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52 SIXTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Cus. 111, 112. 1908. interest at the rate of four per ceutum (per annum, and the rnterest shall be used for the benefit of such In ians in such manner as the Secretary of the Interior shall prescribe. _ _ _ ¤¤v•¤¤°¤¤**•‘ Sec. 4. That the Secretary of the lnterror is hereby authorized to {md" pay, out of the funds of the tribe of Indians located upon reservation the necessary expenses of the lumber operations herein provided for, including the erection of sawmrlls, equipment and necessary buildings logging camps, logging equipment, the burlding of roads, improvement of streams, an all other necessary expenses, including those for the protection, preservation, and harvest of the forest upon 8“{°°,§°'},‘“°},,'E,°,],°“ SmSliad??rTahTtnwhen the dead and down timber, and such fully commatured and ripened green timber as the forestry service shall designate, shall have been converted into lumber, then the Secretary_0f the Interior is directed to make sale of such portions of the sawmill and manufacturing plant as will not, in his judgment, be needed for conp,,,,,,;_ tinuing 0 rations on this reservation. The terms of these sales shall be fixed by the Secretary, and after tlggapayment of the costs and charges of sale the net proceeds thereof l be deposited in the same manner and for the same purposes as the net proceeds of the sale of the lumber aforesaid. · _ _ _ g,,,;, Sec. 6. That all Acts and parts of Actsin eoniiictwrth the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed. Approved, March 28, 1908. llgmh 1908. GBA!. .-—— Limiand 'cti the ’ ht of on and assignment [K- B··2?'“°°·l under the ddszrt-l;1dAl?w mngxhmpgn of timtdywithin w ich to lPub1i¤. Ro. rs.] make final proof. Be it enacted by the Senate and House ofRe_presen¢a¢v}ves of the United rubric lands States of America in Oemgresa assembled, That from and after the pasrQ.§§gahdi»¥vPg·ia? sage of this Act the right to make entry of desert lands under the l¤¤‘”· provisions of the Act approved March third, eighteen hundred and v¤1.rs,p.:sw. seventy-seven, entitled " n Act to provide for the sale of desert lands in certain States and Territories," as amended by the Act approved v¤1.z•s,p.1o¤c. March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, entitled "An Act to repeal timber-culture laws, and for other purposes," shall be restricted to surveyed public lands of the character contemplated by said Acts, and no such entries of unsurveyed lands shall be allowed or made of nam. record: Provided, however, That any individual qualified to make entry p,{{§§,{fg§,§ ’*""* ‘° of desert lands undersaid Acts who has, prior to survey, taken possession of a tract of unsurveyed desert land not exceeding in area three hundred and twenty acres in compact form, and has reclaimed or has in good faith commenced the work of reclaiming the same, shall have the Preference right to make entry of such tract under said Acts, in con ormity with the public land surveys, within ninety days after the filing of the approved) plat of survey in the district land office. _n»},;t;;,x¤¤<·¤¤¤ re Sm. 2. That from and after the ate of the passage of this Act no `assignment of an entry made under said Acts shall beallowed or recognized, except it be to an individual who is shown to be qualified to make entry under said Acts of the land covered by the assigned cntry, and such assignments may include all or part of an entry; but he assignment to or for the benefit of any corporation or association shall be authorized or recognized. mEl*;;g;ig;g)g{fi¤•·¤·* Src. 3._That any entrymen under the above Acts who shall show to the satisfaction of the Commissioner of the General Land Office that he has in good faith com lied with the terms, requirements, and provisions of said Acts. but that because of some unavoidable delay 1n the construction of the irrigating works. intended to convey water