The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1916-04-08
COUNCIL HELD
LAST MONDAY
Talked Over Proposed Safe
of Lots,
Some Claimed ignorance Of Measure
mat Made Village Site.

AT the council held last Monday moth
ing was arrived at.
The council was called for tie purpose
of talking over the sale OF the lots located
within the village and recently appraised.
1t was contended that many did not know
the bill as passed rroviding for the setting
aside of the measure as passed so therefore
could rot see why they should buy land
they already owned. After an afternoons
discussion the council adjourned
For the benefit of those not familiar with
I the measure as passed August 1, 1914 we
print the entire measure,
Public No. 16o 63rd Congress.)
H. r. 1879.
Section 23, Approved August l, 1914.
That the Secretary OF the Interior be, and
lie is hereby, authorized, in his discretion,
set apart lots ten, eleven and twelve,
ection twenty-five, township forty eight
orth, range three west, On the La Pointe
observation in Wisconsin, for an Indian
)wn site, and to cause the lands described
be surveyed AID pIatt>,; into suitable lots
treets, and alleys, aLd to dedicate said
reefs and alleys and such lots OF parcel AS
lay be necessary to public uses, and to
ause the lots to be appraised at their real
a!ue. exclusive of impI ove1,en thereon
,r adjacent thereto, by board of three
,ersons, one of whom shall be the United
taes Indian Agent OF the Lid Pointe Ag-
ncy, one to be appointed by the Secret; y
If the Interior, and one selected by the
indians of the La Poin,e Band of Chippe-
va. who shall receive such compensation
Is the Secretary of the Interior may pre-
criber, to be paid out Of the proceeds of
re sale of lot2aeold sander :l,is Act, and
yhen so surveyed, plated and appraised, the
President may issue trust patents as provid-
ID by the Act of February eighth, eighteen
hundred and eighty-seven, entitled IAN act
O provide for the allotment of lands in
everalty to Indians on various reservations,
nd to extend the protection 0. the laws Of
ne Unite! States and the Territories over
he Indians, and for other purposes" to
the Indians Of the said reservation FOR such
OTIS on the payment by them of tho apprais-
I'd value thereof, on such terms as may be
approved by the Secretary of the Interior,
and the net tproceeds of such sales shall be
placed to the credit of the la pointe Bard
of Chippewa indians:
Provided, That no person shall be auth
olized 90 purchase lots on the lands deScrib-
ed other than members Of said La Pointe
Band Of Indians, and those now owning
permanent improvements there shall have
the preference right for six months from
the date such lots are. offered for sale with
in which TO purchase tracts upon which their
improvements are situated. but no lot shall
be sold for less than the appraised valuation
but if any person entitled fails to take ad-
vantage of this provision, the agent of the
La Pointe Agency shall appraiSe the i'm
provements on. the unsold lots, and any
member of the La Pointe Band of Chip
pewas, on the payment to the owner of the
appraised value of the Improvements, shall
have the preference right for six months
from the date of such Payment to purchase
such unsold .lot or lots at their appraised
value on such terms as may be approved
by the Secretary of the Interior.
Provided further, That any land disposed
of hereunder shall be subject to all the laws
of the Unified States prohibiting the intro
duction of intoxicants into the Indian coun-
try until otherwise providedeby Congress.
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