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PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 187-MAY 9, 1938 50 Stat. 580 . Proviso. Amounts inter- changeable. Education. Support of Indian schools, etc. Provisos. Deaf and dumb or blind, etc. Subsistence, board- ing schools. Vocational, etc. , courses, tuition. F ormaI contracts not required. R. 8 . §3744. 41U.S .C. 16 . Printing and bind- ing, limitation. Travel outside con- tinental United States, limitation. Support of schools from tribal funds. 44 Stat. 560. 25U.S.C.§155. Chippewas in Min- nesota. 25 Stat. 645 . Proviso. Formal contracts not required. R.. . 3744. 41U.S.C. 16. Saint Louis Mission Boarding School, Okla. Osage pupils. under this head in the Interior Department Appropriation Act, fiscal year 1938, shall remain available until June 30, 1939: Provided, That the foregoing amounts may be used interchangeably in the discretion of the Secretary of the Interior, but not more than 10 per centum of any specific amount shall be transferred to any other amount, and no appropriation shall be increased by more than 15 per centum. EDUCATION For the support of Indian schools not otherwise provided for, and for other Indian educational purposes, including educational facilities authorized by treaty provisions, care of Indian children of school age attending public and private schools, and tuition and other assistance for Indian pupils attending public schools, $5,957,165: Provided, That not to exceed $20,000 of this appropriation may be used for the support and education of deaf and dumb or blind, physically handicapped, or mentally deficient Indian children: Pro- vided further, That $60,000 of this appropriation shall be available for subsistence of pupils in reservation and nonreservation boarding schools during summer months: Provided further, That not more than $15,000 of the amount herein appropriated may be expended for the tuition (which may be paid in advance) of Indian pupils attending vocational or higher educational institutions, under such rules and regulations as the Secretary of the Interior may prescribe: Provided further, That formal contracts shall not be required, for compliance with section 3744 of the Revised Statutes (41 U. S. C. 16), for payment (which may be made from the date of admission) of tuition and for care of Indian pupils attending public and private schools, higher educational institutions, or schools for the deaf and dumb, blind, physically handicapped, or mentally deficient: Provided further, That not to exceed $10,000 of this appropriation may be used for printing and binding in authorized Indian-school printing plants: Provided further, That no part of any appropriation for the Bureau of Indian Affairs shall be available for expenses of travel for the study of educational systems or practices outside the continental limits of the United States and the Territory of Alaska. Support of Indian schools from tribal funds: For the support of Indian schools, and for other educational purposes, including care of Indian children of school age attending public and private schools, tuition and other assistance for Indian pupils attending public schools, and support and education of deaf and dumb or blind, physically handicapped, or mentally deficient Indian children, there may be expended from Indian tribal funds and from school revenues arising under the Act of May 17, 1926 (25 U. S . C . 155), not more than $312,995, including not to exceed $63,750 for payment of tuition for Chippewa Indian children enrolled in public schools and care of children of school age attending private schools in the State of Minnesota, payable from the principal sum on deposit to the credit of the Chippewa Indians in the State of Minnesota arising under section 7 of the Act of January 14, 1889 (25 Stat. 645): Provided, That formal contracts shall not be required, for compliance with section 3744 of the Revised Statutes (41 U. S . C . 16), for payment (which may be made from the date of admission) of tuition and for care of Indian pupils attending public schools, or schools for the deaf and dumb, blind, physically handicapped, or mentally deficient. Education, Osage Nation, Oklahoma (tribal funds): For the edu- cation of unallotted Osage Indian children in the Saint Louis Mission Boarding School, Oklahoma, $2,000, payable from funds held in trust by the United States for the Osage Tribe. 308 [52 STAT.