752 SIXTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Cris. 253, 254. 1909. . and permit a sale under such terms and conditions as he may deem mIl.§£°°t°°d° W for the best interests of the applicant, excepting a tract of not less aww. than forty acres, which shall be designated and held as a homestead: ¥,.‘}°b§,‘”,‘§,’§°°,§’,§§‘3,;, Prmrided, That this section does not a` ply to the Modocs. l¤¤d¤·¤*¢··*°b¢¤¤ld’t Sec. 2. That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized to sell all or any of the tribal lands within the durisdiction of the Quapaw Agency, and all a ency, school, or other overnment buildings on any reservation within the jurisdiction of said agency, at public auction or by sealed bids, under such regulations as he may new-sion or agen. prescribe; and he is hereby authorized to convey all lands so sold to °’· "”°·· 1‘“"’“· the purchaser thereof by patents in fee. And all lands within such agency which have heretofore been reserved for agency, school, or . other purposes shall, on approval of this Act, revert to the tribe within ylvhose reservéitéon the lands are located and be sold as tribal lands as erein rovi e . · mzego gm v¤> SEO.p3. That after the sale of all such lands as provided herein, the net proceeds of such sale, together with all funds belongingto such tribes from whatever source derived, shall be a portioned and paid pgo rata, under direction of the Secretary of the Interior, to the mem br; of each of the respective tribes, in such manner as he shall rescri . m,P,gg§;¤m;g€t;;§ *0 P Sec. 4. That the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized and ' directed to issue atents in fee to all religious societies and organizations, severally, fhr the lands occupied by them within any of such reservations and heretofore reserved to such societies, as shown on approved schedules of allotments. umm. Ec. 5. That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, mT,"§“§,l‘f,',{§‘,},*(‘},,§§,1f" authorized and directedto restore to the rolls of the Klamath Agency, ` in Ore on, those Modoc Indians now enrolled at the Quapaw Agency, in Oklgahoma, formerly Indian Territory, together with their dem,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, scendants living at the date of the passage of this Act, and that upon the removal of any of said Indians to the Klamath Reserva- . tion, in Oregon, they shall be allotted as other Indians on said reservation, and that upon the passage of this Act they be accorded Pm _ 8 all the rights and privileges of other Indians enrolled at the Klamath saiéwgsmiotmeua Agency: Prmnded, That for the urposes of such removal the Sec-
- “°k*’h°”‘°· retary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, upon application of
any allottee, authorized to sell, under such rules and regulations as he may prescribe, all lands inherited and otherwise heretofore allotted to the members of said tribe in Oklahoma, and he IS authorized to issue a atent in fee simple to the purchaser or pur-
- ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,-,,,,m,,;_ chasers of said lamfs, and all restrictions as to the sale, incumbrance, and taxation of said land shall thereupon be removed
- Provided further, That if any member of the Modoc tribe of Indians
prefers not to have his or her land sold, such allottee may lease is or her land in Oklahoma for a eriod of not to exceed five years, the parent or next of kin having the care and custody of any minor executing the lease for such minor. N Approved, March 3, 1909. -b1}J5i·c; ac & Ig£?@l-An Act To authorize the city of Shreveport to construct a bridge [Public, No. 307.] _ _ Be zt enacted ty the Senate and House of Representatives of the United §,$;§;;g;£¤·m&y States of America m Oojatgress assembled, That the city of Shrevebrégiieé,3 629 port, a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Louisiana, “‘ *"‘ ‘ its successors and assigns, be, and they are hereby, authorized to construct, maintain, and operate a traffic brid e and approaches thereto across the Red River at Shreveport, in tl-he State of Louisi-
