Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1894-09-14
Land in the Nez Perce Reservation.


received many inquiries in regard to the
opening of the Nez Perce reservation,
conditions of settlement, etc.
The bill, ratifying the treaty with the
Nez Perce Indians, which is nov a law,
carries with it 81 ,66S, ,662, of which $685.
662 is to be paid as soon as the depart
ment can arrange the necessary details.
The division OF ccounts is preparing a
list OF those entitled to payment under
the agreement. The land will be opened
for settlement by proclamation by the
president in ample time. The agricul-
tural land is to be sold for SO. 70 per acre,
the mineral, stone and timber lands at
$5 per acre.
The bill provides for the payment at
the expiration OF one year from the date
OF ratification OF the agreement OF the
sum of $50 1000, and semi-annually there
after the sum OF $150,000, with the inter-
est on the unexpended portion OF the
81 900, 900 until the entire amount shall
have been paid. 1t is further stipulated
that the Iands by this agreement ceded,
shall not be opened to public settlement
until trust patents for the unallotted
lands shall have been duly issued and
recorded and first payment shall have
been made to said Indians. 1t is further
stipulated that any religious society or
81 crrro ;,,o +io,, r,o,r ocnrpvi no under
proper authority, for religious or educa-
tional work among the Indians, any OF
the land ceded shall have the right for
two years from the date OF the ratitica-
ton OF this agreement within which to
purchase the land so occupied, at the
rate OF So per acre, the same to be con-
veyed to such society or organization by
patent in the usual form. The bill
further specifies that Immediately after
the assurance and receipt by the Indians
Of trust patents for the allotted lands, as
provided for in said agreement, the
lands so ceded, sold, relinquished and
conveyed unto the United St.Eg5 shall
be opened to settlement by proclama-
ton OF the president, and shall be sub
ect to disposal only under the home
stead, townsite, stone and timber and
mining laws of the United States lex
cept section 2,30l of the Revised Statues,
which shall not apply, excepting the
sixteenth and thirty-8iXth sections in
each congressional township, which
shall be reserved for common school
purposes and be subject to the laws OF
the state OF Idaho; provided, that each
settler on said land shall, before maxi
ing final proof and receiving a certificate
OF entry, pay to the United States tor
the lands SO taken by him, in addition
to the fees provided by law, the sum Of
1915 per acre for agricultural lands, one
half OF which shall be paid within two
years from the date OF ordinary entry,
and the sum Of S. per acre Tor stone,
timber and mineral lands, subject to the
regulations prescribed by existing laws,
but the rights OF honorahly discharged
Union soldiers and sailors, as described
and defined in section 2,3O5 OF the Re-
vised Statutes Of the United States,
shall not be abridged except as to the
sum to be paid as aforesaid, provided ;
however, that after three years actual
and continuous residence upon said
lands from date OF settlement, the
settler shall upon full payment OF 1919
per acre receive patents for the tract en-
tered That any person who was not
the owner OF land in any state or terri
tory of the United States at date OF pass
age of this act may make an entry OF the
lands opened for settlement under the
provisions OF this act, although said
person may have heretofore made an en-
try under the provisions OF the home
stead laws provided, that such person
is not otherwise disqualified.