The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1863-05-16
[OFFICtAL.l
LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES,
Passed at he Third Session Of the Thirty
seventh Congress.
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AN ACT for the removal Of the Sis stop. Wahpaiop.
Medawakanton, aud YahpaSoota bands uf Sioux or
Dakolah tuiians, and for ,be disposition Of .hcr
lands 10 Minnesota and Dahotah,
p. enacted by ne Senate and House Of Reprs,sufa
vss Of ne United Stats n Aeico in Congreis asssn
bed, Thai the Prafdeut 10 authofiz d ana by Of
rected to assign % uni set apart for the sseton
Wahpaton, Msdawakanton ami Wahpakoo,a tanls OF
Sioux Indians tract VI unoccuped land outsld Of q
limits Of any statp, fciun 10 extent 10 euabe him
TO assign 10 each member of said bands Nv are vii.
Ing TO adopt the pursuit Of ngriealure) eighty
Of good agricultural ands, the 50 BE- well ptei
fer agricultural purposes
SEo. g. And Be Il further enacted, That the several
tracts Of land within the reservations Of the said Ia
dians shall be surveyed under the direction Of the
mmissioner OF the General Land Cfloe, into legal
subdivisions TO confirm TO the surveys OF other pub
lie lands And the Secretary Of the lut3ricr shall
cause each legal subdivision OF the said nda 10 be
appraised by discreet persons, To- be appointed by him
for that purpose. And n each instance where there
ace improvements upon any legal subdivisi ol said
lands the impfOvementsshal be separately appraiso
But no portion Of the said ands shall be subject to
pre-empton, settle nent, entry, or location, under
any act OF Congtess unless the pirty pre- empting,
settling upon, loc iting any portion Of said at de
including the value Of tue said impr venents under
such equations as lie matter provided.
SIC g. And Be- 4 further enacted That after the
vey Of the said reservations the shall be open to
pre-cmpton, entry, ana settlement IN the same man
nor as other public lands Propided, That before any
per- on shal BE- eutited 10 entI auy portion Of the
their exp sur t'fae Q tue highest bidder, at public
oulcry, he sha become al actual bona fie settler
thereon and shall conform to all the regu atious now
provided by law in caes Of pre-empton, and shall
pay with the term Of one year ON the date OF his
settlement the full appraised value Of the aud, and
the mprov ments thereon, to th lanu oeers " the
district wh're the sad lands are situate and the
portions of the said res rvatons which IN not he
settled upon as aforesaid, may be sod at p Bile
lion, as other public lands are toi after which they
shall be 90 sale at private entry, other pub
lriandH of the UultBd STA uurtiOu Tho of
shall be sold for less than their appraised value
bslere the first Of January, ammo Domiui eighteen
hundred and sixty hve, nor for Ices price than one
dollar and twenty ID cents per acre, until otherwise
provided by law
$50. 4. And b q further snactsd That the money
arising rrOm sa sale shall be invesied by the Sec
tary Of the Interior for the benefit Of said Indians
thor new homes, In the esteb ishiag u. m ia egri
cultural pursuits Prorided, That It shall be lawful
for said seoretiry 70 locate any mertQrious idvlau
Indian VI sAd bands who exerted b ms n 20 the
hyts of 10 whites in the late massacre up said
lands on which the improvements are siuatad, as
signing the ane to him u the extent OF ghty aCr
TO be he by such tenure is may be provided by
NV AHd provided further That no mere than eighty
acres sha We awaTaed 70 any cne Indian under tlis
or any other act.
sEc. o. and BE- e nrther enacted, That the money 10
be annually Rpl ropr ate for the n,ht n the siid
Indians shall be ende Ia such manner a will 90
the judgment Of the secretary OF the Inter or st
advance he said lndians in az icultuIa an machan-
cal pu sui s, and enable them TO sus ain themse yes
without the aid OF the Government but no portion Of
Ia hIipi NpilAtloAb sla ue palA IN money 70 sHll
Indians and IN such xp'ndtures said Secretary
y m se reasonable disc imiuat on iu favor Of the
chiefs wlo shall be found faith VI ~ te yernment
of the United sta es and efiuenl IN ain Dg IT'S
au horty and the peace of the Indiana. Said adams
shall be subject the In ~ tn United Ststes and
& the Criminal laws Of the State vf Ter iiufy Ia
which they may happen 20 reside They sh asa
b. p hiect 10 such rules ami rsgulatio q r tafir
70, ernm Mt tire Se1f t4ry o.; III Interor aay lFs-
sci ~; bat they shall be mcapah making any
yAd own contract with auy rer-on other than a
.teTt tnaf rfh ant "A
the pr. sident The ,ecretary Of the Interior shall
also make reas ,nsble provision for the eiuoati,n
said Indians, according TO tltir capacity ard the
means az his calnmand.
Approved, March 3, 1888