defence purposes or for the improvement of communications or for any other public purpose, the Officer Administering the Government may, with the consent of the Board of Trustees, by order declare that as from such date as may be specified such land shall cease to vest in the Board of Trustees as part of the Tribal Trust Land and shall thereafter cease to be part of the Tribal Trust Land and shall vest in the Officer Administering the Govern. ment. (2) Any tribesman dispossessed of his right to occupy such land shall be assigned alternative land so far as is reasonable and practicablc. If alternative land is not available he shall be paid a sum of moncy neccssary to compensatę him for his removal and in addition compensation shall be paid to the Board of Trustees for the benefit of the tribesmen in the area concerned. In cither case he shall receive proper compensation in respect of any per- manent improvements made on the land of which he is dis- possessed. (3) Land assigned to a tribesman as compensation under this section shall be situated in as convenient a position as possible and shall be sufficient and suitable for his agricultural and pastoral requirements, containing as far as possible a fair and equitable pro. portion of springs or permanent water and being in all respects, as far as possible, as suitable for his requirements as the land which he leaves ion 108. (1) The Officer Administering the Government, with the consent of the Board of Trustees, may cause an investigation to be made into a scheme for the irrigation of any portion of the Tribal Trust Laod for the benefit of tribesmen, including a scheme for the irrigation of such land in combination with other land. (2) If the Board of Trustees iş satisfied that any such schenre would be for the benefit of tribesmen and that it is neces- sary to provide security for the expenditure of the moneys required for the carrying out of the scheme by way of mortgage of the land concerned, the Board of Trustees may issue a certificate to that effect (3) The Ofcer Administering the Government on receipt of such a certificate may by order declare that as from such date as may be specified such portion of the Tribal Trust Land as is described in the certificate shall cease to vest in the Board of Trustees as part of the Tribal Trust Land and shall thereafter ceasc to be part of the Tribal Trust Land and shall vest in the Officer Administering the Government, for the purpose of a grant of freehold title to the person undertaking the scheme.
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