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PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 259-JUNE 28, 1941 Surveys, investiga- tions, etc. Total; availability. 54 Stat. 422. Proviso. Interchange of amounts. Hulah Dam and Reservoir project. 49 Stat. 1577. Release of minerals - toU.S. Payment of com- pensation. Support of Indian schools, etc. Post, p. 833. Provisos. Deaf and dumb or blind, etc. Subsistence of pupils during summer. Vocational, etc., courses, tuition. New Mexico: Pueblo, $60,000; Oregon: Warm Springs, $5,000; Washington: Wapato, $210,000; Wyoming: Wind River, $40,000; Miscellaneous garden tracts, $45,000; For surveys, investigations, and administrative expenses, including personal services in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, and not to exceed $3,000 for printing and binding, $135,000; In all, $1,907,950, to be reimbursable in accordance with law, and to be immediately available, which amount, together with the unex- pended balances of funds made available under this head in the Interior Department Appropriation Act, fiscal year 1941, shall remain available until completion of the projects when the unobligated balances shall revert to the general fund of the Treasury: Provided, That the foregoing amounts may be used interchangeably in the discretion of the Secretary of the Interior, but not more than 10 per centum of any specific amount shall be transferred to any other amount, and no appropriation shall be increased by more than 15 per centum. In aid of the construction, maintenance, and operation of the Hulah Dam and Reservoir project on the Caney River, Oklahoma and Kansas, authorized by the Act of June 22, 1936 (49 Stat. 1571), as amended, for the control of floods in the Verdigris River Valley, the Osage Tribal Council be, and it hereby is, authorized, upon payment of just compensation therefor, and with the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, to release and relinquish to the United States of America such right, interest, and control in and over the minerals reserved to the Osage Tribe by the Act of June 28, 1906 (34 Stat. 539), as amended, as may be found by the Secretary of War to be necessary for the construction, maintenance, and operation of said Hulah Dam and Reservoir project. Construction of said project may be undertaken when the amount of money to be paid to the Osage Tribe as just compensation for the release and relinquishment herein authorized has been agreed upon by the Secretary of War, the Secre- tary of the Interior, and the Osage Tribal Council. The amount agreed upon as just compensation for the release and relinquishment herein authorized shall be paid by the Secretary of War out of appro- priations made for flood control, general, to the Secretary of the Interior for disbursement in the manner provided by section 4 of the Act of June 28, 1906 (34 Stat. 539), as amended, for the disbursement of royalties received from the leasing of minerals owned by the Osage Tribe. EDUCATION For the support of Indian schools not otherwise provided for, and for other Indian educational purposes, including apprentice teachers for reservation and nonreservation schools, educational facilities authorized by treaty provisions, care of Indian children of school age attending public and private schools, and tuition and other assistance for Indian pupils attending public schools, and for the support of Indian museums at Rapid City, South Dakota, and Browning, Montana, $5,961,590: Provided, That not to exceed $20,000 of this appropriation may be used for the support and education of deaf and dumb or blind, physically handicapped, or mentally deficient Indian children: Provided further, That $60,000 of this appropria- tion shall be available for subsistence of pupils in reservation and nonreservation boarding schools during summer months: Provided further, That not more than $15,000 of the amount herein appropri- ated may be expended for the tuition (which may be paid in advance) of Indian pupils attending vocational or higher educational institu- 320 [55 STAT.