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 58 STAT.] 78TH CONG. , 2D SESS. -CH. 298-JUNE 28, 1944 EDUCATION For the support of Indian schools not otherwise provided for, and for other Indian educational purposes, including apprentice teachers for reservation and nonreservation schools, educational facilities authorized by treaty provisions, care of Indian children of school age attending public and private schools, support and education of deaf, dumb, blind, physically handicapped, delinquent, or mentally deficient Indian children; for subsistence of pupils in boarding schools during summer months, for the tuition (which may be paid in advance) of Indian pupils attending vocational or higher educational institutions, under such regulations as the Secretary may prescribe; not exceeding $21,650 for construction and equipment of a dormitory building at the Denehotso Day School on the Navajo Indian Reservation; and tuition and other assistance for Indian pupils attending public schools, and for the support of Indian museums at Rapid City, South Dakota, and Browning, Montana, and on the Fort Apache Reserva- tion, Arizona, $6,066,940: Provided, That formal contracts shall not be required for payment (which may be made from the date of admission) of such tuition and care of Indian pupils: Provided fur- ther, That not to exceed $10,000 of this appropriation may be used for printing and binding (including illustrations) in authorized Indian-school printing plants: Provided further, That no part of any appropriation in this Act for the Bureau of Indian Affairs shall be available for expenses of travel for the study of educatibnal sys- tems or practices outside the continental limits of the United States and the Territory of Alaska. Support of Indian schools from tribal funds: For the support of Indian schools, and for other educational purposes, including care of Indian children of school age attending public and private schools, tuition and other assistance for Indian pupils attending public schools, and support and education of deaf and dumb or blind, physically handicapped, delinquent, or mentally deficient Indian chil- dren, there may be expended from Indian tribal funds and from school revenues arising under the Act of May 17, 1926 (25 U. S . C . 155), not more than $377,810: Provided, That formal contracts shall not be required for payment (which may be made from the date of admission) of such tuition and care of Indian pupils. Education, Osage Nation, Oklahoma (tribal funds) : For the educa- tion of unallotted Osage Indian children in the Saint Louis Mission Boarding School, Oklahoma, $1,500, payable from funds held in trust by the United States for the Osage Tribe. For loans to Indians for the payment of tuition and other expenses in recognized high schools and vocational and trade schools, and colleges and universities offering recognized vocational, trade, liberal arts, and professional courses, and for apprentice training in Federal, manufacturing, and other establishments, $25,000: Provided, That advances made under this authorization shall be reimbursed in not to exceed eight years, under such regulations as the Secretary may prescribe. For lease, purchase, repair, and improvement of buildings at In- dian schools not otherwise provided for, including the installation, repair, and improvement of heating, lighting, power, sewer, and water systems in connection therewith, and including the purchase of mate- rials for the use of Indian pupils in the construction of buildings (not to exceed $1,500 for any one building) at Indian schools not other- wise provided for, $320,000. For support and education of Indian pupils at the following non- reservation boarding schools in not to exceed the following amounts respectively: 477 Support of Indian schools. Formal contracts not required. Printing and bind- ing. Travel expenses, re- striction. Expenditures from tribal funds. 44 Stat. 560. Formal oontracts not required. St. Louis Mlls on Boarding School, Okla. Loans for payment of tuition. Reimbursement. Buildings at Indian schools. Nonreservation boarding schools. Support, etc., of Indian pupils.

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