Morris tribune., 1884-01-16
Dir, Nelson's Bill.

Whereas, the Red Lake Indian re-
servation, in the state of Minnesota,
which contains over three million two
hundred thousand acres of land,
whereof more than one-third is till
able, is occupied by less than~on
thousand two hundregde- Indians, who
have nero exceed six hundred acres
under cultivation; and
Whereas nearly all of the lands own
ed by the United States in sal state
suitable for agriculture, and not in
cluded in an Indian reservation, have
been disposed of to actual. settlers;
and
Whereas there is a great demand
among the people of said state that
the Indian title to said reservation be
extlnguished, and that the lands en-
braced therein be disposed of TO actual
settlers; therefore,
Be it enacted by the senate and
house Representatives of the United
States of America in congress assem-
bled, That the secretary of the inter-
ior be, and he hereby is, authorized
and directed, as soon as practicable
through three commissioners to be
appointed by him, or otherwise in his
discretion to obtain and acquire for
the United States of America, from
the Red Lake Chippewa Indians, in
the state of Minnesota, their cession
and REIMBURSEMENT in writing of all
their title and interest in and to said
Red Lake reservation, for the pur-
poses and upon the terms hereinafter
stated: and such session and relin-
quishment shall be deemed sufficient
if made by the chief or head men of
the tribe of Indians in public-council
or meeting of the band present at
such meetings.; and the acceptance
and approval of such cession aud re-
linquishment by the secretary of the
interior shall be deemed full and con-
elusive proof of the assent of Red Lake
Chippewa Indians to said cession and
REIMBURSEMENT.
Sec. 2. That as soon as the cession
and REIMBURSEMENT of said Indian
title is obtained, the secretary of the
interior shall cause said reservation
to be surveyed into forty-acre tracts;
and in making such surveys the sur
veyor shall carefully ascertain and
note and return on the plat and in the
field-notes all forty-aere tracts or lesser
subdivisions on Which there is any
pine timber standing or growing, and
which tracts are for purpose of this act
termed pine lands; and upon the conn
pletion ofsuch surveys the secretary
of the interior shall cause the STUN
page upon said pine lands to be es-
timated and appraised by three COM
petent men to be appointed by him,
and such stumpage shall be estimated
by the thousand feet of board measure
upon each separate tract, and such
appraisal shall be at the rate of GER
tain sum per thousand feet, and shall
in no event be less than one dollar
per thousand feet.
Sec. 3. That after the said pine
lands have been surveyed and the
sumpage there on estimated and APP
praised as aforesaid, the secretary Of
the interior shall after having given
three months notice through news
papers of general circulation published
atSt. Paul, at Duluth, and at Crooks
ton, In said stSte, though the United
States land Officers FOR the district
where the lands are situated offers
for sale and sell at public auction to
the highest bidder, for cash, in forty
acres or lesser tracts, the stumpage on
said pine lands, with five years right
of removal; but SUCH sale shall not be
for less price than the appraised
value, nor shall the stumpage on any
tract be sold at q less price than two
dollars per acre, nor shall more than
one-tenth of the stImpage on any
tract be sold at at a less Price than two
dollars per acre, nor shall more than
ons-tenth ofthe stumpage of sal dpine
lands be disposed Of in any one year,
or otherwise. disposed than III this act
provided, nor shall the United States
part with the fee simple in said pine
Sec. i. Ths ,nyIof the
lands on said II than
pine lands the
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