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 PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 259-JUNE 28, 1941 Minnesota Chippe- Purchase of land for the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota waTribe, Mn. (tribal funds): For the purchase of Indian-owned and non-Indian- owned lands, interest in lands, and chattels and improvements, $107,500, to be immediately available, payable from any funds on Proviso. deposit to the credit of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe: Provided, That title to all purchases made hereunder shall be taken in the name of the United States in trust for the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe. Spokane Indians, Purchase of land, Spokane Indians, Washington (tribal funds): The unexpended balance of the appropriation of $30,000, contained 54 Stat. 416 . in the Interior Department Appropriation Act, 1941, 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, payable from any funds on deposit to the credit of the Indians of said reservation is hereby continued available until June 30, 1942. INDUSTRIAL ASSISTANCE AND ADVANCEMENT Timber preserva- For the preservation of timber on Indian reservations and allot- tion, etc. Poet, p. 833. ments other than the Menominee Indian Reservation in Wisconsin, the education of Indians in the proper care of forests, and the gen- eral administration of forestry and grazing work, including fire prevention 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 itationon use of law on Indian lands, $385,000: Provided, That this appropriation funds. 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. Timber sales, etc., For expenses incidental to the sale of timber, and for the expenses expeset, . of administration, including fire prevention, of Indian forest lands only from which such timber is sold, $117,000, reimbursable to the 41 Stat. 415. United States as provided in the Act of February 14, 1920 (25 Rewards. U. S. C . 413), from the proceeds of timber sales: 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. fSuppresslon etc.. of For the suppression or emergency prevention of forest fires on or oY,,, ).826. threatening Indian reservations, $15,000, together with $25,000 from funds held by the United States in trust for the respective tribes of APOitin amount Indians interested: Provided, That not to exceed $50,000 of appro- available. priations herein made for timber operations shall be available upon the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, for fire-suppression Report to Congress. or emergency prevention purposes: Provided further, That any diversions of appropriations made hereunder shall be reported to Congress in the annual Budget. Geologial Survey. 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 26 Stat. 794; 35 Stat. 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, including not to exceed $5,000 for the purchase and exchange (not to exceed $2,000), mainte- nance, repair, and operation of passenger-carrying vehicles, and not to exceed $11,000 for personal services in the District of Columbia, $100,000. Employment. For the purpose of obtaining remunerative employment for ~" P.S= Indians, $40,800. 314 [55 STAT.

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