PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 754-JUNE 29, 1948 58 Stat. 132. 47 Stat. 1417. Report to Congress. Ante, p. 211 . 48 Stat. 986. 49 Stat. 1968, 1250. 25U. S.C. 1303; Supp. I, § 303 note. 48 Stat. 985. Restrictions. Conservation of health: For expenses necessary for the conservation of health among Indians, transportation of patients and attendants to and from hospitals and sanitoria; returning to their former homes and interring the remains of deceased patients; clinical surveys and general medical research in connection with tuberculosis, trachoma, and venereal and other disease conditions among Indians, including cooperation with State and other organizations engaged in similar work and payment of travel expenses and per diem of physicians, nurses, and other persons whose services are donated by such organizations, and printing and binding, $6,714,500. Welfare of Indians: For welfare services, including general support, relief of needy Indians, boarding home care of Indian children, insti- tutional care of delinquent children, and payment of per diem, in lieu of subsistence, and other expenses of Indians participating in folk festivals, $472,710: Provided, That payment for the care of Indians may be made from the date of service. Management, Indian forest and range resources: For the manage- ment and protection of forest, range, and wildlife resources on Indian reservations, and allotments other than the Menominee Indian Reser- vation, Wisconsin, including the payment of reasonable rewards for information leading to the arrest and conviction of any person or persons setting forest or range fires, or taking or destroying timber, in violation of law on Indian lands; the establishment of cooperative sustained yield forest units pursuant to the Act of March 29, 1944 (16 U. S. C. 583); and the development, repair, maintenance, and operation of domestic and stock water facilities, $900,000: Provided, That the United States shall be reimbursed for expenditures made from this appropriation for expenses incident to the sale of timber to the extent prescribed in regulations promulgated by the Secretary pursuant to the Act of March 1, 1933 (25 U. S. C. 413). Suppressing forest and range fires: For the suppression or emer- gency prevention of forest and range fires on or threatening Indian reservations, $12,000, which amount shall be available also for meeting obligations of the preceding fiscal year: Provided,That appropriations herein made for the Indian Service shall be available upon the approval of the Secretary for fire-suppression or emergency-prevention pur- poses: Providedfurther, That any diversions of appropriations made hereunder shall be reported to Congress in the annual Budget. Agriculture and stock raising: For the development of agriculture and stock raising among the Indians, including agricultural experi- ments and demonstrations and maintenance of a supply of suitable plants or seed for issue to Indians; the expenses of Indian fairs, including premiums for exhibits; and the control and eradication of fever ticks and contagious diseases among livestock of Indians, $761,907. Revolving fund for loans: The authorization for loans to individual Indians and Indian organizations otherwise ineligible to participate in loans from the fund established in accordance with the Act of June 18, 1934 (25 U. S. C. 470 and 471), and the Acts of June 26, 1936 (25 U. S. C. 506), May 1, 1936 (25 U. S. C. 473a), and July 12, 1943 57 Stat. 459), is hereby increased from $962,500 to $1,250,000. Acquisition of lands for Indian tribes: For the acquisition of lands, interest in lands, water rights and surface rights to lands, and for expenses incident to such acquisition, in accordance with the pro- visions of the Act of June 18, 1934 (25 U. S . C. 465), $150,000: Provided, That no part of the sum herein appropriated shall be used for the acquisition of land within the States of Arizona, California, Colorado, New Mexico, South Dakota, Utah, and Wyoming outside of the boundaries of existing Indian reservations: Provided further, That no part of this appropriation shall be used for the acquisition [62 STAT.
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