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FIFTY-SECOND CONGRESS. Sess. II. C11. 209. 1893. 631 members thereof under the provisions of said act, and now living, oneeight of a section of the residue lands held by that tribe in common, instead of one-sixteenth of a section, as therein provided, and to allot in severaltry to each allottee under said act, now living, who received only one-sixteenth of a section thereunder, an additional one-sixteenth of a section of such residue lands: Provided., That the allotments so Prana. made shall be subject to the same conditions, restrictions, and limita- C<>¤di¢i<>¤¤· ¤¤¤· tions provided for in sections six, seven, and eight of said act, touch- V<>1 22, p· 341 ing allotments and patents to allottees therein mentioned: And pro- Expenses. vided, That the expenses incurred in making the allotments hereby authorized shall be defrayed out of the funds appropriated for survey- ing and allotting Indian reservations. That the town or city of Kingfisher, in Oklahoma Territory shall be, Tglugjgyjfkgjafs and hereby is, authorized and permitted to purchase, for cemetery pur- iamrfm- tammy. poses, the southwest quarter of the southwest quarter of section sixteen, in township sixteen north, and range seven west, of Indian meridian (upon which there have been buried about one hundred and fifty of its dead), at such price and upon such terms and conditions as may be fixed by the Secretary of the Interior, upon application by the proper authorities therefor. To enable the Secretary of the Interior, in his discretion, to pay the laigymenggf cpe uf legal costs incurred by Indians in contests initiated by or against them, ,,§,;.,.,€‘E,.;i,,§,_ Y °r to any entry, illing, or other claims, under the laws of Congress relating to public lands, for any sufficient cause affecting the legality or validity of the entry, tiling or claim, five thousand dollars: Provided, P*·•·>*··· That the fees to be paid by and on behalf of the Indian party in any 0¤¤-*=¤1f fwcase shall be one-half of the fees provided by law in such cases, and said fees shall be paid by the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, with the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, on an account stated by the ·*°°°¤¤*¤· proper land officers through the Commissioner of the General Land Oifice. In all states and Territories where there are reservations or _ _ allotted Indians the United States District Attorney shall represent m},’Q;f;f{{n“d‘;;‘;‘;Y°“ them in all suits at law and in equity. _ _ Irrigation, Indian reservations: For the construction, purchase and I"‘g““°"‘ ~ use of irrigating machinery and appliances on Indian reservations in the discretion of the Secretary of the Interior forty thousand dollars: Prorided, That of this sum a sufficient amount may be used to sink mus one artesian well at each of the three following places, namely: Rose- ` bud Reservation, Standing Rock Reservation and Pine Ridge Reservation, in South Dakota, neither of said wells to cost more than five Limit •>f cost thousand dollars. ` That the agreement entered into by Robert S. Gardner, United States Y$jjf:;":_*j{}” ,5;;:* Indian inspector, on the part of the United States, duly appointed by \\‘¤¤1.1¤gm¤fm1ua1f the Secretary of the Interior in that behalf, of the one part, and the °°"‘ head chief, chiefs, headmen, and delegates of the Yakama and other confederated tribes and bands of Indians, residing on the I akama Indian reservation, in the State of W;1slii11gt»on, of the other part, bearing date the thirteenth day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five, and now on file in the office of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, is hereby accepted, ratified, and confirmed: Provided, That the Northern Pacific Railroad Company, {,’;°};;;{M0r hmm its successors or assigns shall, within sixty days from the taking effect or illness hymn-nl. Of this act, pay to the Treasurer of the United States the sum of eight °"’ P°°’°° R"“‘l’°°‘°‘ thousand two hundred and ninety-five dollars and eighty—cents for the use and beneht of said Yakama and other confederated tribes and bands of Indians residing on the Yakama Reservation, in the State of VVashington, five thousand three hundred and nine dollars whereof _ Shall be expended for the benefit of said Indians in such manner as the E‘p°°d““’°· Secretary of the Interior may direct, and the balance, or two thousand nine hundred and eighty-six dollars and eighty cents, shall be expended for the benefit of such individual Indians, or their heirs, or paid to