Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 39 Part 1.djvu/148

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SIXTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 125. 1916. 127 held by them, and in hearings set by the United States local land officers to determine the rights of Indians to public lands, $1,000: Promkied, That no part of this appropriation shall be used in the §{,°§‘§‘f;,,,,,,,.,,,,8_ payment of attorney? fees. or expenses of the Board of Indian Commissioners, $10,000. Ci**¤c¤ wmmissim For pay of Indian police, including chiefs of police at not to exceed I¤dj¤¤ P¤¤<>¢· $50 per month each and privates at not to exceed $30 per month each to be employed in maintaining order, for purchase of equipments and supplies an for rations for po cemen at nonration avencies, $200,000. . or pay of judges of Indian courts where tribal relaations now exist, mfxtsdgw ¤! I¤di¤¤ $8,000. ` For pa of s ecial a ents, at $2,000 per annum; for travelin and °°¤:*¤¢¤¤*¤¤r>¤¤¤¤¤- incidental7expeiises of guch special agents, including sleeping-cing fare, Am ’ p` m' and a per diem of not to exceed $3 in lieu of subsistence, in the discretion of the Secretary of the Interior, when actually employed on duty in the field or ordered to the seat of government; for transportation and incidental expenses of officers and clerks of the Office of Indian Affairs when traveling on official duty; for pay of emplo ees not otherwise provided for; and for other necessary e uses ofy the Indian Service for which no other appropriation is availxlg $135,000. For pay of six Indian Service inspectors, exclusive of, one chief ,p$‘§,L‘f" S°"*°° ‘”' inspector, at salaries not to exceed $2,500 per and actual traveling expenses, and $3.per diemrin lieu of. subsistence when actually employed on duty in the field, $30,000. Dm h _ For the purpose-of determining the heirs of deceased Indian allot- suamawing °"° °f tees having any right, title, or interest in angagrust or restricted property, under regulations prescribed by the retary of the Interior, $100,000: Provided, That the Secretary of the Interior is hereby au- §{§,'{g°{;, mmm O,_ thorized to use not to exceed $25,000 for the employment of addi- me tional clerks in the Indian Office in connection with the work of determining the heirs of deceased Indians, and examinin their 0 dl,. C _ wills, -0ut of the $100,000 appropriated herein: Provided _§urther, u»as°$r°$ii»`$s mixgptiiif That the provisions of this para raph shall not apply to the Osage Indians, nor to the Five givilized Tribes of dians , in P wb Oklahoma: And p*ro*vided further, That hereafter upon a determi- or tiiecyxsleigits. y°°°`°°s nation of the hens to any trust or restricted Indian property of the value of $250 or more, or to any allotment, or after approval by the Secretary of any will covering such trust or restricted property, there shall be tpaid by such heirs, or by the beneficiaries under such will, or from e estate of the decedent, or from the proceeds of sale of the allotment, or from any trust funds belon to the A estate of the decedent, the sum of $15, which amount $5 be ac- °°°°°°m' counted for and paid into the Treasury of the United States and a report shall be made annually to Congress by the_Secretary of the Interior, on or before the first Monday of December, of all moneys Pumm { mot collected and deposited, as herein provided: Provided further That mms. _ ° ` if the Secrets of the Interior shall find that any inherited trust allotment or alllbtments are ca able of partition to the advantage of the heirs, he may cause such lands to be partitioned amonig them, me 0, mts in regardless of their competency, patents in fee to be issue to the as. P3 competent heirs for their shares and trust patents to be issued to the incompetent heirs for the lands respectively or jointly set apart to them, the trust period to terminate in accordance wit the terms of the original patent or order of extension of the trust period set out in said patent. . Hm . 8 fum For the purpose of encouraging industry and self-support among mg se., the Indians and to aid them in the culture of fruits, grains, and other mm Ima"' €1`0§§, $300,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to be 1111- me iately available, which sum may be used for the pure use of seed, animals, machinery, tools, implements, and other equipment neces-