, 1864-06-20

efeQ TO contract lot Tue purchase Vi SUCH Iln- |
proVements, at a price not exceeding fair
valuation thereof to be made under his direc- !
ton. But no such contract shall be valid, nor
any money paid thereon, until, upon a report Of
said contract and of said valuation to Congress,
the same shall be approved and the money ap-
prOpriated by law for that purpose: And pro
rided, further, That said tracts to be set apart
as aforesaid may, or may not, as in the discre-
ton Of the President may be deemed for the
best interests Of the Indians to be provided for,
include any Of the Indian reservations hereto
fore set apart in sad State, and that in case
any such reservation is so included, the same
may be enlarged to such an extent as, in the
opinion Of the President, may be necessary in
order to its complete adaptation to the purposes
for which it is intended.
Sec. 8. And be IL further enacted, That the
several Indian reservations in California which
shall not be retained for the purposes Of Indian
reservations under the provisions Of the pre-
ceding section Of this act, shall, by the Com
missioner Of the General Land Office, under
the direction Of the Secretary Of the Interior,
be surveyed into lots or parcels Of suitable
size, and as far as practicable in conformity to
the surveys Of the public lands, which said lots
shall, under his direction, be appraised by dis
interested persons at their cash value, and shall
thereupon, after due advertisement as now pro-
vided BY law in case Of other public lands, be
offered for sale at public Outcry, and thence
afterwards shall be held subject to sale at pri-
vate entry, according TO such regulations as the
Secretary Of the Interior may prescribe: PRO
rided, That no lot shall be disposed Of at less
than the appraised value, nor at less than one
dollar and twenty-five cents per acre: ARd
PrOrided, further, That said sale shall be con-
Quoted by the register and receiver Of the land
Office in the district in which such reservation
or reservations may be situated, in accordance
with the instructions Of the department rcgu-
lating the sale Of public lands.
Sec. 4. And be it further endcted, That the
President Of the United States be and he is
hereby authorized, by and with the advice and
consent Of the Senate, to appoint an Indian agent
for each Of the reservations which shall be es-
tablished under tie provisions Of this act, which
said agent shall reside upon the reservation for
which be shall be appointed, and shall discharge
On the duties now or hereafter to be required
Of Indian agents by law, or by rules and regu.
lations adopted, or to be adopted, for the regu-
lhtiOn Of the Indian service, so far as the same
may be applicable. Each Of the agents ap-
pointed as Aforesaid shall, before entering upon
the duties Of his Office, give bond in such pen.
aliieSand with such conditions and such security
NAV require, and shall hold bis Office (or The
term q four years, unless sooner removed by
the President, and shall receive An annual sal.
ary It ths rate Of eighteen hundred dollars.
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of IA TnSisns sh:ll rcon;re 1t Il one nSvs;.;sr
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f.rro, and ons c.rncntcr ,rbo shaii s.ci' ~.
rc;ve comnensation 81 rSiss 70 bo de,ermircd
~ the Seeretsrv of tbe inter;or moi e~cesJ;ns,
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snd eon,roI n M Gsr:vsl fsnd CIf;ce mi -
nes,i & NAV N Il co,-.,, - ths ries sr5
rrcnistions nnicr = vrb;eb e,brg nnbl;c lands % ~
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in;sn s.sn1e sSslt ;.s;,a !, shs;s ,.s.se,;-
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drred Al A q ~ IN of In;s
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violation 81 this seet,on q the presiden, r;ih
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