proceed promptly in the work of building and erecting the twelve-inch disappearing carriage and its loading apparatus being made by him for the Government it is hereby provided that the Secretary of War may, in his discretion, advance the said Emery, at any time or times which he thinks best, any part of the eighty-four thousand three hundred and forty-three dollars and two cents, balance of appropriations now available for completing the construction, erecting, and testing of the said twelve-inch carriage and its foundations and loading apparatus, and making the preliminary tests thereof: Provided also, That the Secretary of War is, in his discretion, hereby authorized to close the contract with said Emery, under which he is now making this twelveinch carriage and its loading apparatus, by relieving him from all further work thereon and contracting with him for either an eight or ten inch disappearing carriage to be furnished by him in place thereof, together with its foundations, erection, and preliminary tests by him ready for the proof tests by the Board; and to pay therefor to the said Emery the said balance of eighty-four thousand three hundred and forty-three dollars and two cents, balance of appropriations above mentioned, in such sums and at such times as he shall, in his discretion, think best, to enable the said Emery promptly to construct and erect said carriage and its foundations and make the preliminary tests thereof, ready for its proof tests by the Board: Provided further, That in the judgment of the Secretary of War the eight or ten inch carriage hereby provided for can and will be completed within the sum of eighty-four thousand three hundred and forty-three dollars and two cents, heretofore appropriated.

Approved, April 21, 1904.

Total, Fortification Act..

$7,518, 192. 00

INDIAN APPROPRIATION ACT.

[PUBLIC-No. 125.]

By the Act Making appropriations for the current and contingent expenses of the Indian Department and for fulfilling treaty stipulations with various Indian tribes for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and five, and for other purposes, approved April 21, 1904.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums be, and they are hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the purpose of paying the current and contingent expenses of the Indian Department, and in full compensation for all offices the salaries for which are specially provided for herein, for the service of the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and five, and for fulfilling treaty stipulations with various Indian tribes, namely:

CURRENT AND CONTINGENT EXPENSES.

For pay of twenty-three agents of Indian affairs at the followingnamed agencies, at the rates respectively indicated, namely:

At the Blackfeet Agency, Montana, one thousand eight hundred dollars:

At the Cheyenne River Agency, South Dakota, one thousand eight hundred dollars;

At the Colville Agency, Washington, one thousand five hundred dollars;

At the Crow Agency, Montana, one thousand eight hundred dollars; At the Crow Creek Agency, South Dakota, one thousand six hundred dollars:

At the Flathead Agency, Montana, one thousand five hundred dollars:

At the Green Bay Agency, Wisconsin, one thousand eight hundred dollars;

At the Kiowa Agency, Oklahoma Territory, one thousand eight hundred dollars;

At the La Pointe Agency, Wisconsin, one thousand eight hundred dollars:

At the Leech Lake Agency, Minnesota, one thousand eight hundred dollars:

At the Lower Brule Agency, South Dakota, one thousand four hundred dollars;

At the New York Agency, New York, one thousand dollars;

At the Osage Agency, Oklahoma Territory, one thousand eight hundred dollars:

At the Pine Ridge Agency, South Dakota, one thousand eight hundred dollars;

At the Rosebud Agency, South Dakota, one thousand eight hundred dollars:

At the San Carlos Agency, Arizona, one thousand eight hundred dollars;

At the Shoshone Agency, Wyoming, one thousand eight hundred dollars:

At the Sisseton Agency, South Dakota, one thousand five hundred dollars;

At the Standing Rock Agency, North Dakota, one thousand eight hundred dollars;

At the Uintah and Ouray Agency, Utah (consolidated), one thousand eight hundred dollars;

At the Union Agency, Indian Territory, three thousand dollars; At the White Earth Agency, Minnesota, one thousand eight hundred dollars;

At the Yankton Agency, South Dakota, one thousand six hundred dollars;

In all, forty thousand one hundred dollars: Provided, That the foregoing appropriations shall not take effect nor become available in any case for or during the time in which any officer on the active list of the Army of the United States shall be engaged in the performance of the duties of Indian agent at any of the agencies above named: Provided further, That the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, with the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, may devolve the duties of any Indian agency or any part thereof upon the superintendent of the Indian training school located at such agency whenever in his judgment such superintendent can properly perform the duties of such agency. And the superintendent upon whom such duties devolve shall give bond as other Indian agents...

For payment of necessary interpreters, to be distributed in the discretion of the Secretary of the Interior, four thousand dollars; but no person employed by the United States and paid for any other service. shall be paid for interpreting.

For pay of eight Indian inspectors, one of whom shall be an engineer competent in the location, construction, and maintenance of irrigation works, at two thousand five hundred dollars per annum each, twenty thousand dollars

For traveling expenses of eight Indian inspectors, at three dollars per day when actually employed on duty in the field, exclusive of transportation and sleeping-car fare, in lieu of all other expenses now authorized by law, and for incidental expenses of inspection and investigation, including telegraphing and expenses of going to and going from the seat of government, and while remaining there under orders and direction of the Secretary of the Interior, for a period not to exceed twenty days, twelve thousand eight hundred dollars..

For pay of one superintendent of Indian schools, three thousand dollars

For necessary traveling expenses of one superintendent of Indian schools, including telegraphing and incidental expenses of inspection and investigation, one thousand five hundred dollars: Provided, That he shall be allowed three dollars per day for traveling expenses when actually on duty in the field, exclusive of cost of transportation and sleeping-car fare, in lieu of all other expenses now allowed by law: And provided further, That he shall perform such other duties as may be imposed upon him by the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, subject to the approval of the Secretary of the Interior

For buildings and repairs of buildings at agencies and for rent of buildings for agency purposes and for water supply at agencies, sixty thousand dollars

For contingencies of the Indian Service, including traveling and incidental expenses of Indian agents and of their offices, and of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs; also traveling and incidental expenses of special agents, at three dollars per day when actually employed on duty in the field, exclusive of transportation and sleeping-car fare, in lieu of all other expenses now authorized by law, and expenses of going to and going from the seat of government, and while remaining there under orders and direction of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, for a period not to exceed twenty days; for pay of employees

$40, 100.00

4,000.00

20,000.00

12,800.00

3,000.00

1,500.00

60,000.00

not otherwise provided for, and for pay of the five special agents, at two thousand dollars per annum each, sixty thousand dollars: Provided, That hereafter when it becomes necessary to make large per capita payments to Indians, the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, with the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, is hereby authorized to require any disbursing officer of the Indian Department to file a special bond in such amount as may be necessary to make such payment in one installment, the expenses incurred in procuring such special bond to be paid by the United States from this appropriation...

For expenses of the commission of citizens, serving without compensation, appointed by the President under the provisions of the Act of April tenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-nine, four thousand dollars, of which amount a sum not to exceed three hundred dollars may be used by the commission for office rent..

To enable the Commissioner of Indian Affairs to employ practical farmers and practical stockmen, subject only to such examination as to qualifications as the Secretary of the Interior may prescribe, in addition to the agency farmers now employed, at wages not exceeding seventy-five dollars each per month, to superintend and direct farming and stock raising among such Indians as are making effort for self-support, one hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars: Provided, That the amounts paid said farmers and stockmen shall not come within the limit for employees fixed by the Act of June seventh, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven (Thirtieth Statutes, page ninety)..

For services of officers at fifteen dollars per month each, and privates at ten dollars per month each, of Indian police, to be employed in maintaining order and prohibiting illegal traffic in liquor on the several Indian reservations and within the Territory of Alaska, in the discretion of the Secretary of the Interior, for the purchase of equipments, and for the purchase of rations for policemen at nonration agencies, one hundred thousand dollars.

For compensation of judges of Indian courts, twelve thousand dollars

To pay such contingent expenses of the Choctaw and Chickasaw citizenship court and such of its officers as the Secretary of the Interior may deem proper, and for rental of quarters, five thousand dollars, to be immediately available. And the unexpended balance of the appropriation for contingent expenses, as provided in the Act of July first, nineteen hundred and two, of five thousand dollars remaining on the books of the Interior Department December thirty-first, nineteen hundred and three, amounting to one thousand one hundred and thirty-six dollars and twenty-five cents, to the credit of the Choctaw and Chickasaw citizenship court, is hereby reappropriated for the necessary expenses of the said court until December thirty-first, nineteen hundred and four..

For one stenographer to each of the three judges of the Choctaw and Chickasaw citizenship court, appointed by them, respectively, at one hundred dollars per month each from March third to June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and three, one thousand one hundred and eighty dollars and sixty-five cents; for traveling expenses and subsistence of said stenographers, the reporter, and the bailiff of said court, not to exceed three dollars per day each, one thousand five hundred dollars; in all, two thousand six hundred and eighty dollars and sixty-five cents, to be immediately available

To enable the Commissioner of Indian Affairs to employ suitable persons as matrons to teach Indian girls in housekeeping and other household duties, at a rate not to exceed seventy dollars per month, and for furnishing necessary equipments, twenty-five thousand dollars: Provided, That the amounts paid said matrons shall not come within.

$60,000. 00

4,000. 00

125,000.00

100,000.00

12,000.00

5,000.00

2, 680. 65

the limit for employees fixed by the Act of June seventh, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven (Thirtieth Statutes, page ninety).

Telegraphing, and purchase of Indian supplies: To pay the expense of purchasing goods and supplies for the Indian Service, and pay of necessary employees; advertising, at rates not exceeding regular commercial rates; inspection, and all other expenses connected therewith, and for telegraphing, sixty thousand dollars

For necessary expenses of transportation of such goods, provisions, and other articles for the various tribes of Indians provided for by this Act, including pay and expenses of transportation agents and rent of warehouses, one hundred and ninety thousand dollars: Provided, That no portion thereof shall be expended for the location or maintenance of an Indian warehouse at any place other than San Francisco, Chicago and New York City

For pure vaccine matter and vaccination of Indians, five thousand dollars

[Total amount for Current and Contingent Expenses, $730,080.65.] FULFILLING TREATY STIPULATIONS WITH AND SUPPORT OF INDIAN TRIBES.

CHIPPEWAS OF THE MISSISSIPPI.

For support of a school or schools upon said reservation, in accordance with third article of treaty of March nineteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, four thousand dollars: Provided, That the President of the United States deems the same necessary

CHOCTAWS.

For permanent annuity, per second article of treaty of November sixteenth, eighteen hundred and five, and thirteenth article of treaty of June twenty-second, eighteen hundred and fifty-five, three thousand dollars;

For permanent annuity for support of light horsemen, per thirteenth article of treaty of October eighteenth, eighteen hundred and twenty, and thirteenth article of treaty of June twenty-second, eighteen hundred and fifty-five, six hundred dollars;

For permanent annuity for support of blacksmith, per sixth article of treaty of October eighteenth, eighteen hundred and twenty, ninth article of treaty of January twentieth, eighteen hundred and twentyfive, and thirteenth article of treaty of June twenty-second, eighteen hundred and fifty-five, six hundred dollars;

For permanent annuity for education, per second and thirteenth articles of last two treaties named above, six thousand dollars;

For permanent annuity for iron and steel, per ninth article of treaty of January twentieth, eighteen hundred and twenty-five, and thirteenth article of treaty of June twenty-second, eighteen hundred and fifty-five, three hundred and twenty dollars;

For interest on three hundred and ninety thousand two hundred and fifty-seven dollars and ninety-two cents, at five per centum per annum, for education, support of the government, and other beneficial purposes, under the direction of the general council of the Choctaws, in conformity with the provisions contained in the ninth and thirteenth articles of treaty of January twentieth, eighteen hundred and twentyfive, and treaty of June twenty-second, eighteen hundred and fifty-five, nineteen thousand five hundred and twelve dollars and eighty-nine cents; in all, thirty thousand and thirty-two dollars and eighty-nine

cents

$25,000.00

60,000.00

190,000.00

5,000.00

4,000.00

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