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 Fl FTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Cns. 2577,2580. 1906. 2].3 Secretary of War and the owners of said properties, and in case they can not agree, then by proceedings in condemnation, to be instituted · in the proper United States court: lwvided, That to insure compli- gfgfgéiou 0,p,,,v,_ ance with the terms of the contract, or to protect the interests of navi— im?. gation and other interests of the United States, the Secretary of War shall have power, at any time before or after the completion of the work, to order a suspension of all privileges granted by this Act, and compliance with such order may be enforced by injunction of the court of the United States exercising jurisdiction in the district in whic_h the work is situated, and proper proceedings to this end shall be instituted by the Attorney-General upon request of the Secretary of \Var. Sec. 6. That nothing in this Act shall be construed as in an way J¤ris<1i¤ti<>¤· abridgjng the exclusive jurisdiction and control by the United States over the Coosa River, and of any structures therein, nor as repealing _,,§,§{§,§”g l"" “°‘ or modifying any of the provisions of law now existing for the pro- ` tection of navigation. Approved, June 4, 1906. CHAI'. 2580.—An Act To open for settlement five hundred and five thousand JVM 5· 12* acres of land in the Kiowa, Comanche, and Apache Indian reservations, in Oklahoma Territory. . [Public, No. 197.] Be it enacted by t/ae Senate and House ofRq2resentatt¢:es of the United ' States of America in Lbngress assembled, That all of that part of article §§l§,’;°m@6mmche three of section six of the Act of Congress of date June sixth, nineteen ¤¤d Ai>g¤¤¤ I¤¤i¤ri hundred, entitled "An Act to ratify and confirm an a reement With wddmig; the Indians of the Fort Hall Indian Reservation, in Idaho," and mak- “"’§}§‘f“§}“·,,_ 6,·,_ ,,,_ ing appropriations to carry the same into effect, which reads as fol- owed- I lows, to wit: "That in addition to the allotment of lands to said Indians as provided for in this agreement the Secretary of the Interior shall set aside for the use in common for said Indian tribes four hundred and eighty thousand acres of grazing land to be selected by the Secretary of the Interior either in one or more tracts, as will best subserve the interests of said indians," be, and the same is hereby, repealed. Sec. 2. That the four hundred and eight thousand acres of land ,,,}';:f¤ff’ “° °l""""‘ set a art in the Kiowa, Comanche, and Apache Indian reservations, in PM. p.N'¤>. Oklaihoma Territory, by the Secretary of the Interior, referred to and mentioned in section one of this Act, and the twenty-tive thousand ucres of land set apart as a wood reservation in the Kiowa, Comanche, and Apache Indian reservations, in Oklahoma Territory, by the Sec- _ rotary of the Interior, shall be opened to settlement by proclamation *"°"**“"°“°“· of the President of the United States within six months from the s- sage of this Act and be disposed of upon sealed bids or at pidiilic *’“"“° ’“l°· auction. at the discretion of the Secretary of the Interior, to the highest bidder under the provisions of the homestead laws of the United States and under the rules and regulations adopted by the Secretarv of the Interior, and such purchaser must be duly c ualified to make entry under the general homestead laws: ]‘rm·a'dedi That the gg-°fpmH,,_ money arising from the sale of said lands shall be paid into the Treasury of the United States and placed to the credit of said tribes of Indians, and said deposit of money shall draw four (per centum interest per annum; and the principle and interest of said eposit shall be expen ed for the benefit of said Indians in such manner as Congress may direct: _ ]’rm·i¢[erl_furt/cer, T hat Such sales shall be subject to any leases made ,‘f,’;§f‘§,‘{(ifl"°"‘*l"‘°’ _ for agricultural purposes prior to this Act, the rentals accruing after such sale to belong to the purchasers under this Act. Sec. 3. That said lands shall be sold for not less than five dollars “}:'*·‘*> ¤¤" **"¤·* 0* per acre, and shall be sold upon the following terms: One-fifth of the '