The Tomahawk., 1903-04-23

tions, other than pine lands, are
for the purposes of this Act termed
agricuItural lands. .
Sec. 3. That section five of said
Act be amended SO as to read as
follows:
Sec. 5. That whenever, and as
often as the survey. examination,
and lists Of one hundred thousand
acres of said pine lands or of less
quantity, in the discretion of the
Secretary of the Interior, have been
made and approved, the Secretary
of the Interior Shall be, and he
hereby is, authorized and directed
to sell, under SUCH rules and regu-
lations as he may prescribe, and az
such times and places as he may
DESIGNATE. to be scaled under Scrib-
ner's rules in the log after being
cut, all the merchantable pine tins
der, whether the same be green or
dead, standing or fallen, now on such
pine lands, with the exception OF
five per centum of said timber ols
certain reservations as hereinafteis
provided, to be paid for when the
timber is cut, banked and scaled in
the manner herein provided for:
Provided, That said pine timber
shall be advertised for sale in Gov
ernment sections or parts of sec
tions, and shall be sold only by sep
arate sealed bids forthe pine timber
on each section, and the Secretary
of the Interior shall be reserved the
right to re- jectany orall of said bids:
Provided, That the Secretary OF
the Interior may also receive bids
in groups of not exceeding ten sec
tions in any one bid, which bids
may be in addition to the separate
bids by sections on the same lands.
The parties bidding shall accom-
pany each of said sealed bids with
cash or certified check for twenty
per centum of the amount Of the
bid for the pine timber on any
particular section OF groups, ac-
cording to the highest value as
! shown by the Government estimate
as hereinbefore provided for, and
said cash or certified check shall be
retained and credited as part pay
ment of the purchase price should
the bid be accepted, but should the
bid be rejected said cash or certi-
fed check shall be Immediately re-
turned to the bidder: Provided
further, That said timber shall not
be sold at q price less than four
dollars per thousand feet board
measure for Norway pine and five
dollars per thousand feet board
measure for white pine: Provided
further, That the Secretary of the
Interior may increase said mini
mum price on portions Of said tim
Der as he may deem just and pro-
per: Provided further, That said
Secretary may, if he shall deem it
best, permit the purchaser Of the
timber on any Government section
or group to erect a mill of q capa-
city or not lessthan forty thousand
feet board measure Of lumber per
day, and to manufacture thereat
the timber on said Government
sections or groups, said mill to be
located on said section or group,or
at such place in the Immediate vi
cinity as may be designated by
said Secretary; and the said Secre-
tary is authorized to lease to such
purchaser not exceeding three
hundred and twenty acres of land
for mill purposes, for any one
purchase, at annual rental to be
fixed by the Secretary of the In
terror, for a renewal term not ex-
ceeding ten years, said term to end,
in any event, so soon as the timber
purchased shall have been sawed
and removed, said lease of land to
be exclusive of the timber thereon,
which timber shall be disposed OF
as herein provided for other timber:
! And provided further. That prior