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 SIXTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 146. 1917. 979 The Secret of the Interior be,‘and he hereb is authorized to P°Y"'°"**°°***PP•· pay out of anyfrunds belonginglto the Chip ewa In&arfs in Minnesota., mnmummmm such amount or amounts as e may findp to be due any rson by reason of his or her name having been heretofore erroneousllycstricken from the rolls and remstated prior to the passage of this Act. That the sum of $6,000, or so much thereof as ma be necessary, wl°·i¤?h°$°::¤.°’ °°°°~ of the tribal funds of the Chippewa Indians of the State of Minne- ’ sota,_1s hereby ap)propr1ated to pa the expenses of the general council of said tribe to e held at Bemidii, Minnesota, beginning July thirteenth, nineteen hundred and seventeen, pursuant to the constitution of the general council of said Chippewa Indians of Minnesota, orgamzed in May, nineteen hundred and thirteen, and to pay the myxawmwww actual and necessa.ry ex enses of the members of the executive committee of said council when attending to the business of the tribe and to pay the ezipenses to Washington during the second session of the Sixty-fourth ongress of the legislative committee a ointed by the president of said council, and to pay the e nses to llyashizgton during the second session of the Sixty-fourthxgbngress of the elegation appointed by a council held on the Winnebegoshish Reservation, January second, ninewen hundred and seventeen and to pay the expenses to Washington of the delegates elected by the council of the White Earth bands of the Chip wa Indians of Minnesota, held at White Earth, Minnesota, Decemlliler first, nineteen hundred and sixteen, to visit the city of Washington, and other Chip wa Indians visiting said city, to reipresent the said bands and the  pewas of Minnesota generally be ore the denlartments and Congress dluring the second session of the Sixty-fourt Congress, including the sum of www R M $337.44 of the expense of William Madison and Gus. Beaulieu in and Gus H.B¤•¤|l¤¤. Washinigton, from March eighteenth to May twenEiy—fifth, nineteen hundre and sixteen, inclusive, said sum to be imme iately available, and said expense of holding the general council to be approved by the president and secretary of the general council and certified to the Appmu M Secretary of the Interior and as so approved and certified to be paid; ' and the expenses of the delegates to \¢Vashington to be paid upon certification by each delegate of his actual and necessary expenses, when approved by the Commissioner of Indian Affairs. The Secre- w·:c%*,':‘&“c*:m·,;•f,L'°· tary of tlie Interior may authorize an inspector or special agent to attend the future sessions of said general council and conventions to which delegates therefor are elected. {wm That the seventh paragraph of section nine of an Act entitled "An ;;,,°'€{."l’(','..‘;Z,§’,r.,,,_ °' Act making appropriations for the current and contingent expenses edi °'·“·P·°“·•m*"°· of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, for fulfilling treaty sti ulations with various Indian tribes, and for other (purposes, for the  year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundre and fourteen," approved June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and thirteen, be, and the same is hereby, amended so as to read as follows: _ _ _ hmmm 0, mu "'l`hat the roll herein provided for shall be made m triplicate and nqummua. shall show the allotment number or numbers, together with the description of the property allotted, and the name, age, sex, and whether the allottee is of full Indian blood or mixed blood. The roll shall also state whether the person named is living or dead; and if dead, the approximate date of death shall be state, when it can be _ ascertained, to ether with the age of such person at death as near as Suspmm 0, sum practicable. léo allotment nor the allottee thereof shall be enrolled mmswnsiesusspma. where there is a suit now ndingyor hereafter commences nlrior te ‘“g· the completion of such rollljeto cancel any conveyance of suc allotment until such suit has been finally determined; nor shall the enrollment of any allottee be evidence of or in any manner affect the question of blood status of any other allottee involved in any such suit by reason of relationship of such allottees."