Indian Appropriation Bill: Hearings Before a Subcommittee...Dec. 4-14, 1917; Jan. 9, 1918 |
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39 Stat agency allotments Amount appropriated Amount Amount appropriated Fiscal Amount appropriated__ Analysis of expenditures appropriated Amount expended Area of irrigable asked Assistant average attendance average enrollment bill Blackfeet buildings cattle CHAIRMAN Chickasaw Choctaw committee Congress construction Cost per capita cultivated ending June 30 Equipment estimate farm Fiscal year ending Five Civilized Tribes following justification forage Gila River Government HASTINGS HAYDEN HENDRICKS Hoopa increase Indian Affairs Indian appropriation act Indian moneys Indian pupils Indian Reservation Indian school Indian Service Interior Irregular employees irrigable land irrigation Klamath Agency Klamath Reservation medical supplies MERITT Miscellaneous Navajo necessary NORTON Oklahoma proceeds of labor purchase purpose record the following reimbursable repairs and improvements road salaries schoolroom supplies Secretary Seminole Shoshone SNYDER South Dakota Stationery subsistence superintendent supplies_ support and civilization support and education timber tion Total Transportation of supplies Treasury treaty tribal funds Unexpended balance Analysis Weitchpec
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Page 8 - National Mediation Board," to be composed of three members appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, not more than two of whom shall be of the same political party.
Page 9 - For the construction, repair, and maintenance of irrigation systems, and for purchase or rental of irrigation tools and appliances, water rights, ditches, and lands necessary for irrigation purposes for Indian reservations and allotments; for operation of irrigation systems or appurtenances thereto when no other funds are applicable or available for the purpose; for drainage and protection of irrigable lands from damage by floods or loss of water rights...
Page 334 - The United States hereby agrees to furnish annually to the Indians the physician, teachers, carpenter, miller, engineer, farmer, and blacksmiths as herein contemplated, and that such appropriations shall be made from time to time, on the estimates of the Secretary of the Interior, as will be sufficient to employ such persons.
Page 123 - River for the irrigation of Indian land and Indian allotments on the Gila River Indian Reservation, Arizona, as recommended by the Board of Engineers of the United States Army in paragraph two hundred and seventeen of its report to the Secretary of War of February fourteenth, nineteen hundred and fourteen (House Document numbered seven hundred and ninetyone...
Page 276 - When allotments as herein provided have been made to all citizens and freedmen, the residue of lands not herein reserved or otherwise disposed of, if any there be, shall be sold at public auction under rules and regulations and on terms to be prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior, and so much of the proceeds as may be necessary for equalizing allotments shall be used for that purpose, and the balance shall be paid into the Treasury of the United States to the credit of the Choctaws and Chickasaws...
Page 285 - That in cases where such enrolled members or their heirs, are Indians who by reason of their degree of Indian blood belong to the restricted class, the Secretary of the Interior may, in his discretion withhold such payments and use the same for the benefit of such restricted Indians : Provided further, That the money paid to the enrolled members or their heirs, as provided herein, shall be exempt from any lien for attorneys...
Page 327 - The purpose of this item is to authorize the withdrawal of $250,000 of the tribal funds on deposit in the United States Treasury to the credit of the...
Page 230 - April, 1792, making in whole $4,500, which shall be expended yearly forever in purchasing clothing, domestic animals, implements of husbandry and other utensils suited to their circumstances, and in compensating useful artificers who shall reside with or near them and be employed for their benefit.
Page 380 - ... and for each succeeding year he shall continue to farm, for a period of three years more, he shall be entitled to receive seeds and implements as aforesaid...
Page 197 - That not to exceed $150,000 of applicable appropriations made herein for the Bureau of Indian Affairs shall be available for the maintenance, repair, and operation of motor-propelled and horse-drawn passenger-carrying vehicles for the use of...