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 75TH CONG. , 3 D SESS.-CH. 187-MAY 9, 1938 necessary expenses, $5,000, payable from Navajo tribal funds: Pro- vided, That fees collected for such dental work shall be credited to this appropriation and shall be available for the purposes of this paragraph. GENERAL SUPPORT AND ADMINISTRATION For general support of Indians and administration of Indian property, including pay of employees authorized by continuing or permanent treaty provisions, $2,675,000: Provided, That in the dis- cretion of the Secretary of the Interior, and under such rules and regulations as may be prescribed by him, fees may be collected from individual Indians for services performed for them, and any fees so collected shall be covered into the Treasury of the United States. Reindeer service: For supervision of reindeer in Alaska and instruction in the care and management thereof, including salaries and travel expenses of employees, purchase, rental, erection, and repair of range cabins, purchase and maintenance of communication and other equipment, and all other necessary miscellaneous expenses, including $3,000 for the purchase and distribution of reindeer, $35,500, to be immediately available. Reindeer industry, Alaska: For a survey and appraisal of the property and reindeer authorized to be acquired for the natives of Alaska under the provisions of the Act approved September 1, 1937 (50 Stat. 900), to be made under the direction and supervision of a committee of three, which is hereby created, to be appointed by the Chairmen of the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and House of Representatives acting jointly, $25,000, to be imme- diately available. Such Chairmen shall fix the pay of the members of the committee and shall designate one to act as chairman. Vacancies occurring in the membership thereof shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointments. The committee is authorized to employ personnel in the District of Columbia and elsewhere without regard to civil service laws and regulations and to fix the compensation thereof without respect to the Classification Act of 1923, as amended, and to make such expenditures as may be necessary for equipment, travel, supplies, materials, printing, bind- ing, rent, the purchase, maintenance, repair, and operation of motor- propelled passenger-carrying vehicles and the hire thereof, and for such other purposes in connection herewith as they may determine essential. In connection with the purposes of this paragraph, such Chairmen may call for the furnishing of assistance from any Fed- eral agency operating in Alaska and such agencies are hereby authorized and directed to respond cooperatively to any such request. Members of the committee and employees thereof shall be allowed per diem in lieu of actual expenses of subsistence when traveling on official business at rates not in excess of those allowable under the provisions of the Standardized Government Travel Regulations and the Subsistence Expense Act of 1926, as amended, and shall be regarded as in a travel status while stationed in Alaska. For general support of Indians and administration of Indian property under the jurisdiction of the following agencies, to be paid from the funds held by the United States in trust for the respective tribes, in not to exceed the following sums, respectively: Arizona: Fort Apache, $55,000, including the construction of quarters and sanitary facilities near McNary; San Carlos, $45,700; Truxton Canyon, $6,500; in all, $107,200; California: Mission, $15,000; Iowa: Sac and Fox, $2,000; Montana: Flathead, $24,000; Proviso. Credit of fees. General support and administration. Proviso. Fees for services. Reindeer service, Alaska. Reindeer industry, Alaska, survey and appraisal. Post, p. 1132. 50 Stat. 900. Supervisory com- mittee created, per- sonnel. Vacancies. Personal services. Expenditures. Assistance of Fed- eral agencies. Per diem, etc., al. lowances. 44 Stat. 688. 5 U. s.C. §821. Support of Indians etc., under specified agencies, from tribal funds. Arizona. California. Iowa. Montana. 52 STAT.] 313

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