1006 FIFPY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 994. 1903. general repairs and improvements, two thousand dollars; for additional compensation to the superintendent, acting as physician, three hunillre drrllars; {lor oiliged cg supprintendent, two thousand dollars; for os ita , six thousand dollars; or irri tion lant, ten thousand dollars? in all, forty-six thousand eight huhidred aliud fifty dollars. wgjglf gf,Qf¤ F~**S°’· That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized sensei gum m be to expend a sum not exceeding thirty thousand dollars, or so much }’,§‘,§l,§,_ °“ °f m"" thereofr as may be ngcessagy, optlpf ghe tru? {5:1DdS now in the United States reasuryto the cre it 0 the toe an issouri Indians for the purpose oggpeplting a ichool plant for gre Otoe Indians on their reservation in a oma; t at t is amount ecome immediatel available. '*"¤"P°¤’**“°¤· °'°- For collection and transportation of upils to and fiom Indian schools, and also for the trans ortation of) Indian pupils from all the Indian schools and placing of them, with the consent of their parents, under the care and control of such suitable white families as may in all respects be qualified to give such pupils moral, industrial, and educational trainin , under arrangements in which their ro r care zppporté gnilheducation shall be in exchange for their plabldl, sixty ousan o rs. Su rvinion of ex- ‘ . • · {gi That all expend1ture of money a pioprrated for school purposes in pm um' this Act shall be at all times under Bic su ervision and direction of the Corpmissiloner of Ilppldian Adfairéshaind in all rexects in conformity with suc con itions, es, an re tions as to e conduct and methods of instruction and expenditure of money as may be from time to time _ prescribed by him, subject to the su rvision of the Secretary of the m pe, 0,,,,,, dntl;auripr3)a] , T3:3 pot rplore thdm one hundred and sixty-seven •¤p¤¤¤¢· o s expen or the annua su rt and education of an one pupil in any school herein specifically rliidvided for, except whenq by reason of (ppidgmilc, aceiident, or other sufficient cause the attendance is so re ucc t at a ar er ex nditure is absolute} necessar for the efficient o ration ofgthe sdheool affected, when the Commisli 'sioner of Indian Xdairs, with the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, may allow a larger per capita expenditure, such expenditure T m for mm] to;8opt;i_nuph<;p1y[sIolop1g as titre said neiessity therefpp shall exist: Pm- " _ · m ur , a e o amoun appropriat for the su r ¤£,§§"§§{§,‘§;*,‘{§Q‘P“’ of such school shall notbe exceeded: farther, That the ber of pupils in anyeschool entitled to the per capita allowance hereby provided for shall determined by taking the average enrollment for the entire fiscal year and not any fractional part thereof: Provided also,
- ·“““"’>'· That in preparing implements and room for laundry work, in all Indian
. schools, arrangements shall be made for doing by hand such an amount pif sgi;] woirk as may be sufficient to teach the female pupils the art of an aun wor . P“’°*‘“"° °'”“l’p“°“ Sec. 2. That no urchase of su lies f h' h' wbemvmma. or w rc a ro r1at1 n a herein made, exceelding in the aggliggate five hundreldpdollars ih iiald: at any one tune, shall be made wrt out first giving at least three weeks’ E¤=°°P'*¤¤¤- public notice by advertisement, except in case of exigency, when in the discretion of the Secretary of the Interior, who shall make offiizial record of the facts constituting the exigency, and shall report the same btao mgrolngress at its réext session, he may direct that purchases _ may e in o n mar et m amount not excecdin three - f;’,,"‘8':g{;¤_ dollars at any onlie purchase: Provided, That supplis mayuhleuiiilril chased, contracts let, and labor employed for the construction of artesian wells, ditches, and other works for irrigation, in the discretion of Adam ml my t the Slecrpmrygfltpe Inltericriré wrtilialougzdvertising as herielinbefore prom m° _ 0 vi e : rom e ur ew, a e mmissioner of dian a.' he mn may, in his discretion, pay any field matron, on account of merigliidfrlss hmmm fm I services, an addition o ten dollars per month to the fifty dollars as dum · "* '*‘ provided for m this Act: ANd])7'0Q*Ld0dfiMTt]&€7‘, That as far- as practicable Indian labor shall be employed an purchase in the open market made from Indians, under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior:
