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Show 48 REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF INDIAN AFFAIRS. enee over white men, and said authorized pnrcheser shall agree to employ Indiana who may he willing or csn he induced to work in doing the logging authorized. (5) One half of the cast of soding shall he paid by the purchaser of the timher, and the other half shall he pgid from the proaeeds of the sale of the timber. Said aoaler to he selected by mutual agreement between the Indian agent and the pur-chaser of the timber. (6) After deducting one-half the aost of the sosling ~udallothernecessarye xpenses chargeable agsinst the same, the proceeds of the timher taken from the allotments shsll hedeposited in Boms national hank, suhjeet to check of the Indisn owner of the allotment, oanutersigned by the Indisn agent for La Pointe Agency. (7) The farmer in charge of the reservation shall, under direction of the agent, be required to supervise the logging on the reservation under these regnlations, to the end that no injustice i~ done the Indiana and no timber is cut and removed except in accordance with these regulations, and all moneys for stumpage s h ~ lhle paid to the agent (or the farmer for the agent, should the agent so direct), in trust for the Indians or Indian owner, to he by him deposited or socounted for according to the foregoing regulation. (8) There being now out and banked on the reservation 7,491,760 feet of burnt timber, a,nd it being necessary that it shall hbe sold at the earliest moment in order to prevent waste, the proposals for the purohase of timher under these regoleations shall inolnde said banked timber, whiah shell he manufactured 5t the mill an the reservation, as in the oase of other timher purchased from allottees, the purohaser receiving suoh logs on approval of contract and paying therefor on reoeipt thereof. (9) Schedule of allattesa to whom authority is granted to sell a portion of their timher esah year as above permitted, &c. Menomonee Reservation, Wis.-October 3, 1896, the Department, on recommendation of this office, granted authority for the agent of the Green Bay Agency, Wis., to employ Menomonee Indians to carry on logging operations on their reservation for the season of 189697, under the provisions of the act of Jnne 12,1890. (26 Stat. L., 146.) They were to cot and bank on the rivers and tributaries of the reser-vation 17,000,000 feet of pine timber, or so maoh therenf as might be practicable, under the rules and regulations that governed similar operatiom the previous year. Actingunder this authority, the Menomonee Indians, under the direc-tion of Agent Savage, out and banked 10,612,500 feet of logs on the Wolf River and tributaries and 6,387,500 feet of logs on the Ooouto River, and on February 17,1897, the agent was authorized to advertise the logs for sale. March 13,1897, Agent Savage submitted an abstract of bids received, and March 19 they were submitted to the Department, with the recommendation that the following be accepted: Bid of Jose[lh Black, of Shawano, Wis., for 4,499,109 feet of logs on the main stream of the Wolf River, at $7.75 per 1,000 feet; bids of 8. W. Hollister, of Oshkosh, Wis., for 949,000 feet of logs on the West Branch of the Wolf River, at $7.50 per 1,000 feet; for 3,748,000 feet of logs on the West Branch Creek, at $9.75 per 1,000 feet; for 1,416,391 feet of logs on the Evergreen Creek, at $11.36 per 1,000 feet, and for 3,759,600 feet of logs on the Oconto River, above CLE" bridge, at 813.12per 1,000 feet; also bid of Oconto Con~panyb, y 0. A. Ellis, Oconto, Wis., for 2,628,000 feetof logs on OcontoRiver, below " E" bridge, at $11.75 per 1,000feet. |