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 sixrirrirrri CONGRESS. sm. II. GH. se. 1918. 581 fore allotted and the moue received b each member: Provided P'°”“°*~ That said payment shall beymade underhuch rules and regulations R°gu}im°m’°l°` as the Secretary of the Interior may prescribe: Provided further, That R°Sm°t°d I”d“‘°s‘ in cases where such enrolled mem ers or their heirs are Indians belonging to the restricted class, the Secretar of the Interior may, in his discretion, withhold such pa ments and? use the same for the benefit of such restricted Indians: Frcvided further, That the mone d§,§‘“P* "°"‘ P’*°’ paid to the enrolled members or their heirs, as provided herein, shall e exempt from any hen for attorney’s fees or other debt contracted _ _ _ prior to the_passa¤·e of this Act: Provided further, That the Secretary p,,2;,§Y"b“*‘°” °"‘ of the Interior is hereby authorized to use not to exceed $15,000 out of said moneys for the payment of salaries of all necessary employees and oénhgr expenses for the disbursement of said moneys, as herein rovi e. P For salaries and expenses of such attorneys and other employees P"°*’““’°‘P°“s°’· as the Secretary of the Interior may, in his discretion, deem necessary in probate matters affecting `restricted allottees or their heirs in the Five Civilized Tribes and in the several tribes of the Quapaw Agency, and for the costs and other necessary expenses incident to suits instituted or conducted by such attorneys, $85,000. For the support, continuance, and maintenance of the Cherokee T§l'§1§§1§2§£L'p“““ Orglhan Training School, near Tahlequah, Oklahoma, for the orphan In 'an children of the State of Oklahoma belonging to the restricted class, to be conducted as an industrial school under the direction of the Secretagyl of the Interior, $31,500, for repairs and im rovements, PWM $4,500; in, $36,000: Provided, That the unexpendedp balance of Rsapprbprisuou. , the $40,000 appropriated by the Act of May eighteenth, nineteen v°l‘3°*p‘ 1’"· hundred and sixteen, is hereby reappropriated and made immediately available for repairs and improvements to the school. _ The sum of $250,000, to be expended in the discretion of the ¤11iiii°§1Q1i§i>]s°»°$l§3 ir Secretary of the Interior, under rules and regulations to be prescribed by him, in aid of the common schools in the Cherokee, Creek, Choctaw, Chickasaw, and Seminole Nations and the Quapaw Agency in Oklahoma, during the fiscal ear ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and nineteen: Prmridved, That this agipropriation shall not {Z,§_$g",;’{’,;g, ,1,,,,,,,,O,, be subject to the limitation in section one o this Act limiting the ¤¤§=;g_P%¢gg;¤· expenditure of money to educate children of less than one-fourth ’ ,` Indian blood. . t That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized sriflm °{ rm`] ’"°"` to use not exceedinlgl $30,000 of the proceeds of sales of unallotted ,n};{)$gj;,°;f*P¤¤¤¤ lands and other trib pro erty belonging to any of the Five Civilized 'liibes for payment o salaries of employees and other expenses of advertisin and sale in connection with the further sales of such (.08, and nspm, tribal lami: and property, including the advertising and sale of the lendsland within the segregated coal and asphalt area of the Choctaw and I 7 Chickasaw Nations or of the smface thereof as provided for in the V°‘3 ""67‘ Act of Congress approved February nineteenth, nineteen hundred and twelve (Thirty-seventh United States Statutes at Large, page sixty-seven), and of the improvements thereon, which is hereby expressly authorized, and for otherwork necessa1}* to a final settle- p,,,,,,,_ ment of the affairs of the Five Civilized Tribes: rmrided, That not C°“°°“°¤ °"°¤*S· to exceed,$2,500 of such amount maibe used m connection with the collection of 1-ents of unallotted lan and tribal buildings: Provakled Epsom, ,,u,,m,,,,,,,, further, That during the fiscal year ending Jnme thirtieth, nineteen quired for •r¤6¤¤i· hundred and nineteen, no mone shall be expended from tribal funds °“'°“‘ belonging to the Five Civilized llhibes, without ipecific appropriation Em°p,,m_ by Congress, except as follows: Equalization of lotments, per capita and other payments authorized by-'law to individual members o the respective tri es, tribal and other dian schools for the cnurent Escal year under existing law, salaries and contingent expenses of goyern— ors, chiefs, assistant chiefs, secretaries, interpreters, and mining