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EMPLOYMENT OF INDIAN LABOR, HIRING OF INDIAN PROPERTY, CONVEYANCE OF INDIAN LANDS, AND IRRIGATION IN PIMA INDIAN RESERVATION

[Extracts from] An act making appropriations for the current and contingent expenses of the Indian Department, for fulfilling treaty stipulations with various Indian tribes, and for other purposes, for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and eight. (Act March 1, 1907, ch. 2285, 34 Stat. 1015)

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[Employment of Indian labor and hiring of Indian property-Exemption.]—That as far as practicable Indian labor shall be employed and purchase in the open market made from Indians, under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior. And the employment of such Indians and the hiring of their property, in connection with the construction of any irrigation project under the Reclamation Service, shall be exempt from the provisions of sections thirty-seven hundred and nine and thirty-seven hundred and forty-four, Revised Statutes. (34 Stat. 1015.)

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[Conveyance of lands by noncompetent Indians.]-That any noncompetent Indian to whom a patent containing restrictions against alienation has been issued for an allotment of land in severalty, under any law or treaty, or who may have an interest in any allotment by inheritance, may sell or convey all or any part of such allotment or such inherited interest on such terms and conditions and under such rules and regulations as the Secretary of the Interior may prescribe, and the proceeds derived therefrom shall be used for the benefit of the allottee or heir so disposing of his land or interest, under the supervision of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs; and any conveyance made hereunder and approved by the Secretary of the Interior shall convey full title to the land or interest so sold, the same as if fee-simple patent had been issued to the allottee. (34) Stat. 1018.)

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Cross references.-See act of June 21, 1906 (34 Stat. 325), as to sale of lands allotted to Indians.

See act of May 29, 1908 (35 Stat. 444), regarding patents in fee to purchasers of Indian lands.

[Irrigation for Pima Indians from Salt River project.]—That the Secretary of the Interior may, in his discretion, use such part of the $300,000 heretofore appropriated for an irrigation system for the Pima Indians in the payment of such Indians' proportionate part of the construction of the Salt River project, and such funds may be transferred to the reclamation fund, to be expended by that service in accordance with its rules and regulations, the Indians to receive a credit upon the reclamation charge assessed against their lands under the Salt River project for the amount so transferred. `(34 Stat. 1022.)

APPROPRIATION FOR IRRIGATION DAM ACROSS THE RIO GRANDE

[Extract from] An act making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and eight, and for other purposes. (Act March 4, 1907, ch. 2918, 34 Stat. 1295)

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[$1,000,000 appropriated from General Treasury in accordance with convention with Mexico.]-Toward the construction of a dam for storing and delivering sixty thousand acre-feet of water annually, in the bed of the Rio Grande, at the point where the headworks of the Acequia Madre now exist, above the city of Juarez, Mexico, as provided by a convention between the United States and Mexico, proclaimed January sixteenth, nineteen hundred and seven, one million dollars, to be available as needed and to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior in connection with the irrigation project on the Rio Grande: Provided, That the balance of the cost of said irrigation project over and above the amount herein appropriated shall be allotted by the Secretary of the Interior, as may be needed and as may be available from time to time, from the reclamation fund and collected from the settlers and owners of the land benefited under the provisions of the reclamation act approved June seventeenth, nineteen hundred and two, and acts supplmental thereto or amendatory thereof. (34 Stat. 1357.)

IRRIGATION OF INDIAN LANDS

[Extract from] An act making appropriations for the current and contingent expenses of the Indian Department, for fulfilling treaty stipulations with various Indian tribes, and for other purposes, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1909. (Act April 30, 1908, ch. 153, 35 Stat. 70)

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[Authority to arrange for reclamation of Indian lands-No lien or charge created against reserved lands-Limit of cost.]-That in carrying out any irrigation project which may be undertaken under the provisions of the act of June seventeenth, nineteen hundred and two (Thirty-second Statutes, page three hundred and eighty-eight), known as the reclamation act, and which may make possible, and provide for, in connection with the reclamation of other lands the irrigation of all or any part of the irrigable lands heretofore included in allotments made to Indians under the fourth section of the general allotment act, the Secretary of the Interior be, and he hereby is, authorized to make such arrangement and agreement in reference thereto as said Secretary deems for the best interest of the Indians: Provided, That no lien or charge for construction, operation, or maintenance shall thereby be created against any such reserved lands: And provided further, That to meet the necessary cost of carrying out this legislation the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to expend, out of the sum appropriated in this act for irrigation, an amount not exceeding $13,000. (35 Stat. 85.)

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BOOKS AND

PERIODICALS FOR THE RECLAMATION SERVICE (BUREAU OF RECLAMATION)-ASSIGNMENT OF PAY BY FIELD EMPLOYEES

[Extract from] An act making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and nine, and for other purposes. (Act May 27, 1908, ch. 200, 35 Stat. 317)

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[Authority to purchase books, etc.]-The Secretary of the Interior may authorize the purchase of such law books, books of reference, periodicals, engineering and statistical publications as are needed in carrying out the surveys and examinations authorized by the act of June seventeenth, nineteen hundred and two, entitled "An act appropriating the receipts from the sale and disposal of public lands in certain States and Territories for the construction of irrigation works for the reclamation of arid lands." (35 Stat. 350.)

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Cross reference.-See act of March 3, 1925, ch. 462 (43 Stat. 1141), and notes thereunder.

[Secretary may permit field employees to assign pay.]-The Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized to permit the employees of the Reclamation Service, while employed in the field, to make assignments of their pay under such regulations as he may prescribe. (35 Stat. 350.)

COMPENSATION OF COMMISSIONS, BOARDS, ETC.

[Extract from] An act making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and ten, and for other purposes. (Act March 4, 1909, ch. 299, 35 Stat. 945)

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Sec. 9. [Commissions, etc., compensation of, unless created by law, forbidden.]-That hereafter no part of the public moneys, or of any appropriation heretofore or hereafter made by Congress, shall be used for the payment of compensation or expenses of any commission, council, board, or other similar body, or any members thereof, or for expenses in connection with any work or the results of any work or action of any commission, council, board, or other similar body, unless the creation of the same shall be or shall have been authorized by law; nor shall there be employed by detail, hereafter or heretofore made, or otherwise personal services from any executive department or other Government establishment in connection with any such commission, council, board, or other similar body. (35 Stat. 1027.)

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