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 678 FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 113. 1895. appropriations for carrying out the same,"_and the amendments thereto, as far as applicable hereto, and the treaties heretofore made with said P•··~*·¤·. Indians: Provided, That Indians taking allotments as herein provided mm "gm" shall retain their interest in all tribal property. m•¤mu»¤1 for In- Sec. 3. That for the sole and exclusive use and occupancy of such of
 * ,iQ{,‘,f,f‘°°“°‘“g’u°*' said Indians as may not elect or be deemed qualified to take allotments

of land in sevegalty, as przvideid in tliedprleiczeldipg seictiongthlere shall be and is here set ar an reserve a a - po -1on o e1r present reservation iying varlest of the range line between ranges thirteen and fourteen west of the New Mexico principal meridian, and also all of townships thirty-one ari: thirty-two of gauge; fourteelni fifteen, mild sixteen west of the New exico principa _ meri ian an ying in e Territory of New Mexico, subject, however, to the right of the Government to erect and maintain agency buildings thereon and to grant rights of way through the same for railroads, irrigation ditches, high- Agency. ways, and other necessary purposes; and the Government shall mamtain an agency at some suitable place on said lands so reserved. t¤S¤{g_;·¤j°m¤¤¤ °P°¤ Sec. 4. That at the expiration of six months from the pa sage of °°this Act the Presidentof the United States shall issue his proclamation declaring the lands embraced within the present reservation of said Indians except such portions as may have been allotted or reserved under the provisions of the preceding sections of this Act, open to occupancy and settlement, and thereupon said lands shall be and become a part of the public domain of the United States, and shall be subject to entry under the desert, homestead, and town-site laws and the laws governing the disposal of coal, mineral, stone, and timber landsl; bgt ntplhomestead segtlar shall receive a title to any portion 0; such an s a ess than one o ar and twenty-five cents per acre an shall be required to make a cash payment of fifty cents per acre at the lgrvwgrh to of time filing is made upon any of said lands: Provided, That before said i,,,,,{’,§’J§,§,,;,,F " lands shall be open to public settlement the Secretary of the Interior shall cause the improvements belonging to the Indians on the lands now occupied by them to be appraised and sold at public sale to the highestgidder, except improvements on lands allotted to the Indians in acco ance with the rovisious of this Act. No sale of such im rovements shall be made foi) less than the appraised value, and the sgveral piurcilhaiprs of  imprpvemeuts Ehall, iplr thirty days after the issuanc? o the residen s proc amation, ave the preference right of entry o thelauds upon which the improvements purchased by him are situated: Mmmm. Provided further, That the said purchase shall not exceed one hundred mmm. and sixty acres: And provided further, That the proceeds of the sale of such improvements shall be paid to the Indians owning the same. mw or receipts Sec.   Tbatlgutog the imczpeys iiritérealiieclfrgm thedsale of Sam llands · so open up pu 10 se ement ere s 13 e ai to said nt iaus the sum of fifty thousand dollars, as follows: Fige thousand dollars rar mn.; annually for ten years, aud, when paid, the money to be equally divided among all of said Indians per capita, irrespective of age or sex; also the sum of twenty thousand dollars of said proceeds shall be paid to Sheep. t1he_(Sep;etarydoi}lthe Interior, who shall invest the sa-me in sheep and 1v1 e e Sill s eep among the said Indians er ca ita equally irrecmen. spective of age or sex; also to Ignacio, head chieif; to Iiuckskin Cliarlie, as chiet of the Moaches, and Mariano, as chief of the Weeininuches, the sum of five hundred dollars each; also to Tapucke and Tabewatch, as chiefs of the Capotes, the sum of two hundred andjifty dollars each; _ Balance to be held that the balance of the money realized from the sale of lands, after ‘“"“’*‘· deducting expenses of sale and survey, shall be held i11 the Treasury rgtthp Igpited Spaltes in taps: for the sole use,and benefit of said Southegg e n ans. at no ing herein provided shall in any.manuer construed tochange or interfere with the,rights of said Indians under amy 0tl;etrhex1sting treaty regarding any annuities or trust funds or the 1n.eres ereon.