The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-01-12
Especial to The Herald.)

washington, D. c., Jan. Ex-senator
Rawlins this afternoon called up his
bill for a commission to make allot-
ments of lands in severalty to Indians
on the Uintah reservation, ana II was
passed without debate or opposltlon.
This bill, as adopted, authorizes the
president to appoint commission OF
three who shall, with the consent OF the
Indians properly residing on the reser-
walton, aIlot to them agricultural and
grazing lands in severalty; to eacn
family one quarter section, with an al
ditional quantity of grazing land not
exceeding one quarter section to each
single person over Is, one-eighth OF
section, with an additional grazing
land, not exceeding one-elghth; 10 each
orphan child under Is, one-eighth sec
ton, with additional grazing land not
exceeding one-eighth section; TO each
person under Is years born prior to the
allotment, one-eighth section, with
like quantity of grazing land. With
the consent of the commission, any
adult Indian may select less quantity
of land, if more desirable on account OF
location The general land office is TO
make all necessary surveys to enable
said commission to complete the aliot-
ments.
The commission shall also obtain, by
consent of majority of the adult male
Indians properly residing upon ana
having an interest in the reservation,
the cession to the United States of all
the lands within the reservation not
allotted or needed for allotment as
aforesaid The agreement for such ces-
sion shall be reported by the commits
sion and become operative when ratl-
fed by congress. lThereupon all the
ceded lands will be subject to entry
ton by Utah to satisfy the land grants
made to the state. Mineral lands on
the reservation are made subject to en-
try under the mineral laws. The COM
missioners will get Sc per day each and
actual and necessary travelling and in
cidental expenses while on duty, and
are allowed a clerk, to be selected by
them. The expenses of the commits
sion are limited to $4,000.
Senator Rawlins has had interviews
with Senator Teller and other members
of the senate committee on claims, and
has urged the inclusion in the so-called
omnibus claim bill, which the commit
tee is preparing, of the amount claimed
to have been illegally assessed by the
commissioner of internal revenue and
collected in Utah between 1873 and 1879.
cent on notes used for circulation and
paid out, which tax was afterwards
held to be illegal by the supreme court.
Senator RawlinS expressed confidence
tonight that the committee viii in
clude these items in it's bill. The ON
nibus bill will carry several million dol
lars, and there is small hope that it
can be passed by both houses of con-
gress and become a law. Mr.. Rawlins
has a separate bill refunding this
money, but it probably has even less
chance OF passage as an independent
measure than as an item in the big
claims bill.
UTAH POSTMASTERS.
John C. FELTON, was today appointed
Utah, vice Mary 4. Kay, resigned.
A patent for a lubricator was today
issued to Patrick j. Donohue Of Robin
son, and one for a precipitating safe
to Patrick J. Donohue and j. f. COrker
of Salt Lake City, Utah.
The postoffice at Null, Big Horn
county, Wyoming, has been discontin-
ued. Mail will go to Coburn.
A SCHOOL LAND BILL.
A bill was introduced this afternoon
by Representative Shafroth of Denver,
providing that all lands heretofore
granted to the several states for school
purposes, on which no mineral claim
has been filed, shall be conclusively
presumed to have been unknown to be
mineral lands before the admission of
the state, and the registers and receiv-
ers of land offices are authorized to re-
ject mineral applications for entry on
such lands