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 `FIFTY-N IN TH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Cus. 518, 629. 1906. 55 herein provided, to issue patent passing unconditional title in fee by the United States as trustee for the allottee or patentee, and shall cancel any allotment as to the lands disposed of under this Act. Sec. 7. That the irrigation works heretofore constructed for the 02:* {fe ir¤iig¤,_g)<E Yakima Indian Reservation may be at a cost to be determined by the Sec- rlliisopmmimr-rgum retary of the Interior included in any project developed under the provisions of the reclamation Act and of this Act, and become a part of said project for all purposes of the reclamation Act, and the cost of same shall be included in the cost of such project and be paid into the Yakima Indian fund out of the proceeds arising from the Sale of water rights from time to time, as payments on account thereof are received. The provisions of this Act shall be construed as supersed— Q,g{¢gg¤¤¤¤6;~5 ing or amending any provisions of the said Act of December twenty-’p' ' first, nineteen hundred and four, so far as any conflict may appear. Sec. 8. That the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized to R¤8¤l¤’¤°¤¤~ perform any and all acts and to make such rules and regulations as may be necessary and proper for the purpose of carrying the provisions of this Act into full force and effect. Approved, March 6, 1906. CHAP. 629.-An Act Providing for the issuance of patents for lands allotted to Mama 8, ram. Indians under the Moses agreement of July seventh, eighteen hundred and eighty- [H- R- 10697-] three. [rumrc, N0. m.] Be it macted by t}ae·Smate and House qf]? eaentatéves of the United States of America in Congress assembled, Mat the Secretary of the vigg1¤1:;i:rg£Qi0<51¤:· Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to issue patents wasn. ' to such Indians as have been allotted land under and by virtue of the ,,,}.’“,f,,°f,‘{;’,,,,*°,,I,§‘,g{,’}§‘,f agreement concluded July seventh, eighteen hundred and eighty-three, by and between the Secretary of the Interior and the Commissioner of Indian Affairs and Chief Moses and other Indians of the Columbia and Colville reservations, commonly known as the Moses agreement, accepted, ratified, and confirmed by the Act of Congress agmroved July fourth, eighteen hundred and eighty-four (Twenty-third tatutes, VM- Bm- 7% pages sevent -nine and eighty), which patents shall be of legal effect and declare that the United States does and will hold the lands thus allotted for the period of ten years from the date of the approval of { Lzndv held in mnt this Act in trust for the sole use and benefit of the Indian to whom °r °" Y""' such allotment was made, or in case of his decease, either prior or subsequent txo the issuance of such patent, of his heirs, according to the laws of the State of Washington, and that at the expiration of said hrsqentin ice at exriod the United States will convey the same by patent to the said P tm"' Iiidian, or his heirs as aforesaid, in fee, discharged of said trust and free of all charge or incumbrance whatsoever. And if any. convey- Prior conveyance, ance shall be made of the lands so held in trust by any allottee or his °°°" by °u°°°°° W"' heirs, or any contract made touching the same, except as hereinafter provided, before the expiration of the time above mentioned, such conveyance or contract s all be absolutely null and void. Sec. 2. That any allottee to whom any trust patent shall be issued hggomw mY *1* under the provisions of the foregoing section may sell and convey all ` the lands covered thereby, except eightv acres, under rules and regu- ness-muon. lations prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior. And the heirs of sms by mrs. any deceased Indian to whom a patent shall be issued under said section may in like manner sell and convey all of such inherited allotment except eighty acres, but in case of minor heirs their interests shall be sold onl by a guardian duly appointed by the proper court upon the order ofy such court, made upon petition filed by the guardian, but all m;};>gR{1;l,:{enS$,$f° such conveyances shall be subject to the approval of the Secretary of