Daily national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1854, 1854-03-03

eryation to each family 10 located, tne fresloont
shall, in his discretion, BY proclamation in the
usual way, offer all, or from time to time parts,
Of the ceded lands for sale at public auction,
in the same manner and ON the like terms and
conditions as other public lands; and such
lands as are not sold above the minimum OF
one dollar and a quarter per acre, shall be
subject to private entry at that price for speci-
fed time and oil lands remaining uns0ld at
the expiration of that time shall be graduated
and reduced in price to one dollar per acre;
and after o certain other time specified, lands
remaining unsold shall be reduced to fifty cents
per acre, and 90 on until the reduction reaches
ten cents per acre.
Sec 8. And be at further enacted, That the
business and surveys Of the land Of each tribe
shall be kept separate and apart from all other
surveys and the proceeds Of the sales at public
anction and private entry shall also be kept
separate and apart from oil other moneys in
the Treasury Of the United States, and be dis
posed Of as hereinafter prescribed.
SEc.4. And Be IL further enacted, That each
tribe OF nation ceding lands as aforesaid, shall
receive as compensation for the same, in ad-
dition to the reservations of land to each fami-
ly, the entire amount Of the net proceeds Of the
sales Of said lands at public anction and pri-
vate entry, after deducting therefrom the en-
tire expenses Of surveying and selling the same,
as also the value Of such improvements as may
be assessed under the first section Of this act !;
and payment shall be made from time to time
as funds accrue, and in such manner and pro-
portions, to chiefs, headmen, warriors, and
others, as may be agreed upon in the treaty,
either in instalmcnts Investments in stocks, or
interest on the moneys left in the Treasury OF
the United States and If any Indian or family
should be incompetent, in the opinion Of the
President to manage judiciously the money
coming to him, her, or them, on such install
ments dividends, or interest, he may authorize
and empower the agent or agents for making
payments, to make payment in clothing, do
mestic animals, implements of husbandry, and
such other articles as may be deemed necessa-
~ TO supply his, her, or their wants in the pur-
suit Of agriculture and the mechanic arts,
which said clothing, animals, Implements, and
goods, shall be inalienable, and exempt from
levy sale, or forfeiture; and any person buying
or bartering any such article from any Indian,
shall acquire thereby no right Of property, and
such person shall be liable to indictment in
any court Of the United States, and upon con-
viction shall be fined and imprisoned at the
discretion Of the court.
SEC. g. And be 1t further enacted, That an
agent or agents shall be appointed by the Pres
ident to make the stipulated payments to each
tribe; and he shall report annually to the
President the progress each family il making
in agriculture, and especially if any family or
families Of Indians shall neglect or refuse TO oc-
cupy and till portion of the lands they may
locate, or shall rove and wander from place to
place and upon receiving any such informa-
ton, the President may withhold from such
family or families the instalment dividends, or
interest due them, until they shall have return
ed to their reservations and resumed the pur-
suits of industry.
SEC. s. And be 1t further enacted, That any
male Indian above the age Of twenty Lone years,
who has habitation on the land reserved to
him as aforesaid, may be admitted to become a
citizen on his declaring on oath or affirmation,
and fling in some one Of the superior, circuit,
or district courts hereafter to be established
within the limits or by authority Of . Terrific
rial Government Of which il constitutes part,
that it il his intention to become citizen Of
the United States and two years or more
thereafter, any Judge Of the said courts upon
being satisfied by evidence in open court that
such Indian has behaved as . man Of good
character since his declaration was fled that
he is attached to the principles Of the Constitu-
ton of the United States and well disposed to
the good order and happinessof the same, shall
administer to him an oath TO support the Con-
stitution of the United States which evidence
and oath shall be recorded by the clerk Of the
court and thereupon the said Indian, and any
lawful children he may have, under the age Of
twenty-one years at the time Of taking the
oath Of allegiance Us aforesaid, shall be, and
are hereby, declared citizens Of the United
States.
SIC. 4. And be il further enacted, That the
laws Of the United States, as we'll as all laws
to be passed by any Territorial Government
that may hereafter be established, shall have
full force and effect over the Territory ceded
and upon all persons residing within its limits.
SEC. s. And be ii further enacted, That oil
existing treaty stipuiations with any Of the
aforesaid tribes of Indiana for the payment OF
annuities or other sums of money shall be
faithfully carried into execution, unless the
United States shall be released from the obi
cation by some subsequent treaty.
GREAT SpEED-On the I'd inst we received
letter, sent from Wilmington, Delaware, on
the 18th January, also one from Hardin, Iowa,
sent on the oath December, 1883. Great speed,
this
MAINE AGAINST THE REPEAL OF THE
CoMPRoMIsE-The Legislature Of Maine, we
understand, has passed resolutions against the
Nebraska Bill repeating the Missouri Compro-
mise only one man dissenting.
Colon AND CrTfzEssHIP.--A Bill before the
Louisiana Legislature, introduced by Judge
Kearney, Of New Orleans, provides as follows
"That all free persone, having less than one
sixteenth of negro blood in their veins, shall,
for all civil purposes, be received and treated
in law as white persons, from and after the
passage Of this act."
Genealogical investigations will become quite
curious in Louisiana As the white race is
claimed to be by far the stronger race, it is
somewhat odd that it should require little
more than ffteen-sixtcenths of white blood 10