Public Law 70–644

That the Secretary

Shoshone Reservation, Wyo.

Trust patents to unallotted children enrolled on.

of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized, under such rules and regulations as he may prescribe, to allot lands classified as nonirrigable, nontimbered grazing lands on the diminished Shoshone or Wind River Reservation, Wyoming, to all unallotted living children enrolled or entitled to be enrolled on said reservation,

Areas.

in areas not exceeding three hundred and twenty acres each, and to issue therefor trust patents of the form and legal effect authorized by the general allotment Act of February 8, 1887 (Twenty-fourth

Vol. 24, p. 388.

Statutes, page 388), as amended: Provided, That all minerals,

Proviso.

Mineral deposits reserved for the Indians.

including oil and gas, on any of the lands allotted hereunder are reserved in common for the benefit of the Indians having rights on the reservation, and may be leased for mining purposes under existing law.

Sec. 2.

That there is hereby authorized to be appropriated, out of

Sum authorized for surveys, etc

Post, pp. 899, 1641.

any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $50,000 or so much thereof as may be necessary to pay the expenses for necessary surveys, classification of lands, and all other expenses in connection with the allotment work.