[Federal Register: March 31, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 61)]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Proclaiming Certain Lands as Reservation for the Confederated
Tribes of Siletz Indians of Oregon
AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of reservation proclamation.
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SUMMARY: The Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs proclaimed
approximately 10.70 acres, more or less, as an addition to the Siletz
Indian Reservation for the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians of
Oregon on March 12, 2003. This notice is published in the exercise of
authority delegated by the Secretary of the Interior to the Assistant
Secretary--Indian Affairs by 209 DM 8.1.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Larry E. Scrivner, Bureau of Indian
Affairs, Division of Real Estate Services, MS-4512/MIB/Code 220, 1849 C
Street, NW., Washington, DC 20240, telephone (202) 208-7737.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A proclamation was issued according to the
Act of June 18, 1934 (48 Stat. 986; 25 U.S.C. 467), for four tracts of
land described below. The land was proclaimed to be an addition to and
part of the Siletz Indian Reservation for the exclusive use of Indians
on that reservation who are entitled to reside at the reservation by
enrollment or tribal membership.
Siletz Indian Reservation
Lincoln County, Oregon
Tract 1
A tract of land lying within Lots 14 and 15, Block 6, Siletz
Townsite, Lincoln County Oregon, described as follows:
Beginning at the southwest corner of Lot 15, Block 6, Siletz
Townsite, located in the northeast one-quarter of Section 9,
Township 10 south, Range 10 west, Willamette Meridian in Lincoln
County, Oregon, said corner being on the easterly Right-Of-Way of
Gaither Street; thence north 89 deg. 59' 43'' east, along the south
boundary of Lot 15, a distance of 165.96 feet to the southeast
corner of the tract described in Book 177, page 1838, recorded
December 30, 1986; thence north 00 deg. 05' 01'' west along the
eastline of said Book 177, page 1838, to the southerly Right-Of-Way
of East Logsden Road, a distance of 70.04 feet; thence south 89 deg.
58' 26'' west, along said Right-Of-Way to the easterly Right-Of-Way
of Gaither Street, a distance of 165.94 feet; thence south 00 deg.
04' 24'' east, along said Right-Of-Way, a distance of 69.98 feet to
the point of beginning. Containing 0.27 acres more or less.
Tract 2
A tract of land lying within Lots 14, 15, 16 and Tract C of
Block 6, Siletz Townsite, a duly recorded subdivision plat, which is
the northeast quarter, Section 9, Township 10 south, Range 10 west,
Willamette Meridian, Lincoln County, Oregon. Said parcel being more
particularly described in accordance with Lincoln County Survey
Record Number 13,943 as follows:
Beginning at a \5/8\ inch by 30 inch iron rebar set flush, with
yellow plastic cap inscribed ``VILES LS 2029'', which is at the
intersection of the southeasterly line of Tract C (formally Power
Site Reserve No. 181) and the south line of East Logsden Road;
thence south 31 deg. 30' 05'' west along above said southeasterly
line of Tract C, 154.51 feet to a \1/2\ inch by 27 inch iron rebar
at the northeast corner of the Clark Tract described in instrument
recorded June 11, 1997, Book 338, Page 2170; thence leaving above
said line north 58 deg. 29' 55'' west 100.05 feet along the north
line of said Clark Tract to a \1/2\-inch iron rebar, which is on the
northwesterly line of above said Tract C; thence south 31 deg. 30'
36'' west along above said northwesterly line of Tract C, 24.22 feet
to a \5/8\ inch by 30 inch iron rebar set flush, with yellow plastic
cap inscribed ``VILES LS 2029'', said point being the northeast
corner of the Blackwood Tract described in instrument, recorded May
25, 1993, Book 262, page 183; thence leaving above said line south
89 deg. 59' 58'' west 58.52 feet along said Blackwood line to a \5/
8\ inch by 30 inch
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iron rebar set flush, with yellow plastic cap inscribed ``VILES LS
2029'', said point being a corner of said Blackwood Tract; thence
north 00 deg. 04' 38'' west 30.00 feet to a \5/8\ inch by 30 inch
iron rebar set flush, with yellow plastic cap inscribed ``VILES LS
2029'', which is on the line common to Lot 15 and Lot 16, Block 6,
Siletz Townsite; thence continuing north 00 deg. 04' 38'' west 70.01
feet to a \5/8\ inch by 30 inch iron rebar set flush, with yellow
plastic cap inscribed ``VILES LS 2029'', which is on the above said
south line of East Logsden Road; thence along above said south line
north 89 deg. 58' 35'' east 120.00 feet to a \5/8\-inch iron rebar
which is at the above said northwesterly line of Tract C; thence
continuing along above said south line north 89 deg. 58' 35'' east
117.36 feet to the beginning point. Containing 0.48 acres more or
less.
Tract 3
Parcel III A tract of land located in U.S. Lots 17 and 32,
Section 4, Township 10 south, Range 10 west, Willamette Meridian and
U.S. Lot 24, Section 3, Township 10 south, Range 10 west, Willamette
Meridian, in Lincoln County, Oregon, being more particularly
described as follows:
Beginning at the northwest corner of U.S. Lot 32, Section 4,
Township 10 south, Range 10 west; thence south 00 deg. 38' 26''
west, along the westerly line of U.S. Lot 32 to the northerly Right
of Way of County Road No. 406 (also known as ``Old River Road''), a
distance of 157.92 feet; thence continuing on said Right of Way
along the arc of a 411.97 foot radius curve to the right (the short
chord of which bears north 47 deg. 46' 42'' east, 56.56 feet), a
distance of 56.60 feet; thence north 51 deg. 47' 10'' east, a
distance of 111.95 feet; thence along the arc of a 331.56 foot
radius curve to the right (the long chord of which bears north 67
deg. 18' 57'' east, 178.24 feet), a distance of 180.46 feet; thence
north 82 deg. 53' 58'' east, a distance of 172.13 feet; thence along
the arc of a 219.11 foot radius curve to the left (the long chord of
which bears north 55 deg. 39' 57'' east, 200.54 feet), a distance of
208.29 feet; thence north 28 deg. 25' 55'' east, a distance of
294.37 feet; thence along the arc of a 271.56 foot radius curve to
the left (the long chord of which bears north 14 deg. 07' 01'' east,
134.29 feet), a distance of 136.70 feet; thence north 00 deg. 11'
53'' west, a distance of 71.49 feet; thence along the arc of a
220.99 foot radius curve to the right (the short chord of which
bears north 14 deg. 41' 58'' east, 113.63 feet), a distance of
114.92 feet to the most easterly corner of a tract of land as
described in Microfilm Book 330, page 0078, Lincoln County Film
Records; thence north 59 deg. 23' 47'' west, along the Northerly
boundary of the above described tract to the High Water Line of the
east bank of the Siletz River, a distance of 329 feet, more or less;
thence southwesterly, along said High Water Line to its intersection
with the westerly line of U.S. Lot 17, Section 4; thence south 00
deg. 43' 00'' west, along said westerly line to the southwest corner
of U.S. Lot 17, which is the point of beginning, a distance of 144,
more or less. Containing 9.2 acres more or less.
Tract 4
Parcel III A tract of land located in Section 9, Township 10
south, Range 10 west of the Willamette Meridian, Lincoln County,
Oregon, described as follows:
Beginning at the northwest corner of Government Lot 15, in
Section 9, Township 10 south, Range 10 west, Willamette Meridian,
Lincoln County, Oregon; running thence north 0 deg. 01' west, a
distance of 332.8 feet to the true point of beginning of the tract
herein described; thence north 89 deg. 59' east, a distance of 200
feet, more or less, to the northwest corner of that tract conveyed
to the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians by Memorandum of
Contract recorded December 15, 1987 in Book 188, page 1134; thence
south 0 deg. 01' east 170 feet, more or less, to the northeast
corner of the Neil Bordon Tract as described in Bargain and Sale
Deed recorded May 22, 1989 in Book 204, page 1443; thence south 89
deg. 59' west 200 feet, more or less, to the northwest corner of the
Neil Bordon Tract as described by Warranty Deed recorded April 18,
1978 in Book 86, page 1091; thence north 0 deg. 01' west 170 feet,
more or less, to the point of beginning. Containing 0.75 acres more
or less.
The above-described tracts contain a total of 10.70 acres, more or
less, which are subject to all valid rights, reservations, rights-of-
way, and easements of record.
This proclamation does not affect title to the land described
above, nor does it affect any valid existing easements for public roads
and highways, public utilities and for railroads and pipelines and any
other rights-of-way or reservations record.
Dated: March 12, 2003.
Aurene M. Martin,
Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs.
[FR Doc. 03-7637 Filed 3-28-03; 8:45 am]