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 82 FIFTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 1126. 1906. §f,‘Q"·'{,’·.,,,,. mg for the comfort, benetit, and improvement of said Indians:_ Provided, menu. That a portion of the proceeds may be paid_ to the Indians in cash per capita, share and share alike, if, in the opinion of the Secretary of the Interior, such payments will further ten to improve the condition and advance the progress of said Indians, but not otherwise. mfg :g°°{,{°de{g’ Sec. 7. That any of said lands necessary for agency, school, and purposes. ’ " religious purposes, and any lands now occupied by the agency buildings, and the site of any sawmill, gristmill, or other mill propert on said MM- lands are hereby reserved from the operation of this Act: Igrovided, R°°`m°°°°` That all such reserved lands shall not exceed in the aggregate three sections and must be selected in legal subdivisions conformable to the ublic surveys, such selection to be made by the Indian agent of the Uoévillle Agencyisunder the; direction of the Secretary of the Interior an su ject toa rova. R*¥‘“‘“°"’· °'° Sec. 8. That the Sgcretary of the Interior is hereby vested with full power and authority to make all needful rules and regulations as to the manner of sale, notice of same, and other matters incident to the carrying out of the provisions of this Act, and with authority to reappraise and reclassify said lands if deemed necessary from time to time, and to continue making sales of the same, in accordance with the _ provisions of this Act, until all of the lands shall' have been disposed of. ,,,*j°{‘,‘,,"f{$";,“,f,_‘{*,,*:_"°‘ Sec. 9. That nothiin this Act contained shall be construed to bind the United States tougnd purchasers for any of said lands, it being the purpose of this Act merely to have the United States to act as - trustee for said Indians in the disposition and sales of said lands and to Expend or egver to them the net proceeds derived from the sales as erem rovi. ·*PP”P"=‘*°¤· Sec. 10}) That to enable the Secretary of the Interior to survey, allot, classify, appraise, and conduct the sale and entry of said lands as in this Act provided the sum of seventy-five thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appro riated, from any money R°““"“"'°'“°“‘· in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the same to be reimbursed ,’};g"‘j;’-pmmds 0, from the proceeds of the sales of the aforesaid lands: Provided, That Hm sales. when fun s shall have been procured from the first sales of the land _ the Secretary of the Interior may use such portion thereof as may be actzupllly necessary ir; clpndpcting future sales and otherwise carrying ou c provisions o t is ct. ,,,,‘;‘{,“,§’,‘{,,jf"‘°"°" "" Sec. 11. That nothing contained in this Act shall prohibit the Secretary of the Interior from reserving from said lands, whether surveyed or unsurveyed, such tracts for town-site purposes, as in his opinion may be required for the future public interests, and he may cause any such reservations, or parts thereof, to be surveyed into blocks and lots of suitable size, and to be appraised and disposed of under such reg- W 8 ulations as he may prescribe. and the net proceeds derived from the ’ '· ’· ‘· sale of such lands shall be paid to said Indians, as provided in section _ six of this Act. ,,,};Q,Q"""" l“”"” '“' Sec. 1Q. That if any of the lands of said diminished Colville Indian vena. p.:··ss. Reservation can be included in any feasible irrigation ro`ect under Sn f the reclamation Act of June seventeenth, nineteen hundlied] and two, °°· the Secretary of theinter1or is authorized to withhold said lands from disposition under this Act and to dispose of them under the said reclamation Act, and the charges provided for by said reclamation Act shall Pmmm be in addition to the appraised value of said lands lixed as hereinbefore · · provided and_shall be paid in annual installments as re uired under the said reclamation Act, and the amounts to be paid for the land, according to aptpraisement, shall be credited to the fund herein established for the neiit of the Colville Indians. Approved, March 22, 1906.