1232 FIFTY—NlNTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Cris. 2536,2537. 1907. R°i'”"“"°"’°“‘- vided, That the same shall be reimbursed to the United States from the proceeds received from the sale of the lands described herein or from any money in the Treasury belonging to said Rosebud lnd1ans. _ Liability of United Sec. 8. That nothing in this Act contained shall in any manner bind S°°°°°m°i°°d' the United States to purchase any portion of the land herein described, except sections sixteen and thirty-six or the equivalent in each township, or to dispose of said land except as provided herein, or to guarantee to find purchasers for said lan s or any portion thereof, 1t eing the intention of this Act that the United States shall act as trustee for said Indians to dispose of said lands and to expend and pay over the - · proceeds received from the sale thereof only as received, as herein mmm. rovided: Provided, That nothing in this Act shall be construed to mggfy rights "' deprive the said Indians of the Rosebud Reservation, in South Dakota, of any benefits to which they are entitled under existing treaties or agreements not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act. Approved, March 2, 1907. March 2.1907- CHAP. 2537. —An Act To provide for the creation of additional land districts in [H·B·25°‘°·l the district of Alaska. . Public,No.196. [ _ 1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representati/ues of t/ie United §‘f,b,§Q“‘§§§· Fam States:;` America in Congress assembled, That there are hereby created bnuks di¤¤·i¤¤. AM- two ad 'tional land districts, the boundaries of which shall be desigki*g1I$°;Eht nated by the President, in the district of Alaska, to be known as the Nome land district and the Fairbanks land district, with the land offices _ located, replpectively, at Nome, Alaska, and Fairbanks, Alaska. °E,R,f’f,ff‘°" ‘“° ’°' Sec. 2. hat the clerks of the district courts at Nome and Fairbanks ¤1¢rk=¤f wm md shall respectively be ex-officio registers of the land offices at Nome mmms wm' and Fairbanks and the marshals of the said courts at Nome and Fairbanks shall be ex-officio receivers of public moneys for the Nome and Fairbanks land districts. Said officers shall perform the several duties of register of the land office and receiver of public moneys for the land districts with all the powers incident to such offices to the same extent as now rformed by the register of the land office and the receiver of ubli: moneys at Juneau, Alaska. F°°'·°'“· Sec. 3. That the said officers shall, in addition to their present compensation as clerk or marshal as rovided by law, receive all the fees and commissions allowed by law for their services as registers of land _ offices and receivers of public moneys for land districts under the gfx land laws: Profvided, That any fees or commissions in excess of one thousand five hundred dollars er an num received b either such p officials shall be paid into the Treasury of the Unitedy States: Pro-
- ‘°"°“"’ ’““"`· vidied, That no other salary than aforesaid shall be paid such registers
an receivers. S““'°"’· Sec. 4. That the surveyongeneral of the district of Alaska, under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, shall furnish the receivers of said land offices a sufficient quantity of numbers to be used in the diiferent classes of otheial surveys that may be made in said - Nome and Fairbanks land districts to meet the requirements thereof, and upon application by any person desiring to have an official survey made the receivers shall furnish a number or numbers for such survey or surveys, together with an order directing a ualified deputv surveyor to make the same, and such application, order, and the fee required to be paid to the surveyongeneral in the district of Alaska ,f{j;,"g°m_ shall be transmitted to the surveyongeneral: Provided, That all surveys tgius made shall be approved by the surveyor-general as at presen . ‘“°"°°*-"“>’*·”'”- Sec. 5. That this Act shall take effect and be in force from and after July first, nineteen hundred and seven. Approved, March 2, 1907.
