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77TH CONG. , 2D SESS. -CH. 473-JULY 2, 1942 be available for the purposes of this paragraph: Provided further, That funds available under this paragraph may be used for the establishment and operation of tribal enterprises when proposed by Indian tribes and approved under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior, and revenues derived therefrom shall be covered into the Treasury to the credit of the respective tribes: Provided further, That upon the incorporation of a tribe operating an enterprise under the authority contained in the foregoing proviso, the operation of the enterprise and the handling of revenues there- from may thereafter be governed by the rules and regulations established for the making of loans from the revolving loan fund authorized by the Act of June 18, 1934 (25 U. S. C . 470): Provided further, That the unexpended balances of prior appropriations under this head for any tribe, including reimbursements to such appropria- tions and the appropriations made herein, may be advanced to such tribe, if incorporated, for use under rules and regulations established for the making of loans from the revolving loan fund authorized by the Act of June 18, 1934 (25 U. S. C. 470). For an additional amount to be added to the appropriations hereto- fore made, for the establishment of a revolving fund for the purpose of making and administering loans to Indian-chartered corporations in accordance with the Act of June 18, 1934 (48 Stat. 986), and of making and administering loans to individual Indians and to associa- tions or corporate groups of Indians of Oklahoma in accordance with the Act of June 26, 1936 (49 Stat. 1967), $125,000, of which amount not to exceed $20,000 shall be available for personal services in the District of Columbia, and $100,000 shall be available for personal services in the field, for traveling expenses of employees, for purchase of equipment and supplies, and for other necessary expenses of admin- istering such loans, including not more than $2,500 for printing and binding. For the development, under the direction of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, of Indian arts and crafts, as authorized by the Act of August 27, 1935 (49 Stat. 891), including personal services, purchase and transportation of equipment and supplies, purchase of periodicals, directories, and books of reference, purchase and operation of motor- propelled passenger-carrying vehicles, telegraph and telephone serv- ices, cost of packing, crating, drayage, and transportation of personal effects of employees upon permanent change of station, expenses of exhibits and of attendance at meetings concerned with the development of Indian arts and crafts, traveling expenses, including payment of actual transportation expenses, not to exceed $2,500 for printing and binding, and other necessary expenses, $32,750, of which not to exceed $15,000 shall be available for personal services in the District of Columbia: Provided, That no part of this appropriation shall be used to pay any salary at a rate exceeding $6,500 per annum. DEVELOPMENT OF WATER SUPPLY For the development, rehabilitation, repair, maintenance and oper- ation of domestic and stock water facilities on the Navajo Reservation in Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah, the Hopi Reservation in Arizona, the Papago Reservation in Arizona, and the several Pueblos in New Mexico, including the purchase and installation of pumping and other equipment, $101,950. IRIGATION AND DRAINAGE For the construction, repair, and maintenance of irrigation systems, and for purchase or rental of irrigation tools and appliances, water rights, ditches, and lands necessary for irrigation purposes for Indian Establishment, etc., of tribal enterprises. Loans from revolv- ing loan fund. 48 Stat. 96. Advances. Additional amount for revolving loan fund. 25U.S.C.C 470. 25U.S.C. 506. Personal services. Development of In- dian arts and crafts. 25 U.S.C. §i 30- 305e. Proviso. Salary limitation. 56 STAT.] 517