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FIFTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. 1. Ch. 598. 1900. 2 39 For operating one portable steam sawmill on the Nez Percé Indian tigflegdiggé Emm- Reservation, Idaho, and for necessary repairs to the same, one thou- ’ ` sand five hundred dollars. I For pay of physician, New York Agency, six hundred dollars. New Y·>=k As¢¤¤r- For the purpose of cariéying out the provisions of the Act of June N§{’)g*¤h;>¤¤g· 0¤r¤·;}1¤· seventh, eighteen hundre ‘ and ninety-seven, "that the Secretary of mz-. " pp Wm °° the Interior shall, within one year after the assage of this Act, estab- V°l‘3°’*’·75· lish and thereafter maintain, at the city oi) Omaha, in the State of Nebraska, a warehouse for Indian supplies, from which distributions shall be made to such Indian tribes of the Westand Northwest as the Secretary of the Interior may direct," ten thousand dollars. _ . To enable the President to cause, under the provisions of the Act of c__. Sgfvgizips ¤¤d¤11<>t» February eighth, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, entitled "An mif¤ii124,pi13*§i;Y°r°l”' Act to rovide for the allotment of lands 1H severalty to lndians," such Indian reservations as in his judgment are advantageous for agricultural and grazing purposes to be surveyed or resurveyedpfor the purposes of said Act, and to complete the allotment of the same, includin the necessary clerical wor incident thereto in the Held and in the O%ce of Indian Affairs, and delivery of trust patents, so far as ai11§tments shall have been selected under said Act, thirty thousand o ars. For construction of ditches and reservoirs, purchaseand use of irri- W¤rk¤ ¤firris·m¤n. · gating tools and appliances, and purchase of water rights on Indian reservations, in the discretion of the Secretary of the Interior and r subject to his control, fifty_ thousand dollars: Provided, That the Sec- . retary of the Interior may employ superintendents of irrigation, who periiiiieiidgiilclildinllil shall be skilled irrigation engineers, not to exceed two, as in his judg- ”°d·. ment may be necessary to secure the construction of ditchesand other - rirrigation works in a substantial and workmanlike manner; and also Clerk. one elerk in the Ofhce of Indian Affairs, at a salary of one thousand dollars per annum. _ - » For survey and subdivision of Indian reservationspand of lands to be Surveys and allotallotted to Indians, and to make allotments in severalty, to be expended m°m' by the Commissioner-of Indian Affairs, under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, twenty thousand dollars. » _ ' For compensation of the commissioner authorized by the Indian uglusgllip Reservaappropriation Act approved June seventh, `eighteen hundred and ninety- cdmgtsnéati on or seven, to superinten the sale of land and so forth, of the Puyallup §,§,"g§j'*“°°°’ *0 **1 Indian Reservation, Washinlgton, who shall continue the work as therein V<>1.30.p.87. provided, two thousand dollars.` _ For continuin the work of transferring the Indian depredation lisdian depredmou claims from the %)Hice of Indian Aifairs to the Court of C aims and ° wsfertocourt or making a record of the same, and for the proper care and custody of Cl‘“”“’· - the papers and records relatin thereto, under the provisions of the V¤1.26,p.&51. Act a roved March third, eiggteen hundred and ninety-one (Twenty- ‘ sixth gliatutes at Large, page eight hundred and fifty-one), four thousand six hundred dollars. · · For the survey of lands in the Pine Ridge, Rosebud, and Standing véE§P§;¤¤ghgfRs$¤r- Rock Indian reservations, in South Dakota, and for examination in the a¤l»si»¤a§’a¤a8 suiniqii Held of the surveys, the sum of twenty-two thousand dollars, to be }§‘§m_I§?§,l;k_R°?°'** immediately available and for clerical work and stationery in the office Rchevetgne River of surve or- eneral, required on surve s within the Cheyenne River, °S°m °°' Pine Rid e, Rosebud, and Standin Roch Indian reservations, in South Dakota, gm sum of three `thousa1% tw_o hundred dollars. In all, the. . _ sum of twenty-five thousand two hundred dollars, reimbursable under V<>1·25.p-888. the provisions of the Act of March second, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine. i ‘ _ I . For the e uipment and maintenance of the asylum for insane Indians Gum:}. S. D¤k·. inat Canton, South Dakota, for incidental and other expenses necessary Sane W um' for its proper conduct and management, including pay of employees,