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 57 STAT.] 78TH OONG. , 1ST SESS.-CH. 219-JULY 12, 1943 leasing of such lands for mining purposes, including purchase (not to exceed $2,000), maintenance, repair, and operation of passenger- carrying vehicles and not to exceed $8,000 for personal services in the District of Columbia. $85,000. For the purpose of developing agriculture and stock raising among the Indians, including necessary personnel, traveling and other ex- penses, and purchase of supplies and equipment, $600,000, of which not to exceed $10,000 may be used to conduct agricultural experiments and demonstrations on Indian school or agency farms and to main- tain a supply of suitable plants or seed for issue to Indians, and not to exceed $30,000 may be used for the operation and maintenance of a sheepbreeding station on the Navajo Reservation, and not to exceed $5,000 may be used for defraying the expenses of Indian fairs, including premiums for exhibits. Industrial assistance (tribal funds): For advances to individual members of the tribes for the construction of homes and for the purchase of land, seed, animals, machinery, tools, implements, build- ing material, and other equipment and supplies; and for advances to old, disabled, or indigent Indians for their support and burial, and Indians having irrigable allotments to assist them in the develop- ment and cultivation thereof, to be immediately available, $180,000, payable from tribal funds as follows: Flathead, Montana, $130,000; Fort Peck, Montana, $25,000; Standing Rock, North Dakota, $25,000; and the unexpended balances of funds available under this head in the Interior Department Appropriation Act for the fiscal year 1943 are hereby continued available during the fiscal year 1944 for the purposes for which they were appropriated: Provided,That advances may be made to worthy Indian youths to enable them to take educa- tional courses, including courses in nursing, home economics, forestry, agriculture, and other industrial subjects in colleges, universities, or other institutions, and advances so made shall be reimbursed in not to exceed eight years under such rules and regulations as the Secretary may prescribe: Provided further, That all moneys reim- bursed during the fiscal year 1944 shall be credited to the respective appropriations and be available for the purposes of this paragraph: Provided further, That funds available under this paragraph mav be used for the establishment and operation of tribal enterprises when proposed by Indian tribes and approved under regulations prescribed by the Secretary, and revenues derived therefrom shall be covered into the Treasury to the credit of the respective tribes: Provided further, That upon the incorporation of a tribe operating an enter- prise under the authority contained in the foregoing proviso, the operation of the enterprise and the handling of revenues therefrom may thereafter be governed by the rules and regulations established for the making of loans from the revolving loan fund authorized by the Act of June 18, 1934 (25 U. S. C. 470): Provided further, That the unexpended balances of prior appropriations under this head for any tribe, including reimbursements to such appropriations and the appropriations made herein, may be advanced to such tribe, if incorporated, for use under rules and regulations established for the making of loans from the revolving loan fund authorized by the Act of June 18, 1934 (25 U. S. C. 470). For the purpose of encouraging industry and self-support among Indians and promoting the economic development of tribes and of their members, not to exceed $600,000 of the revolving fund estab- lished pursuant to the Acts of June 18, 1934 (48 Stat. 986), and June 26, 1936 (49 Stat. 1967), may be loaned to individual Indians and Indian organizations otherwise ineligible to participate in said fund, under regulations prescribed pursuant to said Act or under 459 Development of agriculture and stock raising. Navajo Reserva- tion, sheep-breeding station. Advances for home construction, etc. Reappropriation. 56 Stat. 516. Advances for educa- tional purposes. Moneys reim- bursed, availability. Establishment, etc., of tribal enterprises. Operation and han- dllng of revenues. 48 Stat. 9.8 Advances. Loans to enodur industry, etc. 25U.S.C.i46- 479; Snpp. II, 470. 25U. S.C Ua01-60.

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