| Show NEW EMPIRE TO BE OPENED IN IDAHO Frenchs French's Measure P Provides for Sale of Half Million II Acres FULL TEXT OF DOCUMENT I I Appropriation I loll Made Ja Iq LaM t Session 1 for f t Ir Ir COli Cuini PI le-cr- le v About Completed Republican Special v Washington ton March furch in The IO-The The full text of Representative Frenchs French's bill hill heretofore here referred to In th these e dispatches authorizing the sale ilo of the surplus and und allotted allotted- lands Janus on nn the tho Couer Caner In Indian ln reservation In Idaho Is Js as follows follows fol fo- fol- fol lows Jows Bo IJu It cn enacted b by tim sena senate te n and lor of representatives of or the tho United States State of oC America In That congress assi as the secretary of or the thc interior be bC and he Is hereby authorized and directed as here here- provided to soil Il or dispose of or un un- un- un allotted land In III the Coeur tJ Alene Indian T reservation In tho the State of or l Idaho aho Sec Bee 2 That as ns t soon us the lands embraced em- em braced within the he Coeur dAlen Indian reservation I shall hall have hl been surveyed th the secretary of oC the Int Interior shall hall cause causo al al- al of or tho the same to be made to a nil all persons belonging to or laa having In tribal relations relations re rea- re- re lations on said sold Coeur dAlene Indian res res- to each ach man woman and child dill one hundred and sixty acres and upon the tine approval al of or such allotments allotment h by the secretary of the interior he shall cause patents to Issue un under er the provisions provisions pro pro- visions of the general allotment law of ot the U United I etl States s. s J 10 o I lie Be IJ l' l 4 I S Sec c. c 3 11 upon the thc completion of oC 4 to suEd Indians the r-I- r dui dui- II or Of surplus ur that lands that Is Is hs lands not d or oI reserved for Indian school a- a J Jell C or other purposes purposes purposes-of of the said Enid J. J f dAl dAlene nl Indian D. reservation reS r shall hall I uI be hI la tinder finder ili the lh ot or th theof the the- t t l or of In fid ri m nu or i rat Il be UI tin un- s ller i b by I legal ul i 1 I O WItO AlII tile exception ot the lIll H classed c as mineral lan lands 14 which not bt bo and anil which small shall be lit d etl of ul un under el the general minting mining la laws tui of the I Tinted tilted s Statts an and upon I completion om of the and appraisement ap up- such s surplus lun lands s. s with tn tue execution exception u of sit timber lands landi an and mineral lands lanOs shall b be bt opened to settlement and entry un under eT the provisions of the homestead homestead home home- stead laws at not less than their appraised ap up- praised value In addition to the fees tee mid and commissions now prescribed b by law for forI forthe I the disposition of lands of at the value ol on one otlo dolar and twenty nyc cents per acre I b by proclamation of at the President which proclamation shall prescribe the manner I I in III which these lands land shall be Le settled upon occupied d and entered b by persons I entitled to make entry thereof Provided Pro That the price of said lands when e 1 f sinai shall be Lie fixed by the tho lie appraisement as os herein provided for which shall be paid In accordance with lih the rules and reg regulations to be bl prescribed by the secretary secretary sec see of the In Interior tenor upon the following t terms rm One-fifth One of or the tilt purchase price to be paid In cash at the time of entry an and the balance in n five 6 equal installments to be paH paid in one two three tour lour and live five years respectively cly from and after afier the date of ot entry and In case cas any entry entry- man falls to mal make II the annual pa payments or any of at them m promptly when due all rights in and to the land Jand covered b by i ins his or her entry shall hall cease cense and aU any amy 1 j payments theretofore made mae shall be for for- alid ud the entry cancelled und and the lands shall be re offered for sale and nl en tn t 1 try i Remainder to Re B. Sold t Pro Provided I tIed further That the lands lans remaining ref re re- re- re f ed of ut at the expiration of at nv five years rears from the lie opening of at the said sail lanes to entry shall shan be bt sold to the highest bidder for lor cash at not less lens than thun one dollar per acre under rules and regulations regulations reg reg- r to be prescribed by the tIme secretary of the lie Interior and und that nn any lands r re remaining n-c- n unsold ten years after the said saidi i lands lamb shall have beNt been opened to entry may be sold to the th highest bidder for forcash cash rosIn without regard to the time above minImum minimum mini minI- mum murti limit of or price And provided further fur Cur ther then That sections sixteen and thirty thirty- six of or said lands land be bp and they un are hereby hereby here here- by excepted excelled from the foregoing provisions provisions provi provi- anti ann are hereby granted to the state of or Idaho for school purposes and und the l United States shall pay to sn sa sud 1 Indians the sum of one dollar and five ty-five cents per ier acre And nd provider algo That It If the lie state of or Idaho hamade ha hat made any selections under existing law lat lawIn In lieu Heu ot of see sections lions sixteen and und thirty nix ot or the tine lands affected d by this act th the acreage acreage acre acre- age oge of or such selections shall be deducted from tIne tile acreage to be paid maid for or under the time preceding proviso pro Sec I I. That tIne the said lands shall be opened d to settlement and enu entry by b proclamation proc proc- of the President which proclamation procla procla- mation matlon shall prescribe the lime time when n aid ld manner in an which these lands ma may be set wt- tied upon occupied and entered b by poison poi pen Sons son entitled to make a 1 entry thereof and I no person shall be permitted to settle upon ulon occupy and enter any of or said lands except as prescribed In such tion lion Scaled Rids I For lar Timber Sc pc 3 That all of ot said lands returned nn and classified a as timber lands lanet shall be besold sold gold and disposed of U by the secretary of the lie Interior under sealed bids to io the highest highest high high- est bidder for cash or at public auction a as u the tine secretary of th the Interior ma may deS determine de de- de- de S termine and under such uch rules and regulations regu reu lations as he lie ma may pre prescribe rl Sec G. G That th tine the secretary of th the In Interior in- in tenor shall sInaI reserve resen from sat said lands land whether sut surveyed or such Huch tracts for town site purposes us 18 In his opinion may anay 11 be required for tor the tho future I public Intel Interests and anti he ma may cause caW an any such r reservations cr or parts pL thereof to be bi surveyed an and disposed of under such uch S rC regulations as he lip may prescribe and the thenet net proceeds derl derived 1 from the lie sale o of such lands shall be paid to said Indians t r a as aa provided c In lu section seven n of this tints act Sec See 7 7 That the n net t proceeds arising Irom from the sale aIe and anil disposition of or the thC lands land aforesaid aldi including the tIme sums Hums paid fo for l I t I mineral and anid town site land landi hull i bl lie H front from tunic to iii hi connection W time allotment anti and sales and Surveys herein a d VT provIded deposited In the treasury o of th the United nL ye States to th tine cre lt or of r th the Coeur d Alone and i or of Indians belonging and Jn ha having trIbal rights on the eo Poetic UI II a AI Menu n. n In the lie stal of Idaho and shall lI be XIII n for fat their lit benE-lit the direction of at the chI secretary o of line Hie Interior In m the education and Im lm- lm prO provement of Malt saul ald Indians Indans and In the th purchase of or stock tok cn cattle horse teams tt h M Wagon mowing machines lion horse rakes rake i t thrashing machines machine I am antI other agricultural Implements m for Cor Isue to sold said Indian and also for the purchase pur pur- chase of material for the construction o of at houses houss or other othel aury ur buildings am and a ji reasonable sum ma may al also o be expends expended t h by the secretary In his discretIonS discretion for Cor tin th comfort benefit benent nn and Improvement of or sal said Indians ld Iro Provided That a n portion of oC the pro pro- mn may be paid to the 1 Indians In ca cash caul h I per jer c capita share har ant and share alike If it in tine the oll lon of the l secretary of or th he In In- In tenor suc such payments will further tend to Improve e the tine condition and advance ance the progress of said Indians hut but not other wise sIe I ands n Sec S. S of or said lands necessary nieces nieces- sary ar for agency school chool and religious us purposes and an any lands now occupied b b. by the ng-en ng agency buildings and anti 11 the site of an any sawmill gristmill or other mill property on said sad lands are arc hereby re reserved re- re vet sen-vet served ser from roni the opera operation t Ion of oC this act Provided That all such uch reserved lands shall not exceed In the aggregate three sections and must l be he selected In legal subdivisions conformable to the public surveys RUf such selection to be lie made h by ly the time Indian a agent of or the Coeur lenc di agency under the direction dirc or the secretary of oC the Interior and subject to his approval nl Sec 9 i. I. I That the secretary of ot the Inter Inter- lor br or Is hereby vented eStel with till full power ane and authority to make ranks all nil needful rules and regulations regulation as to the manner maimer of or sale sal notice of or same CI and nd other matters mattEr Incident Inci mci- dent to the carrying out of oC the provisions of ot this act aol and with authority to reappraise reappraise re re- re appraise and antI said lands If deemed necessary from time Lime to time and to continue making sales saleM of or the same In accordance the provisions of or this act until nil all ni of or the lands shall have been Imen disposed of See Sec 10 That nothing In this act contained con con- tamed shall be he construed c to 10 bind the United States Stute to find purchasers for lor 0 iy a-iy of said uhl lant lands It being the the- pur purpose ose of this tinis net act merely to have the United States Slates to act as trustee for lor said Indians In tin the disposition and ond sales notes of or said lands and to expend or ia pay a over O lr to them lit tine the tl net pio- pio cecils derived from roam tint the sales sale as lerin II provided ed Sec 11 1 That to enable the secretary of the interior to allot classify appraise and conduct the yale salo al and entry of sal said lands a as ns In this act the thc IJ provided sum of f ff fifty thousand dollars dollar or so o much mich as ns aa may be necessary ar Is 11 hereby appropriated the tine same to no be ie reimbursed from lam the proceeds of or the sale ull of the aforesaid lands lantIs Provided Pro That when minds funds shall have imae been bein procured from the first sales salts of the he kind the secretary of the Interior may u use e such portion thereof as ns 1 may a he be actually necessary In conducting future sales hs h's 31 and otherwise carrin carrying out the provisions 1110 pro I visions lon of this act Se Sec J 12 That this act shall be opra operative l e only after It hn has been Iten u approved b by a maJority majority ma ma- of the time adult Hll members of on the he Coeur dAhne and conre confederated tribes of Indians belonging and m 11 having tribal rights on the Coeur d' d Alene Indian reser reser- llon In the Line Ihl Mil stale Mat to of Idaho JS I Almost 01 Completed I One half a million acres of land will wi be he made natle available a If Jf rh n above u e bill bi f is enacted Into law During the thelast thelast last congress Representative e French mill and Senator Heyburn secured an appropriation ap up- of for sune surveying in almost tin thiu reservation reset completed and tnt th these e surveys sUI s aro are |
