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358 FIFTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 398. 1896. P¤**°¤¤F° *0 *“¤· filin said a roved plat of survey: Provided, however, That any per- °°v°m° °i°°°1’°t°' son €vho in ggbd faith prior to the passage of this Act had discovered and opened, or located, a mine of coal or other mineral, shall have a preference right of purchase for ninety days from and after the official tiling in the local land office of the approved plat of survey provided for by this section. AGREEMENT WITH THE INDIANS OF THE SAN CARLOS INDIAN RESERVATION IN ARIZONA. c:§i:°;°`if¤i»:'r$:d:: Sec. 10. Whereas Province McCormick, United States Indian in- I¤•¤=¤·¤· Spector, did, on the twenty-fifth day of February, eighteen hundred and ninety-six, in accordance with the provisions of the Act of Congress of March second, eighteen hundred and ninety-five (Twenty-eighth _Neg»¤am¤ for ces- Statutes at Large, page eight hundred and ninety-four), conclude an “"{}‘,,§’_f2§f’,’}},,‘},‘2‘l°‘ agreement with the Indians of the San Carlos Reservation, Arizona, for the cession and relinquishment to the United States of the lands of the reservation embracing the coal fields, which said agreement is in words and figures as tollows (House Document Numbered Three hundred and twenty, Fifty-fourth Congress, first session), to wit: This agreement, made on the twenty-fifth day of February, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-six, pursuant to an item in the Act of Congress making appropriations for current and contingent expenses and fulfilling treaty stipulations with Indian tribes for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1896, as follows: “The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to negotiate with the Indians on the San Carlos Reservation, Arizona, through an inspector, for the cession or relinquishment to the United States of the lands embracing the coal lields, and that any agreement made shall be submitted to Congress for its action/’ by Province McCormick, United States Indian inspector, on the part of the United States, and the Apache, Mohave, and Yuma Indians, residing on the San Carlos Indian Reservation, in the Territory of Arizona,- by their chiefs, headmen, and members of said tribes, embracing a majority of all the male adult Indians occupying said reservation, witnesseth: Anricma I. Lam mia:. That the said Indians do hereby cede, grant, and relinquish to the United States all right, title, and claim which they may have in and to all theland embraced within the followingdescribed tract, now a part of the said San Carlos or White Mountain Indian Reservation, to wit: All the land lying south of a line, commencing at a point on the present eastern boundary of the said reservation, one mile south of Goodwin Spring; thence in a general direction west to the highest point on Mount Turnbull; thence in a westerly direction to a point on n. line between the agency building proper and Stanley, or the Saddle butte, seven miles irom said building in a southerly direction; thence in a westerly direction at longest possible tangents to the mouth of Hawk Canyon, not crossing said canyon; thence down the Gila River, following the south bank to a point where said Gila River crosses the present western boundary of the reservation. A.R'1‘ICLE II. €>¤¤¤i<¤•>r¤¤¤¤- That in consideration of the lands ceded, relinquished, and conveyed, as aforesaid, the United States stipulates and agrees to place in the Treasury of the United States to the credit and for the sole benefit of the said Apache, Mohave, and Yuma Indians and to account therefor annually, to them through their agent, the net proceeds accruing from the disposal of such coal and mineral lands, lying within the ceded territory, under the laws applicable thereto; and that said money shall be paid to them in cash from time to time as the same shall become