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SIXTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 260. 1910. 449 said guide meridian to the middle of the channel of White River, thence west along the middle of the main channel of White River to the point of intersection with the line dividing the Rosebud and the Pine Ridge Indian reservations, thence south along the boundary line between said reservations to the township line se arating townships thirty-nine and forty, thence east along said township line to the place of beginning, except such portions thereof as have been or may be c,g{';‘§f°" l‘“°’ °*° herea ter al otted to Indians or otherwise reserved, and except lands _ classified as timber lands: Promkled, That any Indians to whom allot- §‘f§¥,§f};,,,,,,,,_,,,, of ments have been made on the tract to be ceded may, in case they ¤U¢>¤¤¤¤¤- elect to do so before said lands are offered for sale, relinquish same and select allotments in lieu thereof on the diminished reservation: Ami iurther, That the Secretary of the Interior may reserve ,gIé;'g;l“e{§’°"”°° ‘°' such ands as e may deem necessary for agency, school, and religious ` purposes, to remain reserved as long as needed and as long as agenc , school, or religious institutions are maintained thereon for the benefit mmm to re,. ma of said Indians: Ami provided further, That the Secretary of the Inte- orgamauom. lg rior is hereby authorized and directed to issue a patent in fee simple to the duly authorized missionary board, or other authority, of any religious organization heretofore engaged in mission or school wor on said reservation for such lands thereon (not included in any townsite hereinafter provided for) as have heretofore been set apart to such organization for missionfor school purposes. Ec. 2. That the lands shall be isposed of under the general pro- m2,§’f“§’,'} ‘,§’,°,,‘§,§}§_j visions of the homestead and town-site laws of the United States, **<>¤· and shall be opened to settlement and entry by proclamation of the President, which proclamation shall prescribe the manner in which the lands may be settled upon, occupied, and entered by persons entitled to make entry thereof, and no person shall be permitted to settle upon, occupy, or enter any of said lands except as prescribed , in such proclamation: Promkied, That prior to said reclamation the Allotmehts to be allotments within the portion of the said Rosebud lgeservation to be °°""’*°°· wosed of as prescribed herein shall have been completed: Pro- R, M I ku ' ed further, That the rights of honorably dischargleld Union soldiers mignnitiis 22.; iii and sailors of the late civil and Spanish wars or P `lippine insurrec- '°f{j§·`,ec,_,,,,,_2,,°5 tion as defined and described in sections twenty-three hundred and 1>·¢2{-Q ° four and twenty-three hundred and five of the Revised Statutes as °° 1"°'m' amended by the Act of March first, nineteen hundred and one, shall not be abridged. mi Sec. 3. That before ang of the land is disposed of, as hereinafter ii°i:m•iff6¤1m,seprovided, and before the tate of South Dakota shall be permitted to {,‘*;,'gO$§{*,f‘{}¤§,°,}§,;=**°¤* select or locate any lands to which it may be entitled by reason of the ` loss of sections sixteen or thirty-six, or any portions thereof, by reason of allotments thereof to any Indian or Indians, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to reserve from said lands such tracts for town-site purposes as in his opinion may be required for the Su future public interests, and he may cause same to be surveyed into lots M"' °t°' and blocks and disposed of under such regulations as he may prescribe; and he is hereby authorized to set a art and reserve for school, park, and other public purposes not more tiian ten acres in any townsite, and patents shall be issued for the lands so set apart and reserved for school, park, and other public purposes to the municipality legally charged with the care and custody of lands donated for suc KUYQOSGS. The purchase price of all town lots sold in town—sites, as I"“Ym°°'·’· °*°· eremafter provided, shal be aid at such time and in such installments as the Secretary of the liiiterior may direct, and he shall cause not more than twenty per centum of the net proceeds arising from such sales to be set apart and e ended under his direction in the construction of schoolhouses or dliher public buildings or in improvements Within the town·sites in which such lots are ocated. T e net pro- °’°°'“°‘l"°°°°"”‘