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SEVENTIETH CONGRESS . SEss. II. Ca. 705 . 1929 .

15G7 and bridges on Indian reservations and other lands devoted to the Indian Service : Provided further, That no money Shall be expended lim ea)

construction for new construction at any one agency except as follows : Not to Allotments excepted . exceed $30,000 for an additional water supply, Southern Navajo Agency, Arizona ; not to exceed $7,000 for water and sewage disposal systems, Turtle Mountain Agency and Hospital, North Dakota ; not to exceed $13,100 for water-filtration plant, with storage reservoir at the Standing Rock Agency, North Dakota ; for two employees cottages, Choctaw Agency, Mississippi, $5,500 ; for employee's cot- tage, Blackfeet Agency, Montana, $3,500 ; for office, building, Rosebud Agency, South Dakota, $7,500 ; for employee's cottage, Warm Springs Agency, Oregon, $3,500 ; for o ffic e bui lding , Tom ah A gency , Wis - consin, $3,500 ; for electric system, Consolidated Ute Agency, Utah, $2,500. Not to exceed $150,000 of applicable appropriations made herein for Allowance for main- the Bureau of Indian Affairs shall be available for the maintenance, tenance, repairs, etc . repair, and operation of motor-propelled and horse-drawn passenger- carrying vehicles for the use of superintendents, farmers, physicians, fi eld matro ns, allot ting, irr igation, and othe r employe es in the Indian field service : Provided, That not to exceed $1,000 may be used in the Purchases limited. purchase of horse-drawn passenger-carrying vehicles, and not to exceed $95,000 for the purchase and exchange of motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicles, and that such vehicles shall be used only for official service : Provided further That the limitation of $400 00 F ormer limit in. ,, c rea sedd in the Interior Department Appropriation Act for the fiscal year 1929 Ante, p . 205 . (45 Stat., p 205) for the purchase of motor-propelled passenger- ca rrying ve hicles is hereby i ncreased to $80,0 00 . That to meet possible emergencies, not exceeding $100,000 of the E mergen ce sfrom ante by diversions o appropriations made by this Act for support of reservation and non- specified appropria- re servation schools, for scho ol and ag ency bui ldings, a nd for pr eserva- Lions' tion of health among Indians, shall be available, upon approval of the Secretary of the Interior, for replacing any buildings, equipment, supplies, livestock, or other property of those activities of the Indian, Service above referred to which may be destroyed or rendered uns erviceabl e by fire , flood, or storm : Pro vided , That the l imitat ions Provisos . for new construction contained in the appropriations for Indian ti niulaings construe sch ool, a gency, and h ospita l buil dings shall n ot app ly to such e mer- gency expenditures : Provided further, That any diversions of appro- Report to Congress. pri ations made hereun der sh all be repor ted to Congre ss in the an nual Budget . EXP ENSES IN PRO BATE MATTERS Probate matters . For the pur pos e of det ermi ning the he irs of deceased Indian Determining heirs of allottees having right, title, or interest in any trust or restricted deceased allottees . property, under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior, $59,000, reimbursable as provided by existing law, of which $15,000 shall be available for personal services in the District of Di trict .

in the Columbia : Provided, That the provisions of this paragraph shall not Tribes excepted . apply to the Osage Indians nor to the Five Civilized Tribes of Oklahoma . For s alarie s and expens es of such a ttorney s and other employ ees as Fi ve Civ ilized Tribes and Quapaws . the Secret ary of the I nterio r may, in his discr etion, deem necess ary Attorneys, etc ., fo r. in probate matters affecting restricted allottees or their heirs in the Five Civilized Tribes and in the several tribes of the Quapaw Agency, and for the costs and other necessary expenses incident to suits insti- tuted or conducted by such attorneys, $34,500 : Provided, That no part i~testilied to Civil of this appropriation shall be available for the payment of attorneys Service eligibles. or other employees unless appointed after a competitive examination by the Civil Service Commission and from an eligible list furnished by such com missi on .