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in lieu of the manner of disposing of the lands in said reservations 

 prescribed by section four of the said Act of Congress of January 

 14, 1889. And the agreement that may be entered into shall be 

 deemed sufficient if made and assented to in writing by two-thirds 

 of the male adults over eighteen years of age according to the latest 

 census of the Mississippi, Leech Lake, Lake Winnibigoshish and 

 Cass Lake bands of Chippewa Indians in Minnesota; and provided 

 that the agreement that shall be made shall be approved by the 

 President of the United States before taking effect. Provided fur- 

 ther, That in any case where an allotment in severalty has hereto- 

 fore been made to any Indian of land upon any of said reservations, 

 he shall not be deprived thereof or disturbed therein except by his 

 own individual' consent separately and previously given, in such 

 form and manner as may be prescribed by the Secretary of the In- 

 terior. And the sum of money that shall be agreed upon as the 

 price of said reservations shall be placed in the Treasury of the 

 United States to the credit of all the Chippewa Indians in the State 

 of Minnesota as a permanent fund, which shall draw interest at 

 the rate of five per cent per annum; and principal and interest 

 shall be paid in the manner provided in section seven of the said 

 Act of January 14, 1889. 



Section 2. That the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars is 

 hereby appropriated, or so much thereof as may be necessary, out 

 of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, to enable 

 the President to carry this Act into effect, which money shall be 

 expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior. 



Section 3. That any lands which shall come into the possession 

 of the United States under this Act shall be held and used as a 

 National Park, and until further legislation the President shall 

 prescribe all necessary regulations for the care and management of 

 s^ch lands. 



Fourth — Another reason is the influence, even if it is 

 but Httle, which its forests will have in maintaining water 

 supply in the Mississippi river. Three large lakes and 

 other of its sources and feeders are embraced within the 

 park hmits. The New York commission, above referred 

 to, reported that owing to the removal of so much of the 

 Adirondack forest the summer flow of the streams having 

 their source there had decreased 30 to 50 per cent within 

 the memory of men then living, and one of the principal 



