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 SIXTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. II._ Ch. 34. 1925. 727 nearly thereto as the Secretary may deem practicable, and after such survey and appraisement to sell and convey in quantities not to exceed one hundred and sixty acres to any one purchaser, all the unallotted lands on the Omaha Indian Reservation in the State of Nebraska except such tracts as are hereinafter specifically _ reserved: Provided, That the said land shall be sold to the highest §i1°£°Z’s'uxgu¤¤¤ bicbidder under such regulations as the Secretary of the Interior may d°’· prescribe, but no part of said land shall be sold at less than the R. { appraised value thereof: Provided furtfzer, That the use of the qerisitvdiiiinigiugrii underground mineral rights of the unallotted lands be and the same "“h“’*‘ are hereby reserved for the benefit of the children who are entitled to participate in said lands under the Act of May 11, 1912, supra. “Sr:c. 2. That the Secretary of the Interior is hereby directed to S,,,Ig’}“ds '°“"°df'°m reserve from sale under the terms of this Act the following tracts of land in sections 24,25, and 26, in township 25 north, range 9 east of ‘ the sixth principal meridian in Nebraska for the purposes designated: For em sdm, Sixty acres of the land now used for agency purposes described as and mfir,mii’ ' the southeast quarter of the northwest quarter and the south half of the northeast quarter of the northwest quarter of section 25 be reserved for agency and school purposes for so long) as the need thereof exists; and forty acres for use as a tri al cemetery, described as the southwest quarter of the southwest quarter of sec- 1,,0,,,0 tion 24, including the tract now used for that purpose: Provided For Presbyterian That two and one-half acres thereof may ,be reserved for the use of Ch`"°h' the Presbyterian Church now located thereon so long as needed for 1, I I . religious or educational purposes; and two hundred and thirty g,§uY,§§,§,,? ° m` acres, more or less, described as the east half of the northeast quarter of section 26 and the west half of the northwest quarter and the north half of the northeast quarter of the northwest of liarter of section 25, and that portion of the southeast quarter of the northwest quarter of section 25 lying south and west of a certain irrigation ditch consisting of approximately ten acres, and the southeast quarter of the southwest quarter of section 24, for the special and specific use of the Omaha Tribe, to be used for fair purposes, camping grounds, race track, and other tribal needs, the same to be held in reserve from the sale authorized by this Act until such time as the Secreta of the Interior may determine that such lands are no longer needeldvfor such puxgmses. _ Pm t division of “Sec. 3. That the proceeds o such sale, after paying all the ,,;,,-,2,3,, expenses incident to and necessary for carrying out the provisions of this Act, and after reimbursing the genera trust fnmd of the tribe for an assessment paid there rom for protecting the unallotted trigal lands from overflow, shall be divided pro rata among the children of the Omaha Tribe living on May 11, 1912, Vol 22 341 who have not received allotments of land under the acts of August W'z;’;` m` 7, 1882 (Twenty-second Statutes at Large, page 341), and March E 3, 1893 (Twenty-third Statutes at Large, page 630), and shall be I ' expended for the benefit of said Indians w en and in such manner as in the opinion of the Secretary of the Interior shall be to their best interests, and pending such expenditure by the said Secretary the Sums due the respective Indians shall be placed to the credit bunt 0f the said Indians in the Treasury of the United States, and shall { t wm of l>€&l‘ interest at the rate of 5 per centum per annum, but in the d£,‘,{'Q3°'{m;{L¤, event of the death of any such Indian while there remains in the Treasury to his credit any part of the sum so deposited the said sum shall be paid at once to his heirs, who shall be determined by the Secretary of the Interior in accordance with the laws of descent in force in the State of Nebraska, and the action of the Secretary of the Interior in determining the legal heirs of any decéeased Indian, as provided herein, shall m all respects be conclusive an fina].