Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1863-04-23
THE RUTLAND WEEKLY HERALD: THURSDAY APRIL % 1863

ii,at whore improvements nave been made tI,on
said lands by persons authorized by law 10 trade
with said Indians, the value OF such improvements
or the price for which, the same may be sold shall
be paid to the parties making the same; and In
case the land upon which such improvements shall
have been mas shall be purchased by The parties
making the same, % the appraised value as aiore.
said, the value Of the improvements "a made Nv
him shall form no part Of tho purchuse prioe IA
he paid for said land.
Sue. l. Ind be n further eaacfsd, Fbat The
lands OF said indians which have been set apart
Tor the payment of the debts If the said Indiana
shall oe sold on sealed bids Ton the best price M
same Will bring hut no bid shall be received tor
SAID lands until tho inst day OF January Ammo
nomltn e'ghteen undred and ,jxty-iivt, for less
than TWO dollars aud htty cents per acre Bids
shall be received for tracts OF quarter sections ana
Tor such tracts conforming 10 the Government sur
Neys less than one hundred and sixty acres as
Wll secure the largest price for sale lands the Sec
rotary Is authorized to receive in payment of said
lands, certificates Of Indebtedness Of said Indians
Issued by the commissioner OF Indian affairs, for
the debts OF said Indians, secured to be paid out of
the sale Of said lands by the third article of the
treaty OF said Indians with the United states con-
cuded at Washington on the fifteenth day OF
April, eighteen hundred and fifty nine. The money
arising from the sale Of their said lands, after
paying the Indebtedness required BY said treaty 10
Pc paid shall be paid into tbs treasury Of the
United ss9teS, aud shalt be expended as the same
Is received, under the direction OF the Secretary of
the luItI1oH IN necessary improvements upon
NN'i 'e' AN'NA atA'N dht TX ShalL DC the uutg OF
the Secretary OF tho Interior 10 alot to said Tndans
IN seycraity lands which they may respectively
cultivate and improve, not exceeding eighty acrcs
to each head Of a family other than 10 Tho cbiefs
To whom larger allotmonts may be made, which
lands, when SO allotted, shall be vested IN said In
dian and has heirs without thv right OF sienaton.
and shall be evidenced by patent,
SIC. o. daa be Il farther enacted That the
money to be annually appropriated forSthe benefit
OF the sad Indians, shall be expended in such
manner as wlll, in the Judgment Of the President
best advance the said indians in agricultural and
mechanical pursuits and enable them to sustain
themselves without the aid of the Goyernment
And IN such expenditure reasonable discrimination
may be made IN favor Of the chiefs who shall DO
found faithful to the Government Of the United
States, aud efficient in maintaining ITS authority
and the peace Of the Indians. Said Indians shall
be subject TO the laws ct the o. S., and to the ormi
nal laws Of the State or Territory in which they
may happen TO reside, They shall also be subject
to such rules and regulations for their government
as the Secretary OF the Interior may prescribe :;
but they shall be deemed incapable of making any
valid civil contract with any person other than a
native member of their tribe without the consent
of the President of the United States. The Sec
rotary of the Interior shall also make 70 asona-
BILE provisions for the education of said Indians
according to their capacity and the means at his
command.
Approved, February 81, 1868.