...allotment. It was found by the Commissioner to the Five Civilized Tribes who heard the contest and by the Commissioner of Indian Affairs and the Secretary of the Interior who heard the successive appeals that Mrs. Martin was the owner of the improvements; and the only question...

...employed by said bands of Indians to prosecute their claims, under a contract which has been heretofore approved by the Commissioner of Indian Affairs and the Secretary of the Interior as provided by law, upon information and belief as to the existence of the facts stated in said petition,...

...pursuant to section 2103 and following sections of the Revised Statutes of the United States, and, duly approved by the Commissioner of Indian Affairs and the Secretary of the Interior, said sum to be paid as provided for in the contract out of individual funds in the Treasury of the...

...from surveys, plans, and reports submitted by the chief irrigation engineer in the Indian Service :ind approved by the Commissioner of Indian Affairs and the Secretary of the Interior, and such limit of cost shall in no case be exceeded without express authorization of Congress, and hereafter...

...the office for approval the sale of lands. The law requires that their land shall be sold with the approval of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs and the Secretary of the Interior, and the land sales are required to be submitted to the office. Large grazing leases covering tribal...

...accordance with the plans and specifications submitted by the chief engineer in the Indian Service and approved by the Commissioner of Indian Affairs and the Secretary of the Interior in conformity with a provision in section 1 of the Indian appropriation act for the fiscal year 1911,...

...MERITT. If the bill were amended by putting after the word "claim," in line 13, page 18, "with the approval of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs and the Secretary of the Interior as required by existing law." The CHAIRMAN. Yes: or you can say, "as required by existing law," without...

...they make up a roll of the tribe and submit it to the Indian Office for consideration and approval by the Commissioner of Indian Affairs and the Secretary of the Interior. That work is in progress now, and it will take some little time to complete it. There are various complications...

...in Arizona, in accordance with the plans submitted by the chief engineer of the Indian Service and approved by the Commissioner of Indian Affairs and the Secretary of the In-. terior, in conformity with section one of the act approved April fourth, nineteen hundred and...

...sir. Mr. MERITT. He proposes to strike out the words, "under existing law, subject to the sanction and approval of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs and the Secretary of the Interior." Mr. ELSTON. With respect to what? Mr. MERITT. With respect to the attorney's fee. The CHAIRMAN. What...