356 F IFI`Y—NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 3504-. 1906. said Indians; to be expended in such manner and to whatever extent that he may judge to be necessary and expedient for their welfare and t interest. C"*“”“°“-°*°· b0I•`or interest on seventy-eight thousand three hundred and forty dollars and forty-one cents, at live per centum per annum, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior for the erection of houses, improvement of their allotments of land, purchase of stock, agricultural irnlplements, seeds, and other beneficial ob]ects, three thousand nine hun red and seventeen dollars and two cents; In all·, forty-four thousand one hundred and sixty-two dollars and fort —seven cents. _ _ s,£:;*:;g’=,,*•> 5****** Tiiat the Secretary of the Interior be, and he IS hereby, authorized and directed, under such rules and regulations as he may prescribe, to y to the Santee Sioux Indians in Nebraska and the Ponca Indians in Nhbraska the shares of said Indians in the principal permanent fund appropriated and placed in the Treasury of the nited States to the credit of the Sioux Nation of Indians by the seventeenth section of the V¤1·25. i>·896· Act of Congress approved March secon , eighteen hundred eighty-nine (Statutes at Large, volume twenty-five, page eight hundred and ninety- §ff__‘f;,, mmm_ five): Provided, That the shares of minors until they become of age, ucc. and the shares of incompetents, shall remain in the Treasury, and the interest on such shares may, in the discretion of the Secretary of the Interior, be paid to the parents or legally appointed guardians of such minors and incom tents under such regulations as he may prescribe; or hemay direct thft the share of any minor or incompetent to be paid to the parent or legal uardian, on the recommendation of the (mm- _ _ missioner of Indian Afgiirs, if deemed necessar for their best intermg,',Q"‘°l‘“”¥ ¥"‘Y‘ ests: Provided further, That the Secretary of the Interior may withhold any of the yments herein provide for if in his judgment it _ would be to the gst interests of the member entitled to said payment c,§P}':‘,,,,‘:{,,j'Q,’_;‘f"'· to do so. And so much of the Act of April twenty—iirst, nineteen vb!. ss, p. 201. hundred and four (volume thirty-three, Statutes at Large, page two °m°°d°d' hundred and one), as relates to retaining minors` and incompetents’ shares in the Treasury is hereby amended so as to permit the shares of the tribal trust funds belonging to minors or incompetents to be paid in like manner to the parents or legal guardians. ,0Fmpl;°m,’{}’,f'},§T That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized,
- 0**** in his discretion, to issue fee-simple patents to the following parties
for the lands heretofore allotted them: Reuben Cabana, Lewis Dick, Margaret La Flesche Diddock, Henry Warner, Roy Owens D. Smbler, Ne ka ga he, or Noah La F lcschc, Taingena Cook. Juines B. Atkin, Omaha allottees; Millie Ned`, Sac and box ullottce; Louis Dick and Ida C. Shott. Elsie Grace Pilcher, William ll. Campbell, Hcurv Guitar, Harriet L. Pilcher, Me khu bac, or Anna Marv Walker, Omaha allottees numbered nine hundred and sixty-two,'nine hundred and sixteen, four hundred and ninety-two, eight hundred and _ ninety-two, four hundred and twenty, three hundred and sixtv- “"”“°*’°·¥°‘** six, and three_ hundred and sixty-nine, respectively; David Saiht Cyr, Daniel Rice. Alexander Saint Cy r, Charles Raymond, Louis Armell, Louis Saint Cyr, Mrs. Elsie E. Paulson, nee Perrv. Mrs. Henrietta Lemmon, and Henry Lemmon, lVinnebago allottees numbered two hundred and forty-eight, four hundred and nineteen. one hundred and thirty-nine, three hundred and thirty-eight, two hundred and thirtyseven. two hundred and forty-five, five hundred and ll1ll(‘, one hundred and thirty-two, and one hundred and thirty-six. roman. respectively; Mary · Whiting, Ponca (Nebraska) allottee numbered eleven: Rosa Baker, Emma M. Post, Marv Knudsen, Bertha F. Knudsen; Butlalo Chip, ilihite Dog, Frank Sherman, Runs Bowing or “'illiam Elk, \V|'lliam Pear, and Mary Lesor, Ponca (Nebraska) allottces numbered thirty-mnc, one hundred and six, twenty, two, one hundred, eighty-
