568 FORTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. III. Cr-1. 120. 1871. ments, and other articles, and to assist them to locate in permanent abodes, and sustain themselves by the pursuits of civilized life, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, twenty thousand dollars. Dglivgyy or For transportation, and necessary expenses of the delivery of annui. ¤¤¤¤i¤i¢¤·&<=-i¤ ties and provisions to the Indian tribes in Minnesota and Michigan, ten
md thousand dollars.
Indian com- For this amount, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to pay the 5;*:;**:; 16 § 4 expenses of the commission of citizens serving without pay, appointed by ,1},;,,},, in,the President under the provisions of the fourth section of the act of April ten, eighteen hundred and sixty-nine, the sum of fifteen thousand dollars; and said commission is hereby continued with the powers and duties here- N0 P¤y¤¤¤¤ tofore provided by law: Provided, That hereafter no payments shall be
- ,li‘:_,’2&;: ig, made by any officer of the United States to contractors for goods or sup.
mid, &c. until, plies of any sort furnished to the Indians, or for the transportation thereon, ` or for any buildings or machinery erected or placed on their reservations, under or by virtue of any contract entered into with the Interior Department, or any branch thereof, on the receipts or certificates of the Indian agents or superintendents for such supplies, goods, transportation, buildings, or machinery beyond fifty per cent. of the amount due until the ac— counts and vouchers shall have been submitted to the executive committee of the board of commissioners appointed by the President of the United States, and organized under the provisions of the fourth section of the act of April tenth, eighteen hundredand sixty-nine, and the third section of 1;y°,,,h_2g6_§B_ the act approved April [July] fifteenth, eighteen hundred and seventy, Anl¤,p·860- for examination, revisal, and approval; and it shall be the duty of said board of commissioners, without unnecessary delay, to forward said accounts and vouchers so submitted to them to the Secretary of the Interior, with the reasons for their approval or disapproval of the same, in whole or in part, attached thereto; and said Secretary shall have power to sustain, set aside, or modify the action of said board, and cause payment to be made or withheld as he may determine. R£¤'¢ém§*59¤ Y0? For this amount, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for the ,,,,,,1 of S,,;,,, purchase of provisions for Red Cloud’s band of Sioux Indians, to relieve Indians. their present wants, and to subsist them until July first, eighteen hundred P'°"°°· and seventy-one, one hundred and sixty-five thousand dollars: Provided, That so much of the amount hereby appropriated as may be necessary shall be used to reimburse the subsistence department for supplies furnished by that department, under the direction of the President of January twenty-third, eighteen hundred and seventy-one. thel'g::¤;l°*t! °f For this amount, to carry on the work of instructing and aiding the thecgntrglx, Indians of the central superintendency in the arts of civilization with a psrlntendenuy. view to their self-support, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior,.forty thousand dollars, or so much thereof as lie may deem necessary. d Fxppnses of The Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized to defray the ex- ,:d‘Q§:B‘Q;"§,}’“h_ penses of delegations of Indians visiting the city of Washington by ington. authority of the United States, subsequently to the first day of January, eighteen hundred and seventy-one, and to purchase presents for the members thereof, out of the amount remaining unexpended on the thirty-first day of December, eighteen hundred and seventy, of the sum of ilfty thousand dollars appropriated by resolution number one hundred JM. p· $87- and ten, entitled “A resolution to pay expenses of delegations of Indians visiting the city of Washington," approved July thirteenth, eighteen hundred and seventy; and the paragraph of the act entitled “An act making appropriations for the current and contingent expenses of the Indian department, and for fulfilling treaty stipulations with various I¤d1¤¤ tribes, for the year ending June thirty, eighteen hundred and seventy-o¤e, and for other purposes," approved July fifteenth, eighteen
