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978 SIXTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. C11. 146. 1917. Minnesota, arisin under section seven of the Act of January fourteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, entitled "A.n Act for the relief and civilization of the Chrppewa Indians rn the State of Minnesota," and to use the same for the (piurpose of promoting crvrhzatron , and self-support amor? the S8ld· In ans in manner and ger purpose? compm»am m¤m. provided for m said ct: Provided, That not to excee $60,000 0 P*°Y°¤¤- said amount, and the 0ne—fourth mterest on the tribal funds of the Chi pewa Indians of Minnesota now to their cred1t rn the Treasury to die used for the maintenance of free schools, shall be used for the compensation of employees m the Indian Service m Mrnnesotaexcept for laborers, and that td19·SP.1d Chrppewas shall receive the preference m filling permanent positions rn the servrce of the Chipewas of Minnesota where the compensation is paid from their tribal F~¤¤<'·*»•*°· fhnds: Promlled further, That not less than $10,000 of said amount of $185,000 may be used in building roads_and_making other rmlprovements upon the Chippewa reservations rn Mmnesota for the eneiit em*;f;*¤¤¤°·°°I¤d**¤ of the said Chippewas: Provided, That rn the expenditure of said °”° sum preference rn employment shall be given sand Clnppewas as far as may be geractrcable. _ _ _ m?\{_¤g:,•§•, {gg- _ That the cretary of the Interior be, and he rs hereby, authorized, mybssppmsr. ’ rn his discretion, to approve the_ assessments, together with maps showing night of way and defimte location of proposed drainage ditches m e under the laws of the State of Mrnnesota upon the tribal ’ and allotted lands of the Indian reservations in the State of Minnemf_¤¥¤¤¤¤* ¤ we sota. That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized, in his discretion, to pay the amounts assemed against said tribal and allotted lands, on account of benefits accruing to said lands b reason of the construction or a drainage ditch or ditches ungie1;t€e lavis of the State of h h b Amount ¤¤¤b¤r=·>· t or the purposes spec` e in t section there is cre y £°m mm °f m` appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $60,000, to be reimbursable from an funds in the possession of the United States belo to the individual allottees whose lands are benefited, or their girs, in case of their decease, when the payment relates to allotted lands, and from any funds belonging to the tribes subject to be prorated, when the pay- Approval ¤fr¤ch¤ ¤f ment relates to tribal lands. That the Secretary of the Interior be, w"'°°°‘ and he is hereby, authorized to approve deeds for right of way from such said allottees, or their heirs, as may be necessary to permit the construction and maintenance of said drainage ditches upon the pay- §§,°,,";'§_;,,,,,.,,,,,,,,,,,, ment of adequate damages therefor: Provided, That no patent in fee mrmuuma. shall be issued for any tract of land under the terms of this paragraph until the United States shall have been wholl reimbursed for all mgubmm cm assessments paid or to be paid on such tract under the terms hereof. ’ That the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized to do and perform any and all acts and to make such rules and regulations as may be necessary and proger for the purpose of carrying the pro- _ visions hereof into force an effect. ,,,"·"““°‘ °°‘°*g,"“‘°“ The Secret of the Interior is hereb authorized to advance to www mm mr. _ MY _ _ Y _ gileh executive commrtiee of th? White Earth Band of Chippewa `ans in esota the sum o $1,000, or so much thereof as ma be necessary, to be expended in the annual celebration of said band tg bn hggdbenne fourteentl5,bnin§teen hundred and seventeen, out of teun o` tosai an. ,,,€,*f“ L°"° R°“"°‘ The Secretaiiyglblg the Interior is hereby authorized to take $5,000 Rggdsgs of the tribal funds of the Chippewa Indians in the State of Minnesota mm,. ’ and pay the same to theproper authorities toward the construction c°,,,,,b,, mm S of a ridge across the Mrsrsssrppr River on the Cass Lake Reservation ¤<r¤1r•d. upon the condition that Congress shall hereafter appropriate $10,000 to be contributed to the Forestry Service for the purpose aforesaid and the local authorities, State or county, contribute $10,000 toward the building of said bridge.