Existing benefits not affected. Effect. Ratification. Allotments. Vol. 15, p. 505. Lands to be sold subject to homestead laws. Post, p. 2268. Post, p. 700, Provisos. Soldiers' and sailors homestead rights not affected. lamation of the President of the United States opening the said lands to settlement, the sum of one hundred and forty-five thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may have accrued from the sale of the said lands; and the remainder of the sums derived from the sale of the said lands shall be paid to the said Indians in annual installments not to exceed thirty thousand dollars in any one year, and the first of which installments to be paid in the month of June of the year following the first payment, and in the month of June of each year thereafter until the whole proceeds of the sale of the said lands shall have been disbursed. "ART. IV. It is understood that nothing in this agreement shall be construed to deprive the said Indians of the Devils Lake Reservation. North Dakota, of any benefits to which they are entitled under the existing treaties or agreements not inconsistent with the provisions of this agreement. "ART. V. This agreement shall take effect and be in force when accepted and ratified by the Congress of the United States." SEC. 2. That the said agreement be, and the same is hereby, accepted, ratified, and confirmed, as herein amended. SEC. 3. That before any of the lands ceded by said agreement are opened to settlement and entry, or otherwise disposed of, the Commissioner of Indian Affairs shall cause allotments to be made as provided by article one of the agreement, such allotments to conform as to quantity to the provisions of the treaty of February nineteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, and of the Act of February eighth, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, as amended February twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and ninety-one. SEC. 4. That the lands ceded to the United States under said agreement, including the Fort Totten abandoned military reservation, which are exclusive of six thousand one hundred and sixty acres which are required for allotments, excepting sections sixteen and thirty-six or an equivalent of two sections in each township, and such tracts as may be reserved by the President as hereinafter provided shall be disposed of under the general provisions of the homestead and town-site laws Proclamation open- of the United States, and shall be opened to settlement and entry by ing lands to settle- proclamation of the President, which proclamation shall prescribe the manner in which these lands may be settled upon, occupied, and entered by persons entitled to make entry thereof, and no person shall be permitted to settle upon, occupy, or enter any of said lands, except as prescribed in such proclamation, until after the expiration of sixty days from the time when the same are opened to settlement and entry: Provided, That the rights of honorably discharged Union soldiers and sailors of the late civil and the Spanish war, as defined and described in sections twenty-three hundred and four and twenty-three hundred and five of the Revised Statutes, as amended by the Act of March first, nineteen hundred and one, shall not be abridged: And provided further, That the price of said lands entered under the provisions of this Act sha!! be four dollars and fifty cents per acre, payable as follows: One dollar and fifty cents when the entry is made, and the remainder in annual installments of fifty cents per acre until paid for: Provided further, That in case any entryman fails to make such payments, or any of them, within the time stated, all rights in and to the land covered by his or her entry shall at once cease, and any payments theretofore made shall be forfeited and the entry shall be cancelled: And provided further, That the lands embraced within such canceled entry shall, after the cancellation of such entry, be sub ject to entry under the provisions of the homestead law at four dollars and fifty cents per acre up to and until provision may be made for the disposition of said land by proclamation of the President as here inafter provided: And provided further, That nothing in this Act shall prevent homestead settlers from commuting their entries under sec ́ R.S., secs. 2304, 2305, p. 422. Vol. 81, p. 847. Price per acre. Payments. Forfeiture. Canceled entries. Right to commute entries not affected. R... sec. 2301, p. 421. Rights of aliens. Disposal of unsold tion twenty-three hundred and one, Revised Statutes, by paying for the land entered the price fixed herein, receiving credit for payments previously made. In addition to the price to be paid for the land, the entryman shall pay the same fees and commissions at the time of commutation or final entry, as now provided by law, where the price of the land is one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre: And provided further, That aliens who have declared their intention to become citizens of the United States may become purchasers under this Act, but before proving up and acquiring title must take out their full naturalization papers: And provided further, That, when in the judgment of lands. the President no more of the land herein ceded can be disposed of at said price, he may by proclamation, to be repeated in his discretion, sell from time to time the remaining lands subject to the provisions of the homestead law or otherwise as he may deem most advantageous, at such price or prices, in such manner, upon such conditions, with such restrictions, and upon such terms as he may deem best for all interests concerned: And provided further, That the President is sion, etc., purposes. hereby authorized to reserve, in his proclamation for the opening of the said lands, so much of, the tracts heretofore reserved for church, mission, and agency purposes, as he may deem necessary, not to exceed nine hundred acres, and also not exceeding two and one-half sections for the Fort Totten Indian school, and the United States stipulates and agrees to pay for said reserved lands at the rate of three dollars and twenty-five cents per acre. The President is also authorized to reserve a tract embracing Sullys Hill, in the northeastern portion of the abandoned military reservation, about nine hundred and sixty acres, as a public park. Reservation for mis Fort Totten Indian school. Public park. North Dakota. Lands in lieu of allotted lands. SEC. 5. That sections sixteen and thirty-six of the lands hereby school lands grantacquired in each township shall not be subject to entry, but shall be edto. reserved for the use of the common schools and paid for by the United States at three dollars and twenty-five cents per acre, and the same are hereby granted to the State of North Dakota for such purpose; and in case any of said sections, or parts thereof, of the land in the said Devils Lake Indian Reservation or Fort Totten abandoned military reservation should be lost to said State of North Dakota by reason of allotments thereof to any Indian or Indians now holding the same, or otherwise, the governor of said State, with the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, is hereby authorized to locate other lands not occupied, in the townships where said lands are lost, provided sufficient lands are to be had in the said townships, otherwise the selections to be made elsewhere within the ceded tract, which shall be paid for by the United States as provided in article two of the treaty as herein amended, in quantity equal to the loss, and such selections shall be made prior to the opening of such lands to settlement. Ante, p. 322. Ante, p. 322. Appropriation for SEC. 6. That the proceeds received from the sale of said lands in Disposal of proceeds. conformity with this Act shall be paid into the Treasury of the United States and paid to the Indians belonging to the Devils Lake Reservation only, as provided in article three of said agreement as herein amended. SEC. 7. That there is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the school, etc., lands. Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of fifty-two thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to pay for lands ceded to the United States for school, agency, church, and mission purposes, and for lands granted to the State of North Dakota, as herein provided. SEC. 8. That nothing in this Act contained shall in any manner bind the United States to purchase any portion of the land herein described land, etc. except sections sixteen and thirty-six, or the equivalent, in each township, and such lands as may be reserved for school, agency, church, and mission purposes, or to dispose of said land except as provided herein, or to guarantee to find purchasers for said lands or any portion United States not bound to purchase thereof, it being the intention of this Act that the United States shall act as trustee for said Indians, to dispose of said lands, and to pay over the proceeds received from the sale thereof only as received, and as herein provided. Approved, April 27, 1904. April 27, 1904. [H. R. 12044.] [Public, No. 180.] Life-saving station established at. CHAP. 1621.-An Act To authorize the establishment of a life-saving station at or near Eagle Harbor, Keweenaw Point, Michigan. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Eagle Harbor, Mich. States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to establish a life-saving station at or near Eagle Harbor, on Keweenaw Point, Michigan, in such locality as the General Superintendent of the LifeSaving Service may recommend. Approved, April 27, 1904. April 27, 1904. [Ĥ. R. 12220.] [Public, No. 181.] propriations. CHAP. 1622.-An Act Making appropriations for the naval service for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and five, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Naval service ap- States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums be, and they are hereby, appropriated, to be paid out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the naval service of the Government for the year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and five, and for other purposes. Pay of the Navy. PAY OF THE NAVY, Pay and allowances prescribed by law of officers on sea duty; officers on shore and other duty; officers on waiting orders; officers on the retired list; clerks to commandants of yards and stations; clerks to paymasters at yards and stations; general storekeepers; receiving ships and other vessels; commutation of quarters for officers on shore not occupying public quarters, including boatswains, gunners, carpenters, sailmakers, warrant machinists, pharmacists, and mates, and also naval constructors and assistant naval constructors; pay of enlisted men on the retired list; extra pay to men reenlisting under honorable discharge; interest on deposits by men; pay of petty officers, seamen, landsmen, and apprentices, including men in the engineers' force, and men detailed for duty with Naval Militia, and for the Fish Commission, Warrant machinists. thirty-one thousand five hundred men and as many warrant machinists as the President may from time to time deem necessary to appoint, not to exceed twenty in any one year; the three thousand additional men herein authorized may be recruited upon the passage of this Act, and two thousand five hundred apprentices under training at training stations and on board training ships, at the pay prescribed by law, nineteen million three hundred and twenty-four thousand and ninety-three dollars. Pay. miscellaneous. PAY, MISCELLANEOUS. For commissions and interest; transportation of funds; exchange; mileage to officers while traveling under orders in the United States, and for actual personal expenses of officers while traveling abroad under orders, and for traveling expenses of civilian employees, and for actual and necessary traveling expenses of midshipmen while proceeding from their homes to the Naval Academy for examination and appointment as midshipmen; for rent and furniture of buildings and offices not in navy-yards; expenses of courts-martial, prisoners and prisons, and courts of inquiry, boards of inspection, examining boards, with clerks and witnesses' fees, and traveling expenses and costs; stationery and recording; expenses of purchasing-paymasters' offices of the various cities, including clerks, furniture, fuel, stationery, and incidental expenses; newspapers and advertising; foreign postage; telegraphing, foreign and domestic; telephones; copying; care of library, including the purchase of books, photographs, prints, manuscripts and periodicals; ferriage, tolls, and express fees; costs of suits; commissions, warrants, diplomas, and discharges; relief of vessels in distress; recovery of valuables from shipwrecks; quarantine expenses; reports; professional investigation; cost of special instruction at home and abroad, in maintenance of students and attachés and information from abroad, and the collection and classification thereof, and other necessary and incidental expenses, six hundred thousand dollars. CONTINGENT, NAVY: For all emergencies and extraordinary expenses, Contingent. exclusive of personal services in the Navy Department or any of its subordinate bureaus or the offices at Washington, District of Columbia, arising at home or abroad, but impossible to be anticipated or classified, to be expended on the approval and authority of the Secretary of the Navy, and for such purposes as he may deem proper, sixtyfive thousand dollars: Provided, That the accounting officers of the Treasury are hereby authorized and directed to allow, in the settlement ian employees in isof the accounts of disbursing officers involved, payments made under land possessions. the appropriation "Contingent, Navy," to civilian employees appointed by the Navy Department for duty in and serving at naval stations maintained in the island possessions during the fiscal year nineteen hundred and five. BUREAU OF NAVIGATION. Allowance to civil Bureau of navigation. TRANSPORTATION, RECRUITING, AND CONTINGENT: Transportation: Transportation. For the transportation of enlisted men and apprentices at home and abroad; transportation and subsistence en route to their homes, if residents of the United States, of enlisted men and apprentices discharged on medical survey; transportation and subsistence en route to the places of enlistment, if residents of the United States, of enlisted men and apprentices discharged on account of expiration of enlistment; apprehension and delivery of deserters and stragglers, and for railway guides and other expenses incident to transportation, two hundred and fifty-four thousand dollars. Recruiting: Expenses of recruiting for the naval service; rent of Recruiting. rendezvous and expenses of maintaining the same; advertising for and obtaining men and apprentices, and all other expenses attending the recruiting for the naval service, ninety-seven thousand one hundred and forty-one dollars. Contingent: Freight, telegraphing on public business, postage on Contingent. letters sent abroad, ferriage, ice, continuous-service certificates, discharges, good-conduct badges and medals for men and boys; transportation of effects of deceased officers and enlisted men of the Navy; books for training apprentices and landsmen; maintenance of gunnery and other training classes; packing boxes and materials, and other contingent expenses and emergencies arising under cognizance of the Bureau of Navigation unforeseen and impossible to classify, thirty thousand three hundred and fifty-eight dollars. GUNNERY EXERCISES: Prizes, trophies, and badges for excellence Gunnery exercises. in gunnery exercises and target practice; for the establishment and maintenance of shooting galleries, target houses, targets, and ranges; for hiring established ranges, and for transportation to and from ranges, one hundred and twenty thousand dollars. Outfits. Maintenance of col liers. Naval training stations. Cal. OUTFITS ON FIRST ENLISTMENT: Outfits for all enlisted men and apprentices of the Navy on first enlistment, ten thousand men and apprentices, at forty-five dollars each, four hundred and fifty thousand dollars. MAINTENANCE OF COLLIERS: Pay, transportation, shipping, and subsistence of civilian officers and crews of naval colliers, and all expenses connected with naval colliers employed in emergencies which can not be paid from other appropriations, two hundred and twenty-four thousand six hundred and four dollars. NAVAL TRAINING STATION, CALIFORNIA: Maintenance of naval training Yerba Buena Island, Station, Yerba Buena Island, California, namely: Labor and material; buildings and wharves; general care, repairs, and improvements of grounds, buildings, and wharves; wharfage, ferriage, and street-car fare; purchase and maintenance of live stock, and attendance on same; wagons, carts, implements, and tools, and repairs to same; fire engines and extinguishers; boats and gymnastic implements; models and other articles needed in instruction of apprentices; printing outfit and materials, and maintenance of same; heating, lighting, and furniture; stationery, books, and periodicals; fresh water, ice, and washing; freight and expressage packing boxes and materials; postage and telegraphing; telephones, and all other contingent expenses, forty thousand dollars. Coasters Harbor Island, R. I. Naval War College, R. 1. Naval Home, Philadelphia, Pa. NAVAL TRAINING STATION, RHODE ISLAND: Maintenance of naval training station, Coasters Harbor Island, Rhode Island, namely: Labor and material; buildings and wharves; dredging channels; extending sea wall; repairs to causeway and sea wall; general care, repairs, and improvements of grounds, buildings, and wharves; wharfage, ferriage, and street-car fare; purchase and maintenance of live stock, and attendance on same; wagons, carts, implements, and tools, and repairs to same; fire engines and extinguishers; boats and gymnastic implements; models and other articles needed in instruction of apprentices; printing outfit and materials, and maintenance of same; heating, lighting, and furniture; stationery, books, and periodicals; fresh water, ice, and washing; freight and expressage; packing boxes and materials; postage and telegraphing; telephones, and all other contingent expenses; lectures and suitable entertainments for apprentices, one thousand dollars; in all, fifty-six thousand dollars. NAVAL WAR COLLEGE, RHODE ISLAND: For maintenance of the Naval War College on Coasters Harbor Island, and care of grounds for same, eight thousand dollars; one draftsman, at one thousand two hundred dollars per year; services of a lecturer on international law, to be immediately available, one thousand dollars; services of civilian lecturers rendered at the War College, to be immediately available, six hundred dollars; purchase of books of reference, four hundred dollars; in all, eleven thousand two hundred dollars. NAVAL HOME, PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA: One superintendent of grounds, at seven hundred and twenty dollars; one steward, at four hundred and eighty dollars; one matron, at four hundred and twenty dollars; one beneficiaries' attendant, at two hundred and forty dollars; one chief cook, at three hundred and sixty dollars; one assistant cook, at two hundred and forty dollars; one assistant cook, at one hundred and eighty dollars; one chief laundress, at one hundred and ninety-two dollars; five laundresses, at one hundred and sixty-eight dollars each; four scrubbers, at one hundred and sixty-eight dollars each; one head waitress, at one hundred and ninety-two dollars; eight waitresses, at one hundred and sixty-eight dollars each; one kitchen servant, at two hundred dollars; eight laborers, at two hundred and forty dollars each; one stable keeper and driver, at three hundred and sixty dollars; one master at arms, at four hundred and eighty dollars; two house corporals, at three hundred dollars each; one barber, at three hund |