The Parker post., 1912-09-14


cy, school, and religious purposes to
remain res erved as long as needed
and as long as agency, school, or
religious institutions are maintained
thereon for the benefit of said In
dians: Provided, That the Secretary
of the Interior is hereby authorized
and directed to issue a patent in fee
simple to the duly authorized mis-
sionary board or other proper au-
thority of any religious organization
heretofore engaged in mission or
school work on said reservation for
such lands thereon (not exceeding
forty acres to any one such organl-
zation and not included within any
townsite within said reservation)
as have heretofore been set apart for
such organization for mission or
school purposes.
"Sec. 8. That the lands allotted,
those retained or reserved, and the
surplus lands sold, set aside for
town-site purposes, or granted to the
State, or otherwise disposed Of shall
be subject for a period of twenty
five years to all the laws of the Uni
ted States prohibiting the introduc-
tion of intoxicants into Indian com-
try.
.Sec. 10. That the Act of Con-
gress approved March third, nine
teen hundred and eleven, entitled
AN Act to authorize the Greeley
Arizona Irrigation Company to build
d dam across the Colorado River at
or near Head Gate Rock, near Par
ker, in Yuma County Arizona, be,
and the same is hereby repealed,
and nothing herein shall be constru-
ed In any way to recognize, extend,
give, grant, or confirm to any per-
son, company, or corporation any
preference right to construct amy di-
version dam or irrigation works or
any easements or rights of way for
irrigation purposes.
Sec. IL. That nothing herein shall
be construed to preclude the State
of Arizona from constructing and
maintaining such dams, canals, ditch
es, drains, levees, pumping or power
plants, or other diversion, distribu-
ting, and irrigation works and ap-
pliances as may be necessary for
the irrigation and reclamation OF
said lands: Provided, That nothing
herein contained shall in any way
intefere with the operation of the
local laws in relation to the appropri-
alton, use, regulation, and disposal
of water rights for irrigation and
othe.' teneficial uses.
Sec r. That there is hereby ap-
propriated out of any money in the
Treasury OF the United States not
otherwise pparopriated, the sum of
seventy-five thousand dollars, or so
much thereof as may be necessary,
to pay for the lands granted to the
State Of Arizona as provided in Sec
ton four of this Act And there is
hereby appropriated the further sum
of thirty five thousand dollars, or so
much thereof as may be necessary,
for the purpose of making the sur
vey allotment, and mineral examfna-
lion of the lands within this reserva-
ton: Provided, That the latter ap-
rropriation shall be reimbursed to
the United States from the proceeds
of the sale OF the lands described
herein or from amy money in the
Treasury belonging to said Indian
tribe
'Sec. 13 That nothing in this Act
contained shall in any manner bind
the United States to purachse any
portion of the Land herein described,
except sections sixteen and thirty
six, or the equivalent in each town
ship, or to dispose of said land ex-
cept as provided herein, or to qua aran-
tee to find purchasers for said lands
or any portion thereof; it being the
INTENTION of this Act that the United
States shall act as trustee for said
Indians 10 dispose Of said lands and
to axpend and pay over the proceeds
received from the sale thereof only
as received and as herein provided:
Provided That nothing in this Act
shall be construed to deprive the
said Indians of the Colorado River
Reservation of any benefits TO which
they are entitled under existing trea-
ties. agreements, or laws not incon-
sisrent With the provisions of this
Act.
Sec. il. THAT the Secretary of
TIE Interior is hereby authorized and
empowered TO perform &py and all
2c-s and to make such rules and reg
lot