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 SIXTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. C11. 86. 1918. 591 fixed for said Indian lands shall be reimbursable in accordance with the provisions of the Act of March third, mneteen hundred and five, and that the charges as fixed for private and public land irrigated under such pfoject shall be paid by the owner or entryman in accord- · ance with the terms of payment of construction and maintenance charges as provided by the reclamation law and amendments thereto. For contmuin the work of constructin roads and brid es within R°°d“"d b"°‘°" the diminished Shoshone or Wind River Iteservation, in %Vyoming, $25,000, said sum to be reimbursed from an funds which are now or may hereafter be placed in the Treasury to the credit of said Indians, to rlqmairé a charge and lien upon the lands and funds of said Indians unt' ai . V Sad? 27. That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, mi§§$Y,‘}S°f$,d;§;]°s°$}’§l,;{ authorized in his discretion to expend for the benefit of Indians, from §c‘§j‘W§r“¤°S during their tribal funds held in trust or otherwise, not exceeding $2,500,000 ` during the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and nineteen, as provided by section twenty-seven of the Act of May eighteenth, mneteen hundred and sixteen (Thirty-ninth Statutes at V°]‘3°’P‘m‘ Large, page one hundred and fifty-eight), in ad `tion to such sums as may be required for equalization of allotments, education of Indian children, ger capita and other payments to Indians and expenditures for the Five Civilized Tribes m accordance with existing · law: Provided, That expenditures shall not be made from any one §',§‘i°"’{$"‘,,,,,,,,,d wu. fund for p oses other than those above specified in excess of the mmsestimates siiigmitted by the Secretary of the Interior and aplpearin indHouse of Rergresengtftgrea Document N gmbered 122% undrcgg ` an ninet -nine, ixty- t ongress, secon session: provid` further, That no expenditures shall be made from tribal or treaty F"°d‘°°x°l"d°d‘ _ fimds which are not authorized by existing laws governing their dis osition and use. _ Sino. 28. That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, %§°d,;$i{$L”¤`l$§,., authorized under such rules and regulations as he may prescribe, to '*`Q°jj‘”{0 °{‘,§d,v§§,*{1'; withdraw from the United States reasury and segregate the com- Ediansmon, or community funds of any Indian tribe which are, or may hereafter be, held in trust by the United States, and which are susceptible of segregation, so as to credit an equal share to each and every recognize member of the tribe except those whose ro rata shares have already been withdrawn under existin law, anti) to ,,,1,’,§§,l§l°§;§,§‘,,l’“kS deposit the funds so segregated in banks to be selected `by him, in the State or States in which the tribe is located, subject to withdrawal for payment to the individual owners or ex nditure for their benefit under the regulations governing the use offcother individual Indian moneys. The said Secretary is also authorized, under such rules ,,§@{§§§‘}§,,f,°§}§,§‘§f and regulations as he may prescribe, to withdraw from the Treasury and deposit in banks in the State or States in which the tribe is located to the credit of the respective tribes, such common, or community, trust fimds as are not susceptible of segtreglation as aforesaid, and on which the United States is not obligated y aw to pay interest Fromm at higher rates than can be procured from the banks: Promkied, That razansdm. no tribal or individual Indian money shall be deposited in any bank imtil the bank shall have agreed to pay interest thereon at a reasonable rate and shall have furnished an acceptable bond or collateral security therefor, and United States bonds maiy be furnished as collateral security for either tribal or individual unds so deposited, in lieu of surety bonds: Prooidedfurf}2er, That the Secretary of the ,,§‘,,§,°,‘{§m°,§‘,§n{,'_‘§G‘},`{Z Interior, if he deems it advisable and for the best interest of the 1¤W¤d· Indians, may invest the trust funds of any tribe or individual Indian in United _States Government bonds: And provided further, That any f‘§‘}lfopiZrd,s°h°°1S' part of tribal funds required for support of schools or pay of tribal _ officers_ shall be excepted from segregation or deposit as herein authorized. and the same shall be expended for the purposes afore-