Chapter 8. Providing for the purchase and disposal of certain lands containing the minerals kaolin, kaolinite, fuller’s earth, china clay, and ball clay, in Tripp County, formerly a part of the Rosebud Indian Reservation in South Dakota
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CHAP. 8.— An Act Providing for the purchase and disposal of certain lands containing the minerals kaolin, kaolinite, fuller’s earth, china clay, and ball clay, in Tripp County, formerly a part of the Rosebud Indian Reservation in South Dakota.January 11, 1915.[[S. 2651](/us/bill/63/s/2651).][[Public, No. 229](/us/pl/63/229).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Public, lands. Entries allowed for kaolin, etc., on ceded lands of Rosebud Indian Reservation, S.
Dak.That all lands containing the minerals kaolin, kaolinite, fuller’s earth, china clay, and ball clay, in Tripp County in what was formerly within the Rosebud Indian Reservation in South Dakota, as have heretofore been opened to settlement and entry under Acts of Congress which did not authorize the disposal of such mineral lands, shall be open to exploration and purchase and be disposed of under the general provisions of the mining laws of the United States, and the proceeds arising therefrom shall be deposited in the Treasury for the same purpose for which the proceeds arising from the disposal of other lands within the reservation in which such mineral-bearing lands are located were deposited: *Provisos*.Area restriction.*Provided*, That the same person, association, or corporation shall not locate or enter more than one claim, not exceeding one hundred and Minimum price.sixty acres in area, hereunder: *Provided further*, That none of the lands or mineral deposits, the disposal of which is herein provided for, shall be disposed of at less price than that fixed by the applicable mining or coal land laws, and in no instance at less than their appraised value to be determined by the Secretary of the Interior.
Approved, January 11, 1915.