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six·rY-F1nsT concnnss. sm. II. ou. 431. 1910. 859 Sec. 14. That the Secretary of the Interior after notice and hear- T"““%“°‘m°¤“- ing, is hereby authorized to cancel trust patenth issued to Indian allot—·inCri<i1~igii1§e¤,p&i=i¤tB tees for allotments within any power or reservoir site and for allotments or such portions of allotments as are located upon or include lands set aside, reserved, or required within any Indian reservation for irrigation purposes under authority of Congress: Provided, That P7‘ovi·wvany In ian allottee whose allotment shall be so canceled shall be reim- d;§§;{°b“‘°‘ n' bursed for all improvements on his canceled allotment, out of any moneys available for the construction of the irrigation pro`ect for which the said power or reservoir site may be set aside: Iirovided Lreusrxozmems further, That alrlily Indian allottee whose allotment, or part thereof, is so canceled sh be allotted land of equal value within the area subject to irrigation b ly any such pro'ect. `Sec. 15. That the Secretary ot] the Interior be, and he is hereby, owe and names authorized to convey by a patent in fee simple the tract of land R‘2§‘§,§$§§}§§g§§}€;,c, described as the nort west quarter of the southeast uarter of section §;,g`¢g'¤;g*· {M reten, township twenty-three north, range two east of (this Indian merid— “P m°°°°' ian, containing forty acres, moreor less, reserved for and ocgipied by the Associate Executive Committee of Friends on Indian airs, in the former Otoe and Missouria Reservation, in Oklahoma, for religious, mission, or school purposes, to such board of trustees as the roper officers of said society shall designate: Promkled, however, Tliiat no hmm. conveyance shall be made without the consent of the Indians and the ,,§,°f’“°°“°°' I“‘“““‘· payment by said society of a just com£;nsation for the lands to be conve ed, the price to be fixed by the _ retary of the Interior: And me or pmseeu.

urther, That the moneys derived from such source shall be

eposi in the Treasury of the United States to the credit of the Otoe and Missouria Indians, to be expended for their benefit in the discretion of the Secretary of the Interior under such regulations as he may prescribe. Sec. 16. That section one of the Act entitled "An Act to rovide m§)isl1;{1:di<;!£];vu¤(;y· for the acquiring of rights of way by railroad companies igirou h viii. zo, p. seo, Indian reservations, Indian lands, and Indian allotments, and gn- °"‘“““°‘*· other purposes," aipproved March second, e?hteen hundred and ninety-nine, be, an the same hereby rs, amen ed by adding thereto the followin : _ . "PromZde<I also, That as a conditron precedent to eachand every suueumqnneaes grant of a right of way under authority of this Act, each and evzriy *°‘"‘ '"°* railway company applyinv for such grant shall stipulate that it l construct and permanentlzy maintain suitable passenger and freight stations for the convenience of each and every town site established by the Government along} said right of way} Sec. 17. That so muc of the Indian appropriation Act for the re¤e_er¤110¢me¤a fieee] year nineteen hundred and ten, approved hr arch third, nineteen ¥,‘Z,,,L‘f‘l{.*},‘f,f‘,,l.‘,,‘f"“‘ hundred and nine, as reads as follows, to wit: "That the Secretary of V<>r 3¤· v-781 the Interior be, and he hereby is, authorized, under the direction of the President, to allot any Indian on the public domain who has not heretofore received an allotment, in such areas as he may deem pro er, not to exceed, however, eighty acres of agricultural or one hundred and sixty acres of grazing land to any one Indian, such allotment to be made and patent therefor issue in accordance with the rovisions of the Act of February eighth, eighteen hundred and eigiity- seven," be, and the same is ere y, repealed, and sections one and Igaprlgsin sevenlcy. four of the Act of February twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and °‘ '""7°4’7°°‘ ninety-one (Twenty-sixth Statutes, dpage seven hundred ninety-four), be, and the same are hereby, amen ed to read as follows: "SEo. 1. That in all cases where any tribe or band of Indians has A¤•;¤¤=·=¤¤ on rw been or shall hereafter be located upon any reservation created for °r$°§i‘{“E‘6, p, 794, their use by treat stipulation, Act of Congress, or executive order ““°°"°°· the President shallybe authorized to cause the same or any part thereof