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 SEVENTIETH CONGRESS. SEss. I. CH. 137 . 1928 . 209 purchase for sale to them of seed animals machinery, tools, im le- Industrial assistance y1 j 11 to, from tribal funds. ments, building materials, and other equipment and supplies, and Post, p .1571. for advances to old, disabled, or indigent Indians for their support, $50,000, payable from the money on deposit in the United States Treasury to the credit of the Menominee Indians of Wisconsin, reimbursable, to be expended in the discretion of the Secretary of the Interior under such rules and regulations as he may prescribe Provided, That all moneys so reimbursed during the fiscal year 1929 Proviso. shall be credited to this appropriation and be available for the pur- Repayment credited. po ses of this paragr aph. For the pu rchase of sheep for the Southern Ute Indi ans as Southern o sheepfl op authorized by section 5 of the Act of February 20, 1895 (Twenty- Vol . 28, p. 678. eighth Statutes at Large, page 678), $20,000, to be taken from the proceeds of land sales under said Act and to be expended under such rules and regulations as the Secretary of the Interior may prescribe. DEVELOPMENT OF WATER SUPPLY Water supply. Developing water supply : For improving springs, drilling wells, ranges, tc .., bya deg- and otherwise developing and conserving water for Indian use, veloping sources of, including the purchase, construction, and installation of pumping on reser vations. machinery, tanks, troughs, and other necessary equipment, and for necessary investigations and surveys for the purpose of increasing the available grazing range on unallotted lands on Indian reservations, including not more than $18,000 for the Papago Indian villages in Distribution. Arizona, noc more than $3,500 for the Pueblo Indian lands in New Me xico, and no t more than $6,000 for w ater sy stem f or the India ns of the Reno-Sparks Indian Colony near Reno, Nevada, as authorized by vol .44, p.1369. the Act of March 3, 1927, $32,500. Developing water supply (from tribal funds) : For improving Amount from tribal s pring s, dr illi ng we lls, and o ther wise devel opin g and cons ervi ng water for Indian use, including the purchase, construction, and installation of pumping machinery, tanks, troughs, and other necessary equipment, and for necessary investigations and surveys for the purpose of increasing the available grazing range on unalloted lands on Indian reservations : for the Mescalero Reserva- na eedservations desig. tion, New Mexico, $1,500 ; for the Consolidated Ute Reservation, Colorado, $1,500 ; for the Navajos on the Navajo Reservations in Arizona and New Mexico, $100,000 ; in all, $103,000, to be paid from funds held in trust for said tribes of Indians, respectively, by the United States. Shiprock, N. Me,. For impr ovem ent o f the wat er su pply, inc ludin g con struc tion of Improvingwater a deep well for the Northern Navajo School and Agency, Shiprock, su pply at. New Mexico, $28,000, payable from the tribal funds to the credit of the Indians of the Northern Navajo jurisdiction. IRRIGATION AND DRAINAGE Ir rigati on and drain- age. For the construction, repair and maintenance of irrigation systems, Construction, main- tenance, etc ., of sys- and for purchase or rental o irrigation tools and appliances, water tems of, on reserva- ri ghts, dit ches, and lands ne cessary f or irrig ation pur poses for Indian tions. reservations and allotments ; for operation of irrigation systems or appurtenances thereto when no other funds are applicable or available for the purpose ; for drainage and protection of irrigable lands from damage by floods or loss of water rights, upon the Indian irrigation projects named below, in not to exceed the following amounts, respectively Irrig ation dis trict one : Colville Reservation, Washington, $8,000 ; tr Alsotments to dis- Irrigation district two : Walker River Reservation, Nevada, $6,000 ; We stern Sho shone Rese rvati on, Idaho and Neva da, $ 4,000 ; Shivwit s, Utah, $250 ;

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