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 SIXTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. 11. Ons. 180,181. 1917. 1195 pletion thereof, or of the movements of any such employee while engaged upon such work; nor shall any part of the appropriations made ,,,{,’,°;‘_;_ '°"¤*°·*· °'¤·· in this Act be ava1lable_to pay any premium or bonus or cash reward to any employee in addition to his regular wages, except for su esggns resultitng lm improvements or economy in the operation ogny vemmen p an . That no part of any sum herein a pro riated shall be ex ended for P¤*¤*¤¤¤¤ ¤<>¤= mst the purchase of structural steel, ship glates, armor, armlament, or i?d.diii.m°¤s’°t°"i°r` machinery from any persons, firms, or corporations who are parties to any existing combination or consipirac to monopolize the inter- ` state or foreign commerce or trade o the {lnited States, or the commerce or trade between the States and any Territory or the District of Columbia, in any of the articles aforesaid and no purchase of R°‘*'*°“°°°"P"°°· structural steel, ship plates, or machinery shall be made at a price m excess of a reasonable profit above the actual cost of manufacture. ram: contracts But this limitation shall in no case apply to any existing contract. “°‘ °“°°‘°"· That no part of any sum herein appropriated under ‘Increase of t°1;_r;Pr·-&¢i·;¢i¤¤¤ `,;¤;l¢ the N avy" shall be used for the payment of any clerical, drafting, a¤.,§vm`d%ml inspection or messenger service, or or the ay of any of the other ’“°“‘· %a.ssgIed foresismder thecypriops bureaus ofp the Navy Department, as gton, trict o um ia. That no part of any sum qppropriated by this Act shall be used for ,,§,P,,‘§°§§p?j,‘}{*,;,'{‘n§¥‘“ any expense of the Navy epartment at Washington, District of Co umbia, unless specific authority is given by law or such expenditure. '1'hat during the fiscal year nineteen hundred and eighteen all e1$i°iZ¤°°°:mf>`i¤yPe°Zl{ 33 civilian employees in the Naval Establishment, including on the lump- §‘{j§',,,?§ ',1§§,f°“°"‘ ‘Y““‘ sum rolls only those persons who are carried thereon at the close of the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and seventeen, shall receive increased compensation at the rate of ten per centum per annum to such employees who receive salaries or wages in such establishment at the rate per annum of less than $1,200, and increased compensation at the rate of five per centum per annum to such employees who receivo salaries or wages in such establishment at a rate of not more than $1,800 per annum: Ami provided, That so much as {‘;_·;gjy;g;,m0n may be necessary for such purpose is hereby appropriated out of any ‘ ‘ moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriate :Pmmde{tfurt/mr, ol§g;¤di¤¤¤¤¢r~¤·¤ in- That in com uting said ten per centum and five por centum increases ° of salaries, the specific increases of salaries made in this Act shall be included as a part of such increase. _ _ A pmpmum ,m_ All appro nations contained in this Act are hereby made immedi- medimiy mints, ately availalile, but no appropriation in this Act s all be used for ',{§f,,§§,§ “s°" '°'“°‘ payment of deficiencies. ~ Approved, March 4, 1917. - CHAP. 181.-An Act For the restoration of annuities to the Medawakanton and M¤{§**$5i?l7· Wahpakoota (Santee) Sioux Indians. declared forfeited by the Act of February mx- teenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-three. [Public, sc. sez.] Be it enacted b the Semte and House of Re esematives 0 the United States of Americlt in Congress assembled, Thvat jurisdictibin be, and “.§h°g:k'd°_§;“g§¤0u¤,’;€ hereby is, conferred upon the Court of Claims to hear, determine, d1$rmcmmS wm and render final judgment for any balance that may be_ found due gui-season orciagntor the Medawakanton and 'Wahgixkoota Bands of Sioux Indians, other- :g‘,§,7°,{;s°f' °* ’°"°“" wise known as Santee Sioux dians, with right of appeal as in other cases, for any annuities that may be ascertained to be due to the said _ _ bands of Indians under and by virtue of the treaties between said ‘°*-··P-53* bands and the United States, dated September twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and thirty-seven (Seventh Statutes at Large, page five hun-