326 FIFTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 3504. 1906. mfgggm °° '¤*¤“°¤ Mission schools on an Indian reservation may, underrules and reg- ` · ulations prescribed by the Commissioner of In 1an Affairs, receive for such Indian children duly enrolled therein, the rations of food and clothing to which said children would be entitled under treaty stipulations if such children were living with their parents. _ .C*>*¤**¤*!*cg,¤ *"°¤¤· Thatpriorto the ex iration of the trust period of any Indian allottee mn rr um to whom a. trust or otiher patent containing restrictions igion alienation has been or shall be issued under any law or treaty the resident may in his discretion continue such restrictions on alienation for such period Qgggfaemmw gx_ as he may deem best: Promfdod, however, That this shall not apply to were- lands in the Indian Territory. Undef IHBSGGRLITY SECRETARY_
- ""°””°°’““PP‘*‘*” That no urchase of su lies for which appropriations are herein
W M Mmmm` made, exccgdin in the aglgliiegate Eve hundr•id)doIlars in value at any one time, shall ge made without first giving at least three weeks’ pub- E‘"°*’“°“· lic notice by advertisement, except in case of exigency, when, in the discretion of the Secretary of die Interior, who shal make official record of the facts constituting the exigency, and shall report the same toCongress at its next session, he may direct that purchases maybemade _ in open market in amount not exceeding three thousand dollars at any f,',.,‘?Qf,‘§{;,,_ one purchase: Provided, That supplies may bexpurchased contracts let and labor employed for the construction of artesian wells, ditches, and other works for irrigation, in the discretion of the Secretary of the Interior, without advertising as hereinbefore provided: Provided c,,%§ff,‘Q,‘Q"‘°' P'"' further, That as far as practicable Indian labor shall be employed and purchases in the open market made from Indians, under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior. mE:;tg£m¤*g;‘,fdé*:f That the Secretary of the Interior, under the direction of the Prescies ident, may use any surplus that may remain in any of the appropriations herein made for the purchase of subsistence for the several Indian tribes, to an amount not exceeding twenty-five thousand dollars in the aggregate, to supply any subsistence deficiency that may occur: ,{’;·>°‘:i°g,d,vem,0ns Provided, That any diversions which shall be made under authority of pnthis section shall be reported to Congress with the reason therefor in detail, at the session of Congress next succeeding such diversion: Steck cwiedfrom Providedjiw·the2·, That the Secretary of the Interior, under direction ""°`m°"°°m° S` of the President, ma use any sums appropriated in this Act for subsistence, and not absoihtel y necessary for that purpose, for the purchase of stock cattle for the benetit of the tribe for which such appropriation is made, and shall report to Congress, at its next session thereafter, T"°“‘Y "’"“"· an account of his action under this provision: I ‘r·omIded_f}:rt}•er, That S k m to funds ayiropriated to tultill treaty obligations shall not he so used: m}..f,2° °" ° Provide _/‘}u·t/ver, That in lieu of the milch cows, mares, and implements to be issued to Sioux allottees under the provisions of section V¤1.25. p-8% seventeen of the "Act to divide a portion of the reservation of the Sioux nation of Indians in Dakota into separate reservations and to secure the relinquishment of the Indian title to the remainder, and for other purposes," approved March second, eighteen hundred and eighty- nine, the Secretary of the Interior may, in his discretion, issue to any allottee entitled to benefits under said section who shall petition therefor an equal value imgood stock cattle. Wgirczngvggrgrgep That the homeste settlers on all ceded Indian reservations in ` ‘Minnesota who purchased the lands occupied by them as homesteads be, and they hereby are, granted an extension of one vear’s time in which to make the payments now provided by law. I fofggifg; Bfyds That when not required for the purpose for which appropriated, the funds herein provided for the pay of specified employees at any agency may be used by the Secretary of the Interior for the pay of other
