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Show REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF INDIAN AFFAIRS. , 89 4.'Ten per cent of the gross proceeds derived from the sale of timber taken from the nndlotted lands of the reservation shalt he paid to the Indian agent, to go 1.0 thestumpage or poor fnndof the tribe, from which the old, aiok, and otherwise help-leas may be snpported. 5. No Indian shall have the right under these regt~lstionso, r shall he permitted by the farmer in charge, to take timber from any tract or parcel of land on the reservs-tion that his been allotted and patented to another Indian without the written oon-sent of the party to whom said tract or parcel of land is patented. 6. The fanner in eharge of the Fond du Lso Reservation shall ha required to keep a full and eocnrste account of the work of the Indians under these regnlations, which shall contain the names ofthe Indians engaged in the business, the quantity of tim-her out, and sold by-each, and the value of the same; and he shall also he required to snhmit from time to time to the agent a statement of the work, which shall be forwarded by th? agent to tho Commissioner of Indian Affairs. 7. The Commissioner of Indian Affairs, with the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, may, under snitable conditions and restrictions, authorize some responsible men, or association of men, to erect a lath and shingle mill at a snvenient point within the reservation for the pnrpose of mannfaoturing the timber authorized to he cut and sold under these regulations into shingles and laths; provided such man or men shall he required to enter into s sufilcient bond to he approved by the Commis-sioner of Indian Affairs and the Secretary of the Interior, and conditioned for the f%ithfulobservancnceo f the rule@a nd regulations prescribed, or that maybe prescribed, under the laws of the United Statutes to regulate trade and intercourse with the Indian tribes, snd the conditions end restrictions under which permission for the erection of the mill may he granted. Leech Lake and Lake Wimwibigoshish Reservations, Mimesota.-No-vember 24,1891, the President authorized the approval of contracts for the saleof dead and down timber between certain Indians of the Leech Lake andlake Winnibigoshish re~ervationsM, inn., and J. B. Bassett & Co. and the Pine River Logging i n d Improvement Oompa~~byo, tb of Minneapolis, Minn., as follows, vie: J. B. Bssaett & Co., with William and Peter Bonga, for 6OO,OM) feet, at $4 per tho~sana. . 0-pin-way-way-eom-e-pk-qmfyo,r 750,000 feet, a t $4 per thousand. Sha-oag-gesahig, for 260,000 feet, at $4 per thomend. The Pine River Logging and Improvement Company with Charles Losh, for l,OW,WO feet, at $4.50 per thousand. William Fairbankq for 500,000 feet, at $4.50 per thousand. John Tattle, for 500,000 feet, at $4 per thousand. ' These contracts were approved by this office and the Department November 2'7,1891, and the agent for the White Earth Agecy wasdi-rected December 2, 1891, to permit the proposed logging to be com-menced, the wntracting lumber companies having filed in this office satisfactory bonds for the faithful observanae of all lays and regula-tions for the government of trade and interoourse with Indian tribes, and for the faithful performance of their obligations under their cou-tracts. Upon the informal receipt of information that the contracts above referred to were being taken advantage of to cover extensive cuttings of green standing timber on the reservations mentioned, this office on |
