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Show COMMISSIONER OB INDIAN AFFAIRS. . 63 the only question that will remain iswhether the consideration is adequate. The new regulations went into effect in October, 1911, and up to July 1, 1912, 566 petitions for the sale of lnnd were approved. FEE PATENTS AN0 CODIPETENCY CERTIFICATES. During the fiscal year 764 applications for patents in fee were received, of which 344 were approved and 420 denied. The area patented embraces 45,529.49 acres. Of the total number of fee pat-ents issued only 38 were issued to full-bloods, and many of the appli-cations were made by allottees of one-sixteenth and one thirty-second Indian blood. In 90 per cent of the fee patent cases the application covered only a part of the allottee's land. The total number of fee patents issued under the act of May 8, 1906, as modified by the act of June 25,1910, are as follows: Patents tssued under act of June Z5, 1910. 1W7.. ................. .:.. ........................................... 889 .......... 92,132.50 1 M ....... A ......................................................... 1,787 69 153,691.78 19W .................................................................. 1,166 767 133,831.79 1910 .................................................................. 955 413 69,339.10 1911 ................................................................ 1,028 387 114,547.79 1912 .................................................................. 344 420 45,529.49 -- Total ..................................................... 6,167 2,055 618.870.45 Under the provisions of the act of June 25, 1910, which provides for the issuance of certificates of competency to Indian allottees holding fee patents with restrictions on alienation, 22 certificates were issued during the fiscal ykar covering an area of 1,687.05 acres. Twenty-two certificates of competency have been issued to members of the Osage Tribe during the fiscal year. A certificate of compe-tency authorizes the allottee to sell and convey any or all surplus lands deeded to him under the provisions of the act of June 28, 1906 (34 Stat. L., 539). Each Osage allottee has approximately 495 acres of surplus land. But one certificate of competency has been issued to a ICaw Indian during the fiscal year. The certificate authorizes the allottee to sell and convey all lands deeded him under the provisions of the act of July 1, 1902 (32 Stat. L., 636). The Kaw Indians were allotted ap-proximately 480 acres of land each. Of the 88 Absentee Wyandotte allotments in Oregon 49 have been covered by certificates of competency issued to the allottees on proof of their ability to manage their own affairs. of these, 20 were issued during the fiscal year ended June 30, 1912. The allotments are for 80 acres each. |