INDIAN AFFAIRS: LAWS AND TREATIES

Vol. V, Laws     (Compiled from December 22, 1927 to June 29, 1938)

Compiled and edited by Charles J. Kappler. Washington : Government Printing Office, 1941.


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PUBLIC ACTS OF THE SEVENTY-FIRST CONGRESS, FIRST SESSION, 1929
Chap. 16  |  Chap. 86  |  Chap. 87  |  Chap. 92  |  Chap. 108  |  Chap. 115  |  Chap. 122  |  Chap. 130  |  Chap. 169  |  Chap. 170  |  Chap. 171  |  Chap. 184  |  Chap. 185  |  Chap. 201  |  Chap. 221  |  Chap. 222  |  Chap. 224  |  Chap. 229  |  Chap. 244  |  Chap. 265  |  Chap. 273  |  Chap. 285  |  Chap. 302  |  Chap. 317  |  Chap. 333  |  Chap. 343  |  Chap. 347  |  Chap. 349  |  Chap. 423  |  Chap. 471  |  Chap. 477  |  Chap. 483  |  Chap. 540  |  Chap. 544  |  Chap. 545  |  Chap. 564  |  Chap. 636  |  Chap. 637  |  Chap. 843  |  Chap. 846

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Chapter 92
March 26, 1939.  |  [H. R. 9979.] 46 Stat., 90.

An Act Making appropriations to supply urgent deficiencies in certain appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1930, and prior fiscal years, to provide urgent supplemental appropriations for the fiscal years ending June 30, 1930, and June 30, 1931, and for other purposes
Section 2  |  3

Margin Notes
Chap. 92 First Deficiency Act, fiscal year, 1930.
Chap. 92 Interior Department.
Chap. 92 Indian Affairs Bureau.
Chap. 92 Supplies.
Purchase, transportation, etc,
Chap. 92 Wind River Reservation. Wyo.
Surveying, allotting, etc., lands on.
Chap. 92 45 Stat., 617; ante, 51.
Balance available.
45 Stat., 1641; ante, 103, 122.
Chap. 92 San Ildefonso Pueblo, N. Mex. Compensation for loss etc., lands on.
Chap. 92 43 Stat., 636, vol. 4, 454.
Chap. 92 Proviso.
Purchase of lands.
Chap. 92 Leased Indian lands. Supervising mining operations on.
Chap. 92 26 Stat., 795, vol. 1, 57; 85 Stat., 812, 444, 783, Vol. 3, 351, 356, 390.
U.S.C., p. 717.
Chap. 92 Timber preservation, etc.
Chap. 92 Proviso.
Administration expenses from timber sales.
Chap. 92 Timber sales. etc., expenses.
Chap. 92 41 Stat., 416, vol. 4, 238.
Chap. 92 Pima Reservation, Ariz. Clearing, etc., land in, for encouraging self-support, etc.
Chap. 92 Navajo Reservation, Ariz. and N. Mex. Maintenance, etc., of designated irrigation works on.
Chap. 92 Fort Peck Reservation, Mont. Maintenance, etc., of irrigation systems.
Chap. 92 Laguna Pueblo, N. Mex. Operating irrigating system for Laguna and Acoma Indiana on.
Chap. 92 San Carlos project, Ariz.
Chap. 92 Paying property damages from Coolidge Dam in.
Chap. 92 45 Stat., 18; ante, 3.
Chap. 92 Coolidge Dam, Ariz. Completing construction of.
Chap. 92 43 Stat., 475, vol. 4, 447; 45 Stat., 900; ante, 59.
Chap. 92 Proviso.
Balances available.
Chap. 92 Power plant, Coolidge Dam. Continuing construction of.
Chap. 92 45 Stat., 211; ante, 17.
Transmission line, etc.
Chap. 92 43 Stat., 475, vol. 4, 447; 45 Stat., 900; ante, 59.
Chap. 92 Proviso.
Unexpended balances available.
Chap. 92 Middle Rio Grande project, N. Mex. Engineers.
Chap. 92 45 Stat., 312. Ante, 34.
Chap. 92 Indian schools. Amounts for designated purposes.
Chap. 92 Warm Springs School, Oreg.
Chap. 92 Chippewas, Minn. Tuition in public schools.
Chap. 92 25 Stat., 645, vol. 1. 301.
Chap. 92 Genoa, Nebr. School sewer system.
Chap. 92 44 Stat., 949, vol. 4, 922.
Chap. 92 Conservation of health. Expenses designated.
Chap. 92 Proviso.
Sum for equipment, and quarters, for personnel at designated hospitals, etc.
Chap. 92 Pueblo Indians, N. Mex. Site for a sanatorium for.
Chap. 92 Indians in California. Preparing of enrollment of.
Chap. 92 45 Stat., 603; Ante, 49.
Chap. 92 General support.
Chap. 92 Support of Indians, etc., from tribal funds.
Chap. 92 Flathead Agency, Mont. Keshena Agency, Wis.
Chap. 92 Loyal Shawnees, Okla. Payment to, for losses.
15 Stat., 513 ; vol. 2, 980. 45 Stat., 1550. Ante, 92.
Chap. 92 Audited claims.
Sec. 2 Payment of, certified by General Accounting Office.
Sec. 2 18 Stat., 110.
Sec. 2 U.S.C., p. 1022.
Sec. 2 23 Stat., 254.
Sec. 2 U.S.C., p. 43.
Sec. 2 Audited claims.
Sec. 3 Payment of additional.
Sec. 3 18 Stat., 110.
U.S.C., p. 1022.
Sec. 3 23 Stat., 254.
U.S.C., p. 43.
Sec. 3 Interior Department.

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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to supply urgent deficiencies in certain appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1930, and prior fiscal years, to provide urgent supplemental appropriations for the fiscal years ending June 30, 1930, arid June 30, 1931, and for other purposes, namely:

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS

Purchase and transportation of Indian supplies: For an additional amount for expenses necessary to the purchase of goods and supplies for the Indian Service, including inspection, pay of necessary employees, and all other expenses connected therewith, including advertising, storage and transportation of Indian goods and supplies to cover the payment of bills presented within the statutory time limitation, fiscal year 1929, $80,000.

Survey, classification, and allotment of lands, Wind River Reservation, Wyoming: For an additional amount for surveys, classification of lands, and all other expenses in connection with the allotment of lands on the Shoshone or Wind River Reservation, Wyoming, as authorized by the Act of May 21, 1928 (45 Stat., p. 617), fiscal years 1930 and 1931, $20,000, and the unexpended balance of the appropriation of $50,000 continued available in the Second Deficiency Act, fiscal year 1929, until June 30, 1930, is hereby continued available until June 30,1931.

Compensation to San Ildefonso Pueblo, New Mexico: To compensate the San Ildefonso Pueblo Indians in the State of New Mexico for loss of lands and water rights, in accordance with the findings of the Pueblo Lands Board created by section 2 of the Act of June 7, 1924 (43 Stat., p. 636), $24,367.78, which shall be placed on the books of the Treasury to the credit of the said Indians, shall draw interest at the rate of 4 per centum per annum, and shall be subject to future appropriation by Congress: - Provided, That $7, 960.26 of this amount shall be available until expended for the purchase of 25.742 acres of land for the use and benefit of these Indians.

Supervising mining operations on leased Indian lands: For an additional amount for transfer to the Geological Survey for expenditures to be made in inspecting mines and examining mineral deposits on Indian lands and in supervising mining operations on restricted tribal and allotted Indian lands leased under the provisions of the Acts of February 28, 1891 (26 Stat., p. 795), May 27, 1908 (35 Stat., p. 312) , March 3, 1909 (U.S.C., title 25, sec. 396), and other Acts authorizing the leasing of such lands for mining purposes, fiscal year 1930, $10,000.

Industrial work and care of timber: For an additional amount for the purpose of preserving living and growing timber on Indian reservations and allotments other than the Menominee Indian Reservation in Wisconsin, and to educate Indians in the proper care of forests, fiscal year 1930, $45,000: Provided, That this appropriation shall be available for the expenses of administration of Indian forest lands from which timber is sold to the extent only that the proceeds from the sale of timber from such lands are insufficient for that purpose.

Expenses, sale of timber (reimbursable): For an additional amount for expenses incidental to the sale of timber, and for the expenses of administration of Indian forest lands from which such timber is sold to the extent that the proceeds of such sales are sufficient for that purpose, fiscal year 1930, $40,000, reimbursable to the United States as provided in the Act of February 14, 1920.

Industry among Indians (reimbursable): For an additional amount for the purpose of encouraging industry and self-support among the Indians, fiscal years 1930 and 1931. $50,000, reimbursable, which

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amount shall be available only for the clearing and leveling of land within the Pima Reservation, Arizona, including pay of necessary employees, purchase of equipment and supplies, and other expenses in connection with this work.

Irrigation, Indian reservation (reimbursable): For an additional amount for the construction, repair, and maintenance of irrigation works on the Crystal, Red Lake, Captain Tom Wash, Kirtland, Red Rock, Choiska, and miscellaneous projects on the Navajo Reservation, Arizona and New Mexico, fiscal year 1930, $8,000, reimbursable.

Maintenance and operation, irrigation systems, Fort Peck Reservation, Montana (reimbursable): For maintenance and operation of the Little Porcupine division and not exceeding four thousand acres under the West Side canal of the Poplar River division, $5,000; and for construction and betterment, Big Porcupine unit, Fort Peck project, Montana, to provide an adequate water supply for the area of that unit under constructed works, $55,000, by and under the direction of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, fiscal years 1930 and 1931; in all, $60,000, reimbursable.

Improvement, maintenance, and operation, irrigation system, Laguna Pueblo, New Mexico (reimbursable): For an additional amount for improvement, operation, and maintenance of the irrigation system for the Laguna and Acoma Indians in New Mexico, including reconstruction of the Seama Dam, destroyed by flood, fiscal years 1930 and 1931, $13,000, to be reimbursed by the Indians benefited, under such rules and regulations as the Secretary of the Interior may prescribe.

San Carlos irrigation project, Arizona: Not to exceed $5,857 of the unexpended balance of the total amount heretofore appropriated for the construction of the Coolidge Dam across the canyon of the Gila River near San Carlos, Arizona, is hereby made available during the fiscal year 1930, for the payment of property and other damage claims, in addition to the amount of $163,452 provided for such purpose in the First Deficiency Act, fiscal year 1928.

Coolidge Dam across canyon of Gila River, Arizona (reimbursable): For an additional amount for completing construction of the Coolidge Dam across the canyon of the Gila River near San Carlos, Arizona, as authorized by the Act of June 7, 1924 (43 Stat., pp. 475-476), and under the terms and conditions of and reimbursable as provided in said Act as supplemented or amended, fiscal years 1930 and 1931, $37,500: Provided, That any unexpended balances of appropriations made pursuant to said Act of June 7, 1924, as supplemented or amended, are hereby continued available for the same purposes until June 30, 1931.

Power plant, Coolidge Dam, San Carlos Reservation, Arizona (reimbursable): For continuing construction of a power plant for development of electrical power at the Coolidge Dam as an incident to the use of the Coolidge Reservoir, authorized by the Act of Congress approved March 7, 1928 (45 Stat., p. 200), including the completion of the transmission line from Coolidge Dam to Hayden and the installation of necessary switching station, and under the terms and conditions of and reimbursable as provided in the Act of June 7, 1924 (43 Stat., pp. 475-476), as supplemented and amended, fiscal years 1930 and 1931, $87,500: Provided, That any unexpended balances of appropriations made for said development of electrical power are hereby continued available until June 30, 1931.

Middle Rio Grande conservancy project, New Mexico: For salaries and all other expenses of the Government engineer and assistants

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appointed in pursuance to contract executed December 14, 1928, by the Secretary of the Interior with the middle Rio Grande conservancy district, fiscal years 1930 and 1931, $40,000.

Support of Indian schools: For support and education of Indian pupils in reservation and nonreservation Indian schools, as follows: For additional subsistence, $195,000; for subsistence of pupils retained in boarding schools during summer months, $40,000; for noonday lunches in day schools $50,000; for additional clothing, $50,000; for additional personnel for enlarged program of study, $200,000; for equipment, $175,000; for furniture, $240,000; for livestock, $150,000; in all, fiscal years 1930 and 1931, $1,100,000.

Warm Springs Boarding School, Oregon: For employees’ club building, including equipment, fiscal years 1930 and 1931, $15,000.

Public school tuition, Chippewa Indians, Minnesota (tribal funds): For an additional amount for payment of tuition for Chippewa Indian children enrolled in the public schools of the State of Minnesota, fiscal year 1928, $400, to be paid from the principal sum on deposit to the credit of the Chippewa Indians in the State of Minnesota arising under section 7 of the Act of January 14, 1889.

Indian school, Genoa, Nebraska: For payment for rights of way heretofore acquired for a sewer line across the lands of private owners adjoining the Genoa Indian School, there is made available $198 of the unexpended balance of the appropriation for extension of the sewer system at this school contained in the Act of January 12, 1927.

Conservation of health among Indians: For an additional amount for conservation of health among Indians, including purchase of equipment, materials, and supplies; compensation and traveling expenses of officers and employees, and renting or constructing quarters for them where necessary, fiscal years 1930 and 1931, $400,000: Provided, That not to exceed $265,000 of the foregoing amount, together with the appropriation of $70,000 for the construction and equipment of the Cheyenne River and Standing Rock Sanatorium, South Dakota, fiscal year 1930, which is hereby made available until June 30, 1931, shall be available for the completion, including equipment and quarters for personnel, of the Fort Totten, North Dakota, and Flandreau, South Dakota, nonreservation boarding-school hospitals, and the Colorado River Hospital, Arizona; Fort Belknap Hospital, Montana; Tongue River Hospital, Montana; Turtle Mountain Hospital, North Dakota; Pawnee and Ponca Hospital, Oklahoma; Pine Ridge Hospital, South Dakota; and Hayward Hospital, Wisconsin; and the appropriations made for the construction and equipment of these hospitals during the fiscal year 1930 are hereby continued available until June 30, 1931.

Land for sanatorium purposes, Pueblo Indians, New Mexico: For the purchase of a site to be used for sanatorium purposes for the Pueblo Indians, New Mexico, fiscal years 1930 and 1931, $3,500.

Indians of California: For an additional amount for obligations heretofore and hereafter incurred during the fiscal year 1930 for carrying out the provisions of section 7 of the Act entitled “An Act authorizing the attorney general of the State of California to brim suit in the Court of Claims on behalf of the Indians in California,” approved May 18, 1928 (45 Stat. p. 602), $3,500.

Support of Indians and administration of Indian property: For an additional amount for general support of Indians, including Sioux Indians, and for administration of Indian property, including pay of employees, fiscal year 1930, $50,000.

Support of Indians and administration of Indian property (tribal

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funds): For an additional amount for general support of Indians and administration of Indian property under the jurisdiction of the following agencies to be paid from the funds held by the United States in trust for the respective tribes in not to exceed the following sums, respectively:

Montana: Flathead, fiscal year 1931, $5,000;
Wisconsin: Keshena, fiscal year 1930, $4,000;
Wisconsin: Keshena fiscal year 1931, $10,000.

Payment to Loyal Shawnee Indians, Oklahoma: For payment to the Loyal Shawnee Indians in settlement of their claim arising under the twelfth article of the treaty with said Indians proclaimed October 14, 1868 (15 Stat. p. 513), as authorized by and in accordance with the Act of March 4, 1929 (45 Stat., p. 1550), fiscal years, 1930 and 1931, $109,746.25.

AUDITED CLAIMS

SEC. 2.

That for the payment of the following claims, certified to be due by the General Accounting Office under appropriations the balances of which have been carried to the surplus fund under the provisions of section 5 of the Act of June 20, 1874 (U.S.C., Title 31, sec. 713), and under appropriations heretofore treated as permanent; being for the service of the fiscal year 1927 and prior years, unless otherwise stated, and which have been certified to Congress under section 2 of the Act of July 7, 1884 (U.S.C., Title 5, sec. 266), as fully set forth in House Document Numbered 251, Seventy-first Congress, there is appropriated as follows

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

For general expenses, Indian Service, $225.69.
For telegraphing and telephoning, Indian Service, $2.80.
For purchase and transportation of Indian supplies, $44.91.
For relieving distress and prevention, and so forth, of diseases among Indians, $170.13.
For expenses, sale of timber (reimbursable), $7.80.
For Indian schools, support, $747.38.
For Indian school transportation, $6.41.
For surveying and allotting Indian reservations (reimbursable), 88 cents.
For Indian boarding schools, $167.65.
For Indian school buildings, $2.62.
For Indian agency buildings, $5.01.
For support and civilization of Indians, $640.41.
For bridge across Colorado River near Lee Ferry, Arizona (reimbursable, $98,284.08.
For industrial work and care of timber, $209.84.
For industry among Indians, $2,939.94.
For maintenance and operation, irrigation system, Fort Peck Reservation, Montana (reimbursable), $878.44.
For irrigation systems, Uintah Reservation, Utah (reimbursable), $103.97.
For, irrigation system, Fort Peck Reservation, Montana (reimbursable), $56.28.

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AUDITED CLAIMS

SEC. 3.

That for the payment of the following claims, certified to be due by the General Accounting Office under appropriations the balances of which have been carried to the surplus fund under the provisions of section 5 of the Act of June 20, 1874 (U.S.C., title 31, sec. 713), and under appropriations heretofore treated as permanent, being for the service of the fiscal year 1927 and prior years, unless otherwise stated, and which have been certified to Congress under section 2 of the Act of July 7, 1884 (U.S.C., title 5, sec. 266), as fully set forth in Senate Document Numbered 104, Seventy-first Congress, there is appropriated as follows:

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

For relieving distress and prevention, and so forth, of diseases among Indians, $33.50.
For general expenses, Indian Service, $104.80.
For Indian schools, support, $37.07.
For industrial work and care of timber, $90.55.
For payment to Clallam Indians, Washington, $2,166.99.

Approved, March 26, 1930.


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