The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-04-20
TWO AND FIVE ACRE TRACTS ON
FLATkEAD LAKE MAY BE
DISPOSED OF.
TERMS OF DKON'S BILL
Property May Be Purchased on the
Borders of Lake in Reservation and
Sixty Acres of Allotted Property
May Be Sold to Settlers Under Pro-
visions Contained in the Act.

Washington. -. G.. April l9.-tSpe
cial) The bin introduced by Senator
Dixon providing for the sale of two
and five-aere tracts fronting on the
F.athead lake, the sale of 60 acres of
irrigable lands by Indians, and reserv-
ing lands from entry for reservoir or
power sites on the Flathead Indian
reservation. which passed both houses
Of congress and was made Il law by
President TAFT signing II on April 18th.
provides as follows:
That the secretary of the Interior
be hereby authorized to cause to be
surveyed and subdivided into lots Of
not less than two acres or more than
five acres in area all Of the unallotted
lands fronting on Flathead lake In the
state of Montana, that are embraced
within the limits of the Fathead res
ervation. whether classified as grazing.
agricultural. or timber lands, and
may sell same To the highest bidder
al public sale subject to the right to
reject any and all bids. The proceeds
from the sale of said lands. after de-
ductlng the expense of the survey and
sale thereof, shall be paid into the
treasury and expended az heretofore
provided in section IA as amended by
the act of May 20, 1908.
THAT where allotments of lands
have been made In severalty to said
Indians from the lands embraced
within the area Of said Flathead In
dian reservation. which are or may be
rrgabie lands. the secretary of the
interior may. upon application of the
Indian allotte. sell and dispose of not
tn exceed 60 acres of such individual
allotment of land under such terms
and conditions of sale as the secretary
of the interior may prescribe. one
half of the proceeds of the sale Of said
individual allotment to be paid To the
Indian allottee and the remaining half
of the proceeds of sale to be held In
trust for the said Indian allottee. upon
Indian alottee. sell and dispose of not
less than per centum interest, the
remaining principal sum to be paid
10 said allottee or his heirs when the
full period of his trust patent for the
remaining lands covered by his allot-
ment shall have expired, or sooner,
should the secretary of the interior,
i'm his judgment, deem II best for said
Indian allo.tee.
THAT the secretary of the interior
Is hereby authorized To set aside and
reserve so much of the surplus unal-
lotted and otherwise unreserved lands
of the Flathead Indian reservation as
may be necessary to provide an al
lotment to each Indian having an al
lotment on any of the lands set aside
and reserved for power or reservoir
sites. as authorized by section % of
the act OF March 3. 1909. who may re-
iinqush b. allotment within such
power orr fservolr sites.
And in the event of the failure. no.
glect, or refusal of any such allottee
To relinquish any allotment made to
him on any land reserved or necessary
for reservoir sites. as aforesaid. the
SECRETARY Of the interior Is authorized
to bring action under the provision Of
the laws of the state of Montana to
condemn and acquire title to any and
all lands necessary or useful for said
reservoir sites that have heretofore
been allotted on said Flathead reser-
vatlon lands