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Show thia classof timher for remunerative labor, the perishable nature of this property, and the great and irreparable injury they would' snffer by being denied the right to continue this work. It was alsoexplained that several other tribes would snffer in a similar manner if this right was denied to them, and earnest recommendation was made that the whole subject he laid before Congress with the hope that early and , favorable action would be taken. Upon the urgent representations made by the Secretary in his annual report, and in compliance with this request, Congress passed the fol-lowing act, which was approved February 16, 1889 (25 Stat., 673) : Ba.it meted 8y the Senate and Howe of Represntativse of the ZTmited Stat- of Aam'iao iu Congreen ansmbled, That the President of the United States may from year to year, in hia discretion, under snch regulations as he may prescribe, authorize the Indians residing on reservations m allotments the fee of which remains in the United States to fell, out, remove, sell, or otherwise dispose of dead timber standing or fallen on snch reservation or allotment for the sole benefit oof euoh Indian or Indians. But whenever there is reasonable cause to helieye that anoh timber has been killed, girdled, or otherwise injured for tLe porpose of its sale nnder this sot, then in that ease suoh authority shall not be granted. In pursuance of the provisions of this act, the office, under date of Fek . rnary 23,1889, recommended to the Department that the President be requested to grant the Menomonees the privilege of marketing their ,; dead timber, and explained that the Indians had never been accused of , burning, girdling, or otherwise injuring the timher on their reservations for the purpose of disposing of it as dead timber, and that there was no reason to believe that they wonld do so, a@ they know that green timher is much more valuable than dead timber, and they believe that at no very distant day they will reap the heneat of the sale of all the timber which they own; and that, moreover, if snch bad faith on their part was fared, it could be effectually prevented by prescribing suitable regnla- , tions nnder which alone they wonld he allowed to engage in logging. , In compliance with this recommendation, the President, under date .,.. hf March 2 and 8,1889,g ranted the necessary authority for the Menomo. f'c new to market their dead and down timber nnder the following regnla.. . tions, viz.: (1) That each Menomone? who engaged in the work of preparing the dead and down timber on their reoervation during the current ,year, provide his own logging outfit and supplies. (2) No one to heallowed to log who has ohildrenof school sge not attending aohool a reasonable length of time eeoh yew, unless, in the opinionof their agent,somegooa reamn exists in speoial cases, which are snffioient to exempt particular persons from this requirement; otherwzaa, every Indian on the reservation not well employed, should be permitted and eneonraged to engage in the work, and no favoritism shall he shown by the agent in his management of the bnainesa. (3) Areliable and otherwise properly qnoslified white man to he detailed, if any such can be spared from the agenay employ6 force, or if no regular agency employ6 is available, then to be appointed hy mthority of the Department and to ha paid a wssonahle salary from the proceeds of the lop, for soah time as services may he aat-ndly neceaaary, whoae duty it will he to go into the woods with the loggerq andnu- |
