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PUBLIC LAWS--CH. 754-JUNE 29,1948 Osage Agency, Okla. Travel, etc., expen- ses. Five Civilized Tribes, Okla Limitation. Creek Nation, Okla. Chickasaw Nation, Okla. Restricton. For the support of the Osage Agency, and for necessary 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 and binding, $197,000, 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 $16,350 is hereby made available for travel and other expenses of mem- bers of the Osage Tribal Council, business committees, or other tribal organizations, when engaged on business of the tribe, including sup- plies 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 automo- biles, when duly authorized or approved in advance by the Commis- sioner 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 sal- aries 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, Chickasaw and Creek 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. Expenses of attorneys, Creek Nation of Indians, Oklahoma (tribal funds): For expenses of attorneys for the Creek Nation of Indians, Oklahoma employed to prosecute Creek tribal claims under contract approved by the Interior Department on November 12, 1947, $2,500 payable out of funds on deposit in the Treasury to the credit of said Creek tribe of Indians. Expenses of attorneys, Chickasaw Nation of Indians, Oklahoma (tribal funds): For expenses of attorneys for the Chickasaw Nation of Indians, Oklahoma, employed to prosecute Chickasaw tribal claims under contracts approved by the Interior Department, $2,000, payable out of funds on deposit in the Treasury to the credit of said Chickasaw tribe of Indians. 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, $50,000, payable from funds on deposit to the credit of the particular tribe interested: Provided,That no part of this appropriation, or of any other appro- priation contained in this Act, shall be available for expenses of members of tribal councils, business committees, or other tribal organizations, when in the District of Columbia, for more than an eight-day period, unless the Secretary shall in writing approve a longer period. 1122 [62 STAT.