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 SIXTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 75. 1920. 427 Interior may, in his discretion withhold such payments and use the same for the benefit of such restricted Indians: Provided farther, E to That the money paid to the enrolled members or their heirs, as pro- debgilggdl m pmt vided herein, s all be exempt from any lien for attorneys’ fees or · other debt contracted prior to the passage of this Act: Provided D. .b , fm-ther, That the Secretary of the Interior is herelguauthorized to pmiifu °t °° °x` use not to exceed $8,000 out of the Choctaw and `ckasaw tribal funds for the exipgnses and the compensation of all necessary employees for the tribution of the said per capita payments; Pro- A I m vided further, That until further provided by Congress, the Secretary pay¥i$`iisul$iZ¤n°:}°imof the Interior, nmder rules and regulations to be prescribed by him, °‘°“°‘*· is authorized to make Spr capita (payments of not to exceed $200 annually hereafter to e enrolle members of the Choctaw and Chickasaw Tribes of Indians of Oklahoma, entitled under existing law to share in the funds of said tribes, or to their lawful heirs, of all the available money held by the Government of the United States for the benefit of said tribes in excess of that re uired for expenditures authorized by annual appropriations made (fherefrom or by existing law. For salaries and expenses of such attorneys and other employees P'°b°°° °‘P°“°°°‘ 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 ’1‘ribes and in the several tribes of the Quapaw Agency, and for the costs and other necessary expenses inci ent to suits instituted or conducted by such attorneys, $75,000. For the support, continuance, and maintenance of the Cherokee ·;—,,{°°'$’,,k‘§°;,;,,€°°{}’h‘” Orphan Training School, near Tahlequah, Oklahoma, for the orphan Indian children of the State of Oklahoma belonging to the restricted class, to be conducted as an industrial school under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, $37,500; for reHairs and improvements, $8,000; for school building and assembly ha, $25,000; for new tank and tower, $1,000; in all, $71,500. _ The sum of $200,000, to be expended in the discretion of the Sec- c;€3;Y,‘§`3L°§£`$’§{s’m` retary of the Interior, imder 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 A ency in Okla- P°"· 1*52**- home, during the fiscal year ending Jnme 30, 1920: Provided, That p,.,.i,.,, this appropriation shall not be subject to the limitation in section 1 ,,0{g'°,§y§‘g_§§,},§mi*°‘*°” of the Act of Lizzy 25, 1918 (F ortieth Statutes, page 564), limiting V¤H4v.1>-bin the expenditure o money to educate children of less than one-fourth Indian blood. That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized ,,,§f“°*’ °“'“’°' '°"d°· to use not €XC€€(l1I§ $7,500 of the proceeds of sales of unallotted nraymggézgexpmss lands and other trib property belonging to any of the Five Civilized °m pr ` Tribes for payment o s aries of employees and other expenses of advertising and sale in connection with the further sales of such C md tribal lan s and property, mcluding the advertising and sale of the mi;} wpwt land within the segregated coal and asphalt area of the Choctaw and "°*· “’·P·“7· Chickasaw Nations, or of the surface thereof, as provided for in the Act approved February 19, 1912, entitled "An Act to rovide for the sale of the surface of the segregated coal and asphail: lands of the Choctaw and Chickasaw N&t10DS, and for other purposes/’ (Thirty- seventh Statutes at Large, page 67), and of the improvements thereon, which is hereby expressly authorized, and for other work necessary ,,,0,,,,, to a Enal settlement of the affairs of the Five Civilized Tribes: Pro- am coiieeum. vided, That not to exceed $2,500 of such amount may be used in connection with the coHection of rents of unallotted lands and tribal cm h _ buildings: Proqided further, That hereafter no money shall be ex- q£§’..§i i£$aii°§tyi§§ pended from tribal funds belo to the Five Civilized Tribes witlr °‘§§,’;§,‘§,§}’,’; out specific appropriation by Congress, except as follows: Equaliza-