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 55 STAT.] 77TH CONG., 1ST SESS.-CH. 259-JUNE 28, 1941 portation, and all other necessary expenses, $100,000, payable from funds on deposit to the credit of the particular tribe concerned: Pro- vided, That expenditures hereunder may be made without regard to section 3709, United States Revised Statutes, or to the Act of May 27, 1930 (46 Stat. 391), as amended. Compensation and expenses of attorney, Red Lake Indians, Minne- sota (tribal funds) : For compensation and expenses of an attorney or attorneys employed by the Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians under a contract approved by the Secretary of the Interior, $10,000, payable from any funds on deposit to the credit of said Indians, and the amount herein appropriated shall be available for compensation earned and expenses incurred during the period covered by said contract. Expenses of tribal officers, Five Civilized Tribes, Oklahoma (tribal funds): For the current fiscal year money may be expended from the tribal funds of the Choctaw, Chickasaw, Creek, and Seminole Tribes for equalization of allotments, per capita, and other payments author- ized by law to individual members of the respective tribes, salaries and contingent expenses of the governor of the Chickasaw Nation and chief of the Choctaw Nation, one mining trustee for the Choctaw and Chickasaw Nations, at salaries of $3,000 each for the said governor, said chief, and said mining trustee, chief of the Creek Nation at $600 and one attorney each for the Choctaw and Chickasaw Tribes em- ployed under contract approved by the President under existing law: Provided, That the expenses of the above-named officials shall be determined and limited by the Commissioner of Indian Affairs at not to exceed $2,500 each. Support of Osage Agency and pay of tribal officers, Oklahoma (tribal funds): For the support of the Osage Agency, and for neces- sary expenses in connection with oil and gas production on the Osage Reservation, Oklahoma, including pay of necessary employees, the tribal attorney and his stenographer, one special attorney in tax and other matters, and pay of tribal officers; payment of damages to indi- vidual allottees; repairs to buildings, rent of quarters for employees, traveling expenses, printing, telegraphing, and telephoning, and pur- chase, repair, and operation of automobiles, $184,080, payable from funds held by the United States in trust for the Osage Tribe of Indians in Oklahoma: Provided, That not more than $1,800 may be used for the employment of a curator for the Osage Museum, which employee shall be an Osage Indian and shall be appointed without regard to civil-service laws and regulations upon the recommendation of the Osage tribal council: Provided further, That this appropria- tion shall be available, for traveling and other expenses, including not to exceed $5 per diem in lieu of subsistence, and not to exceed 5 cents per mile for use of personally owned automobiles, of members of the tribal council and other members of the tribe, when engaged on tribal business, including visits to the District of Columbia when duly authorized or approved in advance by the Commissioner of Indian Affairs. Expenses of tribal councils or committees thereof (tribal funds): For traveling and other expenses of members of tribal councils, business committees, or other tribal organizations, when engaged on business of the tribes, including supplies and equipment, not to exceed $5 per diem in lieu of subsistence, and not to exceed 5 cents per mile for use of personally owned automobiles, and including not more than $15,000 for visits to Washington, District of Columbia, when duly authorized or approved in advance by the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, $35,000, payable from funds on deposit to the credit 327 Proviso. 41 U. S.C.§. 18 U.s. i. C. 744a- 744h. Red Lake Indians, Minn. Five Civilized Tribes, Okla. Expenses of tribal officers. Procio. Osage Agency, Okla. Provisoa. Curator, Osage Mu- seum. Traveling expenses, etc.

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