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442 SIXTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 257. 1910. Division ollwda said lands shall be divided into the following classes: First, agricultural land of the first class; second, agricultural land of the second class; third, grazing land; fourth, tim er land; fifth, mineral land. §,‘{}’,f‘g’fimds_ if spy, but the mineral and timber lands shall not be appraised: Pre- • vid , That timber lands shall be classified without regard to acreage: d,§n§f°"’°d ‘°’ I”· And provided further, That all lands classified as timber lands shall fompeirgation, ew., be reserved for the use of the Pine Ridge Indians. That said com- ° °°”"” '°"°" mimioners shall be paid a salary of not to exceed ten dollars per day each while actually emplo ed in the inspection, classification and appraisement of said landys, and necessary expenses exclusive of su sistence to be approved by the Secretary 0 the Interior, such inspection, classification and appraisement to be completed within six months from the date ofprganization of said commission. _ R°¤¤***“°¤¤· Sno: 5. That said commission shall be governed by regulations prescribed the Secretary of the Interior, and after the completion of the classification and aplpraisement of all of said land the same shall be subject to the approva of the Secretary of the Interior. cb¤;;~evp¤:_=¤,ge¤¤ of wr- Sec. 6. That the price of said lands disposed of under the home- ' stead laws shall beggrd m accordance with rules and r lations to be . Brliescrrbed by the retary of the Interior upon the fhllbwing terms: e-fifth of the purchase price to be lpaid in cash at the time of entry, and the balance in five equal annua installments, to bptfpaid in two, three, four, five, and six years, respectively, from and er the date ` _ rmeuun. of entry. In case any entrymarr fails to make the annual payments, _ or any of them, when due, all rights in and to the land covered by ` his entréy shall cease, and any payments theretofore made shall be forferte and the entry canceled, and the lands shall be again subject toentryl under the provisions of the homestead law at the appraised §;;’,‘;{,*,_,m_ prrce thereof: Provided, That nothing in this Act shall prevent R. S..¤ec. @01.p.421. omestead settlers from commuting their entries under section twenty-three hundred one, Revised Statutes, by paying for the land_ entered the appraised price, receivin credit for payments nigga me commis· previously made. In addition to the price to be paid for the land, the entryman shall pay the same fees and commissions 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 acre, and when the entryman shall have complied wit 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 d,§p°gsgg*g{¤g¤g§_ ¤¤· lands entered: And ffurther, That all lands remaining undisposed of at the expiration of our years from the opening of said lands to entry may, in the discretion of the Secretagy of the Interior, be _ resgxpraised in the manner provided for_in this ct. wQ;&§;;;g§£{;_¤xg;¤¤ _ mc, 7. That from the proceeds arnsing from the sale and dispos1tion_of_ the lands aforesaid, exclusive of the customary fees and commissions, there shall be depo rted in the Treasury of the United Sta tes, to the credit of the Indians belongln and having tribal rights on the saidreservation, the sums to w ici the said tribe may be _ entitled, which shall_ draw interest at three per centum er annum; we vfvrvwcds. that the moneys derived from the sale of said lands and deposited in the Treasury of the United States to the credit of the said Indians shall at all times subject to appropriation by Congress for their Pmhm of h 1 education, support, and ciyilization, ,,m,,, ,0; snuff gg Sec. _8. That sections sixteen_and thirty-six of the land in each k¤;;;;M’ pl lm township within the tract described in section one of this Act shall PW not be subjlgct to entry, but shall be reserved for the use of the com- °° P" *’·°*€· mon schoo , and paid for by the United States at two dollars and mu mm fifty cents per acre, and the same are_hereby granted to the State of

  • South Dakota for such purpose, and rn case any of said sections or

parts thereof, are lost to said State by reason of allotments therieof to any Indian or Indians, or otherwise, the governor of said State,