Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 34 Part 1.djvu/573

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F IFTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 3572. 1906. 543 Tenth. The Osage Boardin School reserve of eight ·seven and 0***** B°¤*di¤8 ’1ive—tenth acres, and the reseioir reserve of seventieny and three- Soho01m9m' m' tenths acres, and the agent’s residence reserve, together with all the buildings located on said reservations in the town site of Pawhuska, as shown by the official plat of the same, are hereby reserved from selection and division as herein provided; and the same may be sold S"1°°" in the discretion of the Osage tribe, under such rules and regulations as the Secretary of the Interior may rovide; and the proceeds of P*°°°€d¤· such sale shall beapportioned and placed) to the credit of the individual members of said tribe according to the roll herein provided for. Eleventh. That the United States Indian a ent’s office building, the bueegg 1;** Ggg,¤¤=¤¤¤* ` Osage council building and all other buildings which are for the gl ` occupancy and use of Crovernment employees, in the town of Pawhuska, together with the lots on which the said buildings are situated, shall be sold to the highest bidder as early as practicable, under such rules and regulations as the Secretary of the Interior may prescribe; and with the proceeds he shall erect other suitable buildings for the bu{¥,¤,,g:g<>¤ <>f MW uses mentioned, on such sites as he may Select, the remaining proceeds, if any, to be placed to the credit of the individual members of the Osage tribe of Indians: Provided, That the house known as the chief’s ,,,,,,,,,1 house, together with the lot or lots on which Said house is located, and *¤>¤¤¤¤l°· the house known as the United States interpreter’s house, in Pawhuska, Oklahoma Territory, together with the lot or lots on which said houses are located, Shall be reserved from sale to the highest bidder and shall be sold to the principal chief of the Osages and the United States interpreter for the Osages, respectively, at the appraised value of the same, said appraisement to be made by the Osage town-site commission, sub`ect to the approval of the Secretary of the Interior. Twelfth. That the cemetery reserve of twenty acres in the town site d°Q,'°,{‘,,{f°,f,’P,,’§5?$ of Pawhuska, as shown by the official plat thereof, is hereby Set aside and donated to the town of Pawhuska for the purposes of sepulture, on condition that if said cemetery reserve of twenty acres, or any part www thereof, is used for purposes other than that of sepulture, the whole of ` said cemetery reserve of twenty acres shall revert to the use and benefit of the individual members of the Osage tribe, according to the roll herein provided, or to their heirs; and said tract shall be conveyed to the said town of Pawhuska by deed, and said deed shall recite and set out in full the conditions under which the above donation and convey- ance are made. That the provisions of an Act entitled "An Act making apgopria- c0Q§,jdm,_’°"“""° tions for the current and contingent expenses of the In ian cpart- Pnglsenr law me atment and for fulfillin treaty stipulations with various Indian tribes ‘°°° ‘ for the iiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and six and for other purposes,’ approved March third, nineteen hundred and five, relating to the Osage Reservation, pages one thousand and V°‘·“·PP-*°‘”·**2°’- sixty-one and one thousand and sixty-two, volume thirty-three, United States Statutes at Large, be, and the same are hereby, continued in full force and effect. Ou md . I Sm:. 3. That the oil, gas, coal, or other minerals covered by the ands_ lands for the selection and division of which provision is herein made ’·"”‘“°'· are hereby reserved to the Osage tribe for a period of twenty-five years from and after the eighth day of April, nineteen hundred and Six; and leases for all oil, gas, and other minerals, covered by selections and division of land herein provided for, may be made by the Osage tribe of Indians through its tribal council, and with the approval of . the Secretary of the Interior, and under such rules and reguliitions as he may prescribe: Provided, That the royalties to be paid to the Osage metribe under any mineral lease so made shall be determined by the °°' President of the United States: And provided further, That no mining Qrtggpcctins to of or prospecting for any of said mineral or minerals shall be per- "“° ' mitted on the homestead selections herein provided for without the