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 FIFTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 1495. 1904. 303 tory of Washington, on the art of the United States, and the chiefs, headmen, and delegates of die confederated tribes of the Flathead, Kootenai, and Upper Pend d’Oreille Indians, on the sixteenth day of July, eighteen hundred and fifty-tive. . Sm. 2. That so soon as all of the lands embraced within said Flat- A“°*m€“°S· ` head Indian Reservation shall have been surveyed, the Commissioner of Indian Affairs shall cause allotments of the same to be made to all greens having tribal rights with said confederated tribes of Flatheads, ootenais, Upper Pend d’Oreille, and such other Indians and rsons · holding triba relations as may rightfully belong on said Igdthead ‘ Indian Reservation, including the Iiower Pend d’Oreille or Kalispel Indians now on the reservation, under the provisions of the allotment laws of the United States. Sec. 3. That upon the final completion of said allotments to said *;';,,Q*{,*;¥g Indians, the President of the United States shall appoint a commis- Buds. sion consisting of live persons to ins ect, appraise, and value all of the said lands that shall not have been alllotted in severalty to said Indians, the said persons so constituting said commission to be as follows: Two C°“’P°““*°“ °*· of said commissioners so named by the President shall be two persons now holding tribal relations with said Indians—the same may be designated to the President by the chiefs and headmen of said confederated tribes of Indians, two of said commissioners shall be resident citizens of the State of Montana, and one of said commissioners shall be a United States special Indian agent or Indian inspector of the Interior Department. _ _ _ Sec. 4. That within thirty days after their appointment said commis- w °”‘°“ °‘ sion shall meet at some po1nt within the boundaries of said Flathead Indian Reservation and organize by the election of one of their number `as chairman. Said commission is hereby empowered to select a clerk °""’” at a salary not to exceed seven dollars per day. · Sec. 5. That said commissioners shall then proceed to personally ,,,°§§‘,E°““°“· °'°·· inspect and classify and appraise, by the smallest legal subdivisions of forty acres each, all of the remaining lands embraced within said reservation. In making such classiiication and appraisement said lands shall be divided into the following classes: First, agricultural land of the first class; second, a ricultural land of the second class; third, timber lands, the same toI»e lands more valuable for their timber than for any other purpose; fourth, mineral lands; and fifth, razing lands. Sec. 6. That said commission shall in their report of lands of the 'l`*”*°"l’·¤‘”· third class determine as nearly as possible the amount of standing saw timber on legal subdivisions thereof and fix a minimum price for the value thereo, and in determining the amount of merchantable timber growing thereon they shall be empowered to employ a timber cruiser, at a salary of not more than eig t dollars per day while so actually employed, with such assistants as may be necessary, at a salary not to exceed six dollars per day while so actually employed. Mineral lands Mi¤¤¤·¤11¤¤<i¤- shall not be appraised as to value. _ Sec. 7. That said commissioners, excepting said special agent and C°“‘l‘°"““°“· inspector of the Interior Department, shall be paid a salary of not to exceed ten dollars per day each while actua ly employed in the _ inspection and classification of said lands; such inspection and classiti— “"‘°"”“'· cation to be fully completed within one year from date of the organization of said commission. _ Sec. 8. That when said commission shall have completed the classi— °“l’°"“°"““"'· iication and appraisement of all of said lands and the same shall have been approved bv the Secretary of the Interior. the land shall be disposed of under the general rovisions of the homestead, mineral, and _ _ town—site laws of the United States, except such of said lands as shall ;a;§T2§2Q§{3d_s°h`”l have been classified as timber lands. and) excepting sections sixteen and thirty-six of each township, which are here y granted to the State