Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 41 Part 1.djvu/30

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SIXTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 4. 1919. 9 For reimbursement of A. R. Snyder for expenses incurred by him ggliflggggjgm in re airin his personal automobile which was damaged while used ` on 0§1cial gusiness, $27.20. _ v_ _ For improving springs, drilling wells, and otherwise developing and ,,§§§‘,f{,'g,‘§,],§,{,’S‘f,,§Z‘{°*‘ conserving water for the use of stock, including the purchase, construction, and installation of pumping machinery, tanks, troughs, and other necessary equipment, for necessary investigations and surveys for the purpose of increasing the availab e grazing range on unallotted lands on Indian reservations, $50,000. That the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized, wherever t,,’Q*e$“,}u‘{{,’f,‘,§§§““ °‘ in his discretion such action would be for the best interest of the Indians, to cause a final roll to be made of the membership of any Indian tribe; such rolls shall contain the ages and quantum of Indian ,,,§§°"‘ °‘ °°¥"°"°d blood, when a proved by the said Secretary are hereby declared to constitute thellegal memberslukp of the respective tribes for the fpurse of segregating the tribal unds as provided in section 28 o the v°"‘°*’· 59* Edian Appropriation Act approved May 25, 1918 (Fortieth Statutes at Large, pages 591 and 592), and shall be conclusive both as to _ es and quantum of Indian blood: Provided, That the foregging §,C,°§;§'{;,mpt€d_ iigall not apply to the Five Civilized Tribes or to the 0 Indians, or to the Chippewa Indians of Minnesota, or the nominee Indians of Wisconsin. R H d t That all of the provisions of an act entitled "An act for the relief asa';. r°° gran S of Indians occupyin railroad lands in Arizona, New Mexico, or m§§a“é'§¤“§§*"k°gQm;° California," approved March 4, 1913 (Thirty-seventh Statutes at et? ?¤§;¤d¤<;b07_ V l' Large, page 1007), as extended by the act ayiproved April 11, 1916 3»,§.°48.’*` ’ °` (Thirty-ninth Statutes at Lago, page 48), e, and the same are hprhiby, Extended for a period one year from and after the 4th day 0 arc , 1919. That section 2138 of the Revised Statutes of the United States is stdiiigarhigkmif m` hereby amended so as to read as follows: "That where restricted ,,§°*"‘*°*‘“"°°‘°*°‘· Indians are in possession or control of live stock purchased for or 37;*- S-, gig 2138. x>- issued to them y the Government, or the increase therefrom, such ’°m°° ‘ stock shall not be sold, transferred, mortgaged, or otherwise disposed of, except with the consent in writing) of the superintendent or other officer in charge of the tribe to whic the owner or possessor of the live stock belongs, and all transactions in violation of this provision Bmdmp shall be void. All such live stock so purchased or issued and the increase therefrom belonging to restricted Indians and grazed in the Indian country shall be branded with the I D or reservation brand of mmm, mmmd_ the Lurisdiction to which the owners of such stock belong, and shall not _ e removed from the Indian countgl except with the consent in wrrting of the superintendent or other 0 cer in charge of the tribe to which the owner or vpossessor of such live stock belongs, or by order of the Secretary of ar, m connection with the movement of troops. Every person who violates the provisions of this section by selling or ;,§.§‘.Y,i?hm°°t ‘°' "°' otherwise disposing of such stock, purchasingi; or otherwise acquiring an interest therein, or by removing such stoc from the Indian co1m— try, shall be in any sum not more than $1,000, or imprisoned for not more than six months, or both such fine and imprisonment? Anrzom mn Naw Mzaxrco. Mm Sec. 2. For support and civilization of Indians in Arizona and New r¤?iii°·l)°1i.;i»¤:°irsIi.Z.°iie°i°S Mexico, including ay of emplotyees, $330,000. Fm Sch I For surggt and education o one hundred and fifty Indian pupils M°j“"° °°' at the In school at Fort Mojave, Arizona, and for pay of supergntendent, $35,050; for general repairs and improvements, $3,800; ¤¤ ell. $38.850. ·H$1°·-—2l—··-3