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 460 SIXTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Cris. 217, 218. 1908. MMM _ s iall des' ated: Provided, That until further legislation the noe-émg umm al Iiidiansland tlienofficials and employees in the Indian Service on said . reservation shall, without cost to them, have the right, under such · regulations as the Secretary of the Interior may prescribe, to go upon said timber lands and cut and take therefrom all timber necessary for rmumge. fuel, or for lumber for the erection of buildings, fences, or other domestic urposes upon their allotments; and for said period the said Indians sliall have the privilege of pasturing their catt e, horses, and sheep on said timber lands, subject to such rules and regulations as the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized to sell and dispose of for the benefit of the Indians such timber u n said timber lan s as in. his judgment has reachedmaturity and is dgferiorating and which, in ‘ his judgment, would be for the best interests of the ndians to sell, the purpose being to as far as possible protect, conserve, and promote Unnoiwwwds- the growth of timber upon said timber lands. The Secretary of the Interior shall deduct from the money received from the sale of such timber the actual expense of making such sale and place the balance to the credit of said Indians, and he is authorized to prescribe such mles and regulations for the sale and removal of such timber so sold _ as he may deem advisable. ‘*}',§‘,°Q',§‘§},,,,,§§ Sec. 6. That the Secretary of the Interior is hereby vested with
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for th; purpose of carrying out the provisions of this Act, and there is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of five thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to pay the Indians for the lands granted to the NT ‘PP'°P"l' State of Washington, as provided in section three of this Act, and there is hereby appropriated the further sum of seven thousand dollars, or so much tlibreof as may be necessary, for the urpose of cargémm€¤,_ rying out the other provisions of this Act: Provided, That the approppiation other than that to pay for the lands granted to the State of ` `ashington shall be reimbursed to the United States from the proceeds of the sale of the lands described herein, or from any money in gzeuixfreasnry of the United States belonging to the said Spokane, ns. 0g°i§.‘i{eYf*§€.`lZ;l’u`°y Sec. 7. That nothing in this Act contained shall in any manner bind the United States to purchase any portion of the land herein described, except sections sixteen and thirty-six of the agricultural lands or the equivalent in each township, or to dispose of said land except as provided herein, or to guarantee to find purchasers for said lands or any portion thereof, it being the intention of this Act that the United States shall act as trustee for said Indians to dispose of the said lands and to expend and pay over the proceeds received from the sale thereof only Trixof sym; not as received as herein provided: Provided, That nothing in this Act °“°" · shall be construed to deprive said Indians of the Spokane Indian Reservation, in the State of \Vashington, of any beneiits to which they are entitled under existing treaties or agreements not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act. Approved, May 29, 1908. “°’ ’-"?· !’°°· cmu. 21s.-an Act re su horize the ·¤ · ‘ · - —-- plus and unallotted lands in thetCheyenne I{2il§ed·ndInd1Sli:•ah1<?ii1lg0Rdck)Edihhf:;ls;::rd» [Pubuc, Nc. 158.1 tions in the States of South Dakota and North Dakota, and making appropriation and provision to carry the same into effect. Be it enacted by Me Semzte and House of Representatives of the United gig: Isglipsshq in States of America in Cbngress assembled, That the Secretary of the qaé,-anne m,-,,3,,,.; Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed, as hereinafter §*,,‘${’_Q;f€s¥*§kf§{, provided, to sell and dispose of all that portion of the Cheyenne River N-1>¤h and Standing Rock Indian reservations in the States of South Dakota