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PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 529-JULY 1, 1946 Osage Agency, Okla. Travel,etc.,e xpenses. Flathead Indian Res- ervation, Mont. Five Civilized Tribes, Okla. Expense limitation. Purchase of auto- mobile. 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, including 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 under a contract to be entered into between said tribal attorney and the Osage Tribal Council, which contract shall be approved by the Sec- retary of the Interior; not to exceed $1,500 for the education of unallotted Osage Indian children in the Saint Louis Mission Board- ing School, Oklahoma; payment of damages to individual allottees; repairs to buildings, rent of quarters for employees, travel expenses, printing, telegraphing and telephoning, and repair and operation of automobiles, $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 travel 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. Development of Hot Springs enterprise, Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes, Montana (tribal funds) : For all expenses necessary for the development of a health resort on the Flathead Indian Reser- vation at Hot Springs, Montana, including the construction of build- ings, and the payment of private architectural and engineering fees, $350,000, to remain available until expended, payable from funds held by the United States in trust for the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Reservation, Montana. 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 author- ized by law to individual members of the respective tribes, 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 Chickasaw 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, except that $1,000 additional may be expended for the purchase of one passenger automobile for the use of the chief of the Choctaw Nation. Monument at grave of late Governor Douglas Johnston, Chickasaw Nation (tribal funds): For the purchase and erection of a monument at the grave of the late Governor Douglas Johnston, $750, payable from funds on deposit to the credit of the Chickasaw Tribe of Oklahoma. Expenses of tribal councils or committees thereof (tribal funds): For travel and other expenses of members of tribal councils, business committees, or other tribal organizations, when engaged on business of the tribes, 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, except 360 [60 STAT.