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 528 Tribal councils, etc. Expenses. Prwiso. Makah Reserva- tion, Wash. Northern Cheyenne Tribe, Tongue River Reservation, Mont. Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes, Mont. Compromise settle- ment of designated claim. Seminole Tribe, Okla. Per capita pay- ments. Provisos. Rules and regula tions. Restricted Indians [56 STAT. PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 473-JULY 2, 1942 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, busi- ness committees, or other tribal organizations, when engaged on busi- ness 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 $10,000 for visits to Washington, District of Columbia, when duly authorized or approved in advance by the Commissioner of Indian Affairs $25,000, payable from funds on deposit to the credit of the particular tribe interested: Provided, That, except for the Navajo Tribe, not more than $5,000 shall be expended from the funds of any one tribe or band of Indians for the purposes herein specified: Provided further, That no part of this appropriation, or of any other appropriation contained in this Act, shall be available for expenses of members of tribal councils, business committees, or other tribal organizations, when in Washington, for more than an eight-day period, unless the Secretary of the Interior shall in writing approve a longer period. Compensation and expenses of attorneys, Makah Reservation, Washington (tribal funds): Not to exceed $1,700 of the funds on deposit to the credit of the Makah Indians, Washington, is hereby made available for the fiscal years 1942 and 1943 for payment of the compensation and expenses of an attorney employed by the Makah Tribe under a contract executed August 6, 1941, and approved by the Secretary of the Interior in accordance with law. Expenses of attorneys, Northern Cheyenne Tribe, Tongue River Reservation, Montana (tribal funds) : For expenses of an attorney or attorneys employed by the Northern Cheyenne Tribe of Indians of the Tongue River Reservation under a contract approved by the Assistant Secretary of the Interior on March 15, 1941, $600, payable from funds on deposit in the Treasury to the credit of said tribe of Indians. Compensation and expenses of attorneys, Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes, Montana (tribal funds): For compensation and expenses of an attorney or attorneys employed by the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Reservation, Montana, under a contract approved by the Secretary of the Interior on May 9, 1941, $5,600, payable from funds on deposit to the credit of such tribes. For compromise settlement of a claim asserted by the intervenors in a suit styled United States versus United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company et al., filed in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma under the Act of April 26, 1906 (34 Stat. 137), $2,500, payable from funds on deposit to the credit of the Choctaw and Chickasaw Tribes of Indians. That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized to pay to the enrolled members of the Seminole Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma entitled under existing law to share in the funds of said tribe, or to their lawful heirs, out of any money belonging to said tribe in the United States Treasury or deposited in any bank or held by an official under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior, not to exceed $50 per capita: Provided, That said payment shall be made under such rules and regulations as the Secretary of the Interior may prescribe: Provided further, That in cases where such enrolled members or their heirs are Indians who belong to the restricted class the Secretary of the Interior may, in his discretion, withhold such payments and use same for the benefit of such restricted Indians:

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