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Show REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF INDIAN AWFAIBS. 67 RSkfOVAL OF RESTRICTIOSS ON QUAPAW RESERVATION, The act, of Congress appro~eclM arch 3, 1909 (25 Stat. L., 751), provides that adult members of either of the tribes of Indians belong-ing to t,l~eQ uapaw Agency, Okln. (except the llodocs), may apply to the Secretary of the Interior f9r the removal of restrictions on part of their allotments. I'nder this act the of 7 of tho allot-tees of the Quapaw .4gency for the removal of restrictions on 528.78 acres were approved ? ~ tyhe department up t.o June 30, 1909. PVYALLUP LANDS. There have. bseu collected since the last annual report deferred pay-m? nts on allotted lands and Indian adtlition lots, heretofore sold in. the Puyal!up Reservation, Wash., the following sums: Allotted lands.. ...................................................... $6,197.77 Indian addition lots.. ............. ;. .................................. 9,369.58 T!le a!lotted land funds have been covered int,o t,he Treasury to the credit of the respective Indians entitled for distribution to them, and the Indian addition-lot funds have been deposited in the Treasury to the credit of the tribe. Tract 2, not needed for school purposes, has been suhdi~idedi nto. 64 lots, which are to be sold at public auction on September 25, lq09, on the same terms and conditions as the P~iyallup lo t,^ have heretofore been solil. KIOWA TOWNSITES. In thelast annual report will be found a statement concerning the Kiowa townsites. The number of unredeemed deeds in the six town-sites reported at that time was 730. Between September 30, 1908, and May 25, 1909, 50 more deeds wete taken up and fmal payment made thereon-namely, 26 in Randlett, 5 in Eschiti, 7 in Quanab, 4 in Isadore, 7 in Ahpeatone, and 1 in Koonkazachy. On August 9, 1909, the department declared forfeited, for the use of the Kiowa,' Comanche, and Apache Indians, the first payment, amounting to $19,584.75, made on the remaining 680 deeds. WHITE EARTH TOWNSITE The lots were sold under the provisions of the act of March 1, 1907 (34 Stat. L., 1015-1032). On September 28, 1908, the department approved two schedules of sales of lots i.n the townsite, and on November 2, 1908, another schedule of sales was approved. On February 19, 1909, the depart-ment granted authority for the town-site board to sell the remaining lots at private sale at not less than the appraised value, and on April 19, 1909, it approved a schedule of sales made under this authority. |