The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1910-05-20

tiers from committing their entries
under section twenty-three hundred
and one, Revised Statutes, by paying
flor the land entered at the appraised
price, receiving credit for payments
severally made. in addition to the
price to be paid for the land, the
entryman shall pay the same fees and
commissions at the time of commu
tation or final entry as now provided
by law where the price of land is
one dollar and twenty-five cents per
acre, and when the entryman shall
have complied with all the require
ments and terms of the homestead
laws as to settlement and residence
and shall have made all the required
payments aforesaid he shall be en-
titled to a patent for the lands en-
tered: And provided further: That
all lands remaining %undisposed of at
the expiration of four years from the
opening of said lands to entry may,
in the discretion of the Secretary of
the Interior, be reappraised in the
manner provided for in this Act.
Sec. 10. That the Secretary of the
Interior is hereby authorized to set
aside and reserve as a tribal forest
reserve all timber lands, to be used
by said Indians under the direction
of the Commissioner of Indian affairs.
Sec. II. That the net proceeds de-
rived from the sale of said lands in
conformity with this Act shall be pal.
into the treasury of the United States
to the credit of the Indians belonging
to and having tribal rights on said
reservation, which shall draw inter-
est at the rate of three per centum
per annum; that all the moneys de-
rived from the sale of said lands and
deposited in the treasury of the
United States to the credit of said
Indians shall be subject to appropri-
aticn by Congress for their education,
support and civilization.
Sec. -. That there is hereby ap-
propriated, out of any money in the
treasury not otherwise appropriated
the sum of one hundred thousand dol
lars, or SO much thereof as may be
necessary, to pay for the lands
granted to the State of North Dakota,
and there is hereby appropriated the
further sum of one hundred thousand
dollars, or so much thereof as may
be necessary, for the purpose of max
ing surveys, appraisements, allot-
ments and classification provided for
herein: Provided that the latter ap-
preparation, or any further appropri-
ations hereafter made for the purpose
of carrying out the provisions of this
Act, shall be reimbursed to the
United States from the proceeds re-
ceived from the sale of the lands de-
scribed herein or from any money in
the treasury belonging to said Indian
tribes.
Sec. 10. That the lands allotted,
those retained Dr. reserved, and the
surplus lands sold, set aside for
town-site purposes, granted to the
state, or otherwise disposed of shaI
be subject to all laws of the United
States prohibiting the Introduction of
intoxicants into the Indian country
until Congress shall otherwise pro-
vide.
Sec. IA. That nothing in this Act
contained shall in any manner bind
the United States to purchase any of
the land herein described, except Sec
lions sixteen and t~hirty-six, or the
equivalent In each township, or to
dispose of said lands except as pro-
vided herein, or to guarantee to find
purchasers for said lands or any por-
ton thereof, it being the intention of
this Act that the United States shall
act as trustee for said Indians to
dispose of said lands and to expend
and pay over the proceeds received
from the sale thereof only as re-
ceived and as herein provided: Pro-
vided, That nothing in this Act shall
be construed to deprive said Indians
of Fort Berthold Indian Reservation
of any benefits to which they are en-
titled under existing treaties or
agreement not inconsistent with the
provisions of this Act.
Passed the House of Representa-
tives May 4, 1910.
Attest: A. MCDOWELL.
m Clerk.