The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-12-30
DIXON'S NEW BILL is IN COMMIT.
TEE,
BOUNDARIES AS PROPOSED
Full Text of Measure Introduced For
Restoring More Grow Indian
Lands,

In accordance with his previously
announced Intention, Congressman
Dixon, December 10, introduced his
bill amendatory of the one passed at
the last session of congress for open
ing a portion of the Grow Indian reser-
walton. AS given out at the time, the
object of the present measure is to
increase the area of the coded part, SO
as to enable the reclamation bureau
to carry out the proposed system of
irrigation of the land restored, as
originally contemplated.
The Bill.
Following is Mr.. Dixon's bill, which
ordered printed and referred to
the house committee on Indian affairs:
A Bill, to amend article l, chapter
1924, Statutes of the United States
of America, entitled, can act to rat
ify and amend an agreement with
the Indians of the Crow reservation
in Montana, and making %appropria-
tions to carry the same into effect"
Be it enacted by the senate and house
OF representatives of the United
States of America in congress as
sembled:
That article 1, chapter 1924, Stat
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entitled "An act to ratify and amend
an agreement with the Indians of the
Grow reservation in Montana, and
making appropriations to carry the
same into effect" be amended to read
as follows:
"Article 1. That the said Indians
of the Grow reservation do hereby
cede, grant and %relinquish to the
United States all right, title and in
terest which they may have to the
lands embraced within and bounded
by the following described line: Be-
ginning at the northeast corner OF the
said Crow Indian reservations; thence
running due south to a point lying
due east of the northeast corner of
the Fort Custer military reservations;
thence running due west to the north
west corner of said Fort Custer mill
tary reservation; thence due south to
the southwest corner of said Fort Gus
ter military reservation; thence south
erly, following the left or west bank
OF the Big Horn river to a point due
east of the corner common to sections
%, %, 26 and 81, in township 6 south,
range 80 east, of the principal merid-
ian of Montana; thence due west to
the said corner common to said Sec
lions %, %, 26 and 81 in said township
6 south, range 80 east, of the principal
meridian of Montana; thence north
between sections % and %, IA and Is.
10 and II, 2 and 8, in said township
6 to the closing corner of sections 2
and 3 in township 6 south, range 80
east; thence west, following the town
ship line between townships 5 and 6
south, in range 80 east, of the princi-
pal meridian of Montana, to the south
west corner of township 5 south,
range 80 east, of the principal merid-
ian of Montana; thence north, be.
tween ranges 20 and 80 east, through
townships 5, 4, 3 and 2, to a point due
west of the southwest corner OF the
said Fort Custer military reservation;
thence due west to the intersection of
the line between sections 10 and II,
township 2 south, range % east, OF
the principal meridian of Montana;
thence due north to the intersection OF
the Montana base line; thence due
west to the intersection of the west
ern boundary of the Crow Indian res
ervation; thence in a n~ortheasterly
direction, following the present bound
airy of said reservation, to point of be-
ginning"
Section 2. That all acts or parts OF
acts in conflict herewith are hereby
repealed.
Cancers Removed.
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