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 PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 680 -OCT. 12, 1949 Restriction. 41U. .. c 5. Ante, p. 403. 18 U. S. C.. Supp. II, I§4122-4126. Ante, pp. 98, 99. Funds continued available 62Stat. 1123 . Educational loans. Availability of funds. Tribal enterprises. Regulations. 48 Stat. 986. Advances. subsistence and use of privately owned automobiles at rates applicable to civilian employees of the Government, when duly authorized or approved in advance by the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, $75,000, payable from funds on deposit to the credit of the particular tribe interested: Provided,That no part of this appropriation, or of any other appropriation contained in this Act, shall be available for expenses of members of tribal councils, business committees, or other tribal organizations, when in the District of Columbia, for more than an eight-day period, unless the Secretary shall in writing approve a longer period. Relief of needy Indians (tribal funds): For the relief of Indians in need of assistance, including cash grants; the purchase of subsistence 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, $86,800, payable from funds on deposit in the United States Treasury to the credit of the particular Indian tribe concerned. 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, $496,000, payable from tribal funds as follows: Nez Perce, Idaho, $50,000; Hoopa Valley, California, $5,000; Pyramid Lake, Nevada, $15,000; Choctaw, Mississippi, $40,000; Mescalero, New Mexico, $50,000; Rosebud, South Dakota, $24,000; Spokane, Washington, $37,000; Yakima, Washington, $125,000; Blackfeet, Montana, $100,000; miscellaneous tribes, $50,000; and the unexpended balances of funds available under this head in the Interior Department Appropriation Act for the next preceding fiscal year are hereby continued available during the current fiscal year for the purposes for which they were appropriated: Provided, That advances may be made to worthy Indian youth to enable them to take educational courses, including courses in nursing, home eco- nomics, 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 regulations as the Secretary may prescribe: Providedfurther, That all moneys reim- bursed during the current fiscal year shall be credited to the respective appropriations and be available for the purposes of this paragraph: Provided further, 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 regulations prescribed by the Secretary: Provided further, That enterprises operated under the authority contained in the foregoing proviso shall be governed by the regulations established for the making of loans from the revolv- ing loan fund authorized by the Act of June 18, 1934 (25 U. S . C . 470): Providedfurther,That the unexpended balances of prior appro- priations 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 regulations 776 [63 STAT.

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