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purchaser the same as if a final patent without restriction had been issued to the allottee.

That for the purpose of allowing any Indian allottee to sell for town-site purposes any portion of the lands allotted to him the Secretary of the Interior may, by order, remove restrictions upon the alienation of such lands and issue fee-simple patents therefor under such rules and regulations as he may prescribe.

That upon the recommendation of the Commissioner to the Five Civilized Tribes and with the approval of the Secretary of the Interior any allottee in the Indian Territory may be permitted to survey and plat at his own expense for town-site purposes his allotment when the same is located along the line of any railroad where stations are located. That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to investigate the allotments made to It ko ki po pi or Joshua, John Joshua, Thomas Bull, Sarah Bull, and Lillie Bull, Yankton Sioux allottees numbered eleven hundred and thirty-nine, eleven hundred and forty, eleven hundred and thirty-six, eleven hundred and thirty-seven, and eleven hundred and thirty-eight, respectively; and if he becomes satisfied that there did not in fact exist said allottees or any of them at the time the said allotments were made, he is hereby authorized and directed to reallot the lands embraced in said allotments to the members of the Yankton tribe who were entitled to allotment but failed to receive lands when the Indians of said tribe were allotted lands in severalty.

That the restrictions contained in terms, or by provisions of law then in force, upon the patent issued on the tenth day of June, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, to Angelique Dupuis, on the followingdescribed property, to wit: The south half of the southeast quarter of section seventeen and the north half of the northeast quarter of section twenty, township one hundred and twenty-four north, of range fifty west, principal meridian, in the Territory (now the State) of South Dakota, be, and the same are hereby, removed; and the heirs of the said Angelique Dupuis are hereby vested with title in fee simple in and to said land, and authorized to sell and convey the same, subject to the laws of the State of South Dakota relating to the estates of decedents.

That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized, in his discretion, to issue fee-simple patents to the following parties for the lands heretofore allotted to them: Collins La Monte, allottee numbered eight hundred and thirty-seven; Mrs. Artie Barber, allottee numbered five hundred and seventy-four; Mrs. Mary S. Rouse, Ellen Young, Julia D. Picotte, and Joseph Leonard Smith, Yankton Sioux allottees numbered five hundred and ninety-seven, eleven hundred and three, eight hundred and ninety-seven, two hundred and forty-nine (and four hundred and eighty-eight), respectively; Charles Henry Bonnin, Mercy Conger Bonnin, Joseph Shunk Laroche, Julia Shunk Laroche, Hermine Shunk, Alexander Shunk, William Shunk, Yankton Sioux allottees, and Jennie Quinn, a Sisseton and Wahpeton allottee, and the issuance of said patents shall operate as a removal of all restrictions as to the sale, encumbrance, or taxation of the lands so patented.

That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized, in his discretion, to issue fee-simple patents to the following parties for the lands heretofore allotted to them: Daniel Dowan, Annie B. White, William B. Robertson, Henry Red Earth, Samuel Quinn, Jennie M. Bailly, Sarah La Batte, John La Batte, Mason S. La Batte, Mary Wynde, Viola Moore, formerly Viola Faribault, Joseph R. Brown, junior, Amanda Brown, and Arthur Gray Cloud, Sisseton and Wahpeton allottees, and the issuance of said patents shall operate as a removal of all restrictions as to the sale, encumbrance, or taxation of the lands so patented.

That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized, in his discretion, to issue fee-simple patents to the heir or heirs of Charles E. Vandel, Arthur M. Vandel, James E. Vandel, Yankton Sioux Indians, deceased, for the land heretofore allotted them; and the issuance of said patents shall operate as a removal of all restrictions as to the sale, incumbrance, or taxation of the lands so patented.

That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized, in his discretion, to issue fee-simple patent to Wanyanka Mani, or Reverend Luke C. Walker, for the land heretofore allotted to him on the Sioux ceded tract, and the issuance of said patent shall operate as a removal of all restrictions as to the sale, incumbrance, or taxation of the lands so patented.

That Johah Iromwhip, allottee numbered ninety-seven; Amos Sitoka, allottee numbered twelve hundred and fourteen; Sunrise, allottee numbered eight hundred and eighty-five; Josephine Brunot, allottee numbered six hundred and fifteen; John Wahcahunka, allottee numbered one thousand and twenty-five; Tunkasapa, or Joseph T. Cook, Anpaodutawin, or Mary Ann Langlois, Yankton Sioux allottees to whom trust patents have been issued containing restrictions on alienation, may sell and convey not exceeding forty acres of their allotments; but such conveyance shall be subject to the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, and when so approved shall convey full title to the purchaser the same as if a final patent without restriction had been issued to the allottee.

That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized, in his discretion, to issue fee simple patents to the following parties for the lands heretofore allotted them: Frances Ree, Victoria McBride, Peter Picotte, Louis Shunk, Frank La Rochelle, Louise Barbier Moran, Kate Marion Barbier, Peter La Grande, Lucy S. Patton, Joseph Dubray, Frederick Barbier, and Marie Barbier, Yankton Sioux allottecs numbered two hundred and twenty-eight, four hundred and sixty-two, one hundred and sixty-two, one thousand and thirty-eight, eight hundred and seventeen, one thousand four hundred and sixteen, one thousand three hundred and fifty-six, seven hundred and seventy-six, one thousand and seven, one thousand and forty, one thousand three hundred and fifty-four, seven hundred and seventy-nine, two hundred and forty-two, and seven hundred and eighty, respectively; Louise Cutschall, néc Herman, Rosebud allottee numbered six hundred and forty-three; George W. Dripps, Yankton Sioux allottee numbered fourteen hundred and thirty-five; Joseph Volin, Yankton allottee numbered eleven hundred and twenty-nine; and the issuance of said patents shall operate as a removal of all restrictions as to the sale, incumbrance, or taxation of the lands so patented; William Jandrin, Yankton Sioux allottee numbered eleven hundred and forty-seven, Louise Ange and Angel Ange Bagan, Sisseton and Wahpeton allottees, heirs of Louis Dechon, Alexis V. Renville, William M. Weatherstone, Daisy Rice, Mary S. Weatherstone, James Weatherstone, Ada Cloutier, Ralph Weatherstone, and Joseph La Fromboise, Sisseton and Wahpeton allottees numbered two hundred and fifteen, ten hundred and seventy, thirteen hundred, thirteen hundred and seven, twelve hundred and ninety-six, thirteen hundred and one, two hundred and twelve, and seven hundred and twenty-four (two numbers), twelve hundred and ninety-nine, and thirteen hundred and thirty-seven, respectively; and the issuance of said patents shall operate as a removal of all restrictions as to the sale, incumbrance, or taxation of the lands so patented.

For payment to fifteen Sioux Indians of Pine Ridge Agency, South Dakota, for property taken from them in the year eighteen hundred and seventy-six by the United States military authorities for reasons. of military expediency, while they were in amity with the Government, the names of the Indians and amounts to be paid to each having

heretofore been found by the Department of the Interior and reported in estimates for appropriations required for the service of the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and five, and prior years, by the Indian Service, the sum of six thousand three hundred and twenty dollars...

UTAH.

For pay of Indian agent at the Uintah and Ouray Agency, Utah (consolidated), one thousand eight hundred dollars.

That the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized, in his discretion, to sell, at such price as he may deem fair and reasonable, one hundred and sixty acres of land of the tract now occupied by the Shebit Indians in Washington County, Utah, to the Utah and Eastern Copper Company, including the twenty acres of land leased by the Secretary of the Interior to the said Utah and Eastern Copper Company on November fifth, nineteen hundred and three, under the authority of the Indian appropriation Act, approved March third, nineteen hundred and three; and the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized to make, execute, and deliver proper deeds of conveyance therefor and to expend the proceeds of the sale for the use and benefit of the Shebit Indians in such manner as he may deem best: Provided, That said deed shall contain the following conditions or covenants, to wit: Prohibiting the sale or use of intoxicating liquor on any part of the land sold so long as the adjoining territory is used for an Indian reservation, and also prohibiting the pollution of the water after it leaves the smelters of the Utah and Eastern Copper Company, and also prohibiting the commission of nuisances of any kind whatsoever on the tract of land sold.

SOUTHERN UTAH SCHOOL.

For support and education of seventy-five pupils at the Panguitch Indian school in southern Utah, twelve thousand five hundred and twenty-five dollars;

Pay of superintendent, nine hundred dollars;

General repairs and improvements, four thousand dollars;

For warehouse, two thousand dollars;

In all, nineteen thousand four hundred and twenty-five dollars. For general incidental expenses of the Indian Service in Utah, including traveling expenses of agents, one thousand dollars.

IRRIGATION.

For constructing irrigation systems to irrigate the allotted lands of the Uncompahgre, Uintah, and White River Utes in Utah, the limit of cost of which is hereby fixed at six hundred thousand dollars, one hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars which shall be immediately available, the cost of said entire work to be reimbursed from the proceeds of the sale of the lands within the former Uintah Reservation: Provided, That such irrigation systems shall be constructed and completed and held and operated, and water therefor appropriated under the laws of the State of Utah, and the title thereto until otherwise provided by law shall be in the Secretary of the Interior in trust for the Indians, and he may sue and be sued in matters relating thereto: And provided further, That the ditches and canals of such irrigation systems may be used, extended, or enlarged for the purpose of conveying water by any person, association, or corporation under and upon compliance with the provisions of the laws of the State of Utah: And provided further, That when said irrigation systems are in successful operation the cost of operating same shall be equitably apportioned upon the lands irrigated, and, when the Indians have become

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self-supporting, to the annual charge shall be added an amount sufficient to pay back into the Treasury the cost of the work done, in their behalf, within thirty years, suitable deduction being made for the amounts received from disposal of the lands within the former Uintah Reservation .....

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For pay of two carpenters, two millers, two farmers, and two blacksmiths, as per tenth article of treaty of October seventh, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, and fifteenth article of treaty of March second, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, six thousand seven hundred and twenty dollars;

For pay of two teachers, as per same article of same treaty, one thousand eight hundred dollars;

For purchase of iron and steel and the necessary tools for blacksmith shop, per ninth article of same treaty, two hundred and twenty dollars;

For annual amount for the purchase of beef, mutton, wheat, flour, beans, and potatoes, or other necessary articles of food, as per twelfth article of same treaty, thirty thousand dollars;

For pay of employees at the several Ute agencies, fifteen thous: d dollars;

In all, fifty-three thousand seven hundred and forty dollars That the Act entitled "An Act making appropriations for the current and contingent expenses of the Indian Department and for fulfilling treaty stipulations with various Indian tribes for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and four, and for other purposes," approved March third, nineteen hundred and three, be amended by adding after the words "Uintah County, Utah," in the thirty-fourth line of page nine hundred and ninety-eight of part one of volume thirtytwo of the United States Statutes at Large, the words "or in the office of the county recorder of Wasatch County, Utah, or with the recorder of the mining district in which such mining claims are situate," and by adding after the words "Uintah County," in the fortieth line of page nine hundred and ninety-eight of part one of volume thirty-two of the United States Statutes at Large, the words "or Wasatch County": Provided, however, That where patents have been issued prior to March third, nineteen hundred and three, upon locations made prior to January first, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, of mining claims within the said Uncompahgre Reservation, said patents are hereby validated and confirmed as against any claim or title of the United States.

That the Secretary of the Interior may authorize the Indians of the former Uintah Reservation, in the State of Utah, to cut and sell cedar and pine timber for posts or fuel from the tracts reserved for grazing purposes for said Indians under joint resolution of June nineteenth, nineteen hundred and two, in such quantities and upon such terms and under such rules and regulations as the said Secretary of the Interior may prescribe.

For the purchase of lands and sheep for the San Juan Pah-Ute Indians, five thousand dollars..

For the support and civilization of the Kaibab Indians in Utah, and for the purchase and acquiring of land and water, together with the necessary farming implements and machinery and live stock for their use, ten thousand five hundred dollars, to be immediately available...

VIRGINIA.

For the support and education of one hundred and twenty Indian pupils at the school at Hampton, Virginia, twenty thousand and forty dollars....

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WASHINGTON.

For pay of Indian agent at the Colville Agency, Washington, one thousand five hundred dollars

For support and civilization of the D'Wamish and other allied tribes in Washington, including pay of employees, five thousand dollars......... For support and civilization of the Makahs, Washington, including pay of employees, two thousand dollars

For support and civilization of the Qui-nai-elts and Quil-leh-utes, including pay of employees, one thousand dollars.

For support and civilization of Yakimas, and other Indians at said agency, including pay of employees, five thousand dollars.

For general incidental expenses of the Indian Service in Washington, including traveling expenses of agents, and support and civilization of Indians at Colville and Puyallup agencies, and for pay of employees, thirteen thousand dollars..

That the Secretary of the Interior, in his discretion, is hereby authorized to sell, under rules and regulations to be prescribed by him, any tract or tracts of land heretofore reserved for the Puyallup Indian School not now needed for school purposes, and to use the proceeds of said sale for the establishment of an industrial and manual training school for the Puyallup and allied tribes and bands of Indians at the site of the present Puyallup Indian School.

SPOKANES. (Treaty.)

For pay of a blacksmith and carpenter to do necessary work and to instruct the said Indians in those trades, one thousand dollars each, per sixth article of agreement with said Indians, dated March eighteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, ratified by Act of Congress approved July thirteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, two thousand dollars

For purchase of agricultural implements, and support and civilization of Joseph's Band of Nez Perce Indians, one thousand dollars....

For the extension of the irrigation system on lands allotted to Yakima Indians in Washington, fifteen thousand dollars, to be reimbursed from the proceeds of the sale of surplus lands, as provided by the Act of December twenty first, nineteen hundred and four, entitled "An Act to authorize the sale and disposition of surplus or unallotted lands of the Yakima Indian Reservation in the State of Washington;" in all, fifteen thousand dollars

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That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized, in his discretion, to sell and convey by patent with such reservations as to flowage rights, dam sites, and mill sites appurtenant to water powers, as may prescribe, such tract or tracts of lands of the Spokane Indian Reservation, State of Washington, lying at or near the junction of the Columbia and Spokane rivers, not exceeding three hundred and sixty acres in extent, for town-site and terminal purposes, upon the payment of such price as may be fixed by him, and that the money received therefrom shall be deposited in the Treasury of the United States to the credit of the Spokane Indians.

COLVILLE RESERVATION.

To carry into effect the agreement bearing date May ninth, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, entered into between the Indians residing on the Colville Reservation and commissioners appointed by the President of the United States under authority of the Act of Congress approved August nineteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety, to negotiate with the Colville and other bands of Indians on said Colville Reservation for the

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