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 352 FIFTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 35OI. 1906. "‘**‘““Y“'g· hay 0n the meadow lands therein. Prior to the sale the timber shall be suitably designated by the superintendent of lOgg1!]g or one of the assistant superintendents of logging, appointed under the Act of June twenty-seventh, nineteen hundred and two, for which no additional compensation shall be allowed, or by some person designated "">""’°"‘* by the Secretary of the Interior. Payment for the timber and for the hay shall be made to the Indian agent at the Leech Lake Agency, and i the money arising therefrom, after defraying the expenses inc1dent to the sale, shall be placed in the Treasury of the United States to the v.»1.zs,p.e4a. credit of all the Chippewa Indians in the State of Minnesota, as a part of the permanent fund provided for by section seven of the Act ot' sans. January fourteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-_nine. Notice of the proposed sale shall be given for not less than thirty days in. at least two newspapers having a eneral circulation in the county in which the ten sections are situatecg Should no bid be accepted for the tiniber, or any part thereof, the Secretary of the Interior may permit, under rules and regulations to be prescribed by him, the use for firewood of the unmerchantable down timber on said ten sections, free of charge,_by bona fide settlers and residents not residing on said ten sections. w;;’é;y;jrp{;*})§{j,‘},n{§· That section five of an Act entitled "An Act for the relief and civilivm. 25. p. 644.zation of the Chippewa Indians in the State of Minnesota," as amended by the Act of Congress approved on the twenty-seventh day of June, nineteen hundred and two, entitled "An Act to amend an Act entitled ‘An Act for the relief and civilization of the Chippewa Indians in the State of.Minnesota,’ approved January fourteenth, eighteen hundred m:;>rlh€d32· P- 40% and eighty-nine,” is hereby amended in line ninety-two by inserting ' after the word "lakes" the words "excepting Cooper Island in Cass Lake," and in line ninety-four, after the word "Interior," by insert- "¢**’*P"¤¤- ing the sentence "And Cooper Island in Cass Lake com sed of the fo lowing-described pieces of land situate in the State ofxltlinnesota, to wit, lots one and two of section twenty-five ; lot one of section twenty- six; the southeast quarter of the southeast quarter, and lots five and six of section twenty-seven; lots one, two, three, and four of section thirty- four; the west half of the northwest quarter, the northwest quarter of the southwest quarter, the southeast quarter of the southwest quarter, and lots one, two, three, four, tive, six, seven, and eight of section thirty-tive; lots one, two, three, and four of section thirty-six; all in township one hundred and forty-six north, ran e thirty-one west; also lot one of section one; lots one, two, three, an<§four of section two, of township one hundred and forty-tive north, ran e thirty-one west, is hereby reserved for and granted to the State of glinnesota, to be used as a State forest reserve or public park, upon condition that if at any time the State shall cease to use the said island so reserved and granted [_, yl for forest reserve or park purposes the title to the same shall be for- ·rf.¥{,,fj",,,,._ _ feited and shall revert to the United States": Provided, That the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to convey the same to the State of Minnesota for such consideration and under such terms as may bc I agreed ulpon between said Secretary and the governor of said State. __U'_f’*j_}’;l*;,g{_$(,*‘}{};,°g;i That t ie Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized to cause to ntnfn. be made a drainage survey of the lands ceded by the Chippewa Indians "**‘· *’*- le ‘“’· in the State of Minnesota under the Act of Congress entitled "An Act for the relief and civilization of the Chippewa Indians in the State of V L M 4 dI1D06B0m,,,8[)[)l'0V€(IJ8I]Ll21I'}’ fourteentheighteen hundred andeighty— ° ·*’· "‘ • nine, and an Act entitled "An Act to authorize the sale of a part of what is known as the Red Lake Indian Reservation, in the State of Minnesota,” approved February twentieth, nineteen hundred and four, which remain unsold,and are wet, overtlowed, or swampv in character, with a view to determining what portions thereof may be profitably and economically reclaimed by drainage, the number. location, cost.