PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 298-JUNE 28,1944 Five Civilized Tribes, Okla. Expenses of tribal officers. Salary limitation. Osage Agency, Okla. Traveling, etc., ex- penses. Shoshone and Arap- aho Tribes, Wyo. the unexpended balance of the 1944 appropriation under this head, may be expended for expenses incidental to the sale of timber on Choctaw-Chickasaw tribal lands: Provided, That all payments from this appropriation shall be made in the same proportion as the interest of said tribes in such timber. Expenses of tribal officers, Five Civilized Tribes, Oklahoma (tribal funds): For the current fiscal year money may be expended from the tribal funds of the Choctaw, Chickasaw, Creek, and Seminole Tribes for equalization of allotments, per capita, and other payments authorized by law to individual members of the respective tribes, not to exceed $10,000 for repairs to the Choctaw Chapter House, and for salaries and contingent expenses of the governor of the Chickasaw Nation and chief of the Choctaw Nation, one mining trustee for the Choctaw and Chickasaw Nations, at salaries of $3,000 each for the said governor, said chief, and said mining trustee, chief of the Creek Nation at $1,200 and one attorney each for the Choctaw and Chicka- saw Tribes employed under contract approved by the President under existing law: Provided,That the expenses of the above-named officials shall be determined and limited by the Commissioner of Indian Affairs at not to exceed $2,500 each. Support of Osage Agency and pay of tribal officers, Oklahoma (tribal funds): For the support of the Osage Agency, and for neces- sary expenses in connection with oil and gas production on the Osage Reservation, Oklahoma, including pay of the superintendent of the agency and of necessary employees, and pay of tribal officers, includ- ing the employment of a tribal attorney at the rate of $4,500 per annum to be appointed with the approval of the Osage Tribal Council; payment of damages to individual allottees; repairs to build- ings, rent of quarters for employees, traveling expenses, printing, telegraphing and telephoning, and repair and operation of auto- mobiles, $200,000, payable from funds held by the United States in trust for the Osage Tribe of Indians in Oklahoma: Provided, That of the said sum herein appropriated $7,500 is hereby made available for traveling and other expenses of members of the Osage Tribal Council business committees, or other tribal organizations, when engaged on business of the tribe, including supplies and equipment, not to exceed $6 per diem in lieu of subsistence, and not to exceed 5 cents per mile for use of personally owned automobiles, when duly authorized or approved in advance by the Commissioner of Indian Affairs. Expenses of tribal officers and other purposes, Shoshone and Arapaho Tribes, Wyoming (tribal funds): For the current fiscal year the Secre- tary of the Interior, or such official as may be designated by him, is hereby authorized to pay out of any joint tribal funds of the Shoshone and Arapaho Indians of the Wind River Reservation, Wyoming, in the Treasury of the United States the following salaries and expenses: To the chairman, secretary, and interpreter of the Shoshone and Arapaho Joint General Council and members of the Shoshone and Arapaho Joint Business Committee, or other committees appointed by the Joint General Council, when engaged on joint business of the tribes, a sum of not to exceed $8 per diem for attendance to cover salary and all expenses; to such official delegates of the Shoshone and Arapaho Tribes who may carry on the joint business of the tribes in Washington or Chicago a per diem of not to exceed $10 in lieu of salary and expenses: Provided,That the rate of per diem shall be fixed in advance by the Joint General Council or by the Joint Business Com- mittee if authorized by said Joint General Council: Provided fhrther, That the official delegates of said tribes carrying on business in Wash- ington or Chicago shall also receive the usual railroad and sleeping-car [58 STAT. 482
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