The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-14
AFFAIRS OF INDIANS
APPROPRIATION BILL READY FOR
 FULL SENATE COMMITTEE.
Large Number of New Provisions, Heretofore Considered, but Fail- ing 0f Passage, Have
 Been Inserted,

Washington, Feb. 13.-The sub-comJ , | mittee of the Senate Committee on
 Indian Affairs has completed the Indian | appropriation bill, and 1t will be sub-
 mitted, probably tomorrow, to the full
 Senate Committee on Indian Affairs. 1 The bill as passed by the House is | materially amended by the sub-com-
 mittee which Inserted a large number l of appropriations, many of which have
 been in former Indian bills as reported put have not passed both houses
 Among these are the following: For the removal of intruders and placing allotees in the five civilized | tribes in undisputed possession of their | allotments, $25,000. It is provided also that all unsold lots. disposition Of which Is now reqNired at public auc- ton, shall be offered for sale and dis posed of by the Secretary of the In- | terior for the best obtainable price and so as best to subserve the interests of the several tribes
 The bill as passed by the House pro- vtded for the removal of all restric- tions- upon the alienation of lands of all allotteeS of any of the i've civiIiz- ed tribes except as to minors, and as to homesteads. The Senate sub-commit- tee has stricken out this provision and substituted one which declaSes that tho homestead of the allottee shall remain inalienable and that other lands of the aIlottees shall remain inalienable for a period of twenty-one years after the date of the deeds for such lands. The Secretary of the Interior Is re- quired within six months from the pas sage of the bill to appraise the lands Of the allotees. When this Is done the lands will be subject to purchase in tracts not exceeding eighty acres tO any one purchaser who shall live on the land continuously for five years and make the usual Improvements re- quired under such conditions.
 The leasing of any land in the Indian Territory except for oil and mineral purpose Is absolutely prohibited. The Secretary of the Interior is directed to l vacate and cancel all leases hereto l fore made when he is satisfied they
 were procured by fraud or for an in- adequate consideration. For theso and other provisions relating thereto, $5O,- 900 is appropriated.
 All mineral lands within the boun- daries of Indian reservations are de- l clared to be open for location and development in the same manner as other mineral lands oe tho United States. where entry may be enforced
 without infringing on the vested rights of any Indian tribe or any individual Indians.
 The requirement. that actions against Indians whose affairs are under the supervision of Indian agents or bonded superintendents shall be brought in the district court of the county in which l the Indian resides is stricken out. An amendment was adopted remov- ing all restrictions on lands Of adopted l full blood adult white allottees of the Quapaw agency.
 New legislation is provided in rela- ton to the five civilized tribes with respect to the manner of selling im- provefnents to other citizens of such
 tribes and participating in the distribu- ton Of tribal property.
 The Senate committee has provided that all persons who have purchased
 lands on the Umatilla Indian reesrVa-
 tion shall receive other land therefor
 on submitting proof that the untimber- ed lands are incapable of any profta-
 ble use other than for grazing puF-
 poses.