634 FORTY·-SECOND CONGRESS. Sess. IH. C11. 334. 1873. servatiou in cam dian reservation in Round Valley California which lies south of the town-
- °'¤*3* *’°¤*°*°d *° ship line running east and west between townships twenty-two and
publm 1°md°’ &°‘ twenty-three north, of ranges twelve and thirteen west of the Blount Diablo meridian, be, and the same is hereby restored to the public lands of the United States, and the Secretary of the Interior shall cause the same be be surveyed and oH`cred for sale in legal subdivisions, at not less Improvements. than one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre; Provided, That the improvements owned by persons on the lands hereby restored before the passage of this act shall be the sole property of such persons, who shall have priority of right: to purchase not exceeding three hundred and twenty acres of land in adjacent quarter-sections, containing and adjoining said Sales for cash. improvements; and all said Iands shall be sold and disposed of for cash only, the same to be done through the local land-office ——within the jurisdiction of which these lands are situated; And provided further, That the pmmds of- proceeds of the sale of the lands hereby restored, or so much thereof as sales how to be may be necessary, shall be used to pay for the improvements and claims “¥’P1‘°d‘ of settlers now residing within the limits of the new reservation created under this act., and for improvements of Indians on lands hereby restored to the public lands, after such improvements shall have been appraised and the appraisement approved, as hereinafter provided. Sguhhgyn md Sec. 2. That said township line between townships twenty-two and Yésfm \><>¤'¤d¤· twenty-three north, extending from the Middle Fork of Eel river on the fiiilggtgggjggyd east to Eel river ou the west, shall hereafter be the southern boundary of tion. the Indian reservation in Round Valley; and the centre of the Middle Fork of Eel river shall be the eastern boundary, and the centre of Eel river shall be the western boundary of snid reservation, with the privilege Iuquin. wk,- of fishing in said streams. And the Secretary of the Interior is hereby we the Mrtheru authorized and directed to appoint three commissioners, who shall proceed unda"` to make an examination of the country in that locality and report their views in regard to where the northern line of this reservation should be Appraisement located ; they shall also make an apprajsement of all improvements of white °f 1'“P"°"°m°”“· persons north of said southern boundary of the reservation, as established by this section of this act, within the limits proposed by them for a reservation, and of all Indians south of said line, and report the same to the Secretary of the Interior, who shall cause the same to be paid to such settlers or Indians out of the money hereinbefore reserved for such purpose, c¤m1¤1m1¤ Sec. 3. That immediately after the passage of this act the President gzb° Withdraw? shall cause to be withdrawn from sale or entry under the homestead and “£:2;g£;;:_° pre-emption laws all the land lying north of the southern boundary of the steam and pre- reservation, as herein defined, and bounded north by the Eel river and the °mP“°” 1******- North Fork of said river, east by the Middle Fork, and West by Eel river; and the report of said commission fixing the north boundary of said Seftleyg to bg reservation shall have been approved; and all settlers now residing upon Wqumd *0 *2 the tract herein described lying north of the south boundary of said reserm°v°’wh°°’ °‘ vation shall be required to remove therefrom as soon as they shall be paid for or tendered the amount of the appraised value of their improvements. ApP,(,p,.;,,t;,,,,_ Sec. 4. That there shall hereafter be appropriated out of any money in the treasury of the United States not otherwise appropriated, the sum of five thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for the purpose of defraying the expenses of the commission provided for in this act. Approved, March 3, 1873. Mrmh 3. 1873- CHAP. CCCXXXIV. ·— An Act to quiet the Title zo the Lands ¢y*'the Settlers on Lands claimed by the West VWscons:`n Railway Company. Preamble. Whereas, by the neglect, of the commissioner of the general land-office to have the lands withdrawn from market embraced in the grant of lands from the town of Pomah to the city of Hudson, in the State of Wisconsin,
