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 75TH CONG. , 3D SESS.- CH. 187---MAY 9, 1938 credit of the Cheyenne River Indians: Provided, That title to any land or improvements so purchased shall be taken in the name of the United States in trust for the Cheyenne River Tribe: Provided further, That the unexpended balance of the appropriation from tribal funds made for this purpose for the fiscal year 1938 is hereby continued available until June 30, 1939. Land surveys, Choctaw and Chickasaw Nations, Oklahoma (tribal funds): For the survey of certain lands of the Choctaw and Chicka- saw Indians of Oklahoma, $15,000, payable from funds on deposit to the credit of said Indians. INDUSTRIAL ASSISTANCE AND ADVANCEMENT For the preservation of timber on Indian reservations and allot- ments other than the Menominee Indian Reservation in Wisconsin, the education of Indians in the proper care of forests, and the general administration of forestry and grazing work, including fire preven- tion and payment of reasonable rewards for information leading to arrest and conviction of a person or persons setting forest fires, or taking or otherwise destroying timber, in contravention of law on Indian lands, $320,000: Provided, That this appropriation shall be available for the expenses of administration of Indian forest lands from which timber is sold to the extent only that proceeds from the sales of timber from such lands are insufficient for that purpose. For expenses incidental to the sale of timber, and for the expenses of administration, including fire prevention, of Indian forest lands from which such timber is sold to the extent that the proceeds of such sales are sufficient for that purpose, $120,000, reimbursable to the United States as provided in the Act of February 14, 1920 (25 U. S. C . 413): Provided, That this appropriation shall be available for the payment of reasonable rewards for information leading to arrest and conviction of a person or persons setting forest fires, or taking or otherwise destroying timber, in contravention of law. For the suppression or emergency prevention of forest fires on or threatening Indian reservations, $15,000, together with $25,000 from funds held by the United States in trust for the respective tribes of Indians interested: Provided, That not to exceed $50,000 of appro- priations herein made for timber operations shall be available upon the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, for fire-suppression or emergency prevention purposes: Provided further, That any diver- sions of appropriations made hereunder shall be reported to Congress in the annual Budget. For transfer to the Geological Survey for expenditures to be made in inspecting mines and examining mineral deposits on Indian lands and in supervising mining operations on restricted, tribal, and allotted Indian lands leased under the provisions of the Acts of February 28, 1891 (25 U. S . C . 336, 371, 397), May 27, 1908 (35 Stat. 312), March 3, 1909 (25 U. S. C. 396), and other Acts authorizing the leasing of such lands for mining purposes, $95,000, to be reimbursed under the provisions of the Act of February 14, 1920, as amended (25 U. S . C . 413). For the purpose of obtaining remunerative employment for Indians, $38,500. For the purpose of developing agriculture and stock raising among the Indians, including necessary personnel, traveling and other expenses, and purchase of supplies and equipment, $660,000, of which not to exceed $15,000 may be used to conduct agricultural experiments and demonstrations on Indian school or agency farms and to maintain Provisos. Title to land. Balance continued available. 50 Stat. 573. Choctaws and Chickasaws, Okla. , land surveys. Industrial assist- ance and advance- ment. Timber preserva- tion, etc. Proviso. Restriction on use of funds. Timber sales, etc., expenses; reimbursa- ble. 41 Stat. 415 . 25U.S.C. §413. Proviso. Rewards for infor- mation. Suppression, etc., of forest fires. Provisos. Additional amount available. Report of diversions to Congress. Geological Survey. Transfers of sums to, for supervising mining operations. 26 Stat. 794; 35 Stat. 312, 444, 783. 25U. S.C.§§336, 371, 396, 397. Reimbursement. 41 Stat. 415. 25U.S. C. 413. Obtaining employ- ment for Indians. Development of agriculture and stock raising. Agricultural experi- ments and demon- strations. 301 52 STAT. ]

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