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Show ..? I, interest to June 30, 1914, amounting to i)270,1340.79, or a total of $470,240.79. Of thin amount, §354,000 j^g -oeen authorized for a per capita distribution of 3300. to the Indians vnder that jurisdiction, to be placed in bank to the credit, of each Indian and eo-rpended under supervision for in-du W-vial purposes , ouch as the purchase of o~ricultural im-picr. ent3,' terrmq,. etc. for Indir.ne -7hn cultjvr.tc their 7,1'Iot-mory. 3, or for payments to lessees for improvements -^hen the allo-trient 2.3 leaded, ai Bet fc.rth herein. Two hundred th.0u3r.nd doli-r^. ig ai^o b^in-^ aoked for the^e Indiana in the Indian bill for the fiscal y*ar 1916, from the principal of the §3,000,000 "Ute J-adgnent Fund", plus their pro rata share of the interest to June .30, 1915, the greater portion of which, if appropriated, will probably be segregated, into individual shares for deposit, in bank to the credit' of each Indian. Tn connection with this matter, attention is invited to the attached copy of "Amended Ral'e.3 and Regulations .fa be observed in the Execution;.of Leasee of Indian Allotments'*' ap~ proved March 15, 1905,. with amendr_r_wts 'of September 19,.' 1910,. and June 30, 1913, and particularly to the -Act cf May 31,1900- (31 Stats. L.229) , reading in part as fellows: ;."''•"' "Provided, That whenever it shall be made "toy-appear to the Secretary cf the Interior that by reason" oi' age, disability, or inability any allottee of Indian lands con not personally and with benefit to himself occupy or improve his allotnent or any part thereof, the same may be leased upon such terms, regulations, and conditions as shall be prescribedAoy the Secretary, for a. term not exceeding five year" for farming rurroses only." |