I,AND TENURE AND THE ORGANIZATION OF AGRICULTURE 69 



subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the United States : And -pro- 

 vided further, That the provisions of this Act shall not extend to any 

 Indians in the Indian Territory. 



" That hereafter when an allotment of land is made to any Indian, 

 and any such Indian dies before the expiration of the trust period, such 

 allotment shall be cancelled and the land shall revert to the United vStates, 

 and the Secretary of the Interior shall ascertain the legal heirs of 

 such Indian, and shall cause to be issued to said heirs and in their names, 

 a patent in fee simple for said land, or he may cause the land to be sold 

 as provided by law and issue a patent therefor to the purchaser or purcha- 

 sers, and pay the net proceeds to the heirs, or the legal representatives, 

 of such deceased Indian. The action of the Secretary of the Interior in 

 determining the legal heirs of any deceased Indian, as provided herein, 

 shall in all respects be conclusive and final ". 



The terms of such patents transnritting title to the Indian allottee, 

 first in trust, and then in fee simple, as provided by the Act, are as follows. 



Trust. 



"Whereas, a schedule of allotments approved by the Secretary of the 

 Interior has been deposited in the General I^and Office, whereby it ap- 

 pears that John Smith, a Flathead Indian, has been allotted the following 

 described land : Northwest quarter of the southeast quarter of Section 

 twenty-seven, township six, north, range thirteen west, Montana princi- 

 pal meidian. 



"Now Know Ye, that the United States of America, in Consideration of the 

 Premises, has allotted, and by these presents does allot, unto the said 

 Indian the land above described, and hereby declares that it does and 

 will hold the land thus allotted (subject to all statutory provisions and 

 restrictions) for the period of twenty-five years, in trust for the sole use 

 and benefit of the said Indian ; and at the expiration of said period, the 

 United States will convey the same by patent to said Indian in fee, discharged 

 of said trust and free from all charge and incumbrance whatsoever ; 

 but in the event said Indian dies before the expiration of said trust period 

 the vSecretary of the Interior shall ascertain the legal heirs of said Indian 

 and either issue to them in their names a patent in fee for said land or 

 cause said land to be sold for the benefit of said heirs as provided by law ; 

 and there is reserved from the lands hereb}^ allotted a right of way thereon 

 for ditches or canals constructed by the authority of the United States. 



Fee. 



" Whereas, an order of the Secretary of the Interior has been deposit- 

 ed in the General Land Office directing that a fee simple patent issue to 

 the claimant, John Smith, a Flathead Indian, for the Northwest quarter 

 of the southeast quarter of section twenty-seven, township six, north, 

 range thirteen west, Montana principal meridian. 



