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Show , < . , 880 ' INDIAN BCHOOL SITES. The Indian appropriation eat of March 3, 1891, appropriated 825,000 for tbe eroction of buildings for an industrial srhool for the \liasion Indians near the villago of Perris, in Calilornia, llwn a tract 01 land of not lcss than 8t1 acres, to be donated for that purpose (26 Staat, p. 1012). Dc,:embor 19, lX!Hl, Agent Kust forwarded a deed from J.W. Nanco to tho United States for h0 W I ~ oRf land, in San Ilieeo Countr. viz. N. l of SW. t of sec. 28, T. 4 S.. R. 3 W.. S. B. M.. end legal aaree&entastokahrriahte,ete.. with abstrait of title, watercerti~ioateaa, nd-diafram of land, the name having !Been do. natod to tho Government by Mr. Tancc for tllc proposed Indian school. Auril 18. 1891. Mr. Nancc oflored a now site for tho school from lands of the Per& Lndd c o k ~ a n ri,n block 17 of the I'Riverside tract." beinp a subdivision of lot ll.of Ranchi, Sin Jacinto Surro,Cal., in thePerri,irriaationdist~.ict.San Diego County,Cxl.,aa~urvuycdA pril, 11191. Thioexchau~eosfi m w~iapproved hv .\con: Rust Anril20. 1891. and dune :! \lr. _\chi l l r>~l aptin submittea a deed. ekec;ted May 29,-1891, by the Perris Land Company, by I. S. Castleman! pre!i: dent, conveying to the United States all of lots 1, 2, 3,4, 5, 6, 7, and 8, in sald block 17, cantaining 80 acres of land; consideration, $4,000. June 10, he for-warded certificate of title tQ said block 17. On the 1st of Seotember Mr. Martin was advised that under section 355 of the l(erisr,d Statutes no p~rhlic money could be cxpcndcd upon any silo or land ptw-chased by the Unitrd Srntr8 for tho purpose of orectinl: any public build in^ thereon until thr written ooinion of tho Attornrv-Gcnernl was had in favor of the velidilg of r h r till.: to tire land, nor until ~hk"con*enr of the lcgislatovc of tho S t a b in which tho land miyllt he situated had bennziven to ~uclpl urchasa. At the enme timo dacd for'blo<.k I:, aa warlas the Naneedeod, waw rerurned to hlm. October 27 Mr. Martin filed a copy of the law giving the consent of the legis-lature of California to the acquirement of the land by the United States, and on the 4th of Xovember he filed a new deed of that data for lots 1, 2, 3, 4,5, 6, 7, and 8, in block li, and on the 7th of December heforwarded theabstraotof title and diagram of block 17. The validity of title was approved by the Department of Justice February 10, 1892, and the deed was recorded in San Diego County, Cal., March 4,1892. FORT LEWIS, OOLO. By Executive order of January 27, 1892, the following tractpiof land were tem-porarily withdrtwn from settlement and declared to be thb military reservation of Fort Lewis, viz: seetlons~i1 3.'14.1h. 17.18. 19.m 2 1 .m.~~., ~ ~ .w, B , . s . ~~, s~o,. ~ e , p . ~I, nn~n ad5~~~.. R I I W. : S C C ~ I O ~ ~I~~ .,LI ~( ..~I ,~I.O~ ,& w . z I . ES.OB. ,S.I~. ~. ,~X \ ~ ~ ~ S I . L ~ T . %toNw. ..;R 180 B strip 01 i l n ~ ~ . v e y eladn d lylnecunrlyuus tuilod north 01 the itorthem boundary llnoof the StlUthelll111c~I ndlan Kerersarluo. By General Order No. 5, issued February 8, 1892, the boundaries of theFort Lewis Reservation were announced as follows, viz: - . RBmaining area or reservstlon ..........................................4.7..4 The State of Colorado ceded jurisdiction tothe United States by act approved March 28, 1885, with restriction as to civil snd criminal process. On recommendation of the Indian office, and request of the Secretary of the In-terior dated October 28,1891, this military post of Fort Lewis,Colo., then unoc-cupied with its buildingsand gppurtensnces, was turned over to the custody and control of the Secretary of the Interior for Indian schooi purposes so long sa it ' should not be required for military occupation. (See General Order No. 89, is-sued November 12,1891.) EORT BALL, IDAHO. The Fort Hall military post, established in 1874, is situsted in latitude 450, longitude 1123, township 3 north, range 38 east (see War Departmelit desc~ip- |