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 382 FIFTY-NINTH couennss. sm. 1. os. 3504. 1906. valuation; but if any person entitled fails to take advantage of this provision, the agent of the La Pointe Agency shall appraise the improvements on the unsold lots, and any member of the La Pointe band of Chippewas, on the payment to the owner of the appraised value of the improvements, shall have the preference right for six months from the date of such payment to purchase such unsold lot or lots at their appraised value on such terms as may be approved by the L*‘¤“°""°“'*°‘·*°“· Secreta of the Interior: Provided fun/ner, That the patents to be issued gall contain a condition that no malt, spirituous, or vinous liquors shall be ke t or disposed of on the premises conveyed, and that any violation of this condition, either by the patentee or any person claiming rights under him, shall render the conveévance void and cause the premises to revert to the La Pointe band of hippewa Indians, to be held as other tribal lands. four, township forty-eight north, range three west, be set aside and dedicated as a burial ground, and for such other purposes as may be approved by the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, for the use of the S°*°*°"“’“’°°'· members of the La Pointe band of Indians. And the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized to sell and dispose of the merchantable timber growing thereon in such manner as he may deem best, fo1· cash, and to expend the proceeds derived therefrom in paying the cost of surveying and latting the village of Odanah, in improving the cemetery site, and for public improvements in said village. M§f,‘§§§{’,§f,§F° ““" sroonanrnen-Ann Mouser: Tatum. ,,$"{;‘{';°,‘;*jm,§'g,,f°° That the members of the Stockbridge and Munsee tribe of Indians, Vg}-27.D-746. as the same appear upon the oihcial roll of said tribe, made in conformity with the provisions of the Act of Congress approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, entitled "‘An Act for the relief of the Stockbrid e and Munsee tribe of Indians in the State of Wisconsin,” and their descendants, who are living and in being on the iirst day of July, nineteen hundred and four, and who have not heretofore received patents for land in their own right, shall, under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, be given allotments of land and _ patents therefor in fee simple, in quantities as follows: fl}jK,f,i},f"l"“· To each head of a family. one-eighth of a section: Provided, That Hem ¤f¤ f¤¤¤¤r· such allotment to the " head of a family " shall be deemed to be a provision for both husband and wife, or the survivor in the event of the death of either. To each single person not provided for as above, one-sixteenth of a section. That where a (patent has heretofore been issued to the head of a family (a marrie man) the same shall be deemed to have been in sat- _ isfaction of the claims of both husband and wife, and no further allot- §{,Q’{§’{g,,_ ment shall be made to either of such persons under this Act: 15·0m'r/ed, That the children of such parents shall be entitled to allotments hereunder in their own right, if enrolled as members of the tribe. lf l“"d That as there is not sufficient land within the limits of the Stockbridge and Munsee Reservation to make the allotments in the quantities above speeilied, all available land in said reservation shall lirst be allotted to the heads of families and single persons residing thereon, until said reservation land shall be exhausted, the additional land that may be _ required to complete the allotments to be obtained in the manner here- ,'Q{Q'§;"· inafter splcciiiedz Prozviderl, That the Secretary of the Interior may make suc rules and regulations as he may deem necessary to carry out the requirements of this Act as to making and designating allotments. m;§;Y°¥"““°°"‘°°l€°‘ That it shall be obligatory upon any member of said tribe who has made a selection of land within the reservation, whether tiled with the
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