Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1909-04-09
INDIAN RESERVATION OPENING
The Law Under Which the Reservation
VIII be Opened to Whites.

shall pay to the Indians thefeIOr Ine
sum of 81. rs per acre: And provided
also, That If the State of Idaho has
made any selections under the existing
law in lieu of sections l6 and 81 OF
the lands affected by this Act the
acreage of such selections shall be de-
Quoted from the acreage to be paid for
under the preceding provision.
That the said lands shall be opened
to settlement an6 entry by proclama-
ton of the president, which proclama-
tion shall prescribe the time when the
manner in which these lands may be
settled upon. occupied, and entered by
persons entitled to make entry thereof
and no person shall be permitted to
settle upon. occupy and enter any OF
said lands except as prescribed in such
proclamation. That the secretary of
the Interior shall reserve from said
lands. whether surveyed or unsurvey-
ed, such tracts for townsite purposes
as in his opinion may be required for
the future public interests, and he
may cause any such reservations or
parts thereof, to be surveyed into
blocks and lots of suitable size and to
be appraised and disposed of under
such regulations as he may prescribe,
and the net proceeds derived from the
sale of such lands shall be paid to said
Indians as provided in section seven
of this Act.
Thta the net proceeds arising from
the sale and disposition of the lands
aforesaid. including the sums paid for
mineral and townsite lands, shall be,
after deducting the expenses incurred
from time to time in connection with
the allotment, appraisement and sales
and surveys herein provided, deposited
in the Treasury of the United States
to the credit of the Occur d'Alene and
confederated tribes of Indians belong
ing and having tribal rites on the re-
servation in the state of Idaho. and
shall be expended for their benefit,
under the direction of the Secretary of
the Interior, in the education and i'm
provement of said Indians and in the
purchase of stock cattle, teams, har-
ness, wagons, moving machines, horse
rakes, threshing machines, and other
agricultural implements for Issue to
said Indians and also for the purchase
of material for the construction of
houses and other necessary buildings,
and reasonable sum may be expend.
ed by the Secretary. in his discretion.
for the comfort, benefit. and improve
ment of said Indians: Provided, That
a portion of the proceeds may be paid
to the Indians in cash per caita, share
and share alike, if in the opinion the
Secretary of the Interior such pay
ments will further tend to improve the
condition and advance the progress of
the Indians but not otherwise. Pro-
vided, That any sums placed in the
treasury of the United States to the
credit of said Indians shall bear inter
est at the rate of three per cent per
annum, which interest shall be ex-
pended in the same manner as the
principal.
That any of said land necessary for
agency. school. and religious purposes,
including any lands now occupied by
the agency buildings, and the site of
any sawmill. gristmill, or other mill
property on said lands are hereby
occupied for the purpose above desig-
mated Provided, That all such re-
SERVED lands shall not exceed in the
aggregate three sections and must be
selected in legal SUBDIVISION conform
able to the public surveys. such selec-
ton to be under the direction of the
Secretary of the Interior and subject
to his approval.
That the Secretary of the Interior
is hereby vested with full power and
authority to make all needful rules
and regulations as to the manner of
sale. notice of same. and other mat
tiers incident to the carrying out of
the provisions of this Act, and with
authority to appraise and reclassify
said lands if deemed necessary from
time to time. and to continue making
sales of the same, in accordance with
the provisions of this Act. until all of
the lands shall have been disposed Of.
That nothing i'm this Act contained
shall be construed to bind the United
States to find purchasers for any OF
said lands. it being the purpose of
this Act merely to have the United
States to acr as trustee for said In
dians in the disposition of sales of sad
lands and to expend or pay over tc
them the net proceeds derived from
the sales as herein provided.
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