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TO STARTIENROLLMENTGovernment Agent N. EV3. Wooster,Here lor WorkENROLLMENT STARTS AUG. 17W 9• | . . ”*• ’ •Must Be Completed Within Ninety Days Fromthe Signing of this Actt/i’ N. M. Wooster, cj^ief enrollment spuiallotting agent from the office of. Inci.irttiCommissioner Sells, arrived in the village last Monday for the purpose of startiflg drt enrollment of all unallotted Indians., on this reservation. , Mr. Wooster comes here highly recommended by the Interior Department in this line of work and is now . busily engaged getting matters in shape-, for the starting of business on Monday, August 17;. in the cour.ctl hall in this village in the work of rr.akjng this liat he will be assisted by ,a committee of five members of this band to be chosen at the council and together with these, live will constitute a boiled whb will pas£ pn #ii classes of people applying for ablottmcnts. , ... . *This matter now so pearly tp d final set-tlepient has fur the pasj ten years been patiently waited fpr, by all the people of this%village.yand is hailed vyith delight. _ ., UiuHr the act signed last Saturday by the President it provides for the distribution of$500,000 of the $628,.000. of tribal moneynow held for the unallotted Indian. Children born after the signing o’f the act by the signing of the act bv the president will not participate in this distribution.Mj. Wooster is a clean cut . man andfrom appearannes seems to be a man ofgood, judgment* . . . .% * *\ To our delegates this should be their hour ! of rejoicing as it is there earnest labor coup-j led with the Indian department * that has I brought this legislation about. It should I be impressed on the minds of our people | that every aid they can extend to aid Mr.ij’,.Wooster and the committee in the making of this enrollment should be given them and as the work .must be completed within 90 days from the date of the passage, of this act all haste must bemade. All party strife should cease imd unite under oneunite. The measure as passed with themodifications follows:The Indian Appropriation Bill (H. R.12579) carries sn item reading as;foltows*t; That within, x ninety days after thtfap-«lt;i proval. df this Act a complete roll of theunallotted members of the La Pointe orBad River Band of Chippewa Indians, ofi the State of Wisconsin, entitled to ullott-nrents under, existing laws on the Bad River Reservation* shall be made and completed by the Secretary - of the Interior with the assistance of a committee of members of said band duly appointed by a general council of the Bad River Band of Chippewa Indians called for that purpose. Immediately thereafter allottments of land (Exclusive of the merchantable timber thereon). within said reservation shall be made in conformity with the provisions of the treaty of September thirteenth) eighteen hundred and fifty-four (Tenth Statutes at Large, page eleven hundred nine) and subsequent Acts of Congress relating thereto, to allpersons so enrolled who may be alive at the• • • 0time of the approval of this Act, Patentsfor allottments made hereunder, subject to the provisions herein relating to the sale of timber and the distribution per .capita of the proceeds therefrom, .shall i^s.tp the respective allottees without. d^Iay,. and such patents shall contain a clausfe Reserving to the United, States the right to cut and market merchantable timber bp.the lands so alfotted; the proceeds to be di^ppsed of as herein provided. .When the merchantable timber has been .cut from thfc lands so allotted, the title to such timber as remains pn said lands shall .thereupon pass to the respective allottees: Provided, Thatthe clause relating to the cutting and mark*-eting of merchantable timbef shall be omitted .from all patents issued for allottmentsfrom which the merchantable timber has been cut and removed at the date, of suchpatent: Provided further, Thatany land deposed hereunder shall be subject to all the laws of the United States prohibiting the introduction of intoxicants into the Indian country until otherwise provided by Congress..That the Secretary of the interior be and he hereby is authorized to sell the merchantable timber on all lands allotted, under the provisions. of this act within the Bad River Reservation, in the State o’f Wisconsin* under such rules and regulations as he may prescribe; tne net prbceeds derived therefrom) together with any undistributed proceeds derived from the sale of timber heretofore cut and sold frotu such lands, shall be distributed per capita and,.paid to the members of the band enrolled under the provisions of this Act, wheae such fhembers are or may hereafter be adjudged bv the Secretary of the Interior competent; and in cases where members hVnot been adjudged competent by the Secr’etpty o* the Interior their shares shall be deposited to their individual credit as individual Indian moneys ate new deposited Jtnd paid to them, or used for their benefit under the supervision of the Secretary of the Interior.: Provided, That before approving any contract covering the sale of timber on anyof said lands the Secretary of the Interior shall, refer the said Contract oi* -contracts to the Indian's of the Bad River Band entitledto allottments hereunder, for an expressionof their views as to the price, terms, and conditions df sale, in which matter the interests of minors shall be represented bytheir parents or natural guardians: Pro-videdf That of the amount now' on hand derived froiri the sale of tribal timber, at ieast $500;000 shall be distributed among such allottees enrolled under the provisions Bf this Act where the same are competent, or, where the allottees are incompetent, deposited to their individual credit as individual Indian moneys are now deposited, withinsixty davs from the date of the approval of the roll by the Secretary of the Interior asherein provided: Prayided further,That in the event a fair and adequate priceis not offered for the merchantable timber* * % * * on the Bad River Reserva'loh authorized tobe sold under the provisions of this Act,the Sdcretarv of the Iuterior mav in his dis-m —cretion cause to be built, equipped, andoperated a suitable saw mill or saw miLs, with appurtenances and necessary buildings, on the Bad River Reservation, fpr the purpose of manufacturing said, merchantable timber into lumber; and he is hereby authorized to use so much of the proceeds from the timber heretofore sold, exclusive of the $500,000 herein authorized to be disposed of, to erect said saw mii) or saw mills, said. v • fmill or mills to be constructed, operated; and maintained under such rules, regulations, and conditions a3 the Secretary of theInterior may prescribe: Provided,That no saw mill shall be constructed at a• % . Tcost to exceed $5,000.I!* Y*** t • • «* - t lt;. n ^DEPARTMENT CF THE INTERIOR* _•'V.United States Indian ServiceILa Pointe Indian Agency.A sh land, Wiscon sin,August 3d, 1914» !• » , •Congress having passed an Act affecting the allottment and enrollment questionamong the La Pointe Band of Chippewa Indians anc^said Law- having been signed by the President qf. the. United States on the In instant, notice is hereby given that a generalcouncil of the members of tlie Bad River» ■Band sof Chippewa? will be held at the council room at Odanah, Wisconsin, beginning at. 10 o’clock A.M., Monday, August 17th, 1914.-;Thp Act reads in part: “That within ninety days after the approval of this Act a complete roll of the. unallqttfd members of the La Pointe,,on Budr.River Band of Chippewu( IndWtiS^of the -btate. of Wisconsin, entitled tt allotments* under existing laws on the Bad River Reservation, shall be made apd completed by thy Secretaryof the Interior with the assistance of a committee of members of said band duly appointed by a genesah council of the Bad River Band of Chippew'g Indians called for that purpoise.’’ ti.- ..In conformity with the provisions lt;bf the law* supra, a committee will be Selected by the tribe at this council to act in coHJiinction with the ^representative that has beep. Mint out by the Commissioner, of Indian Affairs. The committee will coiisist .of five,members, and will de duly selected and tiected at this council.It is* therefore, very imbortant that a fullrepresentation of the tribe pe on hand at said council, as important questions will be brought up arid discussed.P. S. Everest,Supt. Special Dis. Agent;i!22CJlt;Jr(: iiia■ifI
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Fri, Aug 07, 1914
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