The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-08-27

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dian reservation, thence south following
the eastern boundary Of said reservation
TO the place OF beginning, containing by
estimation l.50a,e00 acres. the same being
a portion Of the Coiyille Indian reserva-
ton, created by executive order dated
July 2, 1872, be, and Is hereby, vacated
and restored to the public domain, not
withstandins any executive order or other
proceeding whereby the same was set
apart "a a reservation for any Indians or
bands OF Indians. and the same shall be
open to settlement and entry by the proc
states and shall be disposed of under the
general laws applicable to the disposition
Of public lands In the state of Washing
ton" and
Whereas, 1t is provided by section of
THAT each entryman under the home
stead laws shall, within five years from
the date Of his original entry, and before
receiving a final certificate for the land
covered by his entry, pay to the United
States for the land so taken by him in
addition to fees provided by law, the sum
OF sl.50 per acre one-third OF which shall
be paid within two years after the date
of the original entry; but the rights OF
honorably discharged Union soldiers and
sailors. as defined and described I'm sec
tions 1904 and 23o5 of the Revised Statutes
ed. except as to the sum 10 be paid as
aforesaid" and
Whereas. BY section of said act It Is
provided;
THAT the land used and occupied for
school purposes at what Is known as To-
nasket school, on Bonaparte creek and
the site of the sawmil, grlstmiil and other
mill property on said reservation. Is
hereby reserved from the operation OF
this act. unless other lands are selected
In lieu thereof Provided That such re-
serve lands shall not exceed in the ag
gregate two sections, and must be select
ed In legal subdivisions conformably to
the public surveys. such selection TO be
made by the Indian agent of the Colville
agency. under the direction OF the secre-
tary OF the interior and subject 10 his
approval: Provided, however, That said
Indians may, I'm lieu Of said sites, or
either OF them, select other lands of
equal quantity, for such purposes, either
on the vacated or unvaeated portions az
said reservation, the same to be desfg-
mated in legal subdivisions by said In
dian agent. under the direction OF and
subject TO the approval OF the secretary
OF the interior. in which case said first
designated stracts shall not be exempt
from the operation of this act: such Sc
lection to be made and approved within
six months after the survey OF said lands
ana the proclamation Of the president"
and
Whereas, In a clause in the Indian
appropriation act OF July /, 1885 80 stat,
5l), IL is provided;
THAT the mineral lands only I'm Col
vile indian reservation, in the state OF
" hShlHEipn Sfdb De subject to entry
under the laws OF the United States In
relation TO the entry OF mineral lands,
Provided. That lands allotted to the In
dams or used by the government for any
purpose or by any school shall not be
subject To entry under this provision"
and in another clause that
The Indian allotments in severalty
provided for IN said act shall be selected
ana completed at the earliest practicable
time and not later than six months after
the proclamation Of the president OPEN
ing the vacated portion of said reserVa-
tion to settlement and entry, which proc
lamation may be issued without await
Ing the survey Of the unsuryeyed lands
therein. Said aFotments shall be made
from lands which shall at the time of
the selection thereof be SURVEYED OK
cepiing that any Indian entitled 20 allot.
ment under said act who has improve
incnts upon unsurveyed land may select
the same Tor his allotment, whereupon
The secretary OF the interior shall cause
the same 10 be surveyed and allotted
70 him. At the expiration OF ak months
from the. date Of the proclamat ion by
the president, and not before the. non
mineral lands within the vacated portion
OF said reservation, shall be subject TO
settlement, entry and disposition under
said act Of July lss2; Provided That
purposes at what is known as Tenasket
school, on Bonaparte creek and the site
OF the sawmiil, gristmil and other mill
property on said reservation, are hereby
unless other lands are selected in lieu
thereof as provided In section Of the
Aforesaid act Of July I. isa2" and
Whereas. All the terms. conditions and
considerations required By said acts az
July J. ikea and July !. lssS. precedent 10
the issuance OF the proclamation provid-
81 for therein, have been. az hereby
declare. complied With
Now therefore, Z, William Mckinley.
president ~ the United States, by virtue
Of the power ia me vested by the statutes
-. .Us4N.a q. .
clare and make known that ali 1T said
lands herciuhefore described restored hy
the said act Of July I. lN4 viii. az and
after the hour o. IL O'Clock. noon fpaciHr
standard timsl six months from the date
hereof. TO Wit The 10Th day % October
l@H and not before. be open 20 settle
rnent and entry under the terms ~ and
subject 90 I'll she conditions. limitations.
feErfN Hfi1ns and restrictions contained
lu tie statutes above specified and the
laws % the United states applicable
thereto. saving and excepting such tracts
as have been or may be allotted 20 or
rescrN "a ar selected for. the Indians OF
other purposes. under the laws hercin
referred 20.
township wiIl De sghtcct - such right -
the state ~ Washington thereto as may
De- asccrtained and determined ~ the
land department N che administration II
the gran, ~ lands tn place to that state
Tor lhr support 81 common schools
The lands Vhich have been allotted Go
thH INDIANS AfH f9F greater convenience
particularly teeerlh@8 io tha ncc1npaur-
ire sehedaic. entitled Schedule az iands
allotted to Tire Indians in restored pdr-
tlaa W cnlV9iie reservation. Washington.
a "a withheld from settlement ard entry
uE PROCLAMATION - the president, aatrd
AprH ~. $40" and which schedule is
maGo part hereof
Notice. moreover is hereby given Chat
e is hv law enacted that NJ the -Nptra-
toa ~ ak months from the dagc 81 the
proclamation hF she president. aud NOT
htf1r- fhc naumsutFal lands W.'hn }he
vaestna portion " said reservation Nhlrh
shalt NOT have revn allotted - 90 10.
sersel 9r selected for the Indians. or Tor
r her purposes shall b. Alb5arf a. set-
Element. entry ans drrnvitlen under sAil
act " IuIv D. 1872 auA al persons are
hereby warmed from attempting 81 make
stftiru ifui rn any y "ali iAr3s 9r.ar go
fAa dats fysd f'F the opening thereof
In witness whereof Z have hefeunfa
set my hand and caused tAe seal ~ She
United States 90 be affixed
Done ~ fhe citv pF Washington this
fhsh day ~ Aprsi. In tho year of our Lori
nineteen hundred snd 90 tac in1epena~n-a
ar the United states. tae a0e hundred
aaA tEeu'g- fourth.
WILLIAM Il tfsET Ky