Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1863-03-28
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An ACT for the removal of the Winnebago Indiana
anu i"r tue sale their reservation in Minnesota
for their benefit. pr
be 1t enacted by the Senate and House of Repre-,
Sentattves of the United States of America in CnO.
greSs asssnOcd, That the President Of the Unit a
States i authorized to assign and set apart for the
hlhnel1ago Indians n tract ol unOccupied land be-
yond the limits OF any State in eXtcDt at Iss
to their dmin shed reservations the same to be well
HaPted tor agricultural purposes And It shall be
+wiut for the President to take such steps as lie NAV
deem proper to effect the peaceful and Quiet removal
OF tue said Indians from tile State Mi nesota and
TO settle them upon the Il nds which may lie ASSIGNED
to them under the provisions of this act. :.
Sec.! Aud be 1t further enacted, That, upon the
removal OF the said Indians from -tIle reservation
Where they now res!de IL shall be the dnty of the
SeCretNry of the Ihterpr to cause e4c legal subdI-
vision Of the said lauds to be apPraise Ly discreet
persons tn be appOinte by him for tlut purpose =
Ana IN each instance whore there
nponany legal subdivision of said lands the inproye
ie9ts shall bs seP"ra ely appraised. Hut portion
OF tine PRtd lands shall he subject to pre- enptiou set.
tlemeht, entry. location under ans act
nutess the party pre-emptng, ettlnE upou or Ioca.
tug amy portion said lands slla DAY Therefor fe
nl appraised value thereof, iucnnny the value Of
the the iNtd imrroycments, under such regulations as
heretuntter provided. .l!l5ft .
Sec 3 AID be it further enacted, That after tie
arprHth OF the said rAserFat0n tis shall Ie
opened to presumption, entry, settlemUut in tho
same manner Hs other public lands Provided That
before any person shall he entitled to enter nny nor
ton OF the said lands, by e-enptioR or otherwise
previous 70 tcir exposure to sale the highest bid
at public Outcry, he slpl become an actual bona
nde settler thereon, and shall conform to all tho
resniatI9ns now ,nrovidedLby law in cases OF pre-.
eMptoni HDd shall pay within the term of one vear
from date of his settlement tho mil aljpra;sei
OF the land, and the improvements fitraoI, Ia rs
lana officers of tho district where THE eaid lands are
sltEateu Anh tina portions of the snd rcserya tion
which may not 10 settled ilpOn aS aforesaid may be
20 at public auction other public lands are sold
winch they shall be subject to sale at private
enlry, as other pnblc lands of tho United States but
no portion thereof shall he sold for sum less rfSn
tnelr appraised value before the the Inst of January
anno Domn eighteen hundred and sxt> flyer or Tor
less sum than olie dollar Hd twenty-five cents per
aG;Ee, unless otherwise provided BY law: Provided
That Where improvements La va he an o,,
ianuS py persons authorized law to trsdc with
tad lnotanS tho value Of such imnro5 enentg or fIiC
1ce Tor which tie s0iu0 may be sold shall bo maid
70 te parties making the sauiC;a din case tire land
upon which such improvements shall have l,esr
nadc slalI be purchased by the parties making the
sIe, 9t inc appraised value US alorcsnid the vauo
OF lno improvements so made by him shall form o
part OI the purchase ice TO be Dnid for said land
sec; l. And belt further enacted That the lands
OF salu Indians which have been set aDart for te
payment OF ;io dehtsof c said Indny shall be sold
on sealed BIDS for tue best price tile SAME will bring
@ S 10 nl. snaI be resctYel for said lands until tile
nlsE IAy oI january, aunO Donint eighteen huDJIrcl
aud stxtyhve for less and ffv cents
per acre Bids shal be received for tracts OF uarter
aud Tor sncil trlcts Conforming to tie GOV.
less than one n acres
~ VIII secure the argest price for said lands th,
y TO receive, iu payment OF said
ceFtihcates of indebtedness Of said Indian.
ISSUED by the Commissioner. of ludion Affairs for
the deGtS OF Sat Indians, xecured to be Iad out OF
tue Ae ot said lands by the third rOle OF the treaty
VI sad Indians with the United States concluded at
washington on the fifteenth day Of April, eighteen
aundred and htty-ntne. The money Rrising from the
sale Of their sad lands, after paying the indebted.
ness required by said treaty toll paid, shall be paid
into tho Treasury of the United States, aud shall be
eSpeuued as the same isreCeiYed, under the tlireC
ton Ct the Secretary ofthe INTERIOR nueccssary int
pEVvenents upon their new reservation: al nd Ikslal
bs the dutyOf the Secretary the Interior to aot
to said Indians In severalty lands which tley may
respectively cultivate and improve, not exceeding
eighty acres to each head of fnmiIy other than to
tue chiefs to whom larger alIOtmentS NAV be made
which lants when SO allotted shall be vested in sai
Indian and his heirs, without tue right Of alicatiDu
aud ehall be evidenced by patent,
sec. D. And be IL further eaCted That the money
70 De annually appropriated for the eft OF the said
Indians shall be expended In suc nIAnner rs will in
tue Judgment Of the president best the said
Indians la agricultural aud mechanical pu suite and
enable them to SusIain themselves without the aid
OF the Government. Aud In such expenditure rea-
Sonaole discrimination may be made in favor of th.
chiefs who shall be found atthfnL to The Government
otthe United Statcs and efficient in maintaining lite
authority and the peace ofthe Indians Said indians
shall he subject to the Laws Of tho United states
70 tho criminal laws Of the State or Tel ritorY in
Wnch they happen to reside. They shall also be sub
lect 10 such rules and regulations Tor their
ent as the Secretary Of the Interior may psescribe:
onE they shall be deemed incapable Of making any
civil contract with any person other than ma
Ee memberot the tribe without the consent of the
kEeslaeut oil tue United states. The Secretary the
shall also make reasonable provision for the
eaneEton otsad Indians according 70 their Can6cjty
Sn4 me means at his command.
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