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Indian Allotments- 

 Section 31 of the act of June 25, 1910 (36 Stat., 855) provides: 



That the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized, in his discretion, to 

 make allotments within the national forests in conformity with the general 

 allotment laws as amended by section seventeen of this act, to any Indian occu- 

 pying, living on, or having improvements on land included within any such 

 national forest who is not entitled to an allotment on any existing Indian res- 

 ervation, or for whose tribe no reservation has been provided, or whose reserva- 

 tion was not sufficient to afford an allotment to each member thereof. All 

 applications for allotment under the provisions of this section shall be sub- 

 mitted to the Secretary of Agriculture, who shall determine whether the lands 

 applied for are more valuable for agricultural or grazing purposes than for the 

 timber found thereon; and if it be found that the lands applied for are more 

 valuable for agricultural or grazing purposes, then the Secretary of the Interior 

 shall cause allotment to be made as herein provided. 



The Secretary of the Interior has prepared proper regulations and forms for admin- 

 istering this Act, which have been approved by the Secretary of Agriculture. Printed 

 copies will be sent to all the District Foresters, from whom they maybe obtained by 

 such supervisors and other persons as have need for them. It is probable that very 

 few allotments will be made outside of the States of California and Washington, 

 since most of the other Indians have been provided with a reservation. It should 

 be noted that allotments under this Act can only be made to an Indian who is not 

 entitled to an allotment on any existing reservation or for whose tribe no reserva- 

 tion has been provided, or whose reservation was not sufficient to afford an allot- 

 ment to each member thereof. 



SERVICE PUBLICATIONS ISSUED IN JANUARY, FEBRUARY, AND 



MARCH 



Circular 58 Red Oak (Revised). 



Unnumbered Circular Light Burning in California Forests. 

 Unnumbered Circular Purchase of Land Under Weeks Law in Southern Appa- 

 lachian and White Mountains. 



CUMULATIVE INDEX SERVICE NOTES AND ORDERS 



(JULY-JANUARY ) 

 [Numbers in parentheses after the month indicate page] 



Act of June 11, 1906, application, conflict of mining claim with; October (67). 

 Atlas folios, correcting; October (64). 



requests for binding; October (64). 



Boundaries and areas, changes in; July (33); October (64); January (95). 

 Carbons sent for information, omission of initialing on; October (64). 

 Chaparral, California, regarding nomenclature of; October (61). 



