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 FIFTY—NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. 'I. Ch. 1126. 1906. 81 appropriate classes by legal subdivisions, with the exception of the lands classed as mineral lands, which need not be appraised, and which shall be disposed of under the general mining laws of the United States, and, upon completion of the classiiication and appraisement, such sur- mg{’§”*”¤ *° ¤°*“* plus lands shall be open to settlement and entry under the provisions Minimum price. of the homestead laws at not less than their appraised value in addition to the fees and commissions now prescribed by law for the disposition of lands of the value of one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre by proclamation of the President, which proclamation shall prescribe the manner in which these lands shall be settled upon, occu ied, and entered by persons entitled to make entry thereof: Provider; That the price f,°Q,{',`,‘fgg,S_ of said lands when entered shall be fixed by the appraisement, as herein provided for, which shall be paid in accordance with rules and regulations to be prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior upon the following terms: One-fifth of the purchase rice to be paid in cash at the time of entry and the balance in five equal) annual installments to be paid in one, two, three, four, and five years, respectively, from and after the date of entry, and in case any entr man fails to make the annual ay- ments, or any of them, promptly when due all rights in and to the land covered by his or her entry shall cease, and an payments theretofore F""°““‘”°· made shall be forfeited and the entry canceled}: and the lands shall be reoffered for sale and entry: Provided furtlwr, That the lands remain- hifi}? °‘ '°¤*““'*¢ ‘ ing undisposed of at the expiration of live ears from the opening of the said lands to entry shall be sold to the highest bidder for cash, at not less than one dollar per acre, under rules and regulations to be prescribed by the Secretar of the Interior, and that any lands remaining unsold ten years after the said lands shall have been opened to entry may be sold to the highest bidder for cash without regard to the above minimum limit of price. Sec. 4. That the said lands shall be o ened to settlement and entry P'°°l“"“°'*· by proclamation of the President, whidh proclamation shall prescribe the time when and the manner in which these lands may be sett ed upon, occupied, and entered by persons entitled to make entry thereof, and no dperson shall be permitted to settle upon, occupy, and enter any of sai lands except as prescribed in such proclamation: Prmzided, That f,°f,Z,‘,‘,if,°,,,,,,,,,!,, 0, the rights of honorably discharged Union soldiers and sailors of the wléiisfmwggd wilson late civil and Spanish wars, as defined and described in sections twenty- miaiis.:°iet»¤.`zso4,2aos, three hundred and four and twenty-three hundred and live of the Revised *’· m- Statutes, as amended by the Act of March first, nineteen hundred and Vol. 81. p. w. one, shall not he abridged. Sec.  That all of said lands returned and classified as timber lands S“’°°““”"°"““°’· shall be sold and disposed of by the Secretary of the Interior under sealed bids to the highest bidder for cash or at public auction, as the Secretary of the Interior may determine, and under such rules and regulations as he may prescribe. _ Sec. 6. That the proceeds not including fees and commissions aris- ,,§,§}{’,',{’,f,‘;,*;‘l’°°°'°d ing from the sale and disposition of the lands aforesaid, including the sums paid for mineral and town-site lands shall be, after deducting the expenses incurred from time to time in connection with the allotment, a praisement, and sales, and surveys, herein provided., deposited in the 'lii-easury of the United States to the credit of the Colville and confederated tribes of Indians belonging and having tribal rights on the Colville Indian Reservation, in the State of Washington, and shall be expended for their benefit, under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, in the education and improvement of said Indians, and in the urchase of stock cattle, horse teams, harness, wagons, mowing machiines, horserakes, thrashing machines, and other agricultural implements for issue to said Indians, and also for the purchase of material for the construction of houses or other necessary buildings, and a reasonable sum may also be expended by the Secretary, in his discretion, von xxxrv, rr 1-6