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Show decision. This arrangement brings to a close a long-pending con-troversy. Still another has been adjusted during the year on an equitable basis. The Congress has ratified the agreement of June 17, 1901, with khe Klamath Indians by which they relinquished for $537,007.20 their title to the 621,824 acres excluded from the reservation by an erroneous survey. The sum agreed on has been appropriated and is to be expended for beneficial objects as well as money payments. I UMATILLA RESERVATION, An agreement was conclude' on May 15, 1906, with the confeder-ated tribes occupying the Umatilla Reservation, in Oregon, wnsent-ing to the establishment of one or more but not exceeding. three roads across the reservation for the passage of cattle, horses, and sheep thereover, to be laid out under the supervision and direction of the superintendent in charge of the Umatilla Agency, subject to the ap-proval of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs or the Secretary of the Interior, and as far as practicable to wnform to and follow the lines of roads now in use. I t is provided by Article 11 that the superintendent shall collect for the use arid benefit of these-Indians the following sums for stock passing over the reservation, to wit: For each head of cattle, 10 cents; for each head of horses, 5 cents, and for each head of sheep, 3 cents. Article I11 provides that should the crops of any Indian or lessee of the reservation be damaged or any I ~ d i a no r lessee be damaged in any way by the passage of stock thereover the owner of such stock shall be required to pay to the Indian such sum of money as shall be deemed reasonable and just compensation for the damage sustained. Article IV provides that the Commissioner of, Indian Affairs or the Secretary of the Interior shall promulgate the needed rules and regulations to carri out the provisions of the agreement and fix the manner of determining, collecting, and paying any damages that may accrue to any Indian allottee or lessee. Article V provides that the agreement shall take effect and be in force when signed by the superintendent in charge of the agency and a majority of the male adult Indians, parties thereto, and when ap-proved by the Commissioner of Indian Affairs or the Secretary of the Interior. The agreement, to which is attached a map showing the location of the roads, was submitted to the Department on July 28, 1906, ecwmpanied by a draft of regulations carefully safeguarding. the interests of the Indians while making proper provision for carrying the several articles into effect. The regulations were approved on August 2, and the superintendent has been instructed accordingly. |