FIFTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 888. 1902. 265 improvements unless in his judgment the valuation thereof is fair and jus . For pay of one special attorixigy for the Pueblo Indians of New P¤¤b1o_I¤•1i¤¤¤. Mexico one thousand five hund dollars, and for necessary travel- N${l$i$,§§°i°' - ing and incidental expenses of such special attornev for the Pueblo Indians of New Mexico, five hundred ollars: Provided, That of said §,,'g’,t*‘gpmm amount the sum of two hundred dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, shall be available for expenses incurred by said attorney . during the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and three; in all, two thousand dollars. _ The Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized to pay to the ,,£f°§§];“d M"°°“‘ Otoe and Missouria tribe of Indians of O lahoma, immediately upon brgynmlgntl f<>r Ncthe passage of this Act, the sum of fifty thousand dollars, or so much von. 31,¤p.59. thereof as may be necessary, out of any money to their credit in the Treasury of the United States, under such regulations as he may pre~ scribe, in the settlement of their claim for lands sold for them in the Stgte ogh Nebraska. d f b dg d h h Om}; or e construction an re ir 0 ri es an ap roac es thereto ¤ wd Wi¤¤<>- on the Omaha and Winnebagopiligency, in the State df Nebraska, ten gié.N°br` thousand dollars to be paid out of the funds in the Treasury of the United States belongin to the Omaha and Winnebago Indians. ‘ The Secretary of theglnterior is hereby authorized, in his discretion, to permit the construction of a free bridge to span the narrows of . Devils Lake, in the State of North Dakota, at a point on the south shore of Devils Lake sixty-six chains and "seventy links due north and thirty-three chains and thirty links due west of the southeast corner of section twently-three in township one hundred and fifty-two north of range sixty-t ree west of the fifthtprincipal meridian. If said bridge sha abut on an Indian allotment, e consent of the allottee shall first be obtained. The Secretary may also authorize the taking of stone from the shores of the lake on the reservation side in the construction of the said bridge. _ For the construction of two bridges, one over Big Soldier Creek ,,,$§{f§,‘{l“,'ff,','};$ 1** and one over Little Soldier Creek, on the Pottowatomie Indian Reser— B¤¤¤¤¤· vation, in Jackson County, Kansas, three thousand dollars. ,_ To enable the Secretary of the Interior to purchase additional land 2.'}$§,f‘L1,..°l,}s‘;,,,,,,;,,, from an Oneida Indian allottee or allottees of Wisconsin for the use I¤‘“°¤ =°”°°*· of the Oneida Indian school, one thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to be paid to said allottee or allottees; and the allottee or allottees from whom said land may be purchased are hereby authorized and empowered to sell and convey the same to the United States for said purpose. That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized Ij,f.§Q’j,‘m,{,“b‘,}§,f,f‘“· and directed to investigate the claims of the members of the Lower kgzimn for P¤>P¤¤Y Brule hand of Sioux Indians for loss of propeipy resulting from their ' forcible removal from their homes south of 'hite River, in South Dakota, in the year eighteen hundred and ninety-three, and to determine what amounts they may be justly and equitably entitled to for the loss of such property, and to certify the same to the Secretary of the Treasury; and the Secretary of the reasury is hereby authorized P°"°°°°‘ and directed to pay such sums so certified to him by the Secretary of the Interior to members of the Lower Brule band of Indians as aforesaid. And the sum of one thousand five hundred dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for this purpose. _ That the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized, with the §',§§,§‘,}§l,‘Q;‘“;,, 0,,, consent of the tr1be, to distribute the cattle belonving to the Crow ¤<>- tribe, known as the "common herd " and held as such under the ninth article of the agreement with said tribe of December eighth, eighteen hundred and ninety, ratified by the Act of March t ird, eighteen V0l.26,p.1041.
