Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 39 Part 1.djvu/162

SIXTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 125. 1916. 141 ized to be made against their allotments, there shall be expressed that there is reserved upon the lands therein described a lien for such charges, and such lien may be enforced, or, upon pafyment of the delinquent charges, may be released by the Secretary 0 the Interior. The work to e done with the amounts herein appropriated for the tidiirirgddiogy iigiiiig completion of the Blackfeet, Flathead, and Fort eck projects may ‘*’” “°"'i°* be done by the Reclamation Service on plans and estimates furnished liy that service and approved by the Commissioner of Indian Affairs: PWM rovided, That not to exceed $15,000 of aplplicable appropriations Maintenance or pusmade for the Flathead, Blackfeet, and Fort eek irrigation projects °°"‘°"°"'°'°°‘ shall be available for the maintenance, repair, and 0 ration o motorpropelled and horse-drawn passengencanying vdliicles for official use upon the aforesaid irrigation pro'ects: rormkZed_further, That not g.,.?$§§§Yg_°' p“ss°“` to exceed $7,500 may be used for tile purchase of horse-drawn passenger-carrying vehicles, and that not to exceed $1,500 mag] be used for the purchase of motor·-propelled assenlger-carryingve `cles. In mm msmw That the Secretary of the Interior die, an he is hereby, authorized ticniiwnnrevn to be anand directed to announce, at such time as in his opinion seems pro r, “°"“°°°‘ the charge for construction of irrigption systems on the_ Blackfegt, Flathead, spd Fort Peckhlndianf lpggrvationphig Miatana, which em e ainst eac `acreo t‘° a " y thesystems bn mlmm i each of said reszgrvations.- Such ch£s“suli2§ beéassessed against the i M °` land irrigable by thelsysterns on, C _ ’ said reservation in the propgrtion of the total construction. cost which each acre of such and . ars to the whole area of irriggble land thereimder. Fmmmm, On the first da£1_of Decem er after the announcement by the ' Secretary of the tenor of the construction charge the allottee, entryman, urchaser, or owner of such irrigable land which might have been Iiurnished water for irrigation during the whole of the preceding irrigation season, from ditches actually constructed, shall pay to the superintendent of the reservation where the land is located, or deposit to the credit of the United States as a reimbursement of the appropriations made or to be made for construction of said irriglation systems, five per centum of the construction charge fixed Subsequent MWL for is land as an m1t1al installment, and shall pay the balance of the mma. chargl? in dfteen annual installments, the first five of which shall each e five per centum of the construction charge and the remainder shall each be seven per centum of the construction charge. The first of the annual installments shall become due and payable on December first of the fifth calendar year after the initial installment: hmm Prcmkled, That any allottee, entryman, purchaser, or owner may, if rmpeyima. he so elects, pay the whole or anyepart of the construction charges Ex, I 0, time within any s orter period: P further, That the Secretary of amen annum. the Interior may, in his discretion, gxnt such extension of the time for payments herein required from dian allottees or their heirs as he may determine proper and necessary, so long as such land remains in Indian title. _ _ · Trmmmds umm That the tribal funds heretofore covered into the_ Treasury of the ammwuaa it be rs United States in partial reimbursement of appropriations made for ‘“""°"· constructing irrigation systems on said reservations shall be placed to the credit of the tribe and be available for such expenditure for the benefit of the tribe as Congress may hereafter direct. lmmbmmm of The cost of constructing the irrigation systems to irrigate allotted emstructiou me lands of the Indians on these reservations shall be reimbursed to the United States as hereinbefore provided, and no further reimbursements from the tribal funds shall be made on account of said C,,,,g,, ,,8,,,,,, lrrlgation works exmpt that all charges against allottees or i¤·*¤¤¤¤·>*¤¤·¤- their heirs herein authorized, unless otherwise paid, may be paid from the individual shares in the_tribal funds, when the same is iwixliable for distribution, in the discretion of the Secretary of the or.