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SIXTY-FIF TH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Cir. 86. 1918. 579 salaries of reg)1;lar employees at any one agency shall not hereafter a l to the e enc ." r_ Millie Secretaryagofizgie I)nterior is hereby authorized to withdraw ,,t§;”}',?,`§{“l,§,¥§i{§,l°di,, from the Treas of the United States, at his discretion, not to exceed the sumudiy$60,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, of the funds on deposit to the credit of the Osage Tribe of Indians m Oklahoma, for the support of the Osage Agency and pay of tribal officers and employees of said agency. _ Receipt, ,,0,,, 1,,,,,,,, The receipts rom leasing of 0 , gas, and other m1nerals_upon the %<;¤;>:m¢§pJ¤;ti*:i2“ in lands of the, Osage Reservation, until the same are paid out as ‘ rovided by existing law, may be deposited in national or State banks in Oklahoma, m the discretion of the Secretary of the Interior such depositaries to be designated by him under such rules regulations governing the rate of mterest thereon, the time of deposit and withdrawal thereof, and the security therefor as he may prescribe. qomtmctjouoyomce That not exceeding $25,000 of the amount heretofore apgpgpriated b¤*l°”¤g· from tribal funds for Osage Agency and School for any _ al year and remaiE_1ingI§111izxpended01;1ay be used in the construction of a fire roof office ' for e ency. tt 'lphat the a.llottee:bm¢§` the O;§.geA§Iation may change the present h¤§¥E;?£2‘Qicm¤g° designation of homesteads to an equal area o their unencumbered °° 'p' ' surp us lands, upon application to, and under such rules and regula- pmsm. tions as the Secretary of the Interior may prescribe: Provided, hat S“’““°°“*"°"· each tract after the change and designation shall take the status of the other as it existed prior to the change in designation as to ahenation, taxation, or otherwise, and that any order of change of designa- ‘ tion shall be recorded in the proper office of Osage County: Provided Sale 0, motmmts further, That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, permitted. authorized where the same would be for, the best interest of Osage ' allottees, to permit the sale of surplus and homestead allotments, ’ "` wholly or in part, of Os e allottees under such rules and regulations as he may prescribe an?upon such terms as he shall approve. FIVE CWILIZED TmBES_ rivecivsiimraas. Sec. 18. For expenses of administration of the affairs of the pe}igiiii°mm“°° °x` Five Civilized Tribes, Oklahoma, and the compensation of employ- P _. ees, $185,000: Provided, That a regprt shall be made to Co ess by n;iiii1$ report isthe Superintendent for the Five 'vilized Tribes throu huge See- q“*’°"· retary of the Interior, showing in detail the expenditure ogall moneys U appropriated by this provision: Provided further, That hereafter no berifiiZ1i§ati,`;?iK¥.?$i§? part of said appropriation shall be used in forwarding the undisputed ‘°°d°"°· claims to be paid from individual moneys of restricted allottees, or their heirs, or in forwarding uncontested agricultural and mineral leases, excluding oil and as leases, made by individual restricted Indian allottees, or their Ecirs, to the Secretary of the Interior for approval, but all such undisputed claims or uncontested leases, excelpt oil and gas leases, now required to be approved under existin 0,f,’2§d“Pdg“1°““ °"` law _ y the Secretary of the Interior shall be aid, approved, rejected? or disapproved by the Superintendent for tlhe Five Civilized 'lhibes of Oklahoma: Provided, iwwever, That any ar? `eved b any ,,,‘§{{,%{’,,,Y§Z,§°°‘°°°"’ decision or order of the Superintendent for the ive gvilized Tribes of Oklahoma may apipeal from the same to the Secretary of the _ Interior within thirty ays from the date of said decision or order. _ That the Secretaryof the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized ,L,,?1'§Yt°w° md Ch‘°k` to _}pay to the enrolled members of the Choctaw and Chickasaw m§;g’,§§g’;f§uggm¤° Tri ies of Indians of Oklahoma entitled under existing law to share ` m the funds of said tribes, or to their lawful heirs, out of any moneys belonging to said tribes in the United States Treasury, or de osited m any bank or neld by any official under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior, not to exceed $200 per capita, said payment