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 63 STAT.] 81ST CONG., 1 ST SESS.-CH. 680-OCT. 12, 1949 775 of Indian property under the jurisdiction of the Menominee Agency, Wisconsin, payable from funds held by the United States in trust for the Menominee Tribe of Indians, Wisconsin, $235,000, including $40,000 for relief of Indians in need of assistance, including cash grants; scholarships (not to exceed $3,000); and $7,700 for the compen- sation and expenses of an attorney or firm of attorneys employed by the tribe under a contract approved by the Secretary: Provided, That Salaries, etc., of tri- not to exceed $10,000 shall be available from the funds of the Menom- b al ' ffl s. inee Indians for the payment of salaries and expenses of the chair- man, secretary, and interpreters of the Menominee general council and members of the Menominee Advisory Council and tribal delegates when engaged on business of the tribe at rates to be determined by the Menominee general council and approved by the Commissioner of Indian Affairs: Provided further, That a recreational director for Recreational dire- the Menominee Reservation may be employed with the approval of tor the Menominee Advisory Council. For the support of the Osage Agency, and for necessary expenses OsageAgency, Ola. in connection with oil and gas production on the Osage Reservation, Oklahoma, including pay of the superintendent of the agency, a curator for the Osage Museum, at a salary of $2,284, which employee shall be an Osage Indian, appointed with the approval of the Osage Tribal Council, and of necessary employees, and pay of tribal officers; not to exceed $2,000 for the education of unallotted Osage Indian children in the Saint Louis Mission Boarding School, Oklahoma; payment of damages to individual allottees; repairs to buildings, rent of quarters for employees, and printing and binding, $222,000, payable from funds held by the United States in trust for the Osage Tribe of Indians in Oklahoma: Provided, That of the said sum herein Travel, etc., ex- appropriated $13,950 is hereby made available for travel and other pens . expenses of members of the Osage Tribal Council, business commit- tees, or other tribal organizations, when engaged on business of the tribe, including supplies and equipment, not to exceed $10 per diem in lieu of subsistence, and not to exceed 5 cents per mile for use of personally owned automobiles, when duly authorized or approved in advance by the Commissioner of Indian Affairs. Expenses of tribal officers, Five Civilized Tribes, Oklahoma (tribal Five Civilied funds) : For the current fiscal year money may be expended from the Oa tribal funds of the Choctaw, Chickasaw, Creek, and Seminole Tribes for equalization of allotments, per capita, and other payments author- ized by law to individual members of the respective tribes, and for salaries and contingent expenses of the governor of the Chickasaw Nation and chief of the Choctaw Nation, one mining trustee for the Choctaw, and Chickasaw Nations, at salaries of $3,000 each for the said governor, said chief, and said mining trustee, chief of the Creek Nation at $1,700 effective from July 1, 1948, and one attorney each for the Choctaw, Chickasaw and Creek Tribes employed under contract approved by the President under existing law: Provided, That the Lrmtiron. expenses of the above-named officials shall be determined and limited by the Commissioner of Indian Affairs at not to exceed $2,500 each. Expenses of attorneys, Chickasaw Nation of Indians, Oklahoma OckBaS Nation. (tribal funds): For expenses of attorneys for the Chickasaw Nation of Indians, Oklahoma, employed to prosecute Chickasaw tribal claims under contracts approved by the Interior Department, $3,000, payable out of funds on deposit in the Treasury to the credit of said Chickasaw Tribe of Indians. Expenses of tribal councils or committees thereof (tribal funds): For travel and other expenses of members of tribal councils, business committees, or other tribal organizations, when engaged on business of the tribes, including supplies and equipment, per diem in lieu of

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