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Firrrxrsru coseasss. sms. 1. cs. emu. iam. 337 That the said lands shall be opened to settlement and entry by proc~ 0pQjl‘;f};‘“‘“°’* °‘ lamation of the President, which proclamation shall prescribe the time ` when and the manner in which these lands may be settled upon, occupied, and entered by persons entitled to make entry thereof, and no person shall be permittteddto settlle uponl, occupy, and enter any of Sdld ar; s except as prescribe in suc proc amation. '1`hat the Secretary of the Interior shall reserve from said lands, T¤W¤¤*¤=¤¤¤¤¤¤*¤d· whetliler surveyed or lgmsurveyed, such tracts for town-site purposes as in is opinion may e required for the future public interests and he may cause any such reservations, or parts thereof, to be survieyed into b ocks and lots of suitable size, and to be appraised and disposed of under such regulations as he may prescribe, and the net proceeds derivgddfrom tthe sale of lapdts shall be paid to said Indians as provide in sec 1on seven o IS c . _ That the net roceeds arisin from the sale and dis sition of the Di¤P¤¤¤*¤fP¤¤¤¤¤d¤· . P. . g . . P° . . lands aforesaid, including the sums paid for mineral and town-site lands, shall be, after deducting the expenses incurred from time to time in connectiondwgth the allotment, appraisement, apd sales and surveys ierein provide deposited in thereasury of the United States to the credit of the Coeur d’Alene and confederated tribes of Indians belonging and having tribal rights on the Coeur d’Alene Indian Reservation in the State of Idaho and shall be expended for their benefit, under the direction of the Sdcretary of the Interior, in the education and improvement of said Indians and in the purchase of stock cattle, horse teams, harness, wagons, mowing machines, horserakes, thrashing machines, and other agricultural implements for issue to said Indians, and also for the purchase of materia for the construction of houses or ‘ other necessary buildings, and a reasonable sum may also be expended by the Secretary, in his discretion, for the comfort, benefit, and improvement of said Indians: Provided, That a portion of the proceeds ggiggmmymenk may be paid the Indians in cash per csgpitahshare and share alike, if in the op1n1on_of the Secretary of the nterior such payments will further tend to improve the condition and advance the progress of said Indians. but not otherwise: Prmsided, That any sums p aeed IH m}"Qf'“* °“ ******1 the Treasury of the United States to the credit of said Indians shall bear interest at (tge rate of three per centum per annum, which interest shall be expend . in the same manner as the princi‘pal. That any of said lands necessary for agency, sc ool, and religious m;},§,$,Q};§'· “°“·· "‘""' purposes, including any lands now occupied by the agency buildings, and the site of any sawmill, gristmill. or other mill propersy on {mid _ lands are hereby reserved for suc uses so lon as said an shal be occupied for the purposes above designated: F}'llI'ill€d, That all such ,{,”;$hm_ reserved lands shall not excged in the aggregate three sections and must be selected in legal sub ivisions conformable to the public surveys, such selection to be under thp direction of the Secretary of the Interior and subject to his approva . That the Secretary of the Ilhterior is hegeby vested with full power K""’”·°'*°- and authority to make all needful rules·an re ulations as to the manner of sale, notice of same, and other matters ilhcident to the carrying out of the provisions of this Ag., and with authority to reappraise and reclassify said lands if deeme necessary from time to time and to continue making sales of] the sgpneg ip laccorggncedwith t51e prbvisions of this Act until all of the an s a ave en ispose o . _ _ That nothing in this Act contained shall be construed to bind the S,_{;‘g,”{§§{,{,;;§_U“*““ United States to find purchasers for any of said lands. it being the purpose of this Act merely to have the United States to act as trustee. for said Indians in the disposition and sales of said lands and to expend or pay over to them the net proceeds derived from the sales as herein provided. Vt)!. XXXIY, l"\`