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 52 STAT.] 75TH CONG. , 3D SESS.-CH. 645-JUNE 24, 1938 1035 funds from the accumulated surplus to the credit of any Osage Indian under such rules and regulations as he may prescribe. Rentals due Rentas. such adult members from their lands and their minor children's lands and all income from such adults' investments, including interest on deposits to their credit, shall be paid to them in addition to the current allowances above provided. Whenever minor members of the Osage Tribe of Indians have Funds of minor funds or property subject to the control or supervision of the Secre- therefrom to custo- tary of the Interior, the said Secretary may in his discretion pay or dans, etc cause to be paid to the parents, legal guardian, or any person, school, or institution having actual custody of such minors, such amounts out of the income or funds of the said minors as he deems necessary, and when such a minor is eighteen years of age or over, the Secretary Directpaymentson of the Interior may in his discretion cause disbursement of funds for yeig age of 18 support and maintenance or other specific purposes to be made direct to such minor. SEC. 2. There is authorized to be appropriated from funds on Appropriation au- deposit to the credit of the Osage Tribe of Indians not to exceed penrses of Tribal $10,000 annually to pay per diems to, and traveling expenses of, the ouncil. members of the Osage Tribal Council in making necessary trips to the city of Washington and other places in connection with Osage tribal affairs. Expenditures from appropriations made pursuant to this authorization shall be in accordance with rules and regulations to be prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior. SEC. 3. That section 1 of the Act of Congress of March 2, 1929 45 tat. 1478. (45 Stat. L . 1478), relating to the Osage Indians of Oklahoma, be, and the same is hereby, amended to read as follows: "That all that part of the Act of June 28, 1906 (34 Stat. L . 539), oil, etc., lands r- entitled 'An Act for the division of the lands and funds of the Osage SAp tri be til Indians in Oklahoma, and for other purposes', which reserves to the 4 Stat. 5 39 . Osage Tribe the oil, gas, coal, or other minerals, covered by the lands for the selection and division of which provision is made m that Act is hereby amended so that the oil, gas, coal, or other minerals, covered by said lands are reserved to the Osage Tribe, until the 8th day of April, 1983, unless otherwise provided by Act of Congress, and all Disbursement of royalties and bonuses arising therefrom shall belong to the Osage members'cto trbe Tribe of Indians, and shall be disbursed to members of the Osage Tribe or their heirs or assigns as now provided by law, after reserv- ing such amounts as are now or may hereafter be authorized by Congress for specific purposes. "The lands, moneys, and other properties now or hereafter held in Continuatlon of trust or under the supervision of the United States for the Osage tproptrtic." °ou a n Tribe of Indians, the members thereof, or their heirs and assigns, shall continue subject to such trusts and supervision until January 1, 1984, unless otherwise provided by Act of Congress. "The Secretary of the Interior and the Osage tribal council are ffering of ertain hereby authorized and directed to offer for lease for oil, gas, and other gas etc., leases i mining purposes any unleased portion of said land in such quantities and at such times as may be deemed for the best interest of the Osage Tribe of Indians: Provided, That not less than twenty-five thousand Pw o. acres shall be offered for lease for oil- and gas-mining purposes during offering. any one year: Providedfurther, That as to all lands hereafter leased, onservation prov- the regulations governing same and the leases issued thereon shall con- tain appropriate provisions for the conservation of the natural gas for its economic use, to the end that the highest percentage of ultimate recovery of both oil and gas may be secured: Provided, however, That Vaidexingleases. nothing herein contained shall be construed as affecting any valid existing lease for oil or gas or other minerals, but all such leases shall continue as long as gas, oil, or other minerals are found in paying quantities.

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