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Show 40 COMMISSIONER OF INDIAN AFFAIRS. and mission purposes, as well as,for parks and water-power sites. Provision is made for the construction of necessary irrigcihon proj-ects. The sum of $270,000 is appropriated for carrying out the provisions of the act. The annual Indian a propriation ad, approved March 3, 1921, appropriates from the 4e deral Treasury the sum of $9,761,554.67, segregated as follows: Treaty ctppropriations, $906,620;. gratuity appropriations, $7,257,449.67; and reimbursable appropriations, $1,597,485. The amount of $2,716,921.50 is authorized to be ex-pended from various Indian funds, a portion of which is tb be paid out per capita to certain tribes of Indlaas. For health work $375,000 is appropriated; for new buildings at the Indian school, Phoenix, Ariz.? $50,000 is appropriated; $25,000 is available for road con-struction on the Blackfeet Reservation, Mont., between the yellow-stone and Glacier National Parks; and $17,500 is made availahle for expenses in connection with certain O$age tax suits noF pending in the Federal courts. Iiegislation enacted in the Indian appropriation act amended the act authorizing the leasing of Indian lands for the mining of metalliferous minerals so as to include magnesite, gypsum, limestone, and asbestos. Authority is granted for the leasing of lands of Indian allottees for farming, and grazing purposes, subject only to the approval of the superintendentc& other officer in charge of the reservation where the land is located. The Secretary of the In-terior is authorized to accept reconveyances to the Government of privately owned and State school lands, and relinquishments of valid homestead entries or other filings,.including Indian' allotment selections, within any township of the uhlic domain in San Juan, McKinley, and Valencia Counties, FJ. &.,an d to permit lieu selec- ' tions by those surrendering their rights so that the holdings of any claimant within any township wherein such reconveyances or re-linquishments are made may be consolidated and held in solid areas. CONCLUSION. As a closing word, it is a satisfaotion to acknowledge among the employees of the bureau, both inthe office and field, a spirit of loyalty and earnest enaeavor that carries assurance of agreeable' and suc-cessful working relations. It is also a special pleasdre to have received your cordia1,support and to feel that wise suggestions from your office are available at anv time. Very respectfully, CHAS. H. BURHE, Com?n.issioner. The SECRETAROYF THE INTERIOR. |
