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 SIXTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Cris. 145, 146. 1909. 629 share of any such allottee and ex end the same for the a ment or .P°Ym°¤°*°rP*°*€°· partial payment of the sum found by such drainage distridi: itb be due mm from Ovmow from such allottee for the purpose of protecting his lands embraced in the drainage district from overflow. Such payment shall be credited Credited on assesson any assessment which may be made on the allotment of said Indian mms' after the termination of the trust by expiration of the period, issuance of a fee—simple patent, or by a conveyance under existing law, duly approved by the Secretary of the Interior. `Eo. 3. That any such drainage district be, and is hereby, author- ,1f¤¤!¤m¤ti<>¤¤f¢ribized to assess the cost of reclaiming the tribal lands of the Omaha and 3 mm' Wiiinebago Indians and all lands allotted to the Indians in severalty and held by patents containing restrictions as to alienation and taxation within such districts, subject to the limitation contained in the preceding section, and to condemn any of said lands necessary for the purpose of reclamation in the same manner as such district may conemn other lands: Provided, That the payments to be made or the Promiso. taking of lands under the provisions of this section shall be subject to mf,`,{’§f°""1 °f P"` the approval of the Secretary of the Interior. _ _ _ Sec. 4. That the Secretary, of the Interior be, and he is hereby, P”"°“""f°°"mp]°‘ authorized, in his discretion, upon application of the allottee, or his heirs, to issue a fee—simple patent to any Omaha and Winnebago Indian for the lands allotted to him within any such drainage district, and the issuance of such patent shall operate as a removal of all restrictions as to the sale, incumbrance, and taxation of the lands covered thereby. _ Approved, February 18, 1909. CHAP. 146.-An Act For the organization of the militia in the District of Columbia. F°&T*}{?2jgéé%°9‘ Be it enacted by the Senate and House 3/`Representatives of the United [P“b"°· N°· 2"°·l States of America in Congress assemble, That the following amend- _Di¤mer or Columments are hereby made to an Act of Congress entitled "An Act to b},',};,,,,,, ,,,g,,,,,,,,,,,,,,_ provide for the organization of the militia of the District of Columbia, and for other purposes," approved March first, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine :, _ __ Strike out the whole of section ton and insert in lieu thereof the ,,,l,.§{Q;.df5’ *" "“" following: _ , "S1·:c. 10. That the organized militia shall be coimposed of volun- (,j:,$§`[,'€"“t°d°‘°°l°"°l teers, and shall be designated the National Guard o the District of Columbia." Strike out the whole of section eleven and insert in lieu thereof the following: _ _ "Sec. 11. That the land forces of the National Guard shall con- °°‘"*’°“‘“°“· sist of one brigadier— eneral (the commanding general of the militia of the District of Coiumbia), an adjutantegenerals department, an inspector—general’s department, a judge—a vocate-generals department, a quartermaster's department, a subsistence department, a department of small arms practice, a medical department and hospital corps, a pay department, a corps of engineers. an ordnance department, a signal corps, a coast artillery corps, two regiments ant one separate battalion of infantry, four companies of coast artillery, a troop of cavalry, and one battery of field artillery, all to be organized by the President as now provided for the Regular Arrnv or the Pmm. _ organized militia by law or regulation: Provided, That the President d,;‘{‘f'§‘Q,Sh‘§,£,j,*,§f’P'°S" of the United States, the Commander in Chief, shall have plower to V<;j&Ed25» P- 775 alter, divide, annex, consolidate, disband, or reorganize the same me ' whenever in his judgment the efhciency of the forces will be thereby increased, and he shall at any time have power to change the organi-