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Show COXE4ISSIONER OB INDIAN AFFAIRS. 5.7 was granted by the Department on November 1 to negotiate for the purchase, and Superintendent Levingood, on the 27th of December, forwarded deed from the South Dakota Live Stock Company for lots 1, 2, 3, section 11, and the northwest quarter of same section, less 20 acres previously conveyed to the United States, all in T. 110 N., R. 79 W., in Hughes County, S. Dak. Authority was granted February 25, 1905, for the purchase of this land, and pay-ment has been made. The act also authorizdd the sale of the school farm, or so much thereof as might be deemed desirable, the proceeds,of the sale to be ap-plied to the general improvement of the school plant. On November 12 Superintendent J. C. Levingood was authorized to advertise for the sale of the farm in the Free Press, of Pierre, and by posters, no bid for less than $1,000 to be considered. On April 21 he reported that he had received but one bid for the farm, that of H. Frank Ben-nett for $1,000, and on May 12 the Office recommended to the Department that this bid be accepted, and submitted the draft of deed. The deed was executed by the Commissioner of Indian Affairs on May 22 and approved by the Department on May 25, and conveys to H. Frank Bennett for $1,000 the NE. a of sec. 22, T. 111 N., R. 79 W. of the fifth principal meridian, containing 160 acres. This deed is recorded in this office in Miscellaneous Record Book, volume 5, page 377, and was sent to Superintendent Levingood on June 1 for delivery on payment of the consideration money, with directions to hold the proceeds until further orders. BmSlDE, CAL. In the Indian appropriation act approved March 3,1905 (33 Stat. L., 1075), Congress appropriated $500 for the purchase of a reservoir site for the Riverside School, California. Superintendent Hall for-warded a deed from the Riverside Land Company for 0.41 acre of land for $500. On the 14th of June the Department granted authority to purchase this land, and payment has been made. TOMAH, W18. In the same act (33 Stat. L., 1076) Congress appropriated $6,000 for the purchase of land for the school at Tomah, Wis. On April 28 the Department granted authority to negotiate with Mrs. Clara Get-man for the purchase of 80 acres (E. & SW. *, sec 27,T. 15 N., R. 1 W., Wisconsin) for $5,000, and on the 18th of July Superintendent Comp-ton retransmitted a deed from Mrs. Getman, which was submitted to the Department on July 29 for the written opinion of the Attorney- General as to the validity of title. After receipt of his opinion, the Department on August 8 granted authority to this Office to pay for the land, and payment has been made. |
