Carson, Nev., James K. Allen.... Albuquerque, N. Mex., Ralph P. Collins.. Santa Fe, N. Mex., C. J. Crandall..... Chilocco, Okla., C. W. Goodman... Seger Colony, Okla., John H. Seger Chemawa, Oreg., Thomas W. Potter.. Carlisle, Pa., Maj. R. H. Pratt, U. S. A.. Chamberlain, S. Dak., John Flinn.. Flandreau, S. Dak., Charles F. Peirce Pierre, S. Dak., Grosby G. Davis... Oneida, Wis., Joseph C. Hart ... Business permits in Creek Nation, opinion of Judge Clayton ..... Legality of permit tax, Choctaw and Chickasaw nations, opinion of Regulations governing procurement of timber and stone in Indian Territory. Instructions to town-site surveyors, Choctaw and Chickasaw nations..... Statistics as to cultivation and allotment of Indian lands, crops raised, and stock owned by Indians, work on roads, and other labor by Indians... REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF INDIAN AFFAIRS. OFFICE OF INDIAN AFFAIRS, Washington, D. C., October 1, 1900. SIR: The sixty-ninth Annual Report of the Office of Indian Affairs is respectfully submitted. FINANCE. APPROPRIATIONS. The total amount appropriated for the Indian service for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1901, is $8,873,239.24. Of this amount $8,197,239.24 is appropriated by the Indian appropriation act of May 31, 1900, and $676,000 by the act of June 6, 1900, ratifying the agreements with the Indians of the Fort Hall Reservation, in Idaho, and with the Apaches, Kiowas, and Comanches in Oklahoma. The total amount appropriated for the fiscal year 1900 was $7,749,951.94. This does not agree with the amount given in the last annual report, which is $7,678,863.19. The difference, $71,088.75, is accounted for by the fact that since that report was made appropriations aggregating the amount of the difference were made in the urgent deficiency bill of February 9, 1900, and the deficiency bill of June 6, 1900, as follows: Current and contingent expenses. $19, 938. 75 Total..... 71, 088.75 The different objects of appropriation for the two years are shown by the following table: TABLE 1.-Appropriations for the Indian service for the fiscal years 1900 and 1901. |