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 716 FIFTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Cns. 1374, 1375. 1902. ·7¤lYL1902- CHAP. 1374.-An Act To grant certain lands to the South Platte Canal and —`[Pu'b1`ic‘,‘N0"_ 240] Reservoir Company. Preamble. \Vhereas the South Platte Canal and Reservoir Companyis the owner " of a reservoir from which the inhabitants of the city of enver, Colorado, are supplied with water for domestic purposes; and W'hereas it is necessary for the health of the people of said city that the waters of said reservoir should not be contaminated and that the principal drainage basins leading into said reservoir should be under _ the control of the owners of said reservoir: Therefore, Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatvnxes of the United §'};Q}1°};’,j§; cum, States of America in Ozmgress assembled, That the following—described and Reservoir com- tracts of land, situated in the counties of Jefferson and Douglas, in the ’°§Q{g13f']Yf§’,?,?l°‘ State of Colorado, described as follows: Sections one, two, eleven, twelve, thirteen, fourteen, twenty-three, and twenty-four, in township ten south, range seventy-one west, of sixth principal meridian; and sections six, seven, eighteen, and nineteen, in township ten south, range seventy west, of sixth principal meridian, all within the South Platte Forest Reserve, containing seven thousand six hundred and eight acres, be, and the same are hereby, granted and conveyed to the South Platte Canal and Reservoir Company, a corporation of the State of P*'i°° 1** mm- Colorado, u n the payment of one dollar and twenty-tive cents per acre by saidxizompany to the United States, to have and to hold said lands to its use and behoof forever for purposes of water storage and supply of its waterworks; and for said purposes said company shall forever have the right, in its discretion, to control and use any and all parts of the premises herein conveyed, and in the construction of reservoirs, laying such pipes and mains, and in making such improvements as may be necessary to utilize the water contained in any · natural or constructed reservoirs upon said premises. Approved, July 1, 1902. . July 1, 1902. CHAP. 1875.-An Act To provide for the allotment of the lands of the Cherokee `T}T,§{gfg;§g[j`“ Nation, for the disposition of town sites therein, and for other purposes. - §l’,'f,'g,f;;,Ng}*f;‘;,ds Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rm·esentatices of the United forthe disposition or States of America an Congress assembled, town sites. D°**¤*“°¤¤· 1>1·:FiNrrr0N or womns EMPLOYED HEREIN. Smcrrou 1. The words ‘“nation" and "tribe” shall each be held to refer to the Cherokee Nation or tribe of Indians in Indian Territory. Sm:. 2. The words "princ·ipal chief " or “‘chief executive " shall be held to mean the principal chief of said tribe. Sec. 3. The words “Dawes Commission " or “‘Commission" shall be 'heldm to mean the United States Commission to the Five Civilized r1 s. ~ Sec. 4. The word " minor" shall be held to mean males under the age of twenty-one years and females under the age of eighteen years. Sec. 5. The terms “allottable lands ” or "lands allottable” shall be held to mean all the lands of the Cherokee tribe not herein reserved from allotment. . Sec. 6. The word " select " and its various modifications, as applied to allotments and homesteads, shall be held to mean the formal application at the land office, to be established by the Dawes Commission for the Cherokee·Nation, for particular tracts of land. Sec. 7. The words "member" or "members " and "citizen" or "citizens" shall be held to mean members or citizens of the Cherokee Nation, in the Indian Territory.