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PUBLIC LAWS--CH. 259-JUNE 28, 1941 53 Stat. 708. 54 Stat. 428. Podt, p. 662. Provtso. Salaries, etc., of Menomlnee tribal offi- oers. Shoshone Indians, Wyo. Establishment of productive enter- prises. 25. . . 573(c). Chippewa Indians, MiLnn Belief of needy In. dians. the fiscal year 1941, including the purchase of land, the subjugation thereof, and the construction of improvements thereon; Idaho: Northern Idaho (Coeur d'Alene), $2,000, for the construc- tion of a church; Iowa: Sac and Fox, $1,500. Minnesota: Consolidated Chippewa, $1,600 for salary and inci- dental expenses of the secretary of the tribal executive committee; Montana: Flathead, $24,000; Nevada: Western Shoshone, $2,000; North Carolina: Cherokee, including the construction of a com- munity building, $13,000- Oklahoma: Pawnee (Ponca), $400; Seminole: The unexpended balance of the appropriation of $7,787 from tribal funds of the Semi- nole Indians, Oklahoma, contained in the Interior Department Appro- priation Act, fiscal year 1940, for reconstruction of a community house, and continued available until June 30, 1941, by the Interior Department Appropriation Act, 1941, is hereby continued available for the same purposes until expended; Oregon: Klamath, $110,000, of which not to exceed $4,500 shall be available 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; Utah: Uintah and Ouray, $28,500 (Uintah, $11,000, of which amount not to exceed $4,000 shall be available for the payment of an agent employed under a contract approved by the Secretary of the Interior; Kaibab, $15,000; Paiute, $2,500); Washington: Colville, $5,480; Puyallup, $1,000 for upkeep of the Puyallup Indian cemetery; Taholah (Makah), $9,500; Yakima, $1,300 (Yakima, $300; Lummi, $1,000); Tulalip, $1,000; Swinomish, $500; in all, $18,780; Wisconsin: Keshena, $77,900, including $25,000, of which not exceeding $5,000 shall be available for general relief purposes and not exceeding $20,000 for monthly allowances, under such rules and reg- ulations as the Secretary of the Interior may prescribe, to old and indigent members of the Menominee Tribe who reside with rela- tives or friends: Provided, That not to exceed $6,000 shall be avail- able from the funds of the Menominee Indians for the payment of salaries and expenses of the chairman, secretary, and interpreters of the Menominee general council and members of the Menominee Advisory Council and tribal delegates when engaged on business of the tribe at rates to be determined by the Menominee general council and approved by the Commissioner of Indian Affairs; In all, not to exceed $484,780. Shoshone Indians, Wyoming (tribal funds): Pursuant to authority contained in section 3 (c) of the Act of Congress, approved July 27, 1939 (53 Stat. 1128), there is hereby made available until expended the balance remaining in the Shoshone judgment fund for the pur- poses and under the conditions set forth in said section. Relief of Chippewa Indians in Minnesota (tribal funds): Not to exceed $35,000 of the principal sum on deposit to the credit of the Chippewa Indians of Minnesota, arising under section 7 of the Act entitled "An Act for the relief and civilization of the Chippewa Indians in the State of Minnesota", approved January 14, 1889 (25 Stat. 645), may be expended, in the discretion of the Secretary of the Interior, in aiding indigent Chippewa Indians including boarding- home care of pupils attending public or high schools. Relief of needy Indians: For the relief of Indians in need of assistance, including cash grants; the purchase of subsistence sup- plies, clothing, and household goods; medical, burial, housing, trans- 326 [55 STAT.