Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 41 Part 1.djvu/42

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SIXTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 4. 1919. 21 contract with the St. Louis Mission Boarding School, except that there shall not be expended more than $300 for annual support and education of any one pupil. A The Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized to withdraw ‘ g°”°y °xp°°S°S’ from the Treas of the United States, at his discretion, not to exceed the sumli>1fy$65,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, of the funds on deposit to the credit of the Osage Tribe of Indians m Oklahoma, for the support of the Osage Agency and pay of tribal officers and employees of said agency. The Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized to withdraw ,,0(§ P’°"“°' from the Treas of the United States, at his discretion, not to exceed $35,000 uolfythe fnmds on deposit to the credit of the Osage Tribe of Indians in Oklahoma and to pay out the same for necwsary expenses in connection with oil and gas production on the Osage Reservation, including salaries of employees, rent of quarters for employees, traveling expenses, printing, telegraphing and telephon- ` , and purchase, repair, and ogleration of automob` es. _ mgfhat the revision in the In `an applropriation Act for the fiscal ,,,,,N,§” °“}f’° l’““""‘g· year ending guns 30, 1919, authorizing the expenditure of not exceed- $@0. r- 5% mg $25,000 from unexpended Osage tribal unds heretofore appro- ' prrated for any fiscal year for the use and construction of a fireproof office building for Osage Agency is hereby amended to aprovide that Pore, pp. 426,1241. not exceeding $35,000 of such unexpended Osage trib funds may _ _ be used in the construction of such fnreproof office building, including ,,,,Y“ °' °*d *"“"‘*”g· the removal of the present office building and rearrangement 0 interior of same for emiployees’ quarters. WMM Locke That the Secretary o the Interior is hereby authorized and directed r>¤y—mm£1mm chmto pay from the tribal funds of the Choctaw Indians in Oklahoma to ““' ““““°· Victor M. Locke the sum of $1,290.26 as balance in full due him for salary and expenses as principal chief of the Choctaw Nation. I·‘iveCivi1izedTribes. rrvr: crvrmznn tmmns. Sec. 18. For e nsas of administration of the affairs of the Five ,,,;:‘§§§‘?“‘S"°"°” °" Civilized Tribes,XIO€klahoma, and the compensation of employees, $205,000, of which sum $20,000 shall be available for expenditures from April 1, 1919: Provided, That a report shall be made to Congress §{.'{§§'?,‘§ ,,,,0,, ,,,. by the Superintendent for the Five Civilized Tribes through the <1¤i¤¢¤· Secretary of the Interior, showing in detail the ex enditure of all Su mnmdm ,0 moneys appropriated by this provision: Provided further, That no adjusi: undisputed part of said appropriation shall e used in forwarding the undisputed °“""‘°" claims to be paid from individual moneys of restricted allottees, or their heirs, or in forwarding uncontested 'cultural and mineral wud smmp leases (excluding oil and gas leases) madeag; individual restricted capita. ga Indian allottees, or their eirs, to the Secretary of the Interior for approval, but all such undisputed claims or uncontested leases (except oil and gas leases) now required to be a proved under law by the Secretary of the Interior shall hereaf ter be paid, approv rejected, or disapproved by the Superintendent for the Five Crvilized Tribes of Oklahoma; Provided, however, That any party agrieved ,,,$.?’°"“°"‘°S°”°` gy any decision or order of the Suiperiutendent for the Five vilized rxbes of Oklahoma may appeal rom the same to the Secretary of the Interior within thirty days from the date of said decision or or er. For payment of interest u n certain interest-bearing trust funds i:z1S€°i¤°[¤k;i?1f2¤;.i€°'¤ma l>Bl0¤ging to the Cherokee P§ation, which funds arose from ${10 °“°'°“°°°b°p“‘“°‘ judgment of the Court of Claims of May 18, 1905, in favor of said nation, and were paid mto and retained in the Tre¤m·y of the*United SMWFGQ, as follows, to wit: On the amount of the fund‘whic§ SING “°"°°“““‘L from item 1 of said judgment as such ammmt was `determiuedmud