45 App. D.C. 79 - Morrison v. Lane’s Empirical Analysis

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1. ““Be it enacted by the Senate and Blouse of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums be, and they are hereby,. appropriated, out of any money, in the Treasury not otherwise, appropriated, for the purpose of paying the current and contingent expenses of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, for fulfilling treaty stipulations with various Indian tribes, and in full compensation for all offices the salaries for which are provided for herein for the service of the fiscal year ending June .thirtieth, nineteen' hundred and fifteen, namely: “Sec. 8. . . . The Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized to withdraw from the Treasury of the United States, at his discretion, the. sum of 8205,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, of the principal sum on deposit to the credit of the Chippewa Indians in the State of Minnesota, arising under section sgyen of the Act of January fourteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, entitled ‘An Act for the relief and civilization of the Chippewa Indians in the State of Minnesota,’ and to use the same for the purpose of promoting civilization and self-support among the said Indians in manner and for purposes provided for in said Act,” provided [not more than 845,000 of this amount may be used for purchase of lands and removal of bodies of certain deceased Indians].”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Lane v. Morrison

2. “An Act making appropriations for the current and contingent expenses of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, for fulfilling treaty stipulations with various Indian tribes,'' and for other purposes, for the fiscal year ending June' thirtieth, nineteen hundred and fifteen,”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Lane v. Morrison

3. “that Congress may, in its discretion, from time to time, during the said period of fifty years, appropriate, for the purpose of promoting civilization apd self-support among the said Indians, a portion of said principal sum, not exceeding five per centum thereof.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Lane v. Morrison