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 SIXTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. C11. 264. 1924. 397 installation, repair, and improvement of heating, lighting, power, B§rg¤¤g¤°*i¤¤· M- and seweravgg and water systems in connection therewith, $100,000: D ’° °' Provided, at this appropriation shall be available for the pay- _{"°”‘*°€· ment of salaries and expenses of persons employed in the super- ummm wm' vision of construction or repair work of roads and bridgegs on Indian reservations and other lands devoted to the Indian rvice: Provided further, That the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to .,¤§,°{Z°,,,§° w" ‘° allow employees in the Indian Service, who are furnished quarters, necessary heat and light for such quarters without charge, such heat and light to be paid for out of the fund chargeable with the cost of heating and lighting other buildings at the same place. That not to exceed $150,000 of applicable appropriations made  gc, mm. herein for the Bureau of Indian Affairs shall be available for the '°°¤°¤°°· '°P°*”· °‘°· maintenance, repair, and operation of motor-pro elled and horse- - drawn passenger-carrging vehicles for the use of superintendents, farmers, physicians, el matrons, allotting, irri ation, and other P, ,3 employees in the Indian field service: Provided, 'I%1at not to exceed ruiiuiibs limited. $14,000 may be used in the purchase of horse-drawn passengercarrying vehicles, and not to exceed $35,000 for the purchase of motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicles, and that such vehicles Mom vemm ,r shall be used only for official service: Provided further, That such wa: nepmmm. °m motor—propelled vehicles shall be purchased from the War Department, if practicable. nxrnusns IN rxonyn: nrammms. Pr°b°t° mm"' For the purpose of determining the heirs of deceased Indian allot- aeg £Ii” °f tees having right, title, or interest in any trust or restricted property, under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior, $75,600,, reimbursable as provided bly existing law: Provided, That the Sec- cam iii me meim retary of the Interior is ereby authorized to use not to exceed °m°°· $17 ,000 for the employment of additional clerks in the Indian Office in connection with the work of determining the heirs of deceased Indians, and examining their wills, out of the $75,600 appropriated mm herein: Provided further, That the provisions of this paragraph °x°°°t°°' shall not apply to the Osage Indians nor to the Five Civilized ribes of Ok1ah0ma' Five Civilized Tribec For salaries and expenses of such attorneys and other employees me Qzapawe. as the Secretary of the Interior may, in his discretion, deem neces- P"° °°°"’°"’°’· sary in probate matters affecting restricted allottees or their heirs in the Five Civilized Tribes and m the several tribes of the Quapaw Agency, and for the costs and other necessary ex enses incident to hm, suits instituted or conducted by such attorneys, $0,000: Provided, xmméyi. pa., ya That no part of this aplpropriation shall be available for the pay- $,§§‘§‘g,,f° °““' "’"‘°° ment of attorneys or other employees unless appointed after a competitive examination by the Civil Service Commission and from an eligible list furnished by such commision. nxrnxsrs or INDIAN couurssrorrmzs. For expenses of the Board of Indian Commissioners, $10,260. Cmm °"°m °°°°' mum mas. INDIAN Larros. For the survey, resurvey, classification, and allotment of lands i¤ig g<?1mmg in severalty under the provisions of the Act of February 8 1887 mm ` (Twenty-fourth Statutes at Large, page 388), entitled "An Act to provide for the allotment of lands in severalty to India11s," and under any other Act or Acts providing for the survey or allotment mm of Indian lands, $56,000, reimbursable: Provided, That no part of osu- New Mexico said sum shall be used for the survey, resurvey, classification, or °“‘*“*'°“"'"°°°‘ allotment of any land in severalty on the public domain to any