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594 FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 545. 1868. be approved by him, for the faithful and continuous execution of such contract as provided therein. P¤pb1¤·I¤r1i¤~.N¤w To enable the Secretary of the Interior to employ a special attorney u°"°°‘ for the Pueblo Indians of New Mexico, one thousand ive hundred dol- _ -1¤ga1ssm¤s•m. lars; and to pay for legal services heretofore rendered said Indians, live hundred dollars; in all, two thousand dollars, to be immediately available. omhu Hxmmion- That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized to ..»mmp1i¤g ¤r_mp~ cause to be assembled at the city of Omaha, in the State of Nebraska, ,§‘;§°gZ‘,@gf°“ °‘ "‘°”°" at such time and for such period as he may designate, between the ilrst days of June and November, anno Domini eighteen hundred and ninety- eight, representatives of different Indian tribes, as a part of the Transmississippi and International Exposition, to be held at the city of Omaha, in the State of Nebraska, pursuant to an Act of Congress entitled “An Act to authorize and encourage the holding of a transmississippi and international exposition at the city of Omaha, in the State of Nebraska, V0l.2,p.3S2. in the year eighteen hundred and ninety-eight," approved June tenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-six, for the purpose of illustrating the past

  • and present conditions of the various Indian tribes of the United States,

and the progress made by education, and such other matters and things as will fully illustrate Indian advancement in civilization, the details of Apprcrrinnvn- which shall be in the discretion of the Secretary of the Interior. And for the purpose of carrying into effect this provision the sum of forty thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise approumu priated; but the Secretary of the Interior is hereby prohibited from "making, or causing to be made, any expenditure or creating any liability on behalf of the United States in excess of the sum hereby appropriated. wsaswonawunoe That the inhabitants of the town of Wadsworth, in the county of °{{g‘Yg§;°{,;,, _,,,,,_ Washoe, State of Nevada, be, and they are hereby, authorized to pro- Aoinnisiiion étmlo coed and acquire title to the town site of such town under the provi- "°“"'“ """‘ sions of section twentythree hundred and eighty-two of chapter eight of the Revised Statutes of the United States, relating to the reservation and sale of town sites on the public lands, and on compliance with the provisions of such town-site laws the inhabitants of said town of ¥Vadsworth shall acquire title in manner and form as provided by the mm:. statutes aforesaid: Provided, That the proceeds of the sale of the land ,mf’_{j°§g“,je°f,;“,{°,§f in such town site shall be paid into the Treasury, and be used by the Pinto Iudi=¤¤s.¤¢¤· Secretary of the IHtE1‘l0I' fOr the Pillte Indians of the Pyramid Lake I,,,,,,,,,,, r,.,,,, t,, Reservation: Provided further, That if there are any Indians residing r··r¤¤·=¤¤- ° in said town and in possession of lots of ground with improvements, they shall have the same rights of purchase under the town·site laws Reservation mm. as white citizens: And prorided further, That the tract of land situated ¢<>**¤ i¤·· near to and north of the town of Wadsworth, and upon which is located the Pyramid Lake Indian schoolhouse, containing one hundred and ten acres, more or less, shall be, and hereby is, reserved from the town site hereby established, unless it shall be determined by the Secretary of the Interior that said tract is not needed for Indian school purposes. consmwiaon of For ascertaining the depth of the hed rock at a place on the Gila

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,_*i*ljjr**;\);*;l¤gaf;tj}; River in Gila County, Arizona. known as The Buttes, and particularly

siacatou 1=¤¤»r=·¤¢¤¤¤'T described in Senate Document Numbered Twenty-seven, Fifty-fourth Congress, second session, and for ascertaining the feasibility, and estimating in detail the cost, of the construction of a dam across the river at that point for purpose of irrigating the Sacaton Reservation, and for ascertaining the average daily flow of water in the river at that point, twenty thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, the same to be expended by the Director of the United States Geological Survey, under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior: rms.-.. Prorulerl, That nothing herein shall be construed ns in any way comm;;{[;‘;;,,$°ff,€S?g‘[jf mitting the Vnited States to the construction of said dam. And said ¤nu.·n·.¤_ _ _ Director shall also ascertain and report upon the feasibility and cost ,,,j{,“{,‘§,‘},§,{?"" ‘"'"°` of the Queen Creek project mentioned in said Senate Document,