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 FIFTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 3504. 1906. 383 tribal authorities or otherwise, to accept such selection as an allotment, except that the same shall be allotted in quantity not to exceed that hereinbefore authorized: H‘OU2·dé(Z, That where such selection does gggffqhud or mh not equal in quantity the allotment hereinbefore authorized, the allot- to compiem simtee may elect to take out of the lands obtained under the provisions of mg"' this Act the additional land needed to complete his or her quota of land, or in lieu thereof shall be entitled to receive the commuted value of said additional land in cash, at the rate of two dollars per acre, out of the moneys hereinafter appropriated. That those members of said tribe who have not made selections ,¤gg§g';,*j;;*js° °“—‘l‘ within the reservation shall be entitled to the option of either taking ' an allotment under the provisions of this Act, or of having the same commuted in cash, at the rate of two dollars per acre, out of the moneys _ hereinafter appropriated: Provided, That the election of any member €f,'§,f“§,,,,,_ to take cash in lieu of land shall be made within sixty days after the date of the approval of this Act. That for the purpose of obtaining the additional land necessary to d,gg§1g{*¤{;Ql§,;°;rgg complete the allotments herein provided for the Secretary of the Inte- Menommes, em. rior is hereby authorized and directed to negotiate, through an Indian inspector, with the Menominee tribe of Indians of Wisconsin for the cession and relinquishment to the United States of a portion of the surplus land of the Menominee Reservation in said State, or to negotiate with the authorities of said State, or with any cor oration, firm, or _ individual, for the purchase of said additional land : grovided, however, f{,§°;'§”'$'}‘p,,c,,_ That in no event shall any agreement of cession or contract of purchase so negotiated stipulate that a sum reater than two dollars per acre shall be paid for the land so obtained': And prwidedfurther, That no A¥’P'°""l· such agreement or contract shall have any force or validity unless the same shall be a proved by the Secretary of the Interior; or said Secretary may, in Ins discretion, utilize such unappropriated public lands of the United States as may be required to complete the allotments. That certain members of the Stockbridge and) Munsee tribe having ,m§’;,‘;‘}hr§;’I‘{fd§;*,§;"P made selections of land on tracts patented to the State of Wisconsin ` under the swamp—land Acts, and having made valuable improvements thereon, the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized to cause said improvements to be appraised by an inspector or special agent or Indian agent of his Department, and to pay to the owners, as their interests may appear, the appraised value of said improvements, in all not to exceed the sum of one thousand dollars, out ot the moneys here inafter appropriated. That the sum necessary to carry out the provisions hereof the Secre— mQg§f"‘*““‘°""'“’°* tary of the Treasury is directed to ay out of the Stockbridge consolidated fund in the Treasury of theiijnited States, which fund on the thirty-first of October, nineteen hundred and four, amounted to seventy-tive thousand nine hundred and eighty-eight dollars and sixty cents, under the direction and upon the warrant of the Secretary of the Interior. WYOMING. w’°‘“i“*—" For support and civilization of Shoshone Indians in Wyoming, §3‘,§“p1f,‘§§°§g,._ twelve thousand dollars. SHOSHONE SCHOOL. For support and education of OBB hundred and seventy-five Indian Sh°°**°“ ’°h°°l· pupils at the Indian school, Shoshone Reservation, Vllyoming, twenty- nine thousand two hundred and twenty-tive dollars; For pay of superintendent at said school, one thousand eight hundred dollars;