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Compiled and edited by Charles J. Kappler. Washington : Government Printing Office, 1929.
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| Chap. 109 | Quapaw Indian Agency, Okla. Sale of surface of allotments for town sites authorized. |
| Chap. 109 | Proviso. Execution of deeds. |
| Chap. 109 | Legal rights, etc., protected. |
| Chap. 109 | Appropriation for expenses. |
| Chap. 109 | Repayment from proceeds. |
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized, in his discretion, upon the application heretofore or hereafter made, of a majority in interest of the owners of any inherited and unpartitioned allotment in the Quapaw Agency, Oklahoma, to sell the surface of said allotted lands, in whole or in part, for town-site purposes, under such rules and regulations as he may prescribe, concerning terms of sale and disposal of the proceeds for the benefit of the respective Indians: Provided, That any duly authorized representative of the Interior Department may execute any deed or other instrument necessary to the completion of such sale in the name and on behalf of any of the owners of said land if such owner or his legal representative shall fail or refuse to execute such deed or other instrument for a period of thirty days after being given notice in such manner as the Secretary of the Interior may prescribe that such deed or other instrument is ready for execution.
In conducting such sale the Secretary of the Interior may, in his discretion, prescribe such conditions and requirements as may be necessary for the protection of any person or persons he may find to have legal or equitable interests in any of said lands or the improvements thereon, making due allowance, in his discretion, for the value of such improvements, but no preference right to purchase any lot or tract shall be accorded any person for a period exceeding ninety days.
There is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $5,000, to cover the expense of conducting such sale, such sum to be reimbursed to the Treasury out of the proceeds of the sale and to be apportioned among the distributees of the fund derived from the sale.
Received by the President, November 6, 1919.
[NOTE BY THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE.—The foregoing act having been presented to the President of the United States for his approval, and not having been returned by him to the House of Congress in which it originated within the time prescribed by the Constitution of the United States, has become a law without his approval.]
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