The Parker post., 1912-08-17
TEXT OF NEW
SENATE BILL
PROVIDING FOR ALLOTMENT AND
OPENING OF INDIAN REESE RVA-
TON LANDS UNDER PROVi-
SiONs OF CAREY ACT.

In a letter to The Post the past
week Senator Henry F. Ashur9t
states that the new bid which he re-
GENTLY introduced in the senate pro
viding for the opening and reclama-
tion OF the lands i'm the Colorado ln-
dian reservation will have much
better opportunity to pass than Ghe
previous one. (which limited the mum
16O. while the latest bill limits each
fiIing ito 40 acres. Owing to hhe rich
character of the land this lis consid-
erred ample for each settler.
The proviGso added to sections four
will permit the Parker and Colorado
River railroad company to complete
its application for right of way
Through the reserve, which is now
before the department Of the interior.
The following is the text of the
NEW bill, known as S. 1866
A Bill providing for the allotment
and sale of certain lands i'm the
Colorado River Indian reservation
in Arizona.
BE it enacted by the senate and
house of representatives of the Uni
ted States of America i'm congress as
sembled, that the provisions of sec
ton four of can act making appro-
r;iations for smdry civil expenses of
the government for the fiscal year
ending june thirti 9TH, eighteen hun
dred and ninety-five, and for other
purposes, approved August eigh-
teenth, eighteen hundred and ninety
fodr, and the act amendatory thereof
approved June eleventh, eighteen
hundred and ninety7six, respectively
T." and are hereby, extended over
and shall apply TO the desert land2
included within the lmite of the for
mer Colorado River Indian reserva-
tion i'm Arizona not included i'm any
Lowest preservation Provided That
before patent shall issue for amy on
of The said act approved August eigh-
teenth, eighteen hundred and mimety-
four. and amendments thereto, the
state of Arizona shall pay into THE
treasury of the United States the
sum of one dollar and twenty five
cents per acre for the lands so pat
t06 no
be subject to the provisions of IAN
act making appropriations for the cur
rent and contingent expenses of the
indian department. and for fullfiliino
treaty stipiMatiOnS with various IN
dian TRIBES for the fiscal year end
ing June thirtieth, nineteen hundred
ard three, and for other purposes, APP
proved May twenty seventh, nineteen
hundred and two.
Sec 2 That the secretary of the
interior lis authorized and directed
forthwith to cause the said Colorado
River Indian reservation to be sur
veyed and sllbdivided and shall then
ten acres of land to each Of the Inr
dams belonging on .said reservation,
in form and manner as provided by
existing laws i'm relation to the al
10 ment of Indian lands in Severalty
that the remainder of the irrigable
lands in such reservation shall be Op-
ened to entry and settlement liz
tracts not exceeding forty acres, lun
der the provisions of section one
hereof and the provisions in rela-
tion thereto of the Carey act, so CALL
ed. adopted by the state of Arizona.
Sec. 3. That nOthing herein shall
be construed i'm any way. directly
indirectly. to recognize. extend, give
grant. or confirm to any person or
persons, company or companies. cor
poTatiOn or corporations, any prefer
ence right to construct amy diversion
dam or irrigation works on any ease
Lents or rights of way Provided
That nothing herein shall be CON
strued to preclude the state of Ari-
iona from const strIoting and maimtain
ing such dams, canals, bitches drains
leyee3, pumping or power plants, or
other diversion and distributing and
irrigation works and appliances i'll
accordance with local laws, AS may
3e rece2saIy for THE irligation and
reclamation of said hands Provided
further That nothing herein contain
ed small i'm any way interfere fur
her with the operation of the local
laws i'm relation to the appropriation,
use, regulation, and disposal of wa
ter rights for irrigation and other
taneficial uses.
Sec. 4. That the secretary of the
interior is hereby authorized and elm-
powered to perform any and all acts
and to make such rules and regltla-
lions as may be necessary and proper