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 224 Speci fied salar ies. Proviso. Pay restrictions. Osages, Okla. Agenc y expenses f rom trust funds. Oil and gas produc- t ion expenses from tribal funds. Visits by Tri bal Council, etc., to Wash- ington, D. C. Co nfed erate d Ba nds of Utes. Di strib utio n to, fro m tribal principal funds. Self su pport and ad - ministering property, from accrued interest. Vol.37,p. 934. Proviso. Restriction on road construction. Roads and bridges. Red La ke Reserva - tion, Minn. Co nst ru cti on, etc ., from Chi ppewa trus t funds. Proviso. Indian labor. Fo rt Apach e Re- servation, Ariz. Half of road con- struction cost in. Vol. 43, p. 93. SEVENTIETH CONGRESS. SESS. I. Cia. 137. 1928 . Choctaw and Chickasaw Nations at salaries at the rate heretofore paid for the said governo r and said ch ief and $2,000 for the said mining trustee, and the chief of the Creek Nation at a salary not to exceed $600 per annum, and one attorney each for the Choctaw and Chickasaw Tribes employed under contract approved by the Presi- dent under existing la.w : Provided, That the expenses of any of the above-named officials shall not exceed $2,500 per annum each for chiefs and governor except in the case of tribal attorneys whose expenses shall be determined and limited by the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, not to exceed $4,000 each. For the support of the Osage Agency, including repairs to build- ings, and pay of tribal officers, the tribal attorney and his stenog- rapher, and employees of said agency, $169,000, to be paid from the funds held by the United States in trust for the Osage Tribe of Indians in Oklahoma. For necessary expenses in connection with oil and gas production on the Osage Reservation, including salaries of employees, rent of quarters for employees, traveling expenses, printing, telegraphing and telephoning, and purchase, repair, and operation of automo- biles, $75,000, to be paid from the funds held by the United States in trust for the Osage Tribe of Indians in Oklahoma. For expenses incurred in connection with visits to Washington, District of Columbia, by the Osage Tribal Council and other mem- bers of said tribe, when duly authorized or approved by the Secre- tary of the Interior, $10,000 to be paid from the funds held by the United States in trust for the Osage Tribe. The sum of $113,000 is hereby appr opriated out of the princip al fun ds to the cre dit of the Co nfederated Ban ds of Ute Ind ians, the sum of $48,000 o f said amount for the benef it of the Ute Mountain (formerly Navajo Springs) Band of said Indians in Colorado, and the sum of $35,000 of said amount for the Uintah, White River, and Uncompahgre Bands of Ute Indians in Utah, and the sum of $30,000 of said amount for the Southern Ute Indians in Colorado, which sums shall be charged to said bands, and the Secretary of the Inte- rior is also authorized to withdraw from the Treasury the accrued interest to and including June 30, 1928, on the funds of the said Confederated Bands of Ute Indians appropriated under the Act of March 4, 1913 (Thirty-seventh Statutes at Large, page 934), and to expend or distribute the same for the purpose of administering the property of and promoting self-support among the said Indians, under such regulations as the Secretary of the Interior may pre- scribe : Provided, That none of the funds in this paragraph shall be expended on road construction unless, wherever practicable, prefer- ence shall be given to Indians in the employment of labor on all roads constructed from the sums herein appropriated from the funds of th e Confederate d Bands of Ute s. ROADS AND BRIDGES For the c onstruction an d repair of r oads and brid ges on the Red Lake Indian Reservation, including the purchase of material, equip- ment, and supplies, and the employment of labor, $9,000, to be paid from the funds held by the United States in trust for the Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians in the State of Minnesota : Provided, That Indian labor shall be employed as far as practicable. For one-half the cost of construction of a road between Cooley and Whiteriver, on the Fort Apache Indian Reservation, Arizona, as authorized by the Act of April 12, 1924 (Forty-third Statutes at Large, page 93), $100,000, to be immediately available, payable from funds of the Indians of said reservation on deposit to their credit in the Treasury.

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