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 588 Proviso. Filing of claims by attorneys. Five Civ ili zed Tribe s, Okl a. Expenses of tribal officers, from tribal funds. Proviso . Li mit ati on. Osage Okla. Agency, etc ., expen- ses. Provisos. "Tucker v . Mullen- dore", appeal costs . Employment of cu- rator for Museum. Tuskahoma Coun- cil House, Pushma- taha County, Okla. Acqui sition, etc. Fund available . 49 Stat. 1779. Tribal councils, traveling, etc ., ex- pense s. 75TH CONGRESS, 1sT SESSION-CH. 570-AUGUST 9, 1937 to be made in such sums as may be necessary to reimburse the attor- neys for such proper and necessary expenses as may have been incurred or may be incurred in the investigation of records and preparation, institution, and prosecution of suits of the Creek Nation of Indians against the United States under the above-mentioned Act of May 24, 1924 : Provided further, That the claims of the attorneys shall be filed by said attorneys with the Secretary of the Interior and shall be accompanied by the attorneys' itemized and verif ied statement of the expend itures for ex penses and by proper vouchers, and that the claims so submitted shall be subject to the approval of the Secretary of the Interior. t Expenses of tribal officers, Five Civilized Tribes, Oklahoma (tribal fun ds) : For the current fiscal year money ma be expended from he tribal funds of the Choctaw, Chickasaw, Creek, and Seminole Tribes for equalization of allotments, per capita, and other payments authorized by law to individual members of the, respective tribes, salarie s and conting ent expenses o f the governo r of the Chick asaw Nation and chief of the Choctaw Nation, one mining trustee for the Choct aw and Chicka saw Nations, a t salaries at the rate her etofore paid for the said governor and s aid chief and $3,000 for t he said mining trustee, chief of the Creek Nation at $600 and one attorney each for the Choct aw and Chickas aw Tribes emp loyed under c ontract approved by the President under existing law : Provided That the expenses of the above-named officials shall be determined and lim- ited by the Commissioner of Indian Affairs at not to exceed $2,500 each. Agency, Supp ort of Osage Agen cy and pay o f trib al of ficers, Okla homa (tribal funds) : For the support of the Osage Agency, and for 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 ; payment of damages to individual allottees ; repairs to buildings, rent of quarters for em- ployees, traveling expenses, printing, telegraphing, and telephoning, and purchase, repair, and operation of automobiles, $189,180, pay- able from funds held by the United States in trust for the Osage Tribe of Indians in Oklahoma : Provided, That not more than $500 of the foregoing amount may be used for defraying the cost of an appea l in the case of Tucker ver sus Mullendor e : Provided further, That not more than $1,800 may be used for the employment of a curator for the Osage Museum, which employee shall be an Osage Indian and shall be appointed without regard to civil-service laws and regulations upon the recommendation of the Osage tribal council. For acquisition, rehabilitation and preservation of the Tuskahoma Council House in Pushmataha County, Choctaw Nation, Oklahoma, $10,000 or so much thereof as may be necessary, payable from the fund "Fulfilling treaties with Choctaws, Oklahoma" now to the credit of the Choctaw Indians of Oklahoma, and the unexpended balance of the appropriation for this purpose contained in the Interior Department Appropriation Act, fiscal year 1937, is hereby continued available until June 30, 1938. Expenses of tribal councils or committees thereof (tribal funds) For traveling and other expenses of members of tribal councils, busi- ness committees, or other tribal organizations, when engaged on busi- ness of the tribes, including supplies and equipment, not to exceed $5 per diem in lieu of subsistence, and not to exceed five cents per mile for use of personally owned automobiles, and including visits to Washington, District of Columbia, when duly authorized or ap- prove d in advance by the Commiss ioner of Indi an Affairs, $ 50,000,