378 FORTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. C11. 108. 1877. to perform and discharge the duties specified by this act, and for that Placccfmcoting- pur >ose shall meet at Hot Springs, in the State of Arkansas, within th' t d fte thppo‘ tment d hall before entering upon the 1ry aysa r eira in ·an s _ O“*h·_ _ discharge of their duties, subscribe, to the usu’al oath for civil officers, OFS*¤¤Z=¤*»¤°¤· and shall, at their first meeting, organize by the election of one of their number as chairman of the board, having given ten days’ notice of the Advertisement. time and place of meeting in some daily paper published at Hot Springs, which notice shall be continued during the entire session of said board Evidence. of commissioners, and all the evidence herein provided to be taken by sa'd b a ·d sh ll be taken at Hot S r'n s. M¤¤¤<>f<>f}¤5’i¤2 Smo?3} Thai; it shall be the dutypoi gaid commissioners, after exam- °“° '°‘*°"°*“°“· ination of the topography of the reservation, to lay out into convenient squares, blocks, lots, avenues, streets, andalleys, the lines of which shall correspond with the existing boundary lines of occupants of said reservation as near as may be consistent with the interests of the United Mud l`·<> be i¤- States, the following-described lands, to wit: The south half of section °1“d°d· twenty eight, the south half of section twenty-nine, all of sections thirty- two and thirty three, in township two south and range nineteen west; and the north half of section four, the north half of section five, in township three south and range nineteen west, situatlg in the county of Garland, and State of Arkansas, and known as the ot Springs reservation. ,1 £*”“‘}i i”°1:d*Q)g Sec. 4. That before making any subdivision of said lands, as described rgseffafgs ° ° in the preceding section, it shall be the duty of said board of commissioners, under the direction and subject to the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, to designate a tract of land included in one boundary, sufficient in extent to include, and which shall include all the hot or warm springs situate on the lands aforesaid to embrace, as near as may be, what is known as Hot Springs Mountdin, and the same is here- ' S¤P<>*i¤*<>¤d¤¤V· by reserved from sale, and shall remain under the charge of a superintdttb `tdbthS t ftbeIte'or:P ’dd Simi ax ·»» $2..22.; r‘i..°.2i’i§i?.i;.‘i?. ting ..§a...‘i°§i$.il'{$.‘$ all s‘;L‘t..§."°.1’2fi.; g`;?;‘ést“k°“ f'°“‘ Interior from nxing a special tax on water taken from said springs, ' sufficient to a for the protection and necessary improvement of the P Y same. _D¤*Y¤f¢<>¤¤¤¤i¤· Sec. 5. That it shall be the duty of said commissioners to show by “"ij‘é f metes and bounds on the map herein provided for, the parcels or tracts p o metes . . . ,,,1 d bounds of of lands claimed by reason of improvements made thereon or occupied claims. by each and every such claimant and occupant on said reservation; to Testimony. hear any and all proof oiiered by such claimants and occupants and the Right of Pm_ United States in respect to said lands and inrespect to the improve- 0mm_ ments thereon; and o finally determine the right of each claimant or appraised value. occupant to purchase the same, or any portion thereogat tgedaplpraised , , value which shall be fixed by said commissioners: ravi 0 wcver Olga: f" ming That ,such claimants and occupants shall file their claims, linder thd provisions of this act, before said commissioncés wfvithin six calendar _ months after the first sitting of the said boar o commissioners, or ¤la=i¤¤¤ **0* to b° their claims shall be forever barred; and no claim shall be considered "°“”‘d°“’d‘ ghigzh bgs accrnied since the twenty fourth day of April, eighteen hun- — re an seven y-six PQWHS of ¤°¤¤· Sec. 6. That the said commissioners shall have power to compel the m'"‘°“". attendance of witnesses and the production of papers. touching the oe- As to witnesses. . . . cupancy or 1mprovements of or on said lands, or any other matter in any wise belonging or appertaininv either to the said lands or the improvements thereon; shall have pgwer to examine under oath all witnesses that may come before them, and all testimony shall be reduced to writing, and preserved ashereinafter provided. _As to obstruc- Sec. 7. That said commissioners shall have power to remove, or cause
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reservation when the same may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this act, as also all obstructions to streets, alleys or roads, to be laid off, straightened or widened as herein provided for.
