The Tomahawk., 1903-04-23

as hereinbefore provided, and removed
under the supervision and direction
of the Forester Of the. Departments
Agriculture, in accordance with rules
and regulations to be prescribed by
him and approved by the Secretary of
the Interior, and the said Forester
shall have power at all times to patrol
and protect said lands and forests, and
to enforce all rules and regulations
made by him as aforesaid.
AS soon as practicable after the
passage of this Act the Secretary Of
the Interior shall open to homestead
settlement, as herein provided, the
lands on all the reservations, OF por-
tions OF reservations which have been
ceded to- the United States by the
Chippewa Indians ia Minnesota, in-s
Guiding the four reservations last
aforesaid, which have been examined
and found to be agricultural lands, and
shall Immediately proceed to have ex-.
amined, Us herein provided, the re-
manning lands and shall WITHOUT delay
open to homestead settlement those
found to be agricultural~lands: Pro-
vlded, That on the four reservations
last aforesaid, where agricultural lands
are included Within or contiguous to
forestry lands and, in the opinion of
the Forester OF the Agricultural De
partment, necessary to the economical
administration and protection Of The
same, said Forester shall, as soon as
practicable after the passage Of this
Act as to those lands which have al,
ready been examined, and as to the
lands not yet examined Immediately
after the examination an approval Of
the lists OF said lands, OF which ap.
proval said Forester shall be immedi-
atcly notified by the Secretary of the
Interior, file with the Secretary of the
Interior schedules designating accord
ing the Government subdivisions said
agricultural lands, not to exceed ff-
teen thousand acres OF the lands al
ready examined and not to exceed ten
thousand acres of the lands yet to be
examined, which said agricultural
lands 50 designated Shall not be offered
for entry and settlement, bnt shall be.
come and be Il part OF the forest reserve
hereinbefore created.
There shall be appointed by, The
Secretary OF the Interior one shperifa.
tendent and such assistants as he may
deem necessary, whose compensation
shall be fixed by the Secretary Of the
Interior, and for the superintendent
Shall not exceed six dollars per day,
and for the assistants shall not .eX-
cecd four dollars per day each. while
actually employed, and whose duties
Shall be to supervise the cutting and
scaling Of the timber sold under the
provisions of this Act, and to see that
the rules and regulations prescribed
by the Forester and the Secretary Of
the Interior are complied with, and
generally to perform such .sers ices in
and about the sale. of the pine timber
on said lands, and the cutting Of dhe
same .thercfrOln, and the care and prG-
lection Of al timber on said lands, IN
may be required Of them by said FoE
ester and said Secretary,
"'The Secretary Of the Interior may,
in his discretion, authorize the pur-
chasers of timber hereunder to build
on the rivers and lakes on or within
said ceded lands. under such rules and
regulations as be may deem proper,
dams, cofferdams. booms, and to make
other river and lake Improvements
necessary to facilitate logging opera
ton: Provided, That the parties
building such dams, cofferdams, boons,
and making other river and lake i'm,
provcments shall pay officers whom
the Secretary OF the fntei0r shall des-
ignate to receive such payments such
damages as may be caused on
the said ceded lands, such dam
ages to be ascertained and deter.
mined in such manner as the Secretary
of the Interior may direct.
All the heexpenses incurredin carrying
ouJ Jllc NStSS w UiiC
examining and listing OF said lailds,
and the selling, cutting, and scaling
of said timber, shall be paid by the
Secretary OF the Interior out Of the
proceeds of the sale of said timber:
Provided, That no expense arising out
of the forestry provision shall fbe
charged TO the Indians
SEC. 3. That section seven of said
Act be amended by inserting after
the word" lands, " in line one thereof,
the words, ''and timber"
SEC 4. That SO much OF the Act of I
June seventh, eighteen hundred and
entitled ''An Act max
ing appropriations for the current
and contingent expenses of the Indian
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