SEVENTIETH CONGRESS . SESS. I. Cii . 137 . 1928 .
205 lands devoted to the Indian Service : Provided further, That not lim ite d* more than $7,50 0 ou t of this appr opria tion shall be expen ded f or new construction at any one agency unless herein expressly authorized . That not to exceed $150,000 of applicable appropriations made Allowance for main . herein for the Bureau of Indian Affairs shall be available for the tenance, repairs, etc . maint enanc e, re pair , and oper atio n of motor -prop elle d and hors e- drawn passenger-carrying vehicles for the use of superintendents, farmers , phys icians , fiel d matr ons, a llottin g, irr igatio n, and other Proviso. employees in the Indian field service : Provided, That not to exceed Purchases limited . $3,000 may be used in the purchase of horse-drawn passenger-carry- Post, p . 156 7. ing vehicles, and not to exceed $40,000 for the purchase of motor- propelled passenger-carrying vehicles, and that such vehicles shall be used only for official service .
Emergency allow. That to meet possible emergencies, not exceeding $100,000 of the "nee by di ver sio ns appropriations made by this Act for support of reservation and non- from specified appro . reservation schools, for school and agency buildings, and for preser- priations. va tion o f heal th amo ng Ind ians, shall be avai lable, upon approv al of the Secretary of the Interior, for replacing any buildings, equipment, su pplies, l ivestock, or other property of thos e activit ies of th e Indian Se rvice above referr ed to which may be destro yed or rende red un serv- Provisos . iceable by fire, flood, or storm : Provided, That the limit of $7,500 Buildin gs construe . for new construction contained in the appropriations for Indian tion . sc hool, agency , and hospit al bui ldings shall not ap ply to such emer- g ency expen ditu res : A nd provide d furt her, That any d ivers ions of Report to Congress, appropriations made hereunder shall be reported to Congress in the annual Budget . EXPENS ES IN PROB ATE MATTERS For the
of ddetermining the heirs of deceased Indian Det ermining hei rs of purpo se
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deceased allottees . allottees having right, title, or interest in any trust or restricted property, under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior, $59,000, reimbursable as provided by existing law, of Services in the Dis . which $14,000 shall be available for personal services in the District trict . of Columbia : Pr ovide d, That th e prov isions of th is par agraph shall Tribes excepted . not apply to the Osage Indians nor to the Five Civilized Tribes of Oklahoma . F ive C ivil ized Tribe s For salaries and expenses of such attorneys and other employees as and Quapaws . th e Secr etary of the Inter ior ma y, in his dis cretio n, dee m nece ssary Att orneys, etc ., for. in probate matters a ffecting restricte d allott ees or th eir heirs in the Five Civilized Tribes and in the several tribes of the Quapaw Agency, an d for the costs an d other n ecessary expenses incident to suits insti- tuted or conducted by such attorneys, $34,000 : Provided, That no Restricted to Civil part of this appropriation shall be available for the payment of Service eligibles . attorneys or other employees unless appointed after a competitive e xamin ation by the C ivil Servi ce C ommis sion and from an el igib le list furnished by such commission . EXPENSES OF INDIAN COMMISSIONERS For expe nses of t he Bo ard of In dian Comm issio ners, $11, 000, of which amount not to exceed $7,800 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia. INDI AN LANDS For the survey, resurvey, classification, and allotment of lands in severalty under the provisions of the Act of February 8, 1887 (Twenty-fourth Statutes at Large, page 388), entitled "'.An Act to provide for the allotment of lands in severalty to Indians," and under P robat e ma tters . Citizen co mmission. Indian lands . Surve ying, allott ing in severalty, etc. Vol .24,p . 388 .
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