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FORTY—SECOND CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 138. 1873. 461 For this amount, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to defray Indian delegn. the expenses of Indian delegations who may visit Washington on business Fi°"* *° “v”h‘ connected with their respective tribes, fifteen thousand dollars: Provided, mi:,?;,,,, mm, That the commission of citizens serving without pay, appointed by the mission con- President under the provisions of the fourth section of the act of April dyggg h ,6 4 tenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-nine, is hereby continued, with the v0i,’;v`;, I§_§4ni powers and duties heretofore provided by law. For this amount, or so much thereof as may be necessary to defray the Expmss G expenses of a general council of certain Indians in the Indian Territory, as provided by the twelfth article of the treaty with Cherokees of July in the Indian nineteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, the tenth article of the treaty T°‘Q*“°’X·_ with Creeks of June fourteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, the ·,·5g?;};?g8pg{)2_ seventh article of the treaty with Seminoles of March twenty-first, eigh- i i 7 teen hundred and sixty-six, and the eighth article of the treaty with Choctaws and Chickasaws of April twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, fourteen thousand dollars. And the amount of twenty-five thousand dollars is hereby appropriated Remove; Ortho to enable the Secretary of the Interior to remove the Winnebago Indians Wi¤¤°l>¤}‘-I*>€S of of Wisconsin from their present location in that State to some suitable W‘s°°““"‘· &°·i place, to be by him selected within the Indian Territory, west of the ninety-sixth degree of west longitude; and to provide for their subsistence until ihey are sufficiently established therein, and are able to provide for themselves; and to provide for the removal and most urgent necessities of the Kansas Indians, twenty-five thousand dollars, said of the Kansas amount to be reimbursed from the proceeds of the sale of their lands in I“d‘“““· the State of Kansas. For this amount, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to be Bniidings,&<e. expended in the erection of agency buildings on the Mallieur Indian reser- gngm M**lh{"” vation in Oregon, and in the purchase of goods, subsistence, stores, &c., for the Indians that may be collected on said reservation ; also for break- &c. ing land and instructing the Indiansin agricultural and mechanical pursuits, providing employees, educating children, procuring medicine and medical attendance, care for and support of the aged, sick, and infirm, for the helpless orphans of said Indians, or in any other respect to promote their civilization, comfort, and improvement, fifty thousand dollars. So much of the act entitled "An act making provision for the civiliza- Repeal <>f pm tion of the Indian tribes adjoining the frontier settlements," approved ({819 ,_h_85 Q2_ March third, eighteen hundred and nineteen, as provides an annual V¤1iiii.p.`511. appropriation often thousand dollars, be, and the same hereby is, repealed. The sum of five thousand dollars, appropriated by act of May twenty- Appropriation ninth, eighteen hundred and seventy-two, for the erection of a building “° at New Boggy Depot, Indian Territory, to be used as an office for the Depot Qi} be Indian agent for the Choctawand Chickasaw Indians, may be used either ¤S*ig;{;‘°{*{ 033 for the erection or the purchase, at the discretion of the Secretary of Am;;1jgé_' the Interior, of buildings for agency purposes at the place designated: Provided, That the several appropriations herein made for teachers, mil- Apprnpriannns lers, blacksmiths, engineers, carpenters, physicians, and other persons, and 2;; *°,’;°}§'fj Sgv . . . . . . y 9 Mute for various articles provided for by treaty stipulation, may be diverted to to other ,,,5, gw other uses for the benefit of the various Indian tribes, within the discretion of the President, and with the consent of said tribes expressed in the usual manner; and that he cause report to be made to Congress, at its next session thereafter, of his action under this provision. Interest on Trust-Fund St0cks.—For payment of interest on certain trgglgizsé zack, » abstracted and non-paying State stocks belonging to various Indian bmngingg, th, tribes, (and held in trust by the Secretary of the Interior,) for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-three, namely: For interest on the Cherokee national fund, thirty-two thousand four Ch¤¤>k¤¢¤· hundred and eighty dollars.