e sum of $5,000, and the additional sum of $5,000 is hereby appropriated for said purchase. The sum of $300,000, to be expended in the discretion of the Secre- ,,,,,,'1"1l’,P",,,,,,,‘§,§,’,,'Q‘,,'f‘°" tary of the Interior, under rules and rtclgulations to be prescribed by him, in aid of the common schools in e Cherokee, Creek, Choctaw Chickasaw, and Seminole Nations in Oklahoma, during the iiscal _ Hu ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and fourteen: Pmvided, %‘;‘,?g,,,, mt W _ at this a propriation shall not be subject to the limitation in sec- Pujenlgeb 78 tion one of this Act Hunting the expenditure of money to educate ’ ` children of less than one-fourth Indian blood. That the Secret of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized ’§’»°,,l"*§,°‘§§; mm, and directed to foarltyhwith make a per capita payment of $200 from £;:gs_ gk? ¤‘¤=¤ the tribal trust funds of the Semmole dians to each individual officially enrolled as a memberof the said tribe, to relieve the distressed condition at present existing among the allottees of that tribe, said hmm payment to be made at Wewoka, Ok ahoma: Promkled, That amounts neamin at seanof all dehnchrent taxes and penalties tpbroperly assessed against the ‘*“°“"“‘°“· lands of eac Seminole allottee under e laws of the State of Oklahoma and remaining unpaid shall be ascertained and paid under the direction of the_ Secretary of the Interior in each and everhptase out of the distributive  to be paid to each enrolled mem of the um tribe under the provisions of this Act: Provided, That not to exceed $3,000 may be used from the funds belonging to the Seminole Tribe for the purpose of defraying the expenses of such payments.