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Show ( "of the lands _ You will in all such cases confer v/ith ths General Land Office, with a vie*// of adopting such. rules and regulations as may be necessary to secure fo the Indians any income that may be properly derived from the lands and at tine same time to secure their early sale cr settlement,' as the law may direct. In respect te the Round Valley - Indian Reservation In California, specifically referred tc by you, the act of October 1, 1890 (25 Stat. ,553), provides for the survey and allotment of the agricultural lands to the Indians in severalty, for the reservation of a reasonable amount of grazing and timber lands, and for the survey cf tha remainder of grazing and timber lands, into tracts of 640 acres, ana the sale of the same/' the proceeds thereof, after paying the expenses, to be placed in the Treasury of the United States to the credit of the Indians. 1 The act of February 3, 1905 (35 Stat., 706 ); ... directed that all tiro lands relinquished from the Round Valley Indian Reservation under the act oi' October 1, 1890, supra, should be surveyed, reappraised, and thereafter be subject to settlement and entry under trie provisions of the homestead laws of the United States, .and that all the lands thus opened to settlement remaining undisposed of at the expiration of five-years from the taking effect of the act might be sold and disposed of for cash, the proceeds to be • disposed of as provided in the act of 1390. Under these provisions of law this reservation clearly falls within the second class, and the Indians are entitled -to-oossession of the lands until the seme shall have been- settled upon, entered, or sold. :_ou will immediately confer with the General Land OfPice, v/ith a view to entering ..into an arrangement along tho lines suggested herein.' , :7 copy of this letter will be. sent to the Commissioner of the General Land. Office for his information and guidance. Very re sp ect l'ul 1 y, SAXUEL ADAMS, A. ,'.,;,.. First 7.3st. Secretary. To put into effect"the foregoing rulings of the department and to provide for concurrent supervision |
