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| VOLUME 35—1970 | 10601 |
Whereas, pursuant to authority contained in section 6 of the Act of June 1, 1910 (36 Stat. 455, 456), the townsite of Parshall was established in the settled portion of the Forth Berthold Indian Reservation, and,
Whereas, Public Land Order 3006, dated April 8, 1963, authorized the sale of certain undisposed of lands within the townsite and for which there now appears to be no active public demand, and,
Whereas, there are now remaining undisposed of within the area certain land which may be valuable to the Indians of the reservation, and,
Whereas, the Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation have requested that Public Land Order 3006, dated April 8, 1963, be revoked so far as it affects the herein described lands and further requests the said lands be restored to tribal ownership which the Acting Area Director at the Aberdeen Area Office and
the Commissioner of Indian Affairs have recommended be granted.
Now, therefore, by virtue of the authority contained in section 3 of the Act of June 18, 1934 (48 Stat. 984, 25 U.S.C. 463), I hereby find that the restoration to tribal ownership of the lands hereinafter described in this paragraph will be in the public interest, and the said lands are hereby restored to tribal ownership of the Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation, N. Dak., subject to any valid existing rights. Paragraph identified as No. 2 of Public Land Order 3006 of April 8, 1963, is hereby revoked insofar as it affects the following described lands:
Block No.
6—Lots 1 and 2;
19—Lots 6, 7, 8, and 14;
20—Lots 11, 12, and 13;
23—Lots 9 to 16 inclusive;
24—Lots 1 to 7, inclusive, and lots 9 to 14, inclusive;
25—Lots 4 and 13.
HARRISON LOESCH,
Assistant Secretary of the Interior.
