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 F IFTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 1495. 1904. 305 church, and hospital and such other eleemosynary institutions as may ·°"“’·p·1°8°· now be maintained by the Catholic Church on said reservation, which lands are hereby granted to those religious organizations of the Catholic Lhurch now occupyiiigl the same, known as the Society of Jesus, the Sisters of Charity of ovidence, and the Ursuline Nuns, the said lands to be granted in the following amounts, namely, to the‘Society of Jesus, six hundred and forty acres, to the Sisters of Charity of Providence, one hundred and sixty acres, and to the Ursuline Nuns, one hundred and sixty acres, such lands to be reserved and granted for the uses indicate only so long as the same are maintained and occupied by said organizations for the purposes indicated. The Pres- 0 Rgigtggfugwlwm ident is also authorized to reserve lands upon the same conditions and m ' for similar urposes for any other missionary or religious societies that ma mahe ap lication therefor within one year after the passage of this Act, in sucih uantity as he may deem proper. The President bu§{"{m;§°“°Y· °'*°·· may also reserve sucih of said lands as may be convenient or necessary ` for the occupation and maintenance of any and all agency buildings, substations, mills, and other governmental institutions now in use on said reservation or which may be used or occupied by the Government of the United States. ‘ Sec. 13. That all of said lands classified as agricultural lands of the ,a§*j,;° °* ““*“’P°°°" first class and agricultural lands of the second class and grazing lands ` that shall be opened to settlement under this Act remaining undisposed of at the e iration of five years from the taking effect of this Act shall be solld and disposed of to the highest bidder for cash, under ` rules and regulations to be prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior, at not less t an their appraised value, and in tracts not to exceed six mmm hundred and forty acres to any one person. · i Sec. 14. That the proceeds received from the sale of said lands in D‘°P°°*‘°‘P'°°°°“- conformity with this Act shall be paid into the Treasury of the United States, and after deducting the expenses of the commission, of classiiication and sale of lands, and such other incidental expenses as shall have been necessaril incurred, and expenses of the survey of the lands, shall be expendied or paid, as follows: One-half shall be expended from time to time by the Secretary of the Interior as he may deem advisable for the benefit of the said Indians and such persons having tribal rights on the reservation, including the Lower Pend d`Oreillc or Kalispel thereon at the time that this Act shall take effect, in the construction of irrigation ditches, the purchase of stock cattle, farming implements, or other necessary articles to aid the Indians in farming an stock raising, and in the e ucation and civilization of said Indians, and the remaininglhalf to be paid to the said Indians and such persons having tribal rig ts on the reservation, including the Lower Pond d’Oreille or Kalispel thereon at the date of the proclamation plrovided for in section nine hereof, or expended on their account, as they may A¤¢¢·v-=¤>*- elect. · Sec. 15. That there is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the m§`§,.*,’;};’f" *°‘ ’““"' Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of one hundred thousand Am>¤>x>ri¤¤¤¤- dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to pay for the lands granted to the State of Montana and for lands reserved for agency, school, and mission purposes, as provided in sections eight and twelve MM. x>1>· 3¤¤.¤>4· of this Act, at the rate of one dollar and twenty-five cents r acre;. also the sum of seventy-five thousand dollars, or so much thiereof as R¤i¤¤¥>¤¤¢¤¤¤¤¢— may be necessary, the same to be reimbursable out of the funds arising from the sale of said lands to enable the Secretary of the Interior to slprvey the lands of said reservation as provided in section one of this ·4~¢m>- 301- ct. Sec. 16. That nothin in this Act contained shall in an manner ,{g“"’§“‘{ °‘ .‘*‘° · bind the United Statesgto purchase any portion of the laiid herein C md `mw mmm` described, except sections sixteen and thirty-six, or the equivalent. in vor. xxxm. M 1--20