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 SEVENTY-FIRST C ONGRESS. SEss. III. CH. 187. 1931 . 1121 $73,000, reimbursable as provided by existing law, of which $16,000 tr Services in t he Dis- shall be available for personal services in the District of Columbia Provided. That the provisions of this ]paragraph shall not apply to Tribes exo2pted. the Osage Indians nor to the Five Civilized Tribes of Oklahoma. For salaries and expenses of such attorneys and other employees Five civi lize d Tri bes as the Secretary of the Interior ma in his discretion, deem necessary and Quapa s . j' y, , Attorneys, etc ., for . in proba te matter s affecti ng restri cted all ottees or their he irs in th e Five Civilized Tribes and in the several tribes of the Quapaw Agency, and for the costs and other necessary expenses incident to suits instituted or conducted by such attorneys, $40,000 : Provided, That 'estTictea to civil- no part of this appropriation shall be available for the payment of service eligibles. attorneys or other employees unless appointed after a competitive exam inati on by the Civi l Ser vice Comm issio n and fro m an eligi ble list furnished by such commission. INDIAN LAN DS Indian lands. For the survey, resurvey, classification, and allotment of lands in Surv eying, al lotti ng, severalty under the provisions of the Act entitled "An Act to provide et c, ink`nr3st. for the allotment of lands in severalty to Indians," approved Feb- U.S.C.,p.711. ruary 8, 1887 (U . S . C ., title 25, sec . 331), and under any other Act or Acts providing for the survey or allo tment of Indian lands, Proviso. Use in New Mexico $50,000 : Provided, That no part of said sum shall be used for the and Arizona l imited. survey, resurvey, classification, or allotment of any land in severalty on the public domain to any Indian, whether of the Navajo or other tribes, within the State of New Mexico and the State of Arizona, who was not residing upon the public domain prior to June 30, 1914. For carrying out the provisions of section 13 of the Act entitled Pueblo s. Board. "An Act to quiet the title to lands within Pueblo Indian land grants, and for other purposes," approved June 7, 1924 (43 Stat ., p . 636), Vol. ,tp285. $8,000, together with the unexpended balance of the appropriation for this purpose for the f iscal yea r 1931. For carrying out the provisions of section 7 of the Act entitled California Indians. "An Act autho rizing the a ttorne y gene ral of the St ate of Calif ornia Enrollment ex penses . to bring suit in the Court of Claims on behalf of the Indians in California," approved bray 18, 1928 (45 Stat ., p . 602), and for con- Ante, p. 2852' tinning the enrollment of said Indians as directed therein, the unex- pended balance of the appropriation for this purpose for the fiscal year 1931 is hereby continued available until June 30, 1932. For the payment of newspaper advertisements and printing locally sales land of posters of sales of Indian lands, $500, reimbursable from pay- ments by purchasers of costs of sale, under such rules and regulations as the Secretary of the Interior may prescribe. For the pay of one special attorney for the Pueblo Indians of MPueblo Indians, N. New Mexico, to be designated by the Secretary of the Interior, and Attorney for. for necessary traveling expenses of said attorney, $3,700. For the purchase of lands for the homeless Indians in California, Indian s in lia nar t including improvements thereon, for the use and occupancy of said homeless. Indians, the unexpended balance of the appropriation for this pur- Balance available . pose for the fiscal year 1931 is hereby continued available during the Ant e, pp. 2259, ass. fiscal year 1932. Fo r the pur chase of l ands, inc ludin g imp rove ments ther eon, not Choctaw Indians of Mississippi. exceeding eighty acres for any one family, for the use and occupancy Purchase of lands for of the full-blood Choctaw Indians of Mississippi, to be expended full-blood. under conditions to be prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior for its repayment to the United States under such rules and regu- la tions as he may di rect, $6, 500. For carrying out the provisions of the Act of June 7, 1924 (43 Pueblo Indian lands, Stat ., p . 636), to quiet title in Pueblo Indian lands, New Mexico, N eietingtitlesin,ete. and in settlement for damages for lands and water rights lost to Vol. 43, p . 636. 578 94'-,1 1-71

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