144 FIFTY-SECOND CONGRESS. Sess. I Ch. 164. 1892. to Congress at its next session, he may direct that purchases may be made in open market in amount not exceeding three thousand dollars Irrigation- at any one purchase: That funds herein and heretofore appropriated for construction of ditches and other works for irrigating, may, in the discretion of the Secretary of the Interior, be expended in open marpmsm. ket: Provided further, That purchase in open market may be made _P¤r¤1¤¤¤¤¤ fmm I¤- from Indians under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior: And 5mm' provided further, That the Secretary of the Interior is authorized, for rumnasesuntiimn- the period of thirty days after the approval of this act, to purchase in ‘*"°“ ""° °‘°°“‘°°‘ open market supplies necessary for the Indian service, until contracts are executed and approved and contractors have had time to deliver supplies to the several agencies, to an amount not exceeding ten thousand dollars at any one time, a special report thereof to be made to Congress at its next session. Immediately avuilw Sno 4. That so much of the appropriations herein made as may be m' required to pay for goods and supplies, for expenses incident to their purchase, and for transportation of same, for the year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, shall be immediately available; but no such goods or supplies shall be distributed or delivered to any of said Indians prior to July first, eighteen hundred and Aavmmemem be ninety-two. And hereafter the Commissioner of Indian Aiiairs is
- °'° “PP’°P'*““"'*· authorized to advertise in the spring of each year for bids, and enter
into contracts, subject to the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, for goods and supplies for the Indian service required for the ensuing iiscal year, notwithstanding the fact that the appropriations for such Pr¤·¤i=<»¤- fiscal year have not been made: Provided, that the contracts so made Basis of wnmcts- shall be on the basis of the appropriations for the preceding iiscal year: 0<>¤diri¤¤¤· And provided further, That these contracts shall contain a clause that no deliveries shall be made under the same and no liability attach to the United States in consequence of such execution if Congress fails to nivmsouorw-Pius make an appropriation for the nseal year for which those supplies are "°' ““*’“*“°°”°°· required. And the Secretary of the Interior, under the direction of the President, may use any surplus that may remain in any of the said appropriations herein made for the purchase of subsistence for the sevmma. eral Indian tribes, to an amount not exceeding twenty-five thousand dollars in the aggregate, to supply any subsistence deiiciency that may rmxy mms. “ occur: Provided, however, That funds appropriated to fulfill treaty ob- R°P°¤- ligations shall not be so used: And provided further, That any diversions which shall be made under authority of this section shall be reported in detail, and the reason therefor, to Congress at the session of P¤¤·¤hape of stock Congress next succeeding such diversion: And provided further, That °‘“"“‘°“‘ the Secretary of the Interior, imder the direction of the President, may use any sums appropriated in this act for subsistence, and not absolutely necessary for that purpose, for the purchase of stock cattle for the beneiit of the tribe for which such appropriation is made, or for the assistance of such Indians to become iarmers, and in aiding such Indians as have taken allotments to build houses and other buildings for residence or improvements of such allotments, and shall report to Congress at its next session thereafter, an account of his action under this provision. i rmsm of funds Sec. 5. That when not required for the purpose for which appro- ’°”°'“¥"°>`°°“· priated the funds herein provided for the pay of specified employees at any agency may be used by the Secretary of the Interior for the pay oi other employes at such agency, but no deficiency shall be thereby created; and, when necessary, specified employees may be detailed for other service when not required for the duty for which they were engaged; and that the several appropriations herein made tormillers, blacksmiths, engineers, carpenters, physicians, and other persons, and for various articles provided for by treaty stipulation for the several Indian tribes, may be diverted to other uses for the benent of said tribes, respectively, within the discretion of the President, and with the consent of said tribes, expressed in the usual manner; and that he
