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124 FIFlYY—NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. L CHS. 1641, 1645. 1906. of at public expense fees in such amounts as may be required to defray nam. the cost of incineration: Provided, That in any case the Commissioners °;v,ig‘§`}§§§§u",§1,}’§.§i°" may, by special order, waive or reduce the usual charges whenever, in the opinion of said Commissioners, to enforce such charges would be burdensome or o pressive upon the person or persons responsible for B'°'°"°°‘ the disposal of the remains. All fees collecte under the provisions of this Act shall be paid to the collector of taxes of the istrict of Columbia, and be deposited bfy him in the Treasuigy of the United States, one-half to the credit o the United States an one-half to the crtédit of tl'iehDistrip1t of Colpmlkia. han be t cd 1_ “"*°'f'P'°m°“°'* no. 3. at not in in t is ct s cons ru as re ing or gitiiiihiliu in any way modifyinggany of the provisions of an Act entitldd "An v°l‘”"‘ m' Act for the promotion of anatomical science and to prevent the desecration of graves in the District of Columbia,” approved April twenty- ninth, nineteen hundred and two. _ ·*PP'°P"°“°“· Sec. 4. That for the construction of a crematorium on reservation thirteen, in the city of Washington, in the District of Columbia, and of all necessary approaches thereto, and for all necessary grading and fencing, for the equipment of said crematorium, and for the maintemnce and operation of said crematorium until the thirtieth day of June next following its completion, there be, and is hereby, appropriated the sum of fifteen thousand dollars out of any money in the Treasury

u?,f.}'“·”*" not otherwise appropriated, one·half payable out of the funds of

` the United States and one·half out of the funds of the District of Columbia. Approved, April 20, 1906. _ Apri1m.1¤0é. CHAP. 1845.-An Act To authorize thesleda portion of theIowerBrule Indian [S· 9m-] Reservation in South Dakota, and for other purposes. mane, ue. na. [ 1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rzgaresentatives of t/me United Rg!w¤¤uB¤·¤¤1§1Bg;¤ States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the s¤Si>:°ii6i-Exon 6:, Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed, as hereinafter “I§'g{',,',§{’,;,¤_ provided, to sell or dispose of the west half of townships one hundred and six, one hundred and seven, one hundred and eight, one hundred and nine, and one hundred and ten north, range seventy-seven west of the fifth rincipal meridian, and fractional townships one hundred and six, one liiundred and seven, one hundred and eight, onc hundred and nine, and one hundred and ten north, range seventy-eight west of the fifth principal meridian, and fractional township one hundred and ten north, range seventy-nine west of the fifth rinci al meridian, the same being. the western portion of the Lower Srule indian Reservation in Sout Dakota, comprising approximately fifty-six thousand five hunmvtwervm for dred and sixty acres: Ihovided, That sections sixteen and thirty-six schoolpurposes. of the lands in each township shall not be disposed of, but shall be reserved for the use of the common schools and paid for by the United States at one dollar and twenty-tive cents per acre, and the same are hereby granted to the State of South Dakota for such purpose: Proclara43E1I0a11s;, wei; cidedjin·t/ter, That any Indians to whom allotments have been made on other mms. the tract to be ceded may, in case they desire to do so before said lands are offered for sale, relinquish same and select allotments in lieu thereof on the diminished reservation. APP“‘*’“""""· °‘°· Sec. 2. That the Secretary of the Interior shall cause said lands, except sections sixteen and thirty-six in each township, to be appraised by legal subdivisions, and when all of said lands have been appraised · the same shall be disposed of under the general provisions of the home-

  • "°°'*'“"*°“- stead laws of the United States, and shall be opened to settlement and

entry at not less than their appraised value by proclamation of the