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53 STAT.] 76TH CONG. , IST SESS.--CH. 633-AUG. 9, 1939 purpose in the Interior Department Appropriation Act, 1940, as Ante, p .99 . follovws: Arizona: San Carlos, $50,000, reimbursable. San Carlos, Ariz. Construction, irrigation system, Klamath Reservation, Oregon Klamath Reserva- (tribal funds): For the construction of an irrigation system on the Klamath Reservation, including acquisition of rights-of-way and payment of damages in connection with such irrigation system, fiscal Payment of dam- year 1940, $15,000, payable from funds on deposit to the credit of the ges. Klamath Indians, to be reimbursed to the tribe by the Indians bene- Reimbursement. fited under such rules and regulations as the Secretary of the Interior may prescribe. CONSERVATION AND HEALTH Reindeer industry, Alaska: For the purchase, in such manner as the Secretary of the Interior shall deem advisable, of reindeer, abat- toirs, cold-storage plants, corrals and other buildings, and communi- cation and other equipment, owned by nonnatives in Alaska, as authorized by the Act of September 1, 1937 (50 Stat. 900), $720,000; and for necessary administrative expenses in connection with such purchase and the establishment and development of the reindeer industry for the benefit of the Eskimos and other natives of Alaska, as authorized by said Act, including personal services in the District of Columbia (not to exceed $2,300) and elsewhere, traveling expenses, erection, repair, and maintenance of corrals, fences, and other facili- ties, $75,000; in all, fiscal year 1940, $795,000: Provided, That under this appropriation not exceeding an average of $4 per head shall be paid for reindeer purchased from nonnative owners: Provided fur- ther, That the foregoing limitation shall not apply to the purchase of reindeer located on Nunivak Island. GENERAL SUPPORT AND ADMINISTRATION Support of Indians and administration of Indian property (tribal funds): For an additional amount for support of Indians and admin- istration of Indian property under the jurisdiction of the following agencies, to be paid from the funds held by the United States in trust for the respective tribes, fiscal year 1940, in not to exceed the following sums, respectively: California: Mission Indians, $4,000, to be available for the expenses and compensation of an agent employed by the Agua Caliente Band, under a contract approved by the Secretary of the Interior, in accordance with existinglaw; Colorado: Consolidated Ute (Ute Mountain), $38,000, including the purchase of land, the subjugation thereof, and the construction of improvements thereon; Oregon: Klamath; not to exceed $4,500 of the amount authorized in the Interior Department Appropriation Act, fiscal year 1940, for the support of the Klamath Agency from tribal funds, shall be avaiI- able for fees and expenses of an attorney or firm of attorneys selected by the tribe and employed under a contract approved by the Secre- tary of the Interior, in accordance with existing law; Wisconsin: Keshena, $5,200, to be available only for fees and expenses of an attorney or firm of attorneys selected by the tribe and employed under a contract approved by the Secretary of the Interior, in accordance with existing law: In all, $47,200. Western or Old Settler Cherokees: For the relief of the Western or Old Settler Cherokees, as authorized by the bill S. 2261 entitled "For the relief of the Western or Old Settler Cherokees, and for other purposes, Seventy-sixth Congress, fiscal year 1940, $6,416.42. Reindeer industry, Alaska. Purchase of rein- deer, buildings, etc. 50 Stat. 900 . 48 U. S. C., Supp. IV, §§ 250-250p . Administrative ex- penses. Provbos. Limitation on aver- age price of reindeer. Nunivak Island ex- cepted. Support of Indians, etc., under specified agencies, from tribal funds. California. Expenses, etc., of agent employed by Agua Caliente Band. .Ante, p. 708. Colorado. Purchase of land, etc. Ante, p. 708. Oregon. Attorneys' fees, etc. Ante, p. 708. Wisconsin. Attorneys' fees, etc. Ante, p. 708. Western or Old Set- tler Cherokees. 1315