June 21, 1906
[Editor's Note: This is an excerpt from the United States Statutes at Large, Volume 34, which contains the public laws passed by the Fifty-Ninth Congress during its first session in 1906. The following text is from Chapter 3504 (34 Stat. 381).]
That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized, in his discretion, with the consent of the Indians of the La Pointe or Bad River Reservation, to be obtained in such manner as he may direct, to set apart lots ten, eleven, and twelve, section twenty-five, township forty-eight north, range three west, on the La Pointe Reservation in Wisconsin, for an Indian town site, and to cause the lands described to be surveyed and platted into suitable lots, streets, and alleys, and to dedicate said streets and alleys and such lots or parcel as may be necessary to public uses, and to cause the lots to be appraised at their real value, exclusive of improvements thereon or adjacent thereto, by a board of three persons, one of whom shall be the United States Indian agent of the La Pointe Agency, one to be appointed by the Secretary of the Interior, and one selected by the Indians of the La Pointe band of Chippewas, who shall receive such compensation as the Secretary of the Interior may prescribe, to be paid out of the proceeds of the sale of lots sold under this Act, and when so surveyed, platted, and appraised, the President may issue patents to the Indians of the said reservation for such lots on the payment by them of the appraised value thereof, on such terms as may be approved by the Secretary of the Interior, and the net proceeds of such sales shall be placed to the credit of the La Pointe band of Chippewa Indians: Provided, That no person shall be authorized to purchase lots on the lands described other than members of said La Pointe band of Indians, and those now owning permanent improvements there shall have the preference right for six months from the date such lots shall be offered for sale within which to purchase tracts upon which their improvements are situated, but no lot shall be sold for less than the appraised valuation; but if any person entitled fails to take advantage of this provision, the agent of the La Pointe Agency shall appraise the improvements on the unsold lots, and any member of the La Pointe band of Chippewas, on the payment to the owner of the appraised value of the improvements, shall have the preference right for six months from the date of such payment to purchase such unsold lot or lots at their appraised value on such terms as may be approved by the Secretary of the Interior: Provided further, That the patents to be issued shall contain a condition that no malt, spirituous, or vinous liquors shall be kept or disposed of on the premises conveyed, and that any violation of this condition, either by the patentee or any person claiming rights under him, shall render the conveyance void and cause the premises to revert to the La Pointe band of Chippewa Indians, to be held as other tribal lands.
That the northeast quarter of the northeast quarter of section thirty-four, township forty-eight north, range three west, be set aside and dedicated as a burial ground, and for such other purposes as may be approved by the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, for the use of the members of the La Pointe band of Indians. And the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized to sell and dispose of the merchantable timber growing thereon in such manner as he may deem best, for cash, and to expend the proceeds derived therefrom in paying the cost of surveying and platting the village of Odanah, in improving the cemetery site, and for public improvements in said village.
Approved, June 21, 1906.