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FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 545. 1898. 573 d At the Sisseton Agency, South Dakota, one thousand five hundred o ars; At the Southern Ute Agency, at Navajo Springs, Colorado, one thousand tour hundred dollars; At the Standing Rock Agency, North Dakota, one thousand eight hundred dollars; _ d At the Tongue River Agency, Montana, one thousand five hundred o ars; d at the Tulalip Agency, Washington, one thousand two hundred 0 ars; At the Uintah and Ouray Agency, Utah (consolidated), one thousand eight hundred dollars; · At the Umatilla Agency, Oregon, one thousand two hundred dollars; d At the Union Agency, Indian Territory, one thousand five hundred o ars; . d At the Warm Springs Agency, Oregon, one thousand two hundred 0 ars;. At the Western Shoshone Agency, Nevada, one thousand five hundred dollars; ` d At the White Earth Agency, Minnesota, one thousand eight hundred o ars; d At the Yakima Agency, Washington, one thousand eight hundred 0 ars; At the Yankton Agency, South,Dakota, one thousand six hundred dollars; in all, eighty-tive thousand dollars: Provided, That hereafter P’°"‘·""· the President may detail officers of the United States Army to act as m}°_°ffjc§;:';“(§;`;?*· Indian agents at such agencies as in the opinion of the President may g require the presence of an army officer, and while acting as Indian agents such omcers shall be under the orders and direction of the Secretary of the Interior: Prmridedfuwhcr, That the foregoing appro- ;,Q,1;',j’,g'}g§°¤¤ **0* priations shall not take effect nor become available in any case for or ` during the time in which any officer of the Army of the United States shall be engaged in the performance of the duties of Indian agent at any of the agencies above named: Providedfurther, That the Commis- h_§§l1g;“¤;:g*;g{* <>* sioner of Indian Aifairs, with the approval of the Secretary of the sctsssim. my Interior, may devolve the duties of any Indian agency upon the superintendent of the Indian training school located at such agency, whenever in his judgment such superintendent can properly perform the ` duties of such agency. And the superintendent upon whom such —b<>¤<1· duties devolve shall give bond as other Indian agents. For payment of necessary interpreters, to be distributed in the dis- Inmpxmrs cretion of the Secretary of the Interior, twelve thousand dollars; but no person employed by the United States and paid for any other service shall be paid for interpreting. For pay of eight Indian inspectors, one of whom shall be an engineer Inspectors competent in the location, construction, and maintenance of irrigation works, and one of whom may be located by the Secretary of the Interior in the Indian Territory, and under his direction and authority may perform any duties required by law of said Secretary relating to affairs in said Territory, at two thousand five hundred dollars per annum each, twenty thousand dollars, four thousand dollars of which shall be immediately available. For traveling expenses of eight Indian inspectors, at three dollars —**=“‘¤li¤8 °¤P°¤¤°¤· . per day when actually employed on duty in the field, exclusive of transportation and sleeping-car fare, in lieu of all other expenses now authorized by law, and for incidental expenses of inspection and investigation, including telegraphing and expenses of going to and going from the seat of Government, and while remaining there under orders and direction of the Secretary of the Interior, for a period not to _ exceed twenty days, twelve thousand eight hundred dollars, three thousand dollars of which shall be immediately available. For pay of one superintendent of Indian schools, three thousand sc§g0Pgi¤*°¤d°¤* °°‘ dollars. `