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 SIXTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 431. 1910. 863 twenty-third, nineteen hundred and eight, entitled "An Act amending the Act of January fourteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, and Acts amendatory thereof, and for other purposes.’ ’ Sec. 28. That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he hereby is, ,m‘g’(§¤,;;i‘§,§g;;*v$;;¤ authorized and directed to withdraw from entr and settlement the Minn. ' northeast quarter and the northeast quarter of the northwest quarter ;,,Xm“‘°“”'“°"°° and lots numbered one and two, in section sixteen, township one hundred and forty-seven north, ran e twenty-six west, in the State of Minnesota and to reserve said langl as a permanent village site for the  band of Chip wa Indians of Minnesota. Sec. 29. t the Secretary olmthe Interior be, and he is hereby, u£¤Q,*g;Q R°¤¤¤’¤‘ authorized to classify and appraise, under such rules and regulations casnneéuon, ew., as he mai prescribe, all of the vacant, imallotted, and unreserved °* "“““"'·"“’··“""’* lands of the Flathead Indian Reservation, in the State of Montana, which have not been classified and appraised as provided for b the Act of Congress approved April twenty-third, nineteen hundred, and V<>l— 33-1*-9*% four, entitled "An Act for the s1u·vey and allotment of lands now embraced within the limits of the Flathead Reservation, in the State ` of Montana, and the sale and dis osal of all surplus lands after allotment ," and the classification andpappraisement made hereunder shall be of the same effect as provided for in said Act; and the said Secretary 1>1¤1>¤¤•1¤f- is hereb authorized to dispose of all lands classified as "barren, ’ "bu.rnedy over," and "containin small timbe1·," under such rules argld regulations as he may prescriqxa, at not less than their appraised v ue. Sec. 30. That section two of the Act of March twenty-second, ¤g;>lg,§¤__gh F~¤•¤¤•· nineteen hundred and six, authorizinghallotments on the Colville iiioomia ui In- Indian Reservation, be and the same ereby is, amended so as to °f,;'}',,‘{{,,,,‘l‘“*“““°" authorize allotments to be made to Indians on the diminished Colville Reservation, in the State of Washington, entitled to allotments under existing laws in conformity with the general allotment laws as Am 859 amended by section seventeen of this Act. ’p‘ ` Sec. 31. That the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized, favgngggwgw- I in his discretion, to make allotments within the national forests in mm§ii°$fi$¤.° °` conformity with the general allotment laws as amended by section ·""‘· P· · _ of this Act, to any Indian occupying, living on, or having improvements on land included within any_ such national forest who is not entitled to an allotment on any existing Indian reservation, or for whose tribe no reservation has been provided, or whose reservation was not sufficient to afford an allotment to each member thereof. All a plications for allotments under the provisions of this section Appuemnns. vic. shall Ibe submitted to the Secretary of Agriculture, who shall deter- · mine whether the lands ap lied for are more valuable for agricultural or grazing purposes than fdr the timber found thereon; and if it be formd that the lands applied for are more valuable for agficultural or  purposes, then the Secretary of the Interior s all cause allotment to be made as herein provided. Sec. 32. Where deeds to tribal lands in the Five Civilized Tribes ,h§',fe;° C*'m¤°d have been or may be issued, in ursuance of any tribal agreement or Bdrnnéw lands deed- Act of Congress, to a person wholliad died, or who hereafter dies before mul? °°°°”°d I”` the approval of such deed, the title to the land designated therein shall mur·e to and become vested in the heirs, devisees, or assigns of such deplegased grantee as if the deed had issued to the deceased grantee dur' e. SEI 33. That theiiprovisions of this Act shall not apply to the Osage rmvmons not as- Indians, nor to the ive Civilized Tribes, in Oklahoma, except as pro- f°°°"‘ mg"' °°°' vided in section thirty-two. Approved, June 25, 1910.