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BULLETIN 1001, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



D. — Principal United States statutes relating to Indian homesteads, allotments, and 

 reservations as applicable to the Southwest — Continued. 



Act. 



Designation. 



Date. 



Principal provisions. 



Allotments . 



24 Stat., 388. 



Feb. 8, 1887 



25 Stat., 612. 

 30 Stat., 83.. 



Oct. 19,1888 

 June 7, 1897 



Indians not residing on reservation, or for 

 whose tribe no reservation has been provided, 

 who shall make settlement upon any sur- 

 veyed or unsurveyed lands of the United 

 States not otherwise appropriated shall be 

 entitled to same as allotments. In case lands 

 are unsurveyed, grants shall be adjusted upon 

 the survey of the lands so as to conform 

 thereto. 



Upon completion of allotments and issuance 

 of patents all Indians shall be considered full 

 citizens of the United States. 



Provision for purchase by U. S. from Indians 

 of lands not needed by them; such lands to 

 be used for sole purpose of securing homes to 

 actual settlers. 



Indians holding patents to land on reservations 

 may in discretion of Secretary of Interior 

 surrender such patents and select other lands 

 in lieu thereof. 1 



If by reason of age, disability or inability, any 

 allottee of Indian lands can not personally or 

 with benefit to himself occupy or improve his 

 allotment, it may be leased for farming or 

 grazing for a term not exceeding three years. 



1 Indians with lands outside of reservations apparently could not dispose of them until patent issues, 

 without special act of Congress. 



LEGISLATION PROPOSED AT ONE TIME OR ANOTHER. 



Following is a tabulated list of the principal bills that have been proposed at one 

 time or another, with a view to giving better control of the arid grazing lands. Then- 

 more important provisions are shown. A table showing the provisions of some of the 

 more important systems of leasing grazing lands that are in successful operation is 

 also given. 



E. — Principal bills introduced in Congress relating to disposal of public lands other than 



by homesteading. 



Designation. 



Date intro- 

 duced. 



Author. 



Principal provisions. 



H. R. 5061. 



Jan. 3, 1900 



Mr. Stephens. 



H. R. 13391 Fifty-sixth 

 Congress. 



Jan. 8, 1901 



Mr. King. 



Purpose, to provide for leasing public lands for 

 grazing purposes. Lands to be leased by 

 Commissioner of General Land Office; prefer- 

 ence to be given bona fide settlers for 90 

 days — then to be leased to highest bidder. 

 Land with permanent water to be leased for 

 maximum period of 5 years at not less than 

 3 cents per acre. Land without permanent 

 water to be leased for maximum period of 10 

 years at not less than 2 cents per acre. Lease 

 must be for personal use of lessee; no lease to 

 exceed 2 sections of watered land and 6 sec- 

 tions of dry grazjng land. Encouragement 

 to be given water development by option on 

 grazing privileges for 90-day period. Persons 

 leasingto have"right to purchase lands leased; 

 improvements to be considered personal 

 property. Lands suitable for agriculture 

 may be withheld from lease. 



All vacant publlclands and water rights thereto 

 to be ceded to Western States in which such 

 lands are located, States not to lease or dis- 

 pose of such lands in larger tracts than 320 

 acres to any one person or association. 



