The Wadsworth dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1892-1899, 1896-01-15

thence running IN Il northeasterlY dlrec-
ton to the most northerly point Of Vim
nemucca Lake.
See. 2. That that the entire Walker
River Reservation lying in said State be,
and hereby is, also vacated and restored
to the public domain.
See. 3. That all OF the lands lying
south OF the line b%eginng at a point on
the north shore OF Pyramid Lake where
the creek heading in the vicinity OF Paii-
Rum Peak empties into said lake, thence
running in a northeasterly direction to
the most northerly point Of Winnemueca
Lake and between said lake and not
embraced in the Pyramid Lake
Reservation as at present existing, are
hereby reserved from sale aud setde-
ment and made II part OF the diminished
Pyramid Lake Reservation, and that the
said diminished reservation, together
with The addition thereto hereby NM lie
as above described, shall constitute a
permanent reservation for all ti.e In
dians nov residing upon the said Pyr-
mid Lake and Walker River Reservations
and entitled to reside thereon and the
Indians OF the Walker River Reservation
shall have equal right %tiierein with TIE
Pyramid Lake Indians.
SEC. 4. That sufficient amount o. the
purchase money, to be paid to tha In
dians as hereinafter provided, shall be
applied, under the direction of the Sec
rotary OF the Interior, to the construc-
ton OF an irrigation ditch or canal from
the Truckee River to the lands on Pyr-
amid Lake Reservation near Pyramid
Lake, of sufficient size and capacity, and
located as nearly as practicable as indi-
Gated by the survey OF I. X. Stewart,
civil engineer, made under authority OF
the Secretary OF the Interior dated Feb
ruary eighteen hundred and nine two
that right of way for said ditch or cana
is hereby granted through the public
Lands, and where it passes over private
lands condemnation proceedings shall
be had, If necessary, under the laws of
the State of Nevada and that an addi-
tional amount thereof shall be- applied,
under the direction Of the Secretary of
the Interior, in building a substantial
fence on the line between the north ends
OF said lakes Pyramid and W~innemucca,
as above described, 50 ~ to make a com
plete inclosure OF chat portion OF the
di ninished Pyramid Lake Reservation
herein provided lying between said
lakes.
Sac. r. That the lands incluiei in
the Walker River Reservation and those
Of the Pyramid Lake Reservation not
included in tho diminished Pyramid
Lake K ~tservatiol SHALL be disposed of
after tae proclamation by the President
under the lani l,w4 OF the United
5 a es: Proridsd, That each settler un-
der thAh3M .,teal laws on the lands so
vacated anl restored shall, before max
ing u tinal pro,f and receiving u %certiti-
cate OF entry, pay To the United States,
in II ldition 10 the fees provided by law,
and within five years from the date OF
the first original entry, the sum OF one
d ,llar and Twenty-Five cents per acre,
on '-half OF nhicl, shall be paid within
two years from date OF such entry; except
the improved portions thereof, to be
d~csignatei by the Secretary of the In
terror, and which shall be sold to the
highest hi ider under the provisions OF
the law providing for the disposition OF
appraisement and sale to he paid from
any money in the Treasury not other
wise appropriated, to be Reimbursed from
the sale OF such improved lands: Pro-
rided, That that part Of the Pyramid
Lake Reservation lying to the south or
southerly of the north line OF township
twenty-one north, ranges numbered
twenty-three and twenty-four east, or
the extension thereof, county of Washoe,
said State, excepting the schoolhouse
tract herein reserved, shall be disposed
OF as follows:
Three hundred aud twenty acres of
sail lanl, upon which the town OF Wads-
worth is situated, shall be disposed OF
to the inhabitants of said town under
the provisions OF the townsite law. The
remainder OF the land described, which
shall be irrigated 10y means OF the canal
or ditch hereinbsfore provided for, shall
be disposed OF to actual settlers who
shall comply with the conditions OF the
homestead laws ami in addition thereto
pay tn the United States not less than
ten dollars per acre Tor such lands and