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be available for the maintenance, repair, and operation (including the exchange of necessary parts and accessories in part payment for new parts and accessories) of motor-propelled and horse-drawn pas- senger-carrying vehicles for the use of employees in the Indian field service, and the transportation of Indian school pupils, and not to exceed $300,000 of applicable appropriations may be used for the purchase and exchange of motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicles, and such vehicles shall be used only for official service, including the transportation of Indian school pupils. prperydenstroyedfb Replacement of property destroyed by fire, flood, or storm: That ire, etc. to meet possible emergencies not exceeding $35,000 of the appropria- tions made by this Act for support of reservation and nonreservation schools, for school and agency buildings, and for conservation of health among Indians shall be available, upon approval of the Secre- tary of the Interior, for replacing any buildings, equipment, supplies, livestock, or other property of those activities of the Indian Service above referred to which may be destroyed or rendered unserviceable eport to Congress. by fire, flood or storm: Provided, That any diversions of appropria- tions made hereunder shall be reported to Congress in the annual Budget. Attendance atmeet Authorization for attending health and educational meetings: Not to exceed $7,000 shall be available from applicable funds for expenses (not membership fees) of employees of the Indian Service when authorized by the Secretary of the Interior to attend meetings of medical, health, educational, agricultural, forestry, engineering, and industrial associations in the interest of work among the Indians. INDIAN LANDS Pueblo Idian Compensation to non-Indian claimants, Pueblo Indian lands, New Compensation to Mexico: For carrying out the provisions of the Act of March 28, non-ndanclaimants. 1939 (53 Stat. 553), in supplemental settlement of the liability of the United States to non-Indian claimants on Indian Pueblo grants 43 tat.636 . whose claims, extinguished under the Act of June 7, 1924, have been found entitled to awards under said Act as supplemented by the Act of May 31, 1933 (48 Stat. 108), $9,826.05, to remain available until Apportionment. expended, to be apportioned to claimants within the several Pueblos as follows: Taos, $9,733.05; San Felipe, $93. Navajo Indian urchass, Arizona, reimbursable: Ariz. Arizona, reimbursable: Purchaseoland. The unexpended balance of the appropriation contained in the Defi- a. . ciency Appropriation Act, fiscal year 1934, for the purchase of land, and improvements thereon, including water rights, for the Navajo Indians in Arizona, as authorized by and in conformity with the provisions of the Act of June 14, 1934 (48 Stat. 961), is hereby con- tinued available for the same purposes until June 30, 1941. w urchbaof f land Purchase of land for the Navajo Indians, Arizona (tribal funds): The unexpended balance of the appropriation of $40,000 from funds to the credit of the Navajo tribe, contained in the Interior Depart- tat.300 . ment Appropriation Act, fiscal year 1939, for the purchase, in accord- ance with the provisions of the Act of June 14, 1934 (48 Stat. 961) of lands from the New Mexico and Arizona Land Company within the Navajo Indian Reservation, Arizona, is hereby continued avail- able for the same purpose and under the same conditions until June 30, 1941. Nag of ands to Leasing of lands for Navajo Indians (tribal funds): For lease, pending purchase, of land and water rights for the use and benefit of Indians of the Navajo Tribe in Arizona and New Mexico, $20,000, payable from funds on deposit to the credit of the Navajo Tribe. AcquiLon ofnds For the acquisition of lands, interest in lands, water rights and surface rights to lands, and for expenses incident to such acquisition 414 PUBLIC LAWS--CH. 395--JUNE 18, 1940 [54 STAT.