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SIXTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. II. C11. 222. 1914. 601 and £fty-five), $600; for permanent annuity for education (article §§,“‘;°'*°g3_V0,u two, treaty of January twentieth, eighteen hundred and twenty-five p.614Z ’p' ’ and article thirteen, treaty of June twenty-second, eighteen hundred and fifty-five), $6,000; for permanent annuity for ir·on and steel (arti- {,’,‘;{‘.;’·';i;g6°F§O, ,1 cle nine, treaty of January twentieth, eighteen hundred and twenty- P·614.· ` ` ’ five, and article thirteen, treaty of June twenty-second, eighteen hupdred and fifty-five), $320; in aél, $10,520. h 1 lands H or constructing, equi in , an maintaining a os ita on wgfyjm M CQ_s°°· authorized to be set apzglz) within the Choctaw Natioi)1 for the use ta dcmckm ` and benefit of the enrolled Indians of the Choctaw and Chickasaw Nations, $50,000, or so much thereof as may be necessar , $37,500 to be ipgiable out of Choctaw tribal funds and $12,500 to gre ayable mlglggggts “°¤ out 0 `ckasaw tribal funds, said hospital to be conducted under ` such rules, regulations, and conditions as the Secretary of the Interior mag) prescribe. at the of the Interior is hereby authorized to permit $5;%;, Session J the principal chief o the Creek Nation to call a special session of the wuncu. national council of said nation, and for said purpose there is hereby ;.,§:§°“‘°°"‘°”‘”ib°l appropriated, out of any funds in the Treasury of the United States to the credit of the Creek Nation, the sum of $10,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary to pay the mileage and per diem of members and other incidental, expenses of such council meetiarég rriplon _ the gpproval of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs: Promki , at the ommissioner of Indian Affairs shall fix the time for calling said session of the council, the length of time said council may remain in session, and the amount that shall be allowed members attending. That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized c,%§*{“°"’ '“‘° to make a per capita payment to the em·o1led members of the Chicka- m},’;gg*.b1j,°m1x;•;,s¥f¤¤* saw and Cherokee tri es of Indians of Oklahoma entitled under existin law to share in the funds of their respective tribes, or to their law- ‘ ful heirs, out of ang moneys belonging to said tribes in the United States Treasruy or eposited in any ank or held by any official under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior, said payment not to ·-*~¤=°¤¤*·¤· exceed, in the case of the Chickasaws, $100 per capita and in the case of the Cherokees, not to exceed $15 per capita, and all said payments to be made under such rules and Regulations as the Secretary of the Interior may rescribe: Provided, at in cases where such enrolled @{{‘,g{;,, ,,,,1,,,,, members or their heirs, are Indians who by reason of their degree of Indian blood belong to the restricted class, the Secretarg of the Interior may in his discretion, withhold such payments an use the same for the benefit of such restricted Indians: Providedjurther, That P,.Q'],§.‘§g‘,gf‘°“ “°‘° the money paid to the enrolled members as provided herein, shall be exempt from any lien for attorneys’ fees or other debt contracted prior to the passage of this Act. Unless the consent of the United States shall have previously been T§`§,§f’ °“’""°" given, all contracts made with any person, or persons now or here- m·'$L¤=:1='&¤¤:¤¤&°¤y;=é after applicants for enrollment as citizens in the Five (livilized Tribes accrued vaapp for compensation for services in relation thereto, are hereby declared to be void and of no effect, and the collection or receipt of any moneys from any such applicants for citizenship shall constitute an oiense against the laws of the United States, punishable by a fine of not ,§§§,'},'_"°“‘ ’°‘ °°" exceeding $500 or imprisonment for not exceedingisix months or both, and lands allotted to such ap licants whether ndians or freedmen ,,,,,·L’,,°'{§f“" “°‘ “" shall not be affected or encumgered bly any deed, debt, or obligation of any character contracted prior to the time at which said lan may be alienated under the laws of the United States: Provided fuffhef, gyiyises me That the interest accruing from tribal funds and deposited in banks rmmri-mu next. in the State in Oklahoma ma be used as authorized by the Act of March third, nineteen hundred, and eleven, under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, to defray the expense of per capita payments authorized by Congress.