Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 35 Part 1.djvu/465

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SIXTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. I. C11. 216. 1908. 447 on behalf of the Cherokee Nation the claim of any such person or persons shall be referred to the Court of Claims and said court is given full urisdiction to hear and determine the same. Sec. 9. That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is herebv, an- $,*f¤°§¤· thorized to issue a patent to “The Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament for russia sdgrriuisiiiihi Indians and Colored People," a charitable corporation organized under {»‘;‘?,§‘f ”“° °°'°'°° the laws of the State of Pennsylvania, for and coverin the following P¤*=>¤*¤>-_ described lands, amounting to approximately two humged and eighty acres, now and for many years occupied by the said "The Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament for Indians and Colored People" as an Indian school, to wit: The southwest quarter of the southwest quarter of sec- ¤<=¤¤¤¤r•¤¤¤- tion thirteen, the south half of the northeast quarter of section fourteen, and the east half of the northwest quarter and the south half of the northeast quarter of section twenty-four, all in township twenty- six north, range thirty east, Gila and Salt River meridian. on the Navajo Indian Reservation, in Arizona Territory. Sec. 10. That the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized to gaflgylggggofmvc sell for use for school urposes to school districts of the State of cmuzea mm tor Oklahoma, from the unallbtted lands of the Five Civilized Tribes, tracts ‘°l‘,{°,§’}§,,“,'{’Q,#°°§T’,;.,,,,,e_ of land not to exceed two acres in any one district, at prices and under regulations to be prescribed by him, and proper conveyances - of such lands shall be executed in accordance with existing laws regarding the conve ance of tribal property; and the Secretary of the Interior also shallyhave authority to remove the restrictions on the sale of m§v°;§,*{jju§*s*;fej Q; such lands, not to exceed two acres in each case, as allottees of the Five s11mm. Civilized Tribes, including full-bloods and minors, may desire to sell for school purposes. ' Sm. 11. That the borough of Carlisle, in the State of Pennsylvania, §,‘§,E"§j;QQ‘d www shall be, and is hereby, granted the right and rivileges of layin gysggcrgngnpragh 1¤- through and under the land owned by the United States and now used ` for the pur se of, or in connection with, the United States Indian Industrial Sijhool, such pipe or pipes as may be necessary for use in connection with, or as part of, its sewage system, said pipe or pipes to be laid beneath the surface of the ground, except as to the necessary manholes, and so laid as not to interfere with the use or mar the _ appearance of the premises: Provided, That no pipe or pipes shall §`{§§'°" be laid in pursuance of authority hereby conferred unti the plan showing the location thereof shall have been submitted to and approved _ by the Secretary of the Interior: And provided fur:/ter, That upon ,,,§,‘,}§}_“"°“°“ “'"h the request of the Secretary of the Interior, and his agreement to pay a fair proportion of the expense, the sewage system, di posal plant, and pipes constructed, or to be constructe , by the borougln o Carlisle, s all be of sutheient size to take care of the sewage of the United States Indian Industrial School,.which shall be permitted to establish a connection with the said sewage system and use the same. Sec. 12. That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he hereb is, §§l,“:,‘{’{§‘§;;;,,, b,,,,. authorized to cause that part of the Cheyenne school reserve andy the j\Q;°*h§)g${§;ggs*“° Cheyenne and Arapahoe Agenc reserve lying east of a public road pa ` and separated from the schooly and agency reservesbebjv such road, being a narrow strip of land more particularly descric as lots eight and nine of section four, lots five and six of section nine, lots five and six of section sixteen, and lots five and six of section twenty-one, all in townshi thirteen north, range seven west, Indian meridian, in the State of Olglahoma, to he appraised by legal subdivisions and sold for the benefit of the Indians of the Cheyenne and Arapahoe reservations; P {Mme A hm and the owners of the adjoining lands are hereby given the preference N g ` right for ninety days from an after the passa e of this act to purchase said lands at not less than the appraised value which may be placed thereon by the Secretary of the I nterior, the purchase price to be paid in cash at the time of notice of acceptance by said purchasers.