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Show Printed copies of the decision were forwarded to field officers in charge of agencies on June 11,1906, with these instructions: There are inclosed herewith copies of the ikcision of the United States circuit court of appeals, eighth circuit, in the case of The United States of America, appellant v. The County of Thurston, in thestate of Nebraska, appellees, defin-ing the character of the funds arising from the sale of inherited Indian lands. . Should there have been instituted any suits in garnishment or otherwise, affecting contrary to the spirit of this decision any of such funds under your jurisdiction, you are instructed to request the United States attorney to take such steps ns may he necessary to secure the dismissal of all such suits. Any property 13urchased with these funds stands charged with the same trust and becomes property held in trust by the Government for the benefit of the individual beneficiaries or their heirs, and is not subject to sale, mortgage, or other incumbrance. You should see tbat all persons having business relations with the Indians understand fully the nature of these funds and of the property purchased therewith. Authority has been granted for the expenditure of large sums of money in the aggregate by the Indim beneficiaries of the funds in the purchase of farming implements and stock and for building and making other improvements on their allotments; much of this money mould have fomd its may into the hands of white men without ade-quate returns had not the Office assumed absolute control over it. STATEMENT OX1 LANE BALES AND PROCEEDS. Following is a detailed statement of the sales effected during the last fiscal year. They are less than for the preceding year, possibly because of the adverse influence of white persons who object to the policy of conserving these funds, and possibly because of the inser-tion in deeds, for part of the time, of a clause prohibiting the sale of intoxicants. , Bales of d%h.herited lands for facal year ended June 30,1906. / tfzr2ii /I CNumbber , Total Average of ecces. / proceeds. IDzF Idaho: Nez Per& IndiiunTerfibry: Quapaw.. ................................ KSOBBB: Kiekapoo ............................................... Potawatomi ............................................. , . Minnesota: Leech Lake ............................................. White Earth ......................................... - -- Nebrash Omaha ............................................... 34 2,375.70 78.520.98 33.05 Winnebago .......................................... 31 1,991.30 59, (43.45 SO. W Santee .................................................. 29 2.904.96 31,863.00 10.97 Noih Dakot&: Devils Lake ................................ |