FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. III. Cris. 324, 325. 1899. 947 account of his action under this provision: Providedfurther, That funds T¤¤¤*¥ f¤¤d¤- appropriated to fulfill treaty obligations shall not be used. SEc. 5. That when not required for the purpose tbrwhich appropri- '1‘¤¤¤f¤r vf f¤¤¤• ated, the funds herein provided for the pay of pecined employees at f" °'””]°y°°°` any agency may be used by the Secretary of the Interior for the pay of other employees 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 eugaged; and that the several appropriations herein or heretofore made Diversions. for millers, blacksmiths, engineers, carpenters, physician , 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 benefit 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 cause report to be made to Congress, at its next session there- _ after, of his action under this provision: Provided, That with the con- 1’r<>¤¢•¤- _ sent of the Crow Indians in Montana, to be obtained in the usual way, MEL? R°°°"°t'°°‘ the Secretary of the Interior, in his discretion, may use the annuity use of annuity money due or to become due said Indians to complete the irrigation §',5§;§,{,§§_I”“"“' ’°’ system heretofore commenced on said Crow Indian Reservation. Sec. 6. That whenever, after advertising for bids for supplies, in R°5°°“°" °f bidsaccordance with sections three and four of this Act, those received for any article contain conditions detrimental to the interest of the Government, they may be rejected, and the articles specified in such bids —¤¤{:tM¤¤¤ iii ¤1·¤¤ purchased in open market, at prices not to exceed those of the lowest mt ‘ bidder, and not to exceed the market price of the same, until such time as satisfactory bids can be obtained, for which immediate advertisement shall be made. Sec. 7. That the Commissioner of Indian Affairs shall report annu- tnkswaonsmplvysss ally to Congress, specifically showing the number of employees at each °° "'“d° °'"""‘"" agency, industrial, and hoarding school, which are supported in whole or in part out of the appropriations in this Act, giving name, when employed, in what capacity employed, male or female, whether white or Indian, amount of compensation paid, and out of what item or fund of the appropriation paid, and whether, in the opinion of such Commissioner, any of such employees are unnecessary. Sec. 8. That hereafter all Indians, when they shall arrive at the age f°}¤$:>;tm¤g;:g¤ig: of eighteen years, shall have the right to receive and receipt for all is years orysgs. y annuity money that may be due or become due to them, if not otherwise incapacitated under the regulations of the Indian Office. Approved, March 1, 1899. CHAP. 325.-An Act Making appropriations for the Department of Agriculture March 1, me. for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred. ·—*··*·-"" Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums be, p_·j·t¤;;f;,*{**“,f*‘mI},j·j and they are hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury tim. pp P of the United States not otherwise appropriated, in full compensation " for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred, for the purposes and objects hereinafter expressed, namely: DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. Orman on rim Smoimzumrz For compensation of Secretar of *’°Y °’ S:°’°""Y· Agriculture, eight thousand dollars; Assistant Secretary of Agmycul- A”mm' cl m'm` ture, four thousand five hundred dollars; chief clerk, who shall be superintendent of the Department buildings, two thousand nve hundred dollars; private secretary to the Secretary of Agriculture, two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; stenographer to the Secretary of Agriculture, one thousand four hundred dollars; private secretary to
