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 416 PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 395-JUNE 18, 1940 [54 STAT. deposit to the credit of the Ute Mountain Band, is hereby continued available, for the same purposes and under the same conditions, until June 30, 1941. Fort Peck Reserv- Purchase of land, Fort Peck Reservation, Montana (tribal funds): turMhna of land. For the purchase of Indian-owned and privately owned lands, improvements on lands, or any interest in lands, including water rights, for Indians of the Fort Peck Reservation, Montana, $50,000, payable from any funds on deposit to the credit of the Indians of Prois. said reservation: Provided, That title to land or improvements so Title. purchased shall be taken in the name of the United States in trust Restrictiononuseof for the Indians of the Fort Peck Reservation: Provided further, funds. That no funds shall be expended under this authorization without the consent of the executive board of the tribal council of said Leasing of land. Indians: Provided further, That so much of this appropriation as may be necessary may be expended to permit said executive board to lease for ten-year periods agricultural and grazing lands from Indians and non-Indians for sublease to Indians and groups of Indians. Spokane Indians, Purchase of land, Spokane Indians, Washington (tribal funds): urchase of land. For the purchase of Indian-owned and privately owned lands, improvements on lands, or any interest in lands, including water rights for Indians of the Spokane Reservation, Washington, $30,000, payable from any funds on deposit to the credit of the Indians of Pite. - said reservation: Provided, That title to land or improvements so purchased shall be taken in the name of the United States in trust for the Indians of the Spokane Reservation. INDUSTRIAL ASSISTANCE AND ADVANCEMENT Timber preserva- tion, etc. Proviso. Restriction on use of funds. Timber sales, etc., expenses. 41 Stat. 415 . Proviso. Rewards. Suppression, etc., of forest fires. Post, p. 1040. Prorisos. Additional amount available. Report to Congress. For the preservation of timber on Indian reservations and allotments other than the Menominee Indian Reservation in Wisconsin, the educa- tion of Indians in the proper care of forests, and the general adminis- tration of forestry and grazing work, including fire prevention and payment of reasonable rewards for informationleading 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, $398,640: 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, $117,000, 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 appropria- tions herein made for timber operations shall be available upon the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, for fire-suppression or emer- gency prevention purposes: Provided further, That any diversions of appropriations made hereunder shall be reported to Congress in the annual Budget.

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