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 334. FIFTY-THIRD CUEGBESS. Sess. II. Ch. 290. 1894. subject to irrigation, except as hereinailmr sttsd, shall be disposed of napmi trimasm as follows: The Secretary of the Interior shall cause the said lands to ¤¤**°i°5· be regularly surveyed and to be subdivided into tracts of ten acres each, and shall cause the said lands to be appraised by a board of three appraisers, composed of an Indian inspector, a special Indian agent, and the agent in charge of the Yuma Indrans, who shall appraise said lands, tracts, or subdivisions, and each of them, and report their proceedings to the Secretary of the Interior for his action thereon; and when theappraisement has been · approved the Secretary of the Interior shall cause the said lands to be sold at public sale to the highest bidder for cash, at not less, than the appraised value thereof, first having given at least sixty days’ public notice of the time, place, and terms of sale, immediately prior to such sale, by publication in at least two newspapers of general circulation; and any lands or subdivisions ' remainhg unsold may be reofered for sale at any subsequent time in the same manner at the discretion of the Secretary of the Interior, and if not sold at such second oiiering for want of bidders then the Secretary of the Interior may sell the same at private sale at not less than the appraised value. _ ", I ARTICLE IV. P¤·¤¤¤°· 0* ¤'°¤· That the money realized by the sale of the aforesaid lands shall be placed in the Treasury of the United States, to the credit of the said Yuma Indians, and the same, with interest thereof at live per centum per annum, shall be at all times subject to appropriation by Congress, or to application, by order of the President, for the payment of water _ rents, building of levees, ir·rigating ditches, laterals, the· erection and repair of buildings, purchase of tools, farming implements and seeds, and for the education and civilization of 'said uma Indians. · Anrrouz V. bgggi P“‘°”‘° ‘° "1‘ Upon the approval of the allotments provided for herein by the Sec- · retary of the Interior he shall cause patents to issue therefor in the name of the allottees, which patents shall be of the legal effect and declare that the United States does and will hold the land thus allotted for the period of twenty-five years in trust for the sole use and benefit of the Indian to whom such allotments shall have been made, or in case of his or her decease, to his or her heirs or devisees, according to the laws of California, and that at the expiration of said period the United States will convey the same by patent to said Indian or his ‘ heirs or devisees, as aforesaid in fee, discharged of said trust and free of all incumbrance whatsoever. ,__§°°*°Y“*°°°’°"*"‘· And if any conveyance shall be made of the lands set apart and ` allotted as herein provided, or any contract made touching the same before the expiration of the time above mentioned, such conveyance or contract shall be absolutely null and void. And during said period of twenty-five years these allotments and improvements thereon shall not be subject to taxation for any purpose, nor subject to be seized upon any execution or other legal process, and the law of descent and partition in force in California shall apply thereto. Anrrou: VI. umd: •·v·>¤ *¤ M- All lands upon said reservation that can not be irrigated are to be open to settlement under the general land laws of the United States. Anrronn VIL ,.,{I?f.iiT'" “`°h°°l "` There shall be excepted from the operation of this agreement 3 tract of land, including the buildings, situate on the hill on the north side