Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Iowa) 1861-1864, 1864-05-12

provements, at price not exceeding
a fair valuation thereof to be made
under his direction. But no such con
tract shall be valid, nor any money
paid thereon, until, upon report o.
said contract and Of said valuation tc
Congress, the same shall be approved
and the money appropriated by law
for that purpose And prorided, furth
e, That said tracts to be set apart as
aforesaid may, or may not, as in the
discretion of the President may be
deemed for the best interests Of the
Indians to be provided for, include
any of the Indian reservations hereto.
fore set apart in said State, and that
in case any such reservation is so in
cluded, the same may be enlarged to
such an extent as in the opinion Of the
President may DO necessary, in order
to it's complete adaptation to the pur-
poses for which it is intended.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted,
That the several Indian reservations
in California which shall not be re-
tanned for the purposes Of Indian res
ervations under the provisions of the
preceding section of this act, shall, by
the Commissioner Of the General
Land Office, under the direction OF the
Secretary Of the Interior, be surveyed
into lots or parcels of suitable size,
and as far as practicable in conformi-
ty to the surveys of the public lands,
which said lots shall, under his direc-
ton, be appraised by disinterested
persons at their cash value, and shall
thereupoD, after due advertisement as
now provided by law in case of other
public lands, be offered for sale at
public outcry, and thence afterward
shall be held subject to sale at private
entry, according to such regulations
as the Secretary of the Interior may
prescribe Proridcd, That no lot shall
be disposed of at less than the ap-
praised value, nor at less than one dol
lar and twenty-five cents per acre |:
And prorided, further. That said sale
shall be conducted by the register and
receiver Of the land Office in the dis.
trict in which such reservation or res
ervations may be situated. in accor.
dance with the instructions Of the de.
partment regulating the sale of public
lands.
Sec. 4. And be 1t further enacted
That the President Of the United
States be and he is hereby authorized
by and with the advice and consent
Of the Senate, to appoint an lndiaI
agent for each of the reservations
which shall be established under tht
provisions of this act, which sale
agent shall reside upon the reserva
tion for which he shall be appointed
and shall discharge all the duties nov
or hereafter to be required Of lndia'
agents by law, or by rules and regula
; tons adopted, or to be adopted, 70
the regulation of the Indian service
so far as the same may be applicable
Each Of the agents appointed as afore
said shall, before entering upon thu
duties of his Office, give bond in sucl
penalties and with such conditions aDt
such security as the President or Sec
rotary of the Interior may require
and shall hold his Office for the tern
of four years, unless sooner removed
by the President, and shall receive al
annual salary at the rate Of eighteer
hundred dollars.
/ Sec. s. And be 1t further enacted
That there may be appointed, in thu
manner prescribed by law, for each o
said reservations, if in the opinion o
the Secretary of the Interior the we
fare of said Indians shall require j
one physician, one blacksmith, on
assistant blacksmith, one farmer, an
one carpenter, who shall each receiv
compensation at rates TO be determin
ed by the Secretary of the Interior
not exceeding fifty dollars per month
Sec. 6. Aad be IL further enacted
That hereafter, when it shall become
necessary to survey any Indian or 9th
err reservations, or any lands, the SAINT
shall be surveyed under the direction
and control of the General Land Office
and as nearly as may be in conformit.
to the rules and regulations undo
winch other pubic LANDS ore survey
ed.
Sec. l. And be 1t further enacted
That all Indian agents shall reside a
their respective agencies, and shall j
no case be permitted to visit the cit
of Washington except when ordere
, TO do SO by the Commissioner of Ind
an Affairs. And it is hereby mad
} the duty of the said Commissioner :
report all cases of the violation @
this section to the President, with tn
request that the agents disregardinI
the provisions herein contained be a
once removed from Office.
Sec. s. And be ii further eaaaet
That all acts or paris of acts in col
f1ict with the provisions Of this &C
be and the same are hereby repealed
and all Offices and employments col
nected with Indian affairs in Califo
MIA not provided for in this act be an
the same are hereby abolished.
/ Approyed Anril 1874