The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-06-28

un0er the laws OF Montana, but such
use shall not be held to- create right
adverse to any Indian allottee who
actually appropriates water, or for
whom an actual appropriation of wa
ter Is made to the extent that may
be necessary for use on the allotment
within the time limit aforesaid, but, on
the contrary, each Indian allottee shall
have and enjoy the prior right to APP
propriate water actually necessary for
the irrigation of his or her allotment
at any time within two years after the
issue of the presidents proclamation
af0resaid: And provided further,
that, subject to the foregoing provi-
sions, all water rights and privileges
on or connected with streams within
or adjoining said reservation shall be
subject to the laws of the state of
Montana.
THAT upon the completion of said
allotments the president Of the United
States shall appoint commission con-
sfsting of three persons to1nspect, APP
praise and value all of the said lands
that shall not have been allotted in
severalty to said Indians or reserved
by the secretary of the interior or
otherwise disposed Of said commits.
sion to be constituted as follows: One
commissioner shall be person hold
ing tribal relations with said Indians,
one q resident citizen of the state Of
Montana, and one United States
special Indian agent or Indian inspec-
tor of the interior department.
''That, within 80 days after their ap-,
pointment, said commissioners shall
meet at some point within the Black
feet Indian reservation and organize.
= That said commissioners
shall then proceed to personally in
spect and classify and appraise, by the
smallest legal subdivisions of 40 acres
each, all of the remaining lands en-
braced within said reservation. In
making such classification and APP
praisement, all lands shall be divided
into the following classes; First,
agricultural land of the first class;
second, agricultural land of the sec
ond class; third grazing land; fourth,
timber land; fifth mineral land, the
mineral land not to be appraised.
eThat said commissioners shall be
paid salary of not to exceed $40 per
day each while actually employed In
the inspection and classification of
said lands; such inspection and clas-
sification to be completed within nine
months from the date of the organiza-
ton of said commission"
Section provides for the disposal
of the lands under the general laws;
for the necessary reservations, and for
the exchange of lands by the state.
Section provides: That
the price of said lands shall be the APP
praised value thereof, as fixed by said
commission, which in no case shall be
less than $1.25 per acre for agricul-
tural and grazing lands and S. per
acre for timber lands; but the set
tiers under the homestead law who
shall reside upon and cultivate the
land entered in good faith for the
period required by existing law shall
pay one-fifth Of the appraised value in
cash at the time Of entry and the re-
mainder In five equal annual INSTALL
ments to be paid In one, two, three,
four and five years, respectively, from
and after the date of entry, and when
the entryman shall have complied with
all the requirements and terms Of the
homestead laws as to settlement and
residence, and shall have made all the
required payments aforesaid, he ghall
be eatftled to patent for the lands
entered; provided, that he shall make
his final proofs in accordance with the
homestead laws within seven years
from date Of entry, and that aliens,
who have declared their intention to
become citizens of the United States
may become such entrymen, but be-
fore making final proof and receiving
patent they must receive their full.
naturalization papers; and provided
further, that the fees and commissions
at the time of cOmmutat ton or final
entry shall be the same as are now
provided by law wher the price of
land Is $1.25 per acre; provided, that
sif any entryman fails to make such
payments. or any Of them, within the
time stated, or to make dnal proof
within Seven years from date of entry,
all rights In and to the land covered
by his entry shall at once cease, and
any payments heretofore made shall
be forfeited, and the entry shall be-
forfeited and Cancelled; provided, that
nothing In this act shall prevent
homestead settlers from committing
their entries under section 1901, re-
vised statutes, by paying for the land
entered at the price hxed BY said CONF
mission, receiving credit for payments
previously made. Z s NJ 81 4 z 81 ~
ats4S Section IS provides for the with
:.drawal of irrigable lands under the.
; terms Of the reclamat Ion act 81
Es Section - provides for toWnsites at
Browning, Babb and elsewhere. sSs
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