The Parker post., 1912-09-14
DEPARTMENTS VIEWS ARE
EMBODIED in A NEW BILL
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vation. the sums to which the. said
tribe may be entitled, which shall
draw interest at four per centum per
annum.
Sec. A. That sections sixteen and
thirty-six of the land in each town.
ship within the Colorado River Res
ervation shall not be subject to en-
try, bu1 shall be reserved for the
use of the common schools and paid
for by the United States at the rate
of ten dollars per acre, and said Sec
tions sixteen and thirty-six are here
by granted to the State of Arizona
for such purpose, and in case such
to said State by reason of allotment
thereof to any Indian or Indians or
otherwise, the governor OF said
State, with the approval of the
Secretary of the Interior, is hereby
authorized 10 locate other lands with
in such reservations not otherwise
appropriated, not exceeding, howev-
er, two sections in any one township,
which shall be paid for by the Uni
ted States as herein provided, in
quantity to equal the loss, and such
seleaticn sha" be made prior to the
opening of such lands to settlement.
Sec. 5. That the Secretary of the
Interior be, and he is hereby, au-
thorized to cause all unsurveyed land
within the Colorado River Indian
Reservation in Arizona to be sur
veyed and to cause an examination
of the same to be made by the Uni
ted States Geological Survey and
if any lands are found to contain
coal, oil, or other valuable minerals,
the said Secretary is hereby direct
ed to reserve such lands from allOt-
ment or other disposition until fur
ther action by Cong SIS.
Sec. 6. That SO soon as all the
lands embraced within the said reser-
walton have been furveyed and the
examination made thereof to deter
mine the minerals by the Geological
Survey completed, the Secretary of
the Interior shall allot under the
general allotment laws of the Uni
ted States to each Indian entitled
to an allotment on the Colorado Riv-
er Reservation ten acres of irrfgable
land. The cost and price of water
rights for said allotted Indian lands
shall be paid out of the fund to the
credit of said Indians, as herein pro-
vided. The remainder of the irriga-
BILE lands in such reservation shall
be OIened to entry and settlement
in tracts not exceeding one hundred
and sixty acres, under the provis-
Of the law accepting the provisions
of the Carey Act, so called, hereto
fore adopted by the State of Arizona.
Sec. Z. That before any of the
land is disposed Of, as herein pro-
Vided, and before the State of Ari-
zona shall be permitted TO select or
locate any lands to which said State
may be entitled by reason of the
loss of sections sixteen or thirty-six,
Or any portions thereof, by reason
of allotment to Indians, or other
wise, the Secretary of the Interior
is authorized to reserve from said
lands such tracts for town site pur-
poses as in his opinion may be re-
quired for the future public inter-
estS, and he may cause the same to
be surveyed into lots and blocks
and disposed of under such regula-
tions as he may prescribe; and he
is hereby authorized to set apart
and reserve for school, park, and
other public purposes not more than
ten acres in any one town site, and
patents shall be issued for the lands
park, and other purposes to the mu-
nicipality legally charged with the
care and custody of lands donated
for such purposes. The purchase
price for all town lots sold in town
sites as herein provided shall be
paid at such times and in such in
stallments as the Secretary of the In
terror may direct, and he shall cause
at least twenty per centum of the
net proceeds arising from such sales
tn be set 9parA and expended under
his direction in the construction of
schOol-houses or other public build
ings or improvements in the town
sites in which such lots are located
The net proceeds derived from the
sale of such lots and lands Within
the town sites as aforesaid shall
be credited to the Indians of the
Colorado River Reservation as here
tofore provided