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 272 SIXTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 193. 1908. Forest hereby created in lieu of the land covered py snch allotments; and the lands so relin uished hg the Indians or their heirs shall therei€¤*¤£6d°* *·°"°’ upon beeome part of like said i utionul Forest. And the Secretary of nmthe Interior is hereby authorized on request of the Eorester of the . De rtment of Agriculture to purchase such rehnqunshments from saidaludians or their heirs and to pay for the same from any moneys received, after the appraisal of timber herein prov1ded for, on account of the sale of timber from the National Forest hereby created, or from the sale of any other products or the use of any lands or resources thereof. ueI;¥;,<},°P•¤°d*°”*‘ Sec. 4. That all land in any of said reservatxonsnthe W1l1l1lblgOSl]- ish Indian Reservation, Cass Lake Indian Reservation, Chippewas of · the Mississippi Reservation, or Leech Lake Indian Reservation not included in the National Forest hereby created as above described, heretofore classified or designated as agricultural lands, is hereby declared to be open to homestead settlement; and any of said land which has been classified as timber land shall be open to homestead settlement as soon and as fast as the timber is removed therefrom, in eouformitv with the homestead law, excefpt that none of said lands shall. be disposed of except on payment 0 one dollar and twen|:y—five cents per acre. _ Tmgm cmd_ Sue. 5. That all moneys received from the sale of tnmber from any im mcmppewu. of the lands set aside by this Act for a. National Forest, (prior to the appraisal herein provided for, including all moneys receive for timber under sales made by the Secretary of the Interior as authorized by Am, p.2·1o. . existing laws and section two of this Act, shall be placed to the 0Fod1h of the Chippewa Indians in the State of Minnesota, as provided for in an Act of Con ress entitled "An Act for the relief and civilization of the Chip wa. Igxdians in the State of Minnes0tu,” approved January four- . teenth? eighteen hundred and eighty-nine; and the Acts supplementary 1mm:. thereto, and shall draw interest at the rate of five per centum per annum, pursuant to the terms of said Acts; and after said appraisal the National Forest hereby created, as above described, shall be subject to all general laws and relgulations from time to time governing national forests, so far as said laws and regulations may be applicable t ereto. mggggggxn °* Sue. 6. That the commissioners provided for herein shall receive a ` compensation of ten dollars per day each for each and every day actually spent upon the work herein provided for, which shall be paid out of any money in the Treasury of the United States not otherwise mmmum. appropriated, and no commissioner shall be paid for more than ten days' service. · ,X}g{Li;1§g€’g“j§_§f°°°° Size. 7. None of the Indian graves now upgn any of the islands or ` points referred to in this Act shall be distur d and the Indians shall continue to have the right to bury their dead at such places as they have heretofore used for that purpose, under the rules and regulations _ _ to be prescribed by the Forest Service. m{,‘,{f{“‘{,,*‘,j‘,§§,,,‘Q‘fQ Snr:. 8. That nothing in this Act contained shall in any manner bind cw. the United States to purchase any of the land in said reservations excluded from the reserve created by this Act. or to dispose of said vO1.zs,p.s42. land, except us plrovided by the Act of January fourteenth. eighteen hundred and eig ty-nine. entitled “An Act for the relief and cwilizn- V<>1- 32. v-4°°- tion of the Chippewa Indians in the State of Minnesota/’ and an Act 0f June twenty-seventh. nineteen hundred and two, entitled "An Act to amend an Act for the relief and civilization of the Chippewa Indians in the State of Minnesota," or the provisions of this Act; or to guerantee to find purchasers for said lands or any portion thereof, it being ‘ the intention of this Aoi: that the Pnited States shall act as trustee for said Indians to dispose of the said lands and the timber thereon. and to dispose of the proceeds thereof. as provided in said Acts, only when received from the sale of the timber and the lands. as therein provided. Approved, May 23. 1908.