Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1863-11-21
PROVED, March 8, 1861
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An Act for the removal Of The Sisseton,
Wahpaton, Medawakanton, and Wahpa-
koota Bands of Sioux or Dakota Indians.
and for tas disp,,:tioa Of tas;r L.alss
in Minnesota AMI Dlk,ta. ..,,
Be IL enacted by khr Senate and House at
Representatives. O ftAe United States cf Amer.
ica in Congress assembled, That the Presi-
dent is authorized and hereby directed to as
sign to and set apart for the Sisseton. WAX
patton, Medawakanton. and Wakpakoota
ban Is Of Sioux Indians o tract of unoccu.
pied land outside of the limits of any state,
sufficient in extent to enable him to assign
to. each member of said bands (who are will
ling to adopt the pursuit of agriculture)
eighty acres Of good agric ultural lands. tho
same to be well suited and adapted to agri.
cultural purposes. ......l.. ..,..t ....
Sec. 9. And be 1t further enacted, That
the several tracts of land within the rescrva-
ton of the said Indians, shall be surveyed.
under the direction Of the commissioner of
the general and-otfice, into legal subdivis.
ions to conform t. thu surveys Of the other
public lands. And the Secre ary Of the In
terror shali cause each legal subdivision Of
the said lands to be appraised BY diacseee
persons to be appointed BY him for that pur.
pose. And in each instance where there arc
improvements upon any legal subdivision
Of said lands, the improvements shall be sep.
arately appraised. But no portion Of the
said lands shall be subject to pre.emption,
settlement, entry, or location, under any act
of Congress, unless the party pre-emptinR,
settling upon, or locating any portion Of said
lands shall pay therefor the full appraised
value thereof, including ,he value Of he said
improvements. under such regulations 40
hereinafter provided. s.sl 3 br y >,
Sec. 8. Aad be it (xytAes enacted, That
after the survey Of the said reservations the
same shall be open to presumption. entry.
and settlement in the same manner as other
public lands: Proridsd. That before any
person shall be entitled to enter any PORTION
Of the said lands by pre-emption or other
wise. previous to their exposure to sale to the
highest bidder, at public outcry, he shah be-
come an actual bona Ale settler thereof, and
shall conform to all the regulations now pro.
vided by law in cases Of presumption; and
shall pay. within tho term of ono rear from
the date of his settlements, the full appraised
value Of the land, and the improvements
thereon, to the land officers Of che district
where the said lands are situated. And the
portions of the said reservations which may
not be settled upon. a. afrrssid. may bs
sold ut public auction, as other public lands
are sold, after which they shall be sold at
private entry, as other public lands Of the
United States. but no portion thereof shall
bs sold for sum less than their appraised
value, before the first Of January. Ammo
Domini eighteen hundred and sixty five. nor
for a less price than onr dollar and twenty
five cents per acre, until otherwise provided
for by law. e''4 ~ fs' F.'s'of
Sec. 4. Asd be Il /iytAev enacted. That
the money arising from said sale shall 10 in.
vested by the Secretary Of the Interior for
the benefit Of said Indians in their new
homes, in the establishing them in agricul.
tural pursuits Pyorided. That it .shal b
lawful for said Secretary to locate any meri-
totious individual Indian Of said bands. who.
exerted himself to save the lives Of The
whites in the late massacre. upon said lands
ON which the improvements are sitnassd. 2
assigning the same 10 him to tho extent Of
eighty acres, to be held by such tenure ~ u
or may be provided BY law: As1 provided.