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 SIXTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. II. Cris. 230, 232, 233. 1910. 367 e:§ropriated, to supply said deficiencies in the revenues for the Postce Department for the year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and eleven, and the sum needed may be advanced to the Post- Oflice Department upon requisition of the Postmaster-General. Approved, May 12, 1910. CHAP. 232.-An Act For the relief of earthquake sufferers in Costa Rica. ?g>;{1%;5&%% Be it enacted by the Senate and House ofRqn·esentatioes of t/ae United [Public. No- 114.1 States of America in Congress assembled, That the President of the com mea emu- ' United States is authorized to use and distribute among the suiiering ‘l}‘,§*_,'§$;,,,,,,,,,, ,,f,,,,,,,_ and destitute people of Costa Rica such tents, blankets, and other nec- ¢*·¤-· *°¤°“°¤*¤· essary articles belonging to the stores of the military establishment, the naval establishment, and the Isthmian Canal Commission, as may be required for the purpose of succoring the pleople who are in peril ° in Costa Rica in consequence of the recent eart quake. Approved, May 13, 1910. CHAP. 233.-An Act To authorize the sale of certain lands belonging to the May 13,1910. Indians on the Siletz Indian Reservation, in the State of Oregon. S· 539-] Public, No. 175. Be it enacted by the Senate and House ofR?rese1ttatives of t/ee United — [ 1 States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the §g;l¤=I¤¤i¤¤ Rem- Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized to dispose of the lands reserved Wnaspimi of reserved under the provisions of article four of the agreement concluded with ”’§‘,‘2,’{_‘§§; ,,_ 3.,, the Indians of the Siletz Reservation on October thirty-first, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, and ratified by the Act of Con ress approved August fifteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four (Twenty-eighth Statutes at Large, page three hundred and twenty-five), at public auction, in such areas and on such terms and conditions as he may prescribe. _ _ Sec. 2. That he IS also authorized to cause the lands reserved for loam- ¤*¤·· °f °¤*¤ administrative purposes in connection with the aifairs of the Siletz Indians and those reserved for educational and missionary purposes to be surveyed, platted, appraised without considering any improvements located thereon, and sold for town lots or for such other purposes as he may deem advisable: Provided, That he shall reserve from wer nm sale any water-power sites that ma * be located on the lands so reserved: p° ` Pravi ed fart eer, That the lands contained in what is commonly mgmgmin ¤¤*¤¤¤· known as the overnment farm, except so much as may be needed for ` offices and an indian day school, shali,be subdivided into small tracts, not exceeding five acres for each said tract: And provided further, That the forty acres of said tgovernment farm nearest the present gov- Town sites on gevernment buildings shall be aid out as a town site and be subdivided °'“m°“"""“‘ into town lots, and appraised or sold to highest bidder, without considering improvements located thereon, reserving to actual business rmrerenee, em., w men and actual residents the rights to buy the land upon which their °°m°”‘ respective buildings stand; and whenever, any sale is made under this proviso, whereby the lands in this proviso described shall be sold to a · purchaser other than the owner of the building or buildin s now ocated thereon, the said owner shall have the rig t to sell said building or buildings to the said purchaser or to remove the same within three months from the date of said sale. SEC: 3. That when such lands are surveyed and platted they shall be S’*l°"·°*·°· aptpraised and sold, excepliisland reserved for water—power sites as pro- V1 ed in section two of t Act, under the provisions of the Revised Statutes covering the sale of town sites located on the public domain. The proceeds derived from the sale of any lands as herein provided .D"*’°“*°‘P'°"°°"'· shall first be devoted to reimbursing the United States for the expenses