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PUBLIC LAW 172-JULY 31, 1953 „.,.V ':.,..v.'..

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BESOUECES MANAGEMENT

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For expenses necessary for management, development, improvement, and protection of resources and appurtenant facilities under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, including payment of irrigation assessments and charges; acquisition of water rights; conducting agricultural experiments and demonstrations; advances for Indian industrial and business enterprises; and development of Indian arts and crafts as authorized by law; $13,253,760. CONSTRUCTION

Restrictions.

P i c a c h o Reser^ voir, Ariz.

Wapato irrigation project. Wash.

For construction, major repair, and improvement of irrigation and power systems, buildings, utilities, roads and trails, and other facilities; acquisition of lands and interests in lands; pref)aration of lands for farming; and architectural and engineering services by contract; to remain available until expended; $15,869,000: Provided, That no part of the sum herein appropriated shall be used for the acquisition of land within the States of Arizona, California, Colorado, New Mexico, South Dakota, Utah, and Wyoming outside of the boundaries of existing Indian reservations: Provided further, That no part of this appropriation shall be used for the acquisition of land or water rights within the States of Nevada, Oregon, and Washington either inside or outside the boundaries of existing reservations: Provided further, That of the amount included herein for the construction of roads and trails, such part of the amount as determined by the Commissioner of Indian Affairs shall be available only for roads and trails which State and local governments agree to take over and maintain when the improvement is completed: Provided further, That the Secretary may transfer without exchange of funds to the Devils Lake Sioux Tribe of the Fort Totten Reservation, the East Side and Crow Hill day schools together with the lands on which they are situated whenever it is determined they are no longer needed for Bureau purposes: Provided further. That the Secretary is authorized to purchase, without regard to the prohibition against the purchase of land from appropriations for Construction, Bureau of Indian Affairs, contained in this or any other Act, not to exceed fifteen hundred acres of nonreservation lands in Arizona, and necessary rights-of-way and easements required for the enlargement of the Picacho Reservoir of the San Carlos Indian irrigation project, and approximately five acres of allotted Indian lands within the Yakima Indian Reservation, Washington, for use of the Wapato irrigation project. GENERAL ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

For expenses necessary for the general administration of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, including such expenses in field offices, $3,000,000. ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

Appropriations for the Bureau of Indian Affairs (except the revolving fund for loans) shall be available for expenses of exhibits; purchase of ice for official use of employees; and expenses required by continuing or permanent treaty provisions. TRIBAL, F U N D S

I n addition to the tribal funds authorized to be expended by existing law, there is hereby appropriated $3,040,000 from tribal funds not otherwise available for expenditure for the benefit of Indians and

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