Chapter 189. To authorize the sale of certain lands within the Umatilla Indian Reservation to the city of Pendleton, Oregon
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CHAP. 189.— An Act To authorize the sale of certain lands within the Umatilla Indian Reservation to the city of Pendleton, Oregon. July 1, 1912.[[S. 3203](/us/bill/62/s/3203).][[Public, No. 207](/us/pl/62/207).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Umatilla Indian Reservation.Sale of lands on, to Pendleton, Oreg. That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized, in his discretion, to sell and convey to the city of Pendleton, a municipal corporation in Umatilla 187 County, State of Oregon, under such terms, conditions, and regulations as he may prescribe, not to exceed two hundred acres of unallotted tribal Indian lands within the Umatilla Reservation at not less than its appraised value, said lands to be used by the city of Pendleton, Oregon, for municipal waterworks purposes: *Provided*,*Provisos*.Use of proceeds.
That the net proceeds from the sale of said lands shall be deposited in the Treasury of the United States to the credit of said Umatilla Tribe of Indians and shall draw interest at the rate of four per centum per annum and may thereafter be paid to the said tribe of Indians pro rata or used for their benefit in the discretion of the Secretary of the Interior. Approved, July 1, 1912.