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 74 TH CONGRESS. SESS. I. CH. 101. MAY 9, 1935. 195 become a lien against any individual property of which such mem- ber may now or hereafter become seized or possessed, the two pre- ceding requirements not to apply to any old, infirm, or indigent Indian, in the discretion of the Secretary of the Interior. Expenses of tribal officers, Five Civilized Tribes, Oklahoma TFi v e Civilized (tribal funds) : For the current fiscal year money may be expended Expenses, etc ., tri bal from the tribal funds of the Choctaw, Chickasaw, Creek, and Sem- •Wcers. inole Tribes for equalization of allotments, per capita, and other payments authorized by law to individ ual members of the respec- tive trib es, salaries and contingent exp enses of the governor of the Chickasaw Nation and chief of the Choctaw Nation, one mining trustee for the Choctaw and Chickasaw Nations, at salaries at the rate here tofore paid for the said govern or and said chief and $4,000 for the said mining trustee, and one attorney each for the Choctaw and Chickasaw Tribes employed under contract approved by the President under existing law : Provided, That the expenses of the im"itat;on . above-named officials shall be determined and limited by the Com- missioner of Indian Affairs, at not to e xceed $2,500 each . Support of Osage Agency and pay of tribal officers, Oklahoma Ayenc~expenses (tribal funds) : For the support of the Osage Agency, and for from tribal funds. necessary expenses in connection with oil and gas production on the Osage Reservation, Oklahoma, including pay of necessary employees, the tribal attorney and his stenographer, one special attorney in tax and other matters, and pay of tribal officers ; pay- ment of damages to individual allottees ; repairs to buildings, rent of quarters for employees, traveling expenses, printing, telegraphing an d tel ephon ing, and p urcha se, r epair, and oper ation of a utomo biles , $161,000, payable from funds held by the United States in trust for the Osage Tribe of Indians in Oklahoma : Provided, That $2,500 Payment to heirs of of the foregoing amount may be used to reimburse the heirs of dell DeNoya Big- Odell DeNoya Bighorse for attorneys' fees paid in the prosecution hO75e ' of a suit in the interest of the Osage T ribe as a whole. Expe nses of tr ibal counc ils o r com mitte es th ereof (tri bal f unds) : eliT rtba ee$peilset rav- For trave ling and other expenses of m embers of tribal councils, business committees, or other tribal organizations, when engaged on busi ness of th e tri bes, inclu ding visit s to Washi ngton, Dis trict of Columb ia, when duly authorized or approved in advance by the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, $50,000, of which amount $10,000 shall be immediately available, payable from funds on deposit to the credit of the particular tribe interested : Provided, That, except s Tribal expenditure for the Navajo Tribe, not more than $5,000 shall be expended from limited, the funds of any one tribe or band of Indians for the purposes herein specified : V Provided further, That no part of this appropri- tatioa diem, etc., limi- ation shall be available for per diem in lieu of all other expenses of members of tribal councils, business committees or other tribal organizations, when in Washington, in excess of $6, nor for more than a thirty-day period, unl ess the Secretary of the Inter ior shall in writing approve a greater amount or a longer period. Audit of the tribal funds of the Menominee Indians : For the Me nominee Indians, purpose of making an audit of the tribal funds of the M enominee funds, malt •r tr ibal India ns, i nclud ing, witho ut li mitat ion, an en ginee ring audit of t he Timber operations. timber operations on the Me nominee Reservation in Wisco nsin, to be immediately available, $20,000, payable from funds on deposit to the credit of said Menominee Indians : Provided, That to accom- Provisos. plish said audit the tribal council or business committee of said Contracts auth orized. Menominee Indians may enter into a contract or contract s, to be approved by the Secretary of the Interior, with a firm of certified public accountants, and, with a timber engineer : Provided further, That this appropriation shall be available for related investigations, Availability.