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SEVENTIETH CONGRESS . SEss . I. CH. 137. 1928 . Pay limitat ions applicable. Vol.37, p. 521. Timber sales, etc ., expenses. Reimbursement . Vol. 41, p. 415 . Emergencies for sup- pressing fires on res- ervations . From tribal funds . Vol.44,p. 942. Proviso. Report to Congress . Geological Survey. S uperv isin g mi ning op erat ions on leased lands, etc., by . Vol. 26, p. 795; Vol. 35, pp. 312, 783. Encouraging far m- ing, etc ., for self sup- port . Provisos . Repayment . Limi t to any one tribe . Advanc es to old , etc., allottees. F ort Belknap Indians, Mont . Industrial assistance to, fro m tribal funds . Proviso. Repayment credited . Men omin ee I ndian s, W is. possibilities of soil and climate in the cultivation of trees, cotton, grain, vegetables, and fruits, and for producing and maintaining a not supply of suitable plants or seed for issue to Indians : Provided also, That the amounts paid to matrons, foresters, farmers, physicians, nurses, and other hospital employees, and stockmen provided for in this Act shall not be included within the limitations on salaries and compensation o f employees c ontained in t he Act of Augu st 24 , 1 9 12 . For expenses incidental to the sale of timber, and for the expenses of administration of Indian forest lands from which such timber is sold to the extent that the proceeds of such sales are sufficient for that purpose $200,000, reimbursable to the United States as provided in the Act 01 February 14, 1920 (Forty-first Statutes at Large, page 415) . To meet possible emergencies, not exceeding $50,000 of the appro- priations made by this Act for timber operations in the Indian Service is hereby made available for the suppression of forest fires on Indian reservations, together with the unexpended balance of the appropriation made for this purpose for the fiscal year 1928 from the funds held by the United States in trust for the respective tribes of Indians interested : Provided, That any diversions of appropria- tions made hereunder shall be reported to Congress in the annual Budget . For transfer to the Geological Survey for expenditures to be made in supervising mining operations on restricted, tribal and allotted Indian lands leased under the provisions of the Acts of February 28, 1891, May 27, 1908, March 3, 1909, and other Acts authorizing the leasing of such lands for mining purposes $60,000 or so much thereof as may be necessary . For the purpose of encouraging industry and self-support among the Indians and to aid them i n the culture of fruits, gr ains, and other crops, $200,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, which sum may be used for the purchase of seeds, animals, machinery, tools, implements, and other equipment necessary, and for advances to Indians having irrigable allotments to assist them in the develop- ment and cultivation thereof, in the discretion of the Secretary of the Interior, to enable Indians to become self-supporting : Provided, That the expenditures for the purposes above set forth shall be under conditions to be prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior for repayment to the United States on or before dune 30, 1934 : Provided further, That not to exceed $15,000 of the amount herein appropriated shall be expended on any one reservation or for the benefit of any one tribe of Indians, and that no part of this appro- priation shall be used for the purchase of tribal herds : Provided further, That the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized, in his discretion and under such rules and regulations as he may pre- scribe, to make advances from this appropriation to old, disabled, or indigent Indian allottees, for their support, to remain a charge and lien against their lands until paid . Industrial assistance, Fort Belknap Indians, Montana : For the construction of homes for individual members of the tribe, and for the purchase for sale to them of seed, animals, machinery, tools, implements, building material, and other equipment and supplies, under the reimbursable regulations of August 7, 1918, $25,000, pay- able from the funds on deposit in the United States Treasury to the credit of the Fort Belknap Indians, Montana, subject to expendi- ture in the discretion of the Secretary of the Interior : Provided, That all moneys so reimbursed during the fiscal year 1929 shall be credited to this appropriation and be available for the purposes of this paragraph . Industrial assistance, Menominee Indians, Wisconsin : For the con- struction of homes for individual members of the tribe, and for the
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