70 UNITED STATES - AGRICULTURAL ECONOMV IX GENERAL 



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

 the premises, has given and granted, and by these presents does give and 

 grant unto the said claimant and to the heirs of the said claimant, the 

 land above described, to have and to hold the same together with all the 

 rights, privileges, immunities, and appurtenances of whatsoever nature 

 thereunto belonging, unto the said claimant and to the heirs and assignees 

 of the said claimant, forever ; and there is reserved from the lands hereby 

 granted a right of way thereon for ditches or canals constructed by the 

 authority of the United States ". 



Sections 4 and 5 of the Act of June 25, 1910, provide as follows : 

 " (4) That any Indian allotment of any Indian held under a trust 

 patent may be leased by the allottee for a period not to exceed five years, 

 subject to and in conformity with such rules and regulations as the Sec- 

 retary of the Interior may prescribe, and the proceeds of any such lease 

 shall be paid to the allottee or his heirs, or expended for his or their benefit, 

 in the discretion of the Secretary of the Interior. 



" (5) That it shall be unlawftd for any person to induce any Indian 

 to execute any contract, deed, mortgage, or other instrument purport- 

 ing to convey any land or any interest therein held by the United 

 States in trust for such Indian, or to offer any such contract, deed, mortage 

 or other instrument for record in the office of any recorder of deeds. Any 

 person violating this provision shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanour, 

 and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine not exceeding five hundred 

 dollars for the first offence, and if convicted for a second offence may be 

 punished by a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars or imprisonment, 

 not exceeding one year, or by both such fine and imprisonment, in the 

 discretion of the court : Provided, That this section shall not appty to 

 any lease or other contract authorized by laws to be made ". 



In brief, this Act provides for the allotment of land in- severalty to 

 each individual Indian, in the quantitj^ specified, for the different classes; 

 for the issuance to said Indian of a trust patent, as evidence thereof, to 

 run twenty-five years ; that at the expiration of this period, unless exten- 

 ded (or sooner, within the discretion of the Secretary of the Interior), a fee 

 patent shall be issued to the allottee, removing said land from Govern- 

 ment control ; that any conveyance or hypothecation thereof during the 

 trust period is void ; and that, upon being given the fee patent, the In- 

 dian becomes a citizen of the State in which he lives, and subject to 

 all the laws thereof (previously thereto having been under the exclusive 

 jurisdiction of the United States). 



Under Sections 4 and 5 of the Act of June 25, 1910, above quoted, 

 an Indian holding a trust patent may lease his land, with the approval of 

 the Secretary of the Interior, the proceeds thereof being paid to said In- 

 dian if competent or expended for his benefit if incompetent. It is also 

 made unlawful to induce any Indian holding a trust patent to execute any 

 contract, deed or mortgage with respect thereto. An Indian holding 

 a trust patent may sell his land or devise it b^^ will, with the approval of 

 the Secretary of the Interior. 



