That this Act shall become inoperative when the Osage Reservation shall become an organized county of Oklahoma, and all records shall be turned over to the proper county officer whenever such county is organized. [34 Stat. L. 209.]

An Act To open for settlement five hundred and five thousand acres of land in the Kiowa, Comanche, and Apache Indian reservations, in Oklahoma Territory.

[Act of June 5, 1906, ch. 2580, 34 Stat. L. 218.]

[SEC. 1.] [Oklahoma Kiowa, Comanche, and Apache Indian reservations pasture, etc., lands opened for settlement.] That all of that part of article three of section six of the Act of Congress of date June sixth, nineteen hundred, entitled "An Act to ratify and confirm an agreement with the Indians of the Fort Hall Indian Reservation, in Idaho," and making appropriations to carry the same into effect, which reads as follows, to wit: "That in addition to the allotment of lands to said Indians as provided for in this agreement the Secretary of the Interior shall set aside for the use in common for said Indian tribes four hundred and eighty thousand acres of grazing land to be selected by the Secretary of the Interior either in one or more tracts, as will best subserve the interests of said Indians," be, and the same is hereby, repealed. [34 Stat. L. 213.]

SEC. 2. [Land to be opened for entry proclamation public sale — disposal of proceeds-sales subject to prior leases, etc.] That the four hundred and eighty thousand acres of land set apart in the Kiowa, Comanche, and Apache Indian reservations, in Oklahoma Territory, by the Secretary of the Interior, referred to and mentioned in section one of this Act, and the twentyfive thousand acres of land set apart as a wood reservation in the Kiowa, Comanche, and Apache Indian reservations, in Oklahoma Territory, by the Secretary of the Interior, shall be opened to settlement by proclamation of the President of the United States within six months from the passage of this Act and be disposed of upon sealed bids or at public auction, at the discretion of the Secretary of the Interior, to the highest bidder under the provisions of the homestead laws of the United States and under the rules and regulations adopted by the Secretary of the Interior, and such purchaser must be duly qualified to make entry under the general homestead laws: Provided, That the money arising from the sale of said lands shall be paid into the Treasury of the United States and placed to the credit of said tribes of Indians, and said deposit of money shall draw four per centum interest per annum; and the principal and interest of said deposit shall be expended for the benefit of said Indians in such manner as Congress may direct: Provided further, That such sales shall be subject to any leases made for agricultural purposes prior to this Act, the rentals accruing after such sale to belong to the purchasers under this Act. [34 Stat. L. 213.]

SEC. 3. [Price and terms of sale forfeiture - title.] That said lands shall be sold for not less than five dollars per acre, and shall be sold upon the following terms: One-fifth of the price bid therefor to be paid at the time the bid is made and the balance of the purchase price of said land to be paid in four equal annual installments; and in case any purchaser fails to make such annual payment when due all rights in and to the land covered by his or her purchase shall at once cease and any payments theretofore made shall be forfeited and his or her entry shall be canceled. And no title to said land shall inure to the purchaser, nor any patent of the United States issue to the pur

chaser, until the purchaser shall have in all respects complied with the terms and provisions of the homestead laws of the United States. [34 Stat. L. 213.]

SEC. 4. [Regulations.] That the Secretary of the Interior is hereby vested with full power and authority to make such rules and regulations as to the time of notice, manner of sale, and other matters incident to the carrying out of the provisions of this Act as he may deem necessary. [34 Stat. L. 214.]

SEC. 5. [Sale of undisposed lands.] That all lands remaining undisposed of at the expiration of five years from the taking effect of this Act shall be disposed of for cash, under rules and regulations to be prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior. [34 Stat. L. 214.]

SEC. 6. [Allotments to children born since June 6, 1900.] That prior to the said proclamation the Secretary of the Interior shall allot one hundred and sixty acres of land to each child of Indian parentage born since June sixth, nineteen hundred, whose father or mother was a duly enrolled member of either the Kiowa, Comanche, or Apache tribes of Indians and entitled to an allotment of land under the Act of June sixth, nineteen hundred, opening said Kiowa, Comanche, or Apache reservations to settlement, said allotments to be made out of the lands known as the pasture reserves in said reservations. [34 Stat. L. 214.]

An Act Making appropriations for the current and contingent expenses of the Indian Department, for fulfilling treaty stipulations with various Indian tribes, and for other purposes, for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and seven.

[Act of June 21, 1906, ch. 3504, 34 Stat, L. 325.]

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[SEC. 1.] [Rations to mission schools on Indian reservations.] Mission schools on an Indian reservation may, under rules and regulations prescribed by the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, receive for such Indian children duly enrolled therein, the rations of food and clothing to which said children would be entitled under treaty stipulations if such children were living with their parents.

[Continuing alienation restrictions - Indian Territory excepted.] That prior to the expiration of the trust period of any Indian allottee to whom a trust or other patent containing restrictions upon alienation has been or shall be issued under any law or treaty the President may in his discretion continue such restrictions on alienation for such period as he may deem best: Provided, however, That this shall not apply to lands in the Indian Territory. [34 Stat. L. 326.]

[Allotments in severalty - lands not liable for prior debts.]

That the Act entitled "An Act to provide for the allotment of lands in severalty to Indians on the various reservations, and to extend the protection of the laws of the United States and the Territories over the Indians, and for other purposes," approved February eighth, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, be, and is hereby, amended by adding the following: No lands acquired under the provisions of this Act shall, in any event, become liable to the satisfaction of any debt contracted prior to the issuing of the final patent in fee therefor.

[Trust funds.] That no money accruing from any lease or sale of lands held in trust by the United States for any Indian shall become liable for the payment of any debt of, or claim against, such Indian contracted or arising

during such trust period, or, in case of a minor, during his minority, except with the approval and consent of the Secretary of the Interior.

[Interest on funds held for minors-sales within reclamation projects proceeds.] That the shares of money due minor Indians as their proportion of the proceeds from the sale of ceded or tribal Indian lands, whenever such shares have been, or shall hereafter be, withheld from their parents, legal guardians, or others, and retained in the United States Treasury by direction of the Secretary of the Interior, shall draw interest at the rate of three per centum per annum unless otherwise provided for, from the period when such proceeds have been or shall be distributed per capita among the members of the tribe of which such minor is a member; and the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized and directed to allow interest on such unpaid amounts belonging to said minors as shall be certified by the Secretary of the Interior as entitled to draw interest under this Act. That any Indian allotted lands under any law or treaty without the power of alienation, and within a reclamation project approved by the Secretary of the Interior, may sell and convey any part thereof, under rules and regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior, but such convey ance shall be subject to his approval, and when so approved shall convey full title to the purchaser the same as if final patent without restrictions had been issued to the allottee: Provided, That the consideration shall be placed in the Treasury of the United States, and used by the Commissioner of Indian Affairs to pay the construction charges that may be assessed against the unsold part of the allotment, and to pay the maintenance charges thereon during the trust. period, and any surplus shall be a benefit running with the water right to be paid to the holder thereof. [34 Stat. L. 327.]

The Act of Feb. 8, 1887, above referred to, is set forth in 3 Fed. Stat. Annot. 492.

[Annual report of Commissioner of Indian Affairs modified detailed statement of contracts reporting employees repealed.] X- * * That so much of the section three of the Act of August fifteenth, eighteen hundred and seventy-six, as required the Commissioner of Indian Affairs to embody in his annual report a detailed and tabular statement of all bids and proposals received for any services, supplies, and annuity goods for the Indian service, together with a detailed statement of all awards of contracts made for any such services, supplies, and annuity goods for which said bids or proposals were received, is hereby repealed, and hereafter he shall embody in his annual report only a detailed statement of the awards of contracts made for any services, supplies, and annuity goods for the Indian service; and that so much of the Acts of March second, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, and April twenty-first, nineteen hundred and four, which require the Commissioner to report annually the names of all employees in the Indian service is hereby also repealed. [34 Stat. L. 328.]

The provision of the Act of Aug. 15, 1876, above repealed, is set forth in 2 Fed. Stat. Annot. 929.

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[Printing in schools.] That the provisions of section thirtyseven hundred and eighty-six of the Revised Statutes of the United States shall not apply to such work of the Indian Department as can be executed at the several Indian schools.

R. S. sec. 3786, above mentioned, is set forth in 6 Fed. Stat. Annot. 641. [Right of way through Indian lands.] That section two of an Act of Congress entitled "An Act to provide for the acquiring of rights of way of

railroad companies through Indian reservations, Indian lands, and Indian allotments, and for other purposes," approved March second, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, be, and the same hereby is, amended so as to read as follows: "SEC. 2. [Width for stations, etc., increased.] That such right of way shall no exceed fifty feet in width on each side of the center line of the road, except where there are heavy cuts and fills, when it shall not exceed one hundred feet in width on each side of the road, and may include grounds adjacent thereto for station buildings, depots, machine shops, side tracks, turnouts, and water stations, not to exceed two hundred feet in width by a length of three thousand feet, and not more than one station to be located within any one continuous length of ten miles of road." [34 Stat. L. 330.]

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[Superintendent of Indian schools — expenses — per diem — other duties.] For necessary traveling expenses of one superintendent of Indian schools, including telegraphing and incidental expenses of inspection and investigation, one thousand five hundred dollars: Provided, That he shall be allowed three dollars per day for traveling expenses when actually on duty in the field, exclusive of cost of transportation and sleeping-car fare, in lieu of all other expenses now allowed by law: And provided further, That he shall perform such other duties as may be imposed upon him by the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, subject to the approval of the Secretary of the Interior. [34 Stat. L. 330.]

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[Indian agents -salaries not available for army officers-school superintendents may act as agents-bonds.] * The appropriations for the salaries of Indian agents shall not take effect nor become available in any case for or during the time in which any officer of the Army of the United States shall be engaged in the performance of the duties of Indian agent at any of the agencies above named; and the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, with the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, may devolve the duties of any Indian agency or part thereof upon the superintendent of the Indian school located at such agency or part thereof whenever in his judgment such superintendent can properly perform the duties of such agency. And the superintendent upon whom such duties devolve shall give bond as other Indian agents. [34 Stat. L. 332.]

[Gila River Reservation — irrigation -annual charge.] * * * For the construction of an irrigation system necessary for developing and furnishing a water supply for the irrigation of the lands of the Pima Indians in the vicinity of Sacaton, on the Gila River Indian Reservation, two hundred and fifty thousand dollars, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior: Provided further, That when said irrigation system is in successful operation, and the Indians have become self-supporting, the cost of operating the said system shall be equitably apportioned upon the lands irrigated, and to the annual charge shall be added an amount sufficient to pay back into, the Treasury the cost of the work within thirty years, suitable deduction being made for the amounts received from disposal of lands which now form a part of said reservation. [34 Stat. L. 333.]

[Nez Perces-leases permitted certificate.] * * That if any adult

member of the Nez Perce tribe of Indians in Idaho believes himself or herself competent to make leases and transact his or her affairs, such member may file a request with the Commissioner of Indian Affairs for a permit to lease

the lands which have been allotted to him or her and the minor children of such member. And if upon consideration and examination of the request the said Commissioner finds said member to be fully competent and capable of managing and caring for his or her own individual affairs, he may issue a certificate to such member authorizing him or her to make leases or rental contracts for the lands allotted to such member and his or her minor children. [34 Stat. L. 334.]

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[Lemhi Reservation schedule of abandoned lands- appraisal sales proceeds sale of mission land.] That before any of the lands in the Lemhi Reservation, in Idaho, ceded by the agreement concluded on May fourteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty, set forth in the Act of February twentythird, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine (Twenty-fifth Statutes, page six hundred and eighty-seven), the provisions of which are accepted by agreement executed December twenty-eighth, nineteen hundred and five, by a majority of all the adult male members belonging on or occupying the said reservation, and approved by the President on January twenty-seventh, nineteen hundred and six, be opened to settlement or entry, the Commissioner of Indian Affairs shall cause to be prepared a schedule of the improved lands to be abandoned, with a description of the improvements thereon and the names of the Indian occupants, a duplicate of which shall be filed with the Commissioner of the General Land Office. Before entry shall be allowed of any tract of land occupied and cultivated and included in the schedule aforesaid, the Secretary of the Interior shall cause the improvements on said tract to be appraised and sold to the highest bidder. No sale of such improvements shall be for less than the appraised value. The purchaser of such improvements shall have thirty days after such purchase for preference right of entry of the lands upon which the improvements purchased by him are situated, not to exceed one hundred and sixty acres: Provided, That the proceeds of the sale of such improvements shall be paid to the Indians owning the same: Provided further, That any missionary or religious society to which the Government has assigned lands in said reservation may remove or dispose of the improvements thereon within a reasonable time after the removal of the Indians to the Fort Hall Reservation, and if sold the purchaser of such improvements shall have thirty days from the date of sale thereof for preference right to entry of the lands upon which the improvements purchased by him are situated, not exceeding one hundred and sixty acres. [34 Stat. L. 334.]

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[Coeur d'Alene Indian Reservation - disposal of allotted lands-allotments classification of unallotted lands - opening to entry terms commutation timber-mineral lands coal and oil deposits reserved sale of lands remaining purchase of school lands indemnity selections -proclamation of opening-town sites reserved - disposal of proceedsper capita payment -interest on tribal fund agency, etc., lands reserved maximum rules, etc. liability of United States limited - appropriaThat the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed, as hereinafter provided, to sell or dispose of unallotted lands in the Coeur d'Alene Indian Reservation, in the State of Idaho. That as soon as the lands embraced within the Coeur d'Alene Indian Reservation shall have been surveyed, the Secretary of the Interior shall cause allotments of the same to be made to all persons belonging to or having tribal relations on said Coeur d'Alene Indian Reservation, to each man, woman, and child one hundred and sixty acres, and, upon the approval of such allotments by the Secretary of the