Show BILL following Is senator Raw linss bill introduced march 10 to provide for the disposal of the asphaltum lands within the uncompahgre indian reservation in utah which was read twice und and referred to the committee on indian ati afi fairs 1 be it enacted by the senate and house of representatives of the united un states of america in congress assembled that the secretary of the interior as soon as may be after the passage e of this is act shall cause public surveys to be made of all lands known to contain asphalt asphaltum urn or gilsonite in the uncompahgre indian reservation in utah into claims one thousand five hundred feet along the course apex or outcrop of the vein of such ouch mineral and three hundred feet on oil each side of the center thereof also cause such claims to be so marked on the ground that the same can be readily located and identified and described by numbers that such claims in said reservation shall be disposed of as follows the register and receiver of the land office at salt lake city in the state of utah shall cause ninety days puthy notice to be given by publication in not less ess than three newspapers published in said state of general circulation and such other newspapers as may be designated by the secretary of the in gerior designating the claims to be sold inviting bids for the same not exceeding one claim to any one per son stating the time during which bids may be made that the same must be in writing sealed and delivered to such register accompanied by a certified check at the rate of five dollars in aa acre payable to the receiver on or bs be fore a time to be named when all such bids will be opened in the presence ot of such register and receiver and such others as the secretary of the tnt interior enteric eric may designate to be present and witness such opening also the place where such bids will be opened that each aoh claim as aforesaid will be sold to the i highest bidder but at a rate not less lelm than ten dollars per acre subject to the following conditions that only citizens of the united states shall be entitled to pur purchase that a repayment prepayment of five dollars att acre be made that within one year setter the land is struck off to him abw purchaser shall expend at least adno do hundred dollars for the develop development thereof that during each succeed succeeding year the further sum of one hundred dollars shall be expended until the fan sum of five hundred dollars has be been so expended and after the e of not less than three nor more mo re tb I 1 five years from the date 0 of f 0 purchase satisfactory proof be made mad e to the land department of compliance liance gift the foregoing conditions and that thai soft purchase is r the exclusive use ot of the purchaser and upon payment of 0 the balance of the purchase price for said land a patent shall be last issued the secretary of the interior may make inke such rules as he may deem necessary to cary into effect the fora far going ng provisions |