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SEV ENTIE TH CONGRESS . SESS . I. CH. 137 . 1928 . For the purchase of land as an addition to the agency reserve of the Papago Indian Reservation, Arizona, as provided by the Act of June 28, 1926, $9,500 . The appropriation of $25,000 authorized by the Act of June 7, 1924, and appropriated by the Act of March 3, 1925, for the purchase of land with sufficient water right attached for the use and occupancy of the Temoak Band of homeless Indians located at Ruby Valley, Nevada, is hereby made available until June 30, 1929, for the s ame purpose : Provided, That not to exceed $500 of this amount may be used for n ecess ary e xpense s in conne ction with the pr oposed purc hase . For the pur chas e of cer tain lan ds and a ppur tena nces the reto situated within the exterior boundaries of the Jicarilla Reservation, New Mexico, as authorized by the Act of February 12, 1927, $10,000, payable from funds on deposit in the Treasury of the United States to the credit of the Jicarilla Indians, to be immediately available. For carrying out the provisions of the Act entitled "An Act pro- viding for the final disposition of the affairs of the Eastern Band of Che rokee In dians in North C arolina, " approv ed June 4, 1924, $15,000 , or so much thereof as may be necessary . For maintenance and support and improvement of the homesteads of the Kiowa, Comanche, and Apache Tribes of Indians in Oklahoma, $1 00,000 , to be paid from the fund s held by the United States in trust for said Indians and to be expended under such rules and regulations as the Secretary of the Interior may prescribe : Pro vided , That the Secretary of the Interior shall report to Congress on the first Monday in December, 1929, a detailed statement as to all moneys expended as provided for herein . For payment to the Kiowa, Comanche, and Apache Indians, of Oklahoma, under such rules and regulations as the Secretary of the Interior may prescribe, $100,000, from the tribal trust fund estab- lished by Joint Resolution of Congress, approved June 12, 1926 (Forty-fourth Statutes at Large, pa ge 740), being a part of the Indians' share of the money derived from the south half of the Red River in Oklahoma . INDUSTRIAL ASSISTANCE AND ADVANCEMENT 207 Papago Reservation, Ariz . Agency addition. Vol.44,p. 775. Temoak Indians. Lands for homeless, in Nev ada . Balance available. Vol . 43, pp. 596, 1149 . Proviso . Pu rcha se ex pens es. Jicarilla Reservation, N . Mex. Lands for addition to from tribal funds. Vol. 44, p. 1089 . Eastern Cherokees in North Carolina . Final disposition of affairs of. Vol.43,p. 371. Ki owas , Com anch es, and Apaches, Okla . Maintenance, sup - p ort of homesteads, etc . Proviso. Report to Congress. P aym ent to, from oil royalties trust fund . Vol.44,p. 740. Industrial work, etc. Timber preservation , For the pur pose s of pre serv ing livi ng and g rowi ng timber on etc, Indian reservations and allotments other than the Menominee Indian Reservation in Wisconsin, and to educate Indians in the proper care of forests ; for the condu cting of e xperim ents on In dian s chool or agency farms designed to test the possibilities of soil and climate in the cultivation of trees, grains, vegetables, cotton, and fruits, and for the employment of practical farmers and stockmen, including $25 .000 for the employment of agricultural college graduates scien- tifica lly trained and qualified to dir ect the agricult ural activities of the In dian s, in ad diti on to the ag ency and sch ool farm ers now employed ; for necessary traveling expenses of such farmers and st ockmen and for f urnish ing n ecess ary eq uipme nt an d supp lies for them ; and for superintending and directing farming and stock raising among Indians, $375,000 : Provided, That this appropriation shall be available for the expenses of administration of Indian forest lands from which timber is sold to the e xtent only that proce eds from the sales of timber from such lands are insufficient for that purpose : Provi ded f urther , That not to exceed $100,000 of the amount herein appropriated may be used for the prevention of forest fires on Indian reservations : Provided further, That not to exceed $20,000 of the amount herein appropriated may be used to co nduct exper iment s on I ndian scho ol or agenc y far ms to test the Agricultural ments . expert. Farmers and stock. men . Provisos. Administering forest lands from timber sales, etc. Forest fire preven. tion. Amo unt for s oil, etc ., experiments