Smyrna times., 1863-06-25
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An ACT for the removal of the Winncbago H.
dianS, and for the sale of their reservation
in minnesota for their benefit
Bc 1t enacted Lp tie Senate and House Of
Representatives ofhe United States Of Anertcd
IL CO"grrSS assembled, That the President of
the United States is authorized to assign to and
set apart for the Winnebag0 Indians tract Of
unoccupled land beyondthe limits of amy State
IN extent equal to their diminished reservation
the same to be wei! adapted for agricultural
purposes. And it shall be lawful for the Pres
ldcnt to take such steps as he may deem pro-
per to effect the peaceful and quiet removal of
the said Indians from the State of Minnesota
and to settle them upon the lands which may
be assigned to them under the provisions of
this act
Section , And be 1t futIer cunctc3, That
upon the removal of the said Indians from the
reservation where they now reside. it shall be
the duty of the Secretary cf the Interior to
cause each legal subdivision of the said lands
to be appraised by discreet persons to be ap-
pointed 10y him for that purpose. And in each
instance where there are improvements upon
each legal subdivision of said lands the inn
prOvements shall be separately appraised
But no portion of the said lands shall be sub
ject to pre-emption, settlement, entry, or loca-
ton under any act of Congress, unless the
party pre-emptng, settling up, or locating any
portion OF said lands shall pay therefor the
full appraised value thereof including the val
ue of the sald improvements, under such rcgu-
lations as hereinafter provided
Section B. And be Il further enacted, That
after the appraisal of the said reservation the
same shall be open to pre-emption, entry, and
settlement, in the same manner as other pub
lie lands: P'orictcd, That before any person
shall be entitled to enter any portion OF SAID
lands, by presumption or otherwise, previOu,
to their exposure to sale to the highest bidder
at public Outcry, he shall become an actual bo
ma tide settler thereon, and shall conform to al
the regulations now provided by law in case
of presumption, and shall pay, within the tern
OF one year from the date OfhiS settlement. tn,
full appraised value of the land, and the i'm
prOvementS thereon, to the land officers of the
district where the said landsare situated. Ant
the portion of the said reservation which may
not be settled upon, as aforesaid, may be sole
at public auction, as other public lands are sold
after which they shall be subject to sale at pri
vate entry, as other public lands of the Unitet
States, but no portion thereof shall be sold fo
a sum less than their appraised value bcfor,
the first of January, Ammo DOmini eighteeI
hundred and sxty-tive, nor for less pric,
than one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre
unless otherwise provided by law: IrOrhtcd
That where improvements have been mad
upon said lands by persons authorized by Law
to trade with said Indians, the value of sucl
Improvements or the price for which the Slm
may be sold shall be paid to the parties making
the same; and in case the land upon whicl
such improvements shall have been made shal
be purchased by the parties making the same
at the appraised value as aforesaid, the vau
of the improvements so made by him shall form
no part of the purchase price to be paid TO
said land.
Section 4. And be 1t further enacted, Tha
the lands of said Indians which have been sc
apart for the payment Of the debt of said In
dians, shall be sold on sealed bids for the bes
/ received for said lands until the first day O
January, ammo Domini, eighteen hundred AM
sixty-ive, for less than two dollars and fft
cents per acre, Bids shall be received fo
tracts of quarter sections; and for such tract
, conforming to the Government surveys les