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Show signed a vritten agreement consenting to the sale tllereof nod appointing said com-missioners, or a majority of them, trustees to sell said land and make a deed to the purchaser thereof; and no part of the agenoy tract shall be sold until a majority of said Indians shall consent thereto in a writtell agreement, which shdl also constitute said oomolissionera, or a majority of them, trostees to sell said land, as directed in this act, and make deeds to the purchaser for thersule. The deedseaeouted bp said cammission shall not be valid untilapproved by the Seoretary of theluterior, who is hereby directed to make all necessary reegolatioua to carry oat the purposes of the foregoing provisions. The proceeds arising from the sale of the allotted lands shall be placed in the Trensury to the credit of the respective allottees, and the net proceeds of the n.e-e nc.r t,rsct, after -os"vin e the exuenses of said commisnion in t h e appraisament and sale of said lands, and reimbursing the United States for the amouut advanced to said commission, shall be nlaoed in the Treasury of the United State8 to the credit of all said Indians, snd the ssih Sum8 shall draw interest at the rate of fonr per cent p ~ arnn mm, and the income sh;tll be annually expen~ledf or the benefit of said Indians, under tho direction of tho Seoretary of the Interior: Provided: That an iLmoutit not exceeding one-tenth of the prinoipal snm may be expended for their benefit during any fiscal year, ifdeemed necessary by the Seoretary of the Interior: Prodded ftothev: That the entire exmuse herein iucurredshall be apportioned by the Seoretary of the Interior pro rata between the severill allottee8 and the owners of tho tribal tract; and the Secretary of the Interior may in his die-oretion dosienate one member of sain oommissim to suoerintend the execution of any of therequirements of said cornmission herein provided for. And the sum of twenty thousand dollars, or so much thoreof as may be neoe8sal.y. i8 hereby approprintedfor the purpose of defraying the espensesof said commission, to be reimbursed to the United States out of the prooeeds of the saleof that portion of the agency tract, to be imme~liately available. The Commissio~iers authorized thereunder have not yet been appointed. Siletz Reservation, Oregon.-October 1, 1892, an agreement was con-cluded with the Indians of this reservation, whereby they ceded to the United States, for the sum of $100,000, all their claim, right, title, and interest in and to all the unallotted lands of the reservation, except five sections of timber land, the amount ceded being about 178,840 acres. This agreement, accompanied by the draft of a bill to ratify and confirm the same, was transmitted to Congress at its last session, but failed to receive favorable consideration. Nez Per& Reservation, Ida1~0.-May 1, 1893, an agreement was con-cluded with the Nez Perces in Idaho, by which they ceded to the United States all their unallotted lands (except some 30,000 acres of timber) for the sum of $1,626,222 and certain other considerations. The agreeuie~iht as not yet been submitted to you for transmittal to Congress. The lands ceded are estimated to contain about 542,074 acres. Yankton Reservation, 8. Dak.-The report of the Yankton Commis-sion, dated March 31,1893, and fled in the Department May 27,1893, submitted an agreement concluded with the Yanktou Sioux Indians December 31, 1892, by which they ceded to'the United States all their surplus lands, some 168,000 acres, for the sum of $600,000 plus $20 for each male adult of the tribe. No action has yet been taken looking to the transmittal of the agreement to Congress. |
