Chapter 1819. To permit the construction of a smelter on the Colville Indian Reservation, and for other purposes
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CHAP. 1819.— An Act To permit the construction of a smelter on the Colville Indian Reservation, and for other purposes. April 28, 1904.[[H. R. 11586](/us/bill/33/hr/11586).][[Public, No. 251](/us/pl/33/251).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That the Secretary of theColville Indian Reservation.Kellar and Indiana consolidated Smelthing Company may construct struct a smelther on San Poil River, In.
Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to permit the Kellar and Indiana Consolidated Smelting Company, a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Washington, to construct a smelter in the immediate vicinity of the San Foil River, in the south half of the Colville Indian Reservation; that the smelter shall be located on the San Foil River, and that permission be granted to construct a flume from the site of the smelter to a point on the San Foil RiverFlume. where a water supply can be made available; that six acres of land be set aside for the site of the smelter, and a strip of land of sufficientSite,Purchase of timber and stone. width allowed for the erection and construction of the flume; that per-mission shall be given to the Kellar and Indiana Consolidated Smelting Company to purchase timber and stone necessary for the work of construction; that the Secretary of the Interior shall permit the work to be done under such rules arid regulations as he may prescribe, and hePrice of land, stone, etc. shall also prescribe the prices the said Kellar and Indiana Consolidated Smelting Company shall pay for the land, the stone, and the timber used in the construction work: *Provided,* That the laws regulating*Proviso.*Laws regulating intercourse with Indians applicable. intercourse with Indians shall be applicable to the lands set aside under this Act. so long as the south half of the Colville Reservation remains as an Indian reservation.
Approved, April 28, 1904.