57 STAT.] 78TH CONG. , IST SESS.-CH. 380-DEC. 23, 1943 of May 20; 1924 (43 Stat. 133-134), $2,000, payable out of funds on deposit in the Treasury to the credit of said tribe of Indians. That the section of the Interior Department Appropriation Act, 1944, approved July 12, 1943 (Public Law 133, Seventy-eighth Congress, page 22), which authorizes and directs the. Secretary of the Interior to purchase United States Treasury War bonds for the membership of the Shoshone Tribe of Indians is hereby amended to read as follows: "That the Secretary of the Interior is authorized and directed, with the consent of the business committee of the Shoshone Tribe of the Wind River Reservation in Wyoming, to purchase one United States Treasury Series E War bond of the denomination of $500 for each member of said Shoshone Tribe according to a roll of said tribe prepared as of July 12, 1943, and approved by the Secretary of the Interior, and to pay the total cost of the bonds so purchased out of the principal of the judgment fund of said tribe in the Treasury. Each bond shall be registered by the Treasury Department in the name of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs in trust for the enrolled member of the Shoshone Tribe for whom purchased and shall be held by the United States until the date of maturity, whereupon said bond shall be redeemed and the proceeds thereof paid to the Indian owner free of any trust or restriction. In the event of the death of the Shoshone owner, the proceeds of said bond at maturity shall be distributed to his devisees or heirs or next of kin as provided by existing law. The Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized and directed to grant permission to the county chairman of the War bond purchase program of Fremont County, Wyoming, in which county the Shoshone Tribe resides, to include the total amount of bonds purchased for the members of said tribe in his quota of War bond sales." BUREAU OF RECLAMATION Water conservation and utility projects: For an additional amount for water conservation and utility projects, fiscal year 1944, including a total limitation of $800,000 for surveys, investigations, plans and specifications, and administrative expenses in connection therewith (of which not to exceed $30,000 shall be available for departmental per- sonal services), as authorized by the Act of August 11, 1939 (16 U. S. C . 590y and 590z), as amended by the Act of July 16, 1943 (Public Law 152), to remain available until expended, $1,000,000. GEOLOGICAL SURVET Gaging streams: For an additional amount for gaging streams, fiscal year 1944, $90,000; and the amount that shall be available only for cooperation with States or municipalities is hereby increased to $1,065,000. BUREAU OF MINES Testing fuel: For an additional amount for testing fuel, fiscal year 1944, including the objects specified under this head in the Interior Department Appropriation Act, 1944, $15,000. Economics of mineral industries: For an additional amount for economics of mineral industries, fiscal year 1944, including the objects specified under this head in the Interior Department Appropriation Act, 1944, $16,000; and the limitation upon the amount that may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbiw is hereby increased to $4Mi50. , Producton of alumina from low-grade .bauxt, alumEum l-ps, and alunite (national defense): For an additional amount for produe- 623 Ante, p. 470. Shoshone Tribe of Wind River Reserva- tion, Wyo. Purchase of Series E War bonds. Ante, p. 477. 53 Stat. 1418. 16 U. S. C., Supp. II, I 60y. Ante, p. M6. Anr, p. 47. Ante, p. 480 . Ast, p. 41.
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