Chapter 854. Relating to ceded lands on the Fort Hall Indian Reservation
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CHAP. 854.— An Act Relating to ceded lands on the Fort Hall Indian Reservation. March 30, 1904. [[S. 2323](/us/bill/58/s/2323).] [[Public, No. 76](/us/pl/58/76).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That all lands of the former Fort Hall Indian Reservation, Idaho. Unsold lands ceded by Shoshone and Bannock Indians open to settlement. Vol. 31, p. 676. Fort Hall Indian Reservation, in the State of Idaho, within five miles of the boundary line of the town of Pocatello, offered for sale at public auction on and after July seventeenth, nineteen hundred and two, in accordance with the provisions of the Act of Congress of June sixth, nineteen hundred (Thirty-first Statutes, page six hundred and seventy-two), and the proclamation of the President of May seventh, nineteen Vol. 32, p. 1997. hundred and two, thereunder, and which remain unsold after such 154 offering, shall be subject to entry under and in accordance with the provisions of section five of said Act and at the prices therein fixed, at a time and in accordance with regulations to be prescribed by the *Proviso*.
Improvements to be paid for. Secretary of the Interior: *Provided*, That the improvements made by certain Indians upon the following-described lands, namely: Lot four, section one, township seven south, range thirty-four east, and the southeast quarter of the northeast quarter, section eighteen, township seven south, range thirty-five east, and the east half of the southeast quarter of section twenty-one, township six south, range thirty-four east, and which have heretofore been appraised, shall be paid for at the said appraised value, at the time of and by the person making entry of the respective tracts upon which such improvements are situated.
Approved, March 30, 1904.