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 PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 219-JULY 12, 1943 25U.S.C.§352c; Supp. II, § 352c. Indians of Blackfeet Reservation, Mont. Flathead Indians, Mont. Timber peserva- tion, etc. Availability of funds. Timber sales, etc., expenses. 41 Stat. 415. Rewards. Suppression, etc., of forest fires. Additional amount available. Report to Congress. Geological Survey. Transfer of funds. 26 Stat. 794; 35 Btat. 783. June 11, 1940, entitled "An Act for the relief of Indians who have paid taxes on allotted lands for which patents in fee were issued without application by or consent of the allottees and subsequently canceled, and for the reimbursement of public subdivisions by whom judgments for such claims have been paid" (54 Stat. 298), as amended by the Act of February 10, 1942 (56 Stat. 87-88), $45,000. For the purchase of land and improvements thereon for the Indians of the Blackfeet Reservation, Montana, $25,000, payable from funds on deposit to the credit of said Indians: Provided, That title to any land and improvements so purchased shall be taken in the name of the United States in trust for the Indians of the Blackfeet Reservation. Purchase of land, Flathead Indians, Montana (tribal funds): For the purchase of land and improvements thereon for the Indians of the Flathead Reservation, Montana, $25,000, payable from funds on deposit to the credit of said Indians: Provided, That title to any land and improvements so purchased shall be taken in the name of the United States in trust for the Indians of the Flathead Reserva- tion: Provided further, That no funds shall be expended under this authorization without the consent of the tribal council of the Con- federated Salish and Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Reservation. INDUSTRIAL ASSISTANCE AND ADVANCEMENT For the preservation of timber on Indian reservations and allot- 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 pre- vention 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 law on Indian lands, $412,500: 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 only from which such timber is sold, $140,000, reimbursable to the United States as provided in the Act of February 14, 1920 (25 U. S . C . 413), from the proceeds of timber sales: Prorvided, 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 tim- ber, in contravention of law. For the suppression or emergency prevention of forest fires on or threatening Indian reservations, $12,000, 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 appro- priations herein made for timber operations shall be available upon the approval of the Secretary for fire-suppression or emergency pre- vention purposes: Provided further, That any diversons of appro- priations made hereunder shall be reported to Congress in the annual Budget. 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 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 458 [57 STAT.

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