tion, Wyoming, made in the Indian appropriation act approved August twenty-fourth, nineteen hundred and twelve, is hereby reappropriated. Repairs. For repairs at the old abandoned military post of Fort Washakie, Fort Washakie. on the Wind River Reservation, Wyoming, $1,427, from the amount heretofore collected as rentals of the buildings at said post. SEC. 26. On or before the first day of July, nineteen hundred and fourteen, the Secretary of the Interior shall cause a system of bookkeeping to be installed in the Bureau of Indian Affairs, which will afford a ready analysis of expenditures by appropriations and allotments and by units of the service, showing for each class of work or activity carried on, the expenditures for the operation of the service, for repairs and preservation of property, for new and additional property, salaries and wages of employees, and for other expenditures. Provision shall be made by the Secretary of the Interior for further analysis of each of the foregoing classes of expenditures, if, in his judgment, he shall deem it advisable. System of bookkeepbureau. ing to be installed in Details required. 38 Stat., 103. statement in annual report. Annually, after July first, nineteen hundred and fourteen, a detailed Detailed statement of expenditures, as hereinbefore described, shall be incorporated in the annual report of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs and transmitted by the Secretary of the Interior to Congress on or before the first Monday in December. priations before classified statement. ex Before any appropriation for the Indian Service is obligated or Allotment of approexpended, the Secretary of the Interior shall make allotments thereof penditures. in conformity with the intent and purpose of this act, and such allotments shall not be altered or modified except with his approval. After July first, nineteen hundred and fourteen, the estimates for Estimates to contain appropriations for the Indian Service submitted by the Secretary of the Interior, shall be accompanied by a detailed statement, classified in the manner prescribed in the first paragraph of this section, showing the purposes for which the appropriations are required. Approved, June 30, 1913. CHAP. 12.-An Act to provide for the acquiring of station grounds by the Great Northern Railway Company in the Colville Indian Reservation in the State of Washington. 197. 479. Sept. 17, 1913. 18. 2711.] Public, No. 12. 38 Stat., 111. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That there be, and hereby is, granted to the Great Northern Railway Company, a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Minnesota, subject to and upon compliance by the company with all the provisions of the Act of March second, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, entitled "An Act to provide for the acquiring of rights of way by railroad companies through Indian reservations, Indian lands, Indian allotments, and for,34 Stat., 330, ante, other purposes," and the acts amendatory thereto of June twenty-36 Stat. 859, ante, first, nineteen hundred and six (Thirty-fourth Statutes at Large, page three hundred and thirty), and June twenty-fifth, nineteen hundred and ten (Thirty-sixth Statutes at Large, page eight hundred and fifty-nine), and the regulations issued by the Secretary of the Interior thereunder, additional station grounds adjoining the right of way of the said railway company in the Colville Indian Reservation, in the State of Washington, adjacent to the village of Okanogan, in the county of Okanogan, in the said State, and at the said railway company's station known as Chillowist, located in lots four and six, section one, township thirty-two north, range twenty-five east, Willamette meridian, in the Colville Indian Reservation, in the State of Washington, to the extent of not to exceed two hundred feet in width by a length of three thousand feet for each of said station grounds: Provided, That if any of the lands to be acquired by the railway company under the provisions of this Act shall have been tentatively Oct. 22, 1913. [H. R. 7898.] Public, 32. 38 Stat., 208. 38 Stat., 217. Fort Bidwell School, Cal. Use of balances. selected by Indians as a part of their allotments, they shall be entitled to receive upon the approval of their allotments the compensation for damages to said lands and improvements thereon paid by the said railway company: And provided further, That such station grounds are granted subject to the right of the United States to cross the same and the works constructed thereon with canals or water conduits of any kind, or with roadways, or with transmission lines for telephone, telegraph, or electric power, or with any other public improvements which may now or in the future be built by or under authority of the United States across such grounds; and the said company shall build and maintain at its own expense all structures that may be required at such crossing, and in accepting this grant shall release the United States from all damages which may result from the construction and use of such crossings, canals, conduits, transmission lines, and other improvements Approved, September 17, 1913. CHAP. 32.-An Act Making appropriations to supply urgent deficiencies in appropriations for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and thirteen, and for other purposes. 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 are hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to supply urgent deficiencies in appropriations for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and thirteen, and for other purposes, namely: * * * INDIAN OFFICE. * * The unexpended balance remaining upon the books of the Treas ury on June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and thirteen, of the appropriation of "$15,000 for improvements at Fort Bidwell School, in California, as follows: $7,000 for the erection and construction of a water and electric-light system; $3,000 for sewerage system; $3,000 for a steam laundry; and $2,000 for a complete heating system of the school and accessory buildings," under the Act of August twentyfourth, nineteen hundred and twelve, entitled "An Act making appropriations for current and contingent expenses of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, for fulfilling treaty stipulations with the various Indian tribes, and for other purposes," for the fiscal year ending June 37 Stat., 518; ante, thirtieth, nineteen hundred and thirteen (Thirty-seventh United 531. Oct. 24, 1913. [S. 3296.] Public, No. 34. 38 Stat., 234. States Statutes, pages five hundred and eighteen to five hundred and twenty), and under the terms of said appropriation of $15,000, is hereby reappropriated and made available for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and fourteen. GOVERNMENT HOSPITAL FOR THE INSANE: For completing the power, heating, and lighting plant, remodeling the electric layout and substituting electrically driven for steam-driven machinery, and for other purposes incident thereto, $18,150; or in lieu thereof authority to exchange or sell discarded machinery, copper, and material, and use the proceeds therefrom to complete this work. PLATT NATIONAL PARK: For maintenance, bridging, roads, and trails, fiscal year nineteen hundred and fourteen, $8,000. Approved, October 22, 1913. CHAP. 34.-An Act To enable the Commissioner of Indian Affairs to employ additional clerks on heirship work in the Indian Office. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Indian Department. States of America in Congress assembled, That the Commissioner of Indian Affairs is hereby authorized to use not to exceed $10,000, for determine heirs of al 38 Stat., 80, ante, 476. the employment of additional clerks in the Indian Office in connection Additional clerks to with the work of determining the heirs of deceased Indians, out of the lottees. $50,000 appropriated in the Indian Appropriation Act for the fiscal 564. year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and fourteen, for the 36 Stat., 855, ante, purpose of determining the heirs of deceased Indian allotteees, pursuant to the Act of June twenty-fifth, nineteen hundred and ten (Thirty-sixth Statutes at Large, page eight hundred and fifty-five). Approved, October 24, 1913. PART II. PROCLAMATIONS RELATING TO INDIAN LANDS AND June 9, 1903. Proclamations. 33 Stat., 2311. 1, p. 604. Proclamation establishing the Lewis and Clark Forest Reserve in Montana. The rights and privileges reserved to the Indians of the Blackfeet Indian Reservation by Article 1 of the agreement set forth in, and accepted, ratified, and confirmed by, the Act of Congress approved 29 Stat., p. 354, vol. June tenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-six, herein before referred to, respecting that portion of their reservation relinquished to the United States by said Article 1, shall be in no way infringed or modified by reason of the fact that a part of the area so relinquished is embraced within the limits of the boundaries herein described and set apart as a forest reservation. Aug. 12, 1903. Proclamations. 33 Stat., 2317. Preamble. 27 Stat., 1018. 26 Stat., 1026. Cheyenne and Arapahoe Indian Reservation, Okla. Additional lands [No. 6.] BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. A PROCLAMATION. Whereas, in the opening of the Cheyenne and Arapahoe ceded Indian lands in the Territory of Oklahoma, by proclamation dated April 12, 1892, pursuant to section sixteen of the act of Congress approved March 3, 1891 (26 Stat., 989, 1026), the south one-half of section fifteen, township seventeen north, range twenty-two west, of the Indian Principal Meridian, was reserved for county-seat purposes for county "E," now Day county, in said Territory. And whereas it appears that the county-seat of said county was removed from said land to the town of Grand in said county in 1893, and that said land has not since been used for county-seat purposes, and is not now needed for such purposes, and no entry has been made thereof; Now, therefore, I, THEODORE ROOSEVELT, President of the United States, by virtue of the power in me vested by section sixteen of said opened to settlement. act of Congress of March 3, 1891, do hereby declare and make known that said land is hereby opened to settlement and restored to the public domain, to be disposed of under the provisions of section sixteen of said act of Congress of March 3, 1891, and all other laws and agreements applicable thereto. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. Done at the City of Washington this 12th day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and three, and of [SEAL.] the Independence of the United States the one hundred and twenty-eighth. By the President: FRANCIS B LOOMIS. T. ROOSEVELT Acting Secretary of State. [No. 22.] BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. A PROCLAMATION. Mar. 29, 1904. 33 Stat., 2340. Preamble. Whereas, in the opening of the Kiowa, Comanche, Apache, and Wichita Indian lands in the Territory of Oklahoma, by proclamation 32 Stat., 1975. dated July 4, 1901, pursuant to section six of the act of Congress approved June 6, 1900 (31 Stat., 672, 676), the north half of the north- 31 Stat., 676. west quarter and the southwest quarter of the northwest quarter of section thirty-two in township two north, of range eleven west of the Indian principal meridian, containing one hundred and twenty acres, was reserved for the use of the Fort Sill Indian boarding school of Kiowa agency; And whereas it appears that said land is no longer required for use by said school, and that it adjoins the City of Lawton, Oklahoma Territory, and the city authorities of said city desire to make entry thereof for park purposes under the act of Congress approved September 30, 1890 (26 Stat., 502); 26 Stat., 502. school lands granted 31 Stat., 676. Now, therefore, I, Theodore Roosevelt, President of the United Fort Sill Indian States, by virtue of the power in me vested by section six of said act to Lawton, Ind. T., for of Congress of June 6, 1900, do hereby declare and make known that park purposes. said land is hereby restored to the public domain, to be disposed of to said city, for park purposes under said act of Congress approved September 30, 1890. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. Done at the City of Washington this 29th day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and four, and of [SEAL.] the Independence of the United States the one hundred and twenty-eighth. THEODORE ROOSEVELT A PROCLAMATION BY THE PRESIDENT. WHEREAS, a proclamation was issued February 10, 1890, by the President, making known and proclaiming the acceptance of the Sioux Act approved March 2, 1889 (25 Stats., 888) by the different bands of the Sioux Nation of Indians, and the consent thereto by them as required by the said Act: AND WHEREAS, the proclamation contains the following clause: That there is also reserved as aforesaid the following described tract within which the Cheyenne River Agency, school and certain other buildings are located, to wit: Commencing at a point in the center of the main channel of the Missouri River opposite Deep Creek, about three miles south of the Cheyenne River; thence due west five and one half miles; thence due north to the Cheyenne River; thence down said river to the center of the main channel thereof to a point in the center of the Missouri River due east or opposite the mouth of said Cheyenne River; thence down the center of the main channel of the Missouri River to the place of beginning: Mar. 30, 1904. Proclamations. 33 Stat, 2340. 26 Stat., 1554. Preamble. 26 Stat., 888. AND WHEREAS, a proclamation was issued February 7,1903, by the 32 Stat., 2035. President, declaring said lands subject to disposal under the provisions of the said Act, except 160 acres of land reserved and set apart for the use of St. John's Mission School; AND WHEREAS, due notice has been received that the Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society no longer desires the use of the lands 56773°-S. Doc. 719, 62-2-38 |