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 62 STAT.] 80TH CONG. , 2D SESS.-CH. 754-JUNE 29, 1948 Relief of needy Indians (tribal funds): For the relief of Indians in need of assistance, including cash grants; the purchase of sub- sistence supplies, clothing, and household goods; medical, burial, housing, transportation, and all other necessary expenses, $112,000, payable from funds on deposit to the credit of the particular tribe concerned: Provided, That expenditures hereunder may be made without regard to section 3709, Revised Statutes, as amended, or to the Act of May 27, 1930 (46 Stat. 391), as amended. Compensation and expenses of attorneys (tribal funds): For com- pensation and expenses of attorneys employed by various tribes of Indians under contracts to be approved by the Secretary of the Interior, $82,880, payable from funds on deposit in the United States Treasury to the credit of the particular Indian tribe concerned. Purchase and lease of lands (tribal funds): For the purchase of land and improvements on land; lease of lands and water rights; and necessary expenses incident thereto, $121,000, payable from funds held in trust for the particular tribe concerned, to remain available until expended: Provided, That title to any lands or improvements so purchased shall be taken in the name of the United States in trust for the tribe for which purchased: Provided further, That no part of this appropriation shall be used for the acquisition of land or water rights outside the boundaries of existing Indian reservations. 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 development and cultivation thereof, $350,000, payable from tribal funds as fol- lows: Menominee, Wisconsin, $167,500; Fort Mojave, Arizona, $15,000; Lummi, Washington, $2,500; Makah, Washington, $20,000; Nez Perce, Idaho, $20,000; Standing Rock, North Dakota, $50,000; Blackfeet, Montana, $75,000; and the unexpended balances of funds available under this head in the Interior Department Appropriation Act for the fiscal year 1948 are hereby continued available during the fiscal year 1949 for the purposes for which they were appropri- ated: Provided,That advances may be made to worthy Indian youth to enable them to take educational courses, including courses in nurs- ing, home economics, forestry, agriculture, and other industrial sub- jects in colleges, universities, or other institutions, and advances so made shall be reimbursed in not to exceed eight years under such regulations as the Secretary may prescribe: Provided frther, That all moneys reimbursed during the fiscal year 1949 shall be credited to the respective appropriations and be available for the purposes of this paragraph: Providedfurther, That funds available under this paragraph may be used for the establishment and operation of tribal enterprises when proposed by Indian tribes and approved under regu- lations prescribed by the Secretary: Provided further, That enter- prises operated under the authority contained in the foregoing pro- viso shall be governed by the regulations etablished 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 unex- pended balances of prior appropriations under this head for any tribe, including reimbursements to such appropriations and the ap- propriations made herein, may be advanced to such tribe, if incor- porated, for use under 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). Pima cropping operations (tribal funds): For continuing sub- jugation and for cropping operations on the lands of the Pima Indians 1123 41 U. S.C. 5C. 18U.S.C. i744E- 744h. Ante, p. 866. Restriction. Funds continued available. 61 Stat. 470 . Educational loans. Availability of funds. Tribal enterprises. Regulations. 48 Stat. 986. Advances. 48 Stat. 9B.

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