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SIXTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. CHS. 133-135. 1924. lll. appropriated, for ersonal services and other ex enditures in the :‘·d‘“*i°¤¤1 %PP*°P*i· District of Columb£ and elsewhere in connection wlith the arrest and Ziiiiiiiiiiisnmeiiieidwéi eradication of foot-and-mouth disease, rinderpest, contagious pleuro— °"j$’,'}E‘p_ ,0_ pneumonia, or other contagious or infectious disease of animals, in- P°”·PP·"·58·851· cluding the payment of claims growing out of past and future pur- ,0}’“Y%“°¤,* g;m°g§;’j,’ chases and destruction, in cooperation with the States, of animals etc- _ ' affected by or exposed to, or of materials contaminated by or exposed to, any such disease, wherever found and irrespective of ownership, under like or substantially similar circumstances, when such owner has complied with all lawful quarantine regulations, and including necessary investigations to determine whether such diseases have been completely eradicated in districts where they previously Di ti existed; such sum to be expended by the Secretary of Agriculture peneiiiiii. wary °x` when, in his judgment, an emergency exists which threatens the livestock industry o the country, and to remain available until June 30, P,,,,_,,,_ 1925: Provided, That the payment for animals hereafter purchased m·g1g¤r¤i$¤¤¤¤¢ °* . . of animals, etc. may be made on an appraisement based on the meat, dairy, or breeding value, but in case of appraisement based on breeding value no appraisement of any animal shall exceed three times its meat or dairy value, and, except in case of an extraordinary emergency, to be determined by the Secretary of Agriculture, the payment by the United States Government for any animal shall not exceed one—half of any such appraisement. ` Approved, April 26, 1924. CHAP. 184.-An Act For the relief of dispossessed allotted Indians of the Aliiil ` N isqually Reservation, Washington. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives og the NB u Indian United States of America in Congress assembled, That there is ere- aaeigiiiieii, wasn;. by authorized to be appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury ,,,P§§{‘,g;‘gg‘s‘§,*g§‘°,§§f§€ not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $85,000, in full settlement ;g•}ggr¤¤¤¤¢¤k¤¤°{<;* of the claims against the United States of twenty-five heads of I ryp°rp°S°S’ ` families of the Nisqually Reservation in `Washington, said sum bein compensation for the difference between the appraised value and the com romise rice ·paid for approximately t ree thousand three hundredp acres of allotted Indian and taken for military purposes, and for surrender of treaty rights and removal expenses, as set out in Senate Document Numbered 243, Sixty-sixth Congress, second session, containin the report dated February 28, 1920, of the Actin VOL ,1_,,_ 2, Secretary of the giterior, pursuant to the Act of Congress approved June 30, 1919 (Forty-first Statutes at Large, pages 3-28). Sec. 2. That said sum of $85,000 hereby authorized to oe appro- m§r{¤z§§mB“l;f°m,;’{ *}},*1; riated shall be expended, in the discretion of the Secretary of the benemorlndxaus. Interior, for the benefit of the said dis ossessed families or indi- P°“’p‘°8*‘ vidual Indians, under such rules and regulations as he may prescribe. Approved, April _28. 1924. CHAP. 135.-An Act To authorize the leasing for mining purposes of unal- Apg?·bi?4` lotted lands in the Kaw Reservation in the State of Oklahoma. [rubue, Ne. 106.] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the _ United States of America in Congress assembled, That the ecre— ¤,}§§‘g{§§’“R°“"* tary of the Interior be, and he is herebyf authorized to lease for msggolgrpjigislgrggg mining purposes lands reserved from a otment to be used as a Egxa et Kansas nicemetery and not needed for that purpose, and lands reserved for °“““· school and agency purposes in the Kaw Reservation in the State of Oklahoma, and for the use and benefit of the members of the 45822°——25T—-—-10