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Show REPORT OF TEE UOMTdI88IONER OE INDIAN AFFAIFS. 75 filed under the act of February 28, 1902, and so that the neoeasity for the taking of the grounds as authorized in that act shall be deter-mined by the Department, and where compensation is made by arnica-ble settlement it shall be under the supervision and agency of the Department of the Interior. INDIANS ON BOYD CLAIM, CAMP INDEPENDENCE RES. ERVATION, CAL. Since my last annual report was made the 80-%re tract of land known a9 the "Boyd claim," embraced in the former Camp Independ-ence military reservation, has been subdivided by Supervisor Holland, in compliance with o5ce instructions, into 16 pieces and assigned to the heads of as many Indian families living in that locality. April 8, 1902, he made a full report regarding the work, accompanied by plats, field notes, and schedules. All the tracts contain 5 acres each, except-ing No. 16, which contains 4.91 acres. A lot 70 by 100 feet as a site for the Indian day school at that plwe was staked off, the same being taken equally from tracts 11 and 12. The school building is at pres-ent located just off this reservation on private ground. Mr. Holland's report of August 31, 1903, states that these Indians are for the most part making their homes on the lauds assigned to them, and have done all that could be expected in the short time that has elapsed to construct houses and fences, cultivate the land, and make other improvements. The office has taken up the question of allotting these lands in severalty to the Indians, under the provisions of the general allotment act, as amended, and is now collecting addi-tional data with that object in view. WARNER'S RANCR INDIANS ON PALA RESERVATION, CAL. I I I As was stated in my last annual report, the Department, on May 27, 1902, appointed Messrs. Charlea F. Lummis, Charles L. Partridge, and I I Russell C. Allen to act as an advisory commission to aid in the selec- I tion of a tract of land for the Warner's ranch Indians and such other I Mission Indians as may not be provided with suitable lands elsewhere, in accordance with an item in the Indian appropriation act approved May 27,1902 (32 Stab., p. 257). In a preliminary report to the Department the commission strcngly recommended the purchase bg the Government from Frank A. Salmons and wife of a tract of land at Pala, in San Diego County, Cd., com-prising 3,353 acres. Mr. Salmons and his wife executed a deed Octo-ber 11, 1902, which was approved by the Department January 22. The consideration named in the deed, '846,280, was afterwards paid to the grantor. The lands conveyed consist of park of sections 21, 22, 23, 25, 26, 27, 28, 34, and 35, in township 9 south, range 2 west, and I |