Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1863-10-29

the Interior shall cause each legal subdivision Of
the said lands 10 be appraised by discreet persons
to be appointed by him for that purpose. And IN |
each instance where there are improvements upon
any legal subdivision Of said lands, the improves
ments shall be separately appraised But no por-
ton Of eil lands shall he subject 70 presumption,
settlement, entry, or location, undss any act OF
Congress, unless the party pre-empting, settling /
upon, or locating any portion Of said lands shall
pay therefor the full appraised value. thereof in
Guiding the value Of the said improvements uneer |
| such regulations as hereinafter provided. |
| sec. 8. A.dbs Il Jarthsr enacted. hat after the
survey OF the said reservations the same shall DO /
| opened 70 presumption, entry, and settlement in
the Same manner as other public lands Tres
rided, rhet before any person shall be entitled TO
enter any portion Of the said lands by pre-emption
or otherwise previous to their exposure TO sale to
the highest bidder, at public cutlery, he shall be-
| como actual bona tide settler thereon, and
shall conform to all the regulations now provided
| by law in cases OF presumption; aud shall pay
within the term OF one year nom the date Of his
settlement, tho fun appraised value Of TIE land,
and the imp ovements thereon, IT, tho land oiioers
OF the dis riot where the said lands are situated
And the port ons Of the said reservations which
may not be settled upoRons aforesaid may DO sold
al public auction, as other public lands are sold,
after which they shall be subject o sale at private
eHtry as other public lands OF the United States,
hut portion thereof shah be sold for sum less
than their appraised value before the first of jan
uary Ammo Domini eighteen hundred and sixty
ty-hvc, nor for less price than one dollar and
twenty i've cents per acre until otherwise provid-
b.
\ Sec 4 And be IL further eAocsed, That the mo-
ney arising from said sale shall be invested by the
secretary OF the interior for the benefit Of said In
dinns in their new homes, in the establishing
them in agi icultural pursuits Prepided That it
shall be lawful for said Secretary to locate any
meritorous individual Indian Of said bands, who
exerted himself TO save the lives of the whites in
. / the late massacre, upon said lands which the
improvements are situated assigning the same to
him to the extent Of eighty acres, 10 be held by
such tenure as is or may b. provided by law
Aed proctded, further, That NO more than eighty
: acres shall be awarded to any one Indian, under
Sec. S. and be Il further enacted, That the mo-
the said Indians shall BE- expanded in such man A.
ner as will, in the Judgment OF the Secretary Of
; the Interior, best advance the said Indians in
and and
government but no portion Of said appropria-
tons shall be paid in money to said Indians. And
in such expenditure, said Secretary may make
reasonable discrimination in favor of the chiefs
who shall be found faithful to the Government
of the United States, and efficient in maintaining
its authority AID the peace of the Indians. Said
Indians shall be subject to the laws of the United
! States, and to the criminal laws of the state or
!. territory in which they may happen to reside.
They shall also be subject to such rules and regu-
the Interior may pre- cribe; but they shall be in
= capable of making any valid civil contract with
s any person other than native member Of their
7 tribe without the con ent of the President The
Secretary Of the Interior shall also make ressons-
BILE provision for the education of said Indians,
according to their capacity and the means at his
| command.
Approved, March 5, 1868.
Chawter CXX.-An Act to provide for the Col
lection of abandoned Property and for the Pre-
t yention OF Frauds in insurrectionary Districts
within the United States. 81 e.
!; Be IL enacted BY the Senate and House of Repre-
; seatatires OF the United States Of America in Com
= gress assembled That II shall be lawful for the
Secretary OF the treasury, from and after the pas
sage of this act, as he shall from time to time see
: MT, to appoint special agent agents to receive
and collect all abandoned captured property in
any state or terrlory or any portion OF any state
j or territory, of the United States designated a.
: in Instruction against the lawful Government o
the United States by the Proclamation of the Pres.
d ident Of July hrst, eighteen hundred and sixty.
two Procaded, That such property shall not in.
e clude any kind or description which has been used
e or which was intended TO be used, for waging Of
n carrying on war against the United States, such
d | as arms, ordnance, ships, steamboats, or ofbe,
d | water craft, ana the furniture forage militar,
supplies, or munitions of war.
$, Sec. 2. And be ii further enacted, That an,
part OF the goods OF property received collected
by such agent or agents may be APPROPRIATED /,
q public use on due appraisement end eerti6cat
thereof, or fofwarded 10 any place OF sale VIII;
the loyal STATE as the Pablo interests NAV re
e, quire and al sales OF sucb property shall 10
auction to the highest bidder and ba nro ~
ted States. iy " tne ohl
- oS. ana Oe further enacted That tn
oecleta'y OF the Treasury may require tie speca
:, agents appointed under this act to give hon,
y Wax. sleh securities and in such amount as n
u shan deem necessary, and to require the increas
q OF sand amounts aud the strengthening of said 70
AZ curity. as circumstances may demand: and i,
"a shall cause book or books OF account to be Kent
u snow1ng from whom such property was received
the cost OF transportation and proceeds Of the sail
thereof. And any person claiming to have beer
the owner of any such abandoned or captured pro
y, perty may at any time within two years after tn
i suppression OF the rebellion, prefer his claim b
the proceeds thereof in the court of claims; an,
Il on proof TO the satisfaction of said court Of M
ownership OF said property, of his right to the nro
Of ceeds thereof and that he has never given An,
and or comfort to the present rebellion to recoiv
"a the residue Of such proceeds after the dedncto,
of any purchase-money which NAV have be-,
paid, together with the expense of transportato,
7, and sale OF said property, and any other Lawful
!, expenses attending the disposition thereof
ID Sec 4. And DC IL further enacted That all pro
l. perty coming into any of the United States no
declared in Instruction as aforesaid from With,
n any OF the states declared in nsurrecto on through
AZ or by any other person than any agent dtly an
pointed under the provisions of this act or ,inde
fe a lawful clearance by the proper officer of til
y Treasury Department, shall be confscated 70 ii
es use Of the Government of the United States An
" the proceedings for the condemnation ana saie /
" any such property shall be instituted ana CON
Quoted under the direction Of the Secretary of IN
=, treasury, IN the mode prescribed in the eighty
n ninth and ninetieth sections of the act Of Marc
ie second, seventeen hundred and ninety-nine EN-
te titled 'An act to regulate the collection Of due
on imports and tonnage" And any agent Q
e agents, person or persons, by or through whom
le such property shall within the lines Of tn
y United States nnlawfully, aforesaid, shall b
e, Judged guilty OF misdemeanor, and on cenyictio
Z thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceedin
= one thousand dollars, or imprisonei for any tim
" not exceeding one year. both, at the discretio
OF the court And the fines, penalties, and forfeit
sn ures accruing under this act may be mitigated o
p RENTED in the mode prescribed by the sct q
De March three, seventeen hundred and ninety
IN or in such manner, in special cases. as tho Score
y tary of the Treasury may prescribe IL
Sec o. And De Il further enacted That the fiftl
le section Of the Act to further provide for the vi
T. lection OF the revenue upon the northern Forth
III eastern, and northwestern frontier and ior otle
le purposes approved July fourteen, eighteen hun
1e dred and sixty two shall be so construed al TO al
al low the temporary officers which have been Q
may be appointed at ports which Nave been O
may be opened or established In states declared t
~ be in instruction by the proclamation Of the Pres
n dent on the first Of July, eighteen hundred an.
70 sixty-two, the same compensation which BY iav
ne is allowed to permanent officers Of the same posi-
v ton, or the ordinary compensation Of speeds