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Show A statement of individual Indian moneys for the year is gi\en in Table 37. A list of banks designated as depositaries for individual Indian moneys is given in Table 38. RECEIPTS AND DISBURSEMENTS AT UNION AGENCY, OKLA., FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, rgog. The &ancia1 transactions of the Indian agent for the Union Agency have increased from year to year ever since the agreements with the Five Civilized Tribes became law, and the moneys handled during last year greatly exceeded the high-water mark of preceding years. The amount of money handled and the number of vouch-ers paid by the agent in the year ended on June 30, 1909, were $5,319,172.40 and 19,999, respectively, as against $4,996,844.65 and 16,083 for the previous year. The receipts and disbursements are shown in Table 39. SEGREGATION OF TRIBAL TRUST FUNDS. The act of Jnne28, 1906 (34 Stat. L., 544), directed the segregation of a11 tribal funds of the Osages as soon as possible after January 1, 1907, and the placing of the share of each individual member to his or her personal credit. All the preliminary work has been done, but the actual segregation has not yet been completed because of the great amount of clerks1 labor involved and the heavy demands made on the force in other directions. This matter uill, however, be pushed to completion at the earliest possible moment. There are about 40 tribal trust funds on the books which might be segregated in the same manner ia those of the Osages if the neces-sary legislation can be secured. The work of making such segrega-tions, with its many details, such as ascertaining the amounts to be withheld for the payment of existing claims against the Indians, of unpaid shares of annuity, and of other expenses already incurred or . authorized from the funds, and of opening an account with each in-dividual member of the tribe, would be too great for accomplishment with the present office force. It is estimated that the task of segre-gating all funds susceptible of such treatment would require the serv-ices of six clerks for an entire year, and that after the segregation is completed at least two clerks would be necessary to keep the ac-counts with the individual Indians. WORK OF THE CLAIMS SECTION. In contradistinction to accounts of disbursing officers, the word "claims" as here used means all accounts of whatever nature not paid by disbursing officers but by direct settlement by the Trensury Department, after administrative examination in this office. |
