216 FIF1`Y—E1GHTH CONGRESS. Sess. ll. Ch. 1402. 1904. "'°¤’P°"·““°“· °‘°· For collection and transportation of pupils to and from Indian schools, and also for the transportation of Indian pupils from all the Indian schools and placing of them, with the consent of their parents, under the care and control of such suitable white families as may in all respects be qualified to give such pupils moral, industrial, and educational training, under arrangements in which their proper care, sup- . and education shall be in exchange for their labor, sixty thousand o rs. S" ’“‘°“ °* °*‘ That all ex nditure of mone appropriated for school pur oses in pemgélm this Act shallphbe at all times under the sh rvision and directioh of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, and in allcrespects in conformity with such conditions, rules, and regulations as to the conduct and methods of instruction and expenditure of money as may be from time to time rescribed by him subject to the approval of the Secretary of the ggwi r mmm Interior: Provided; That not more than one hundred and sixty-seven expense. W dollars shall be expended for the annual support and education of any one pupil in any school herein specifically provided for, except when, by reason of epidemic, accident, or other sufficient cause the attendance is so reduced that a la r expenditure is absolutely necessary for the eilicient egieration of This school aiiected, when the Commissioner of Indian A airs, with the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, may allow a larger per ca ita expenditure, such expenditure to continue WN M ··=l¤¤>l- only so long as the necessity therefor shall exist: Prouidedfin·t/ner · That the total amount appro riated for the support of such school shall Qgffgljejggmgf not be exceeded: }’romded_/liutloer, That the number of pu ils in an N Pschool entitled to the per capita allowance hereby provided for shall be determined by taking the average enrollment for the entire Hscal ¥·¤¤¤d¤'Y W°*- year and not any fractional part thereof: Provided aZso, That in preparing implements and room for laundry work in all Indian schools arrangements shall be made for doin by hand such an amount of said Keri; as maykbe sufficient to teach tge female pupils the art of hand un ry wor . ,,,iT,,‘f,"’ f"’li°' 2. That no purchase of supplies for which approppiations are herein made, exceeding in the aggregate five hundre do rs in value at any one time, shall be made WI out first giving at least three weeks’ F~*¤¤v¤¤¤¤· public notice by advertisement, except in case of exigency, when, in the discretion of the Secretary ofp the Interior, who shall make official record of the facts constituting the exigency,·and shall report the same to Congress at its next session, he may direct that purchases _ maylbe n1ade in open market in amount not exceeding three thousand §',$g§‘§*};,,_ dol rs at any one purchase: Provided, That sup lies may be purchased, contracts let, and labor employed for the construction of artesian wells, ditches, and other works for irrigation, in the discretion of the Secretary of the Interior, without ndvertisin as hcreinbefore m§’}Q§fT“““ i" °*’°" provided: ITO'!‘l'(,Z€(Z_flII'{h(’7', That as far as practicableIndian labor shall etpmplloygd and purchzse§n the open hnarket made from Indians, un er the irection of theicretarv of the nterior. ,,,§,§§c§“'§l}§},§$,Y Sec. 3. _T hat the Secretary of the Interior may use an surplus that ¤l<**~ may remain in any of the said appropriations herein madle for the purchase of subsistence for the several Indian tribes, to an amount not exceeding twenty-five thousand dollars in the aggre ate. to supply ,Q;’;g;>*- nf amp any subsistence eiiciency that may occur: Provided, That any diver- ¤¤·»¤··. sions which shall be made under authority of this section shall be Pmhm of mock reported in detail, and the reason therefor, to Congress, at the session wma from S,,,,,,,,,, ot Congress next succeeding such diversion: Provided fie7·Mw·. That °°°‘—" *“’P'“¤· the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, subject to the approval of the Secretaq of the Interior, may use any sums appropriated in this Act for subsistence, and not absolutely necessary for that purpose. for the purchase of stock cattle for the benefit of the tribe for which such
