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422 FORTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 132. 1881. Daniel G. Maier. To enable the Secretary of the Interior to pay balance due Daniel (}_ Major, out of an unexpended balance now on the books of the Treasury to thecredit of the Sioux Indians for the fiscal year ending June thi;-. tieth, eighteen hundred and eighty, the sum of one hundred and ten dollars and ninety-six cents is hereby reappropriated. Support of: Support of Arapahoes, Cheyennes, Apaches, Kiowas, Comanches, and A1‘¤»P¤~l¤°°¤· Che? Wichitas, eighteen hundred and eighty one: This amount, or so much §}§`,°§;BAP‘(§§,{‘OQ;3 thereof as may be necessary, for the support and civilization of me 0h.,s,,,,,2;wj0hi·m_ Arapahoes, Cheyennes, Apaches, Kiowas, Comanches, and Wichitas for the balance of the nscal year, being a deficiency for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty one thirty thousand dollars. Support or; Support of Tabequache, Myuache, Capote, Weeminuche, Yampa, Grand T=*l>°*1¤C¤°ht°» River, and Uintah bands of Utes, eighteen hundred and eighty-one; ¥V‘f,Qf;§‘;;uch(,“§’[‘f,¤‘f,{ This amount, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for the support ps, umm iriver of Ute Indians of Colorado for the balance of the fiscal year, being a and Uintah hand deficiency for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty one, fifteen of Um- thousand dollars. Ponca tribe of For the purpose of enabling the Secretary of the Interior to indemnify I¤*l*¤¤¤· the Ponca tribe of Indians for losses sustained by them in consequence of their removal to the Indian Territory, to secure to them lands in severalty on either the old or new reservation, in accordance with their wishes, and to settle all matters of difference with these Indians, one hundred and sixtyfive thousand dollars, to be immediately available and to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, as follows : P¤¤>h¤¤¤•>f mid- For the purchase of one hundred and one thousand eight hundred and ninety-four acres of land in the Indian Territory, where most of these Indians are now located, fifty thousand dollars. Distribvtivn _ of To be distributed per capita among the Ponca Indians in the Indian ‘“°“°V P°’ °”*P‘*°’*· Territory ten thousand dollars. Stock cattle and For the purchase of stock cattle and draught animals for Poncas in draught **”*m°l¤· the Indian Territory, ten thousand dollars. Pcnvus in Da- For the erection of dwelling-houses for Poncas now in Dakota, five k°“‘- thousand dollars; for agricultural implements, stock, and seed, tive thousand dollars; for school purposes five thousand dollars; for general distribution among them per capita, ten thousand dollars. Imrnizment fund. To be held as a permanent fund in the Treasury of the United States, at five per centum interest, the interest to be distributed annually among all the Ponca Indians, in cash, seventy thousand dollars. r_1>epi·ouatipns by For the purpose of reimbursing the United States Treasury for a cerh;:j;"°:·"d min sum of money appropriated by this Congress for depredations com- U,,,‘,’,,,{ S,,,,,, mj mrtted by the Kiowa and Comanche and Sioux tribes of Indians, the l1l1l)ll|'5('|]l(*llt§ my; S(Z(5I`Ol}€l:I`_Y of b].l€· TX`G3:Sl1I`y is h0I'6by 3;l1l)l1OI`lZ€d lil) ITOID 8in' ooouuions. nuities payable to said Indians an amount equal to said sum so appropriated; and he may withhold all of said sum out of the annuities due on or to become due to said Indians in any one year, or otherwise, as between hun and the Secretary of the Interior may be agreed upon, due reference bem g had to the care and welfare of said Indians. _A»1,hur J. Car- To pay Arthur J. Carrier, late Indian agent at the Ponca Agency, "'°"· Dakota, the sum of two thousand three hundred and thirteen dollars and sixty cents, being the amount advanced by him—for the use of sa1d agency during the iirst quarter of the year eighteen hundred 8»T}d seventy-six in excess of the official funds sent him, for the use of sand agency; and the further sums of three hundred and seventy Eve dollars, for salary as such agent for the first quarter of the year eighteen hundred and seventy six, and one hundred and sixteen dollars and nity- five cents, for expenses incurred from January twenty-fourth to March twenty-eighth in traveling upon official business; in all, two thousand eight hundred and five dollars and nfteen cents; the same to be in full settlement and satisfaction of said claimant’s account as Indian agent. Isaac L M allan. That the proper accounting officers of the Treasury, in the settlement of the accounts of Isaac L. Mahan, Indian agent, are hereby authorized