61 STAT.]
80TH CONG. , 1ST SESS.-CH. 337-JULY 25, 1947
MISCELLANEOUS INDLAN TRIBAL FUNDS
Administration of Indian tribal affairs (tribal funds): For
expenses of administering the affairs and property of Indian tribes,
including pay and travel expenses $304,800, payable from funds held
by the United States in trust for the particular tribe benefited; not to
exceed $50,000 for any one tribe.
Support of Klamath Agency, Oregon (tribal funds): For general
support of Indians and administration of Indian property under the
jurisdiction of the Klamath Agency, payable from funds held by the
United States in trust for the Klamath Tribe of Indians, Oregon,
$150,000 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, and for relief,
including cash grants.
Support of Menominee Agency and pay of tribal officers, Wisconsin
(tribal funds): For general support of Indians and administration
of Indian property under the jurisdiction of the Menominee Agency,
Wisconsin, payable from funds held by the United States in trust
for the Menominee Tribe of Indians, Wisconsin, $147,500, including
$30,000 for relief of Indians in need of assistance, including cash
grants; scholarships (not to exceed $1,000); and $5,200 for the
compensation and expenses of an attorney or firm of attorneys
employed by the tribe under a contract approved by the Secretary:
Provided, That not to exceed $9,000 shall be available 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 deter-
mined by the Menominee general council and approved by the
Commissioner of Indian Affairs.
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, a curator for the Osage Museum, at a salary of $1,954, which
employee shall be an Osage Indian, appointed with the approval of
the Osage Tribal Council, and of necessary employees, and pay of
tribal officers; not to exceed $2,000 for the education of unallotted
Osage Indian children in the Saint Louis Mission Boarding School,
Oklahoma; payment of damages to individual allottees; repairs to
buildings, rent of quarters for employees, and printing, $202,000,
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 $10 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, 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
469,
Travel expenses.
Klamath Agency,
Oreg.
Menominee Agency,
Wis.
OsageAgency, Okla.
Travel, etc.. ey-
penses.
Five Civilized
Tribes, Okla.
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