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SIXTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 218. 1908. 463 their entries under section twenty-three hundred and one, Revised Statutes, by paying for the land entered the price fixed herein, receiving credit for payments previously made. In addition to the price to ${,;*5* ““" °"““““‘ be paid for the land, the entryman shall pay the same fees and com- U missions at the time of commutation or final entry as now provided by law, where the price of land is one dollar and twenty-five cents per P¤*¢¤*S- acre, and when the entryman shall have complied with all the requirements and terms of the homestead laws as to settlement and residence and shall have made all the required payments aforesaid he shall be entitled to a patent for the lands entered: Andpwnzfiledfurther, That d,R“PIé*§**S¤(} <>f ¤¤· all lands remaining undisposed of at the expiration of four years from gpm an S` the opening of said lands to entry may, in the discretion of the Secretary of the Interior, be reappraised in the manner provided for in this Act. And it is further provided that any lands remaining unsold after said lands have been o n to entry for seven years may be sold to the 1;;*:,;** °f ’°m°i¤i¤¤ highest bidder for cashkwithout regard to the prescribed price thereof. fixed under the provisions of this Act, under such rules and regula- , tions as the Secretary of the Interior may prescribe. Sec. 5. That the Secretary of the Inter1or is authorized to reserve T<>W¤¤¤i¤¤¤¤>¤¤¤¢¤· from said lands such tracts for townsite purposes as in his opinion may be required for the future public interests, and he may cause the same S·¤¤*¢v· to be surveyed into blocks and lots and disposed of under such re lations as he may prescribe, in accordance with section twenty—ilii·ee hundred and eighty-one of the United States Revised Statutes. The R·S··”°°·**‘·P·‘“· net roceeds derived from the sale of such lands shall be credited to the l)ndians as hereinafter provided. , Sec. 6. That from the proceeds arising from the sale and disposition ,,,B§,’,§’§§‘§*0}’§,§’d'§’,$,'$,f’f’s ' of the lands aforesaid, exclusive of the customary fees and commissions, there shall be deposited in the Treasu of the United States, to the credit of the Indians belonging andrliavin tribal rights on the reservations aforesaid in the States of South Dakota ant? North Dakota the sums to which the respective tribes may be entitled, which shall draw interest at three per centum per annum; that the moneys USB <>fI>¤‘<><=¢¢<*¤· derived from the sale of said lands and deposited in the Treasury of the United States to the credit of said Indians respectively shall be · expended for their benefit under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior. Sec. 7. That sections sixteen and thirty-six of the land in each town- 1,fQ§§¥§}?§§u€§,§f,£§$Q ship within the tract described in section one of this Act shall not be wd N·>¤¤ ¥>¤k¤*¤· subject to entry, but shall be reserved for the use of the common schools and paid for by the United States at one dollar and twenty- *’**¤‘•¤ P<**¤·‘*€· tive cents per acre, ant the same are hereby granted to the States of South Dakota and North Dakota for such purpose as the same are located in the said States respectively; and in case any of said sections, LM *¤¤d*- or parts thereof, are lost to said States by reason of allotments thereof to any Indian or Indians, or otherwise, the governors of said States, respectively, with the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, are hereby authorized, within the area in the respective States described in section one of this Act, to·locate other lands not occupied not exceeding two sections in any one township, which shall be paid for by the United States as herein provided, in quantity equal to the loss, and such selections shall be made prior to the opening of such lands to settlement. _ _ _ · _ _ Sec. 8. That tl'18I‘0'lS hereby appropriated, out of any money in the ,0=}¥;g*,;>,g>S¤g;*,;fg,P§{ Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of not more than two semi;) Igakota and hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may Mlm “ °°" be necessary, to pay for the lands granted to the States of South ' Dakota and North Dakota, as provided in section seven of this Act. And there is hereby appropriated the further sum of seventy-five Apnropgiagcramfotr thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for the §§°°‘°’°° “ ° °“‘ purpose of making the appraisement and classification and allotments