Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1870-10-21
(OFFICIAL.I
LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES,
Passed at Second Session Of Forty first Congress
fPUBLIc-NO.l Tl

fPUBLIc-No. lE 1
AN AC1 making appropriations for the curr ant and
contingent eN penses Of the Indian Department aud
iGI ioinillDg treaty stipula,ions with various In
ulan tribes for the year ending June thirty, eigh-
teen hundred and seventy one, and for other pur-
CONTINUED FROM YEsrERDAYssrARI
SIC. rs Ard BE- ~ further enacted. That the Sec
rotary OF me Interior shall exercise the discretion
Indians IN habits OF industry and peace and the
mission OF citizens, serving without pay, appointed
s.ctOn of the Of prI ten eighteen hundred aud
Sixty nine Is hereby continued so long rs the sPpro
last And it shaIi be the duty Of said commissioners
70 supervise all expenditures OF money appr0pr1ate1
inspect all Goods pure hssed for said Indians in
nection with the Commissioner Of Indian Affairs
making purchase. OF such goods; and provided that
the said commission shall have power 70 appoint one
compensation as they may designate; and the sum Of
hereby sppropriated for the payment Of salaries Of
superintendents and agents authorized BY law.
Of the moneys appropristed By this act, or. which
may hereafter be appropriated in any general act or
and contingent EXPENSE 81 the Indian Department,
to pay annuities due to to be used and expended
1S Hsmed sha spilled payment
of any claim for that may have been or
member or members thereof and no claims for In
dian shall heIeats, be paid until Con-
all acts and parts OF acts inconsistent herewith are
SEC rs And be At further enacted. That So much
Of an act entitled - An act making appropriations
dian department, and Tor Tnlflling treaty stipula
tons with various Indian tribes for the ending
proved ApriI ten, eighteen hundred and sixty nine,
relating TO pottawattOmie Indians, rs provides that
children shall be paid to them or to any person for
them, until such children shall have attained the
article Of treaty %aS saG Indians Of
vsmber fifteen, eighteen hundred and sixty one, as
hereby, repealed.
SEC: IeI Ard b ,tJythe, snaetsd. Tha, the Presi,
any or of the Indian superntendsncIes, and
b o
& ss sspOr' directly TO the OIL iAa'An
SIC III And be u turtle, enactsd, That the act
approved March three, eighteen hundred and sixty
three. entitled AN act for the removal Of the Ssse
basds Of Sioux or Dakots Indians, and for the dis
position of their lands in Minnesota and Dakota. be
in said act ordered 10 be sold
alike to all the Iesery atoms upon which the MEDIA
SIC. rs And Be ,ffn1ths1 enacted, That said pro-
said Indians in '1 10 tSer
the direction q The Of the Interior and in
provislon shall apply only to the funds to be here
STc.Isl And be ,tfuiasr enacted. That the Sac
retary Of the Interior be- and hereby IS direct to
certain Indians os the WinneSaeo tribe now a8
fully residing in the State Of Minnesota; to issue
them whom he shall find to be entitled thereto for the
lands heretofore allotted to them in severslty or
| ment: under the provisions Of the treaty ratifed
March sixteen eighteen hundred and sixty one, or
wnnebsgo Indisrs ard for the sale Of their rescr.
yation in Minnesota fer their benefit" approved
tbIee and which may not have been sold or disposed
Of by the United States and in case Of such SALE then
sio,%en. .. Aforesaid out d any unsoIa an s
within the limits of said winnebago reservation in
d o s
on good agricultural lands, then they may be m de
at private entry within the state Of Minnesota
And the ssid Winnebago Indians, and all others
being members Of said tribe lawfully residing in the
state Of Minnesota shall hereafter be entitled to re-
ceive their pro rata distrbutive proportion of oil
moneys to Which said tribe H be ap
IN sS or s
| removed west and settled with the western Winnie
SEC. ITO And be 1T further enacted, That if at any
time hereafter any Of the said Indians shall desire
applo alton the Judge of the district court of the
United States for the district Of Minnesota, and In
raiizaton Of aliens and shall also make proof to the
intelligent and prudent to Control their sairs aud
interests that theI have adopted the habits of civ
thereto been able to support themselves apd fa%i
hes whereupen they shall be declared BY said court
shall be entered of record, and certificate thereof
to :, said s.s ON hs Pre- Of .ad
factory proof Of Identity be may at the regEest q
hrm to S e to them bT pan u fec
dmple, with power Of alienation, and may at tn
M IS and o d s R
trust by under the provision OF any treaty law
saG
persons shall cease to be members Of said tribe and
sub yect to levy taxation, and sale in like manner
with the property Of other citizens r,
ern band OF the Cherokee Indians, by that and
style be; and they are hereby. authorized and EN-.
law or equity in the district or circuit courts OF the
aSen 81 aid baSd ibe1
executors, and heiI and against the securities o
tors, curators or trust. Is for ali Claim causes Of
suit or rights In law or equity that said band may
limitation shall apply to such claims causes Of &C.
ton and rights from AMI after the day this takes
the Attorney the To
stitute and prosecute all suits, for which may
SEC ia j And 5sG Juriasr enacted. That when
ever the Great and Little Osage Indians shall agree
scribe shall be the duty Of the President TO re-
said Indians from the State Of Kansas to lands
in the Indian TeTritory to Consist q "a tract OF
land in compact form equal IN quantity to hun
such part thereof said Indians may desire, TO
be paid for ont Of the proceeds Of the sales OF their
such lands be procured in the Indian Territory
adA And to TO ss
OF said al and 20 aid in the subsistence
Of the said Jncians during the first year. there is
hereby appropriated out OF tbs treasury, out of
money not otherwise appropri ,ted. to bs expended
under the direction OF the Secretary of the Interior
the sum OF nifty thousand dollars, TO be reimbu sed
To the United states from the Proceeds Of the sale
the lands OF the said Indians in Kansas, including
the trust lands north of their present diminished
reservation which lands shall be Opsa settlement
after survey, excepting the sixteenth and thirty
sixth sections, which shall be reserved 10 the State
OF Kansas Tor school purposes, and shall be
sold 10 actual settlers only said settlers being heads
OF families or over twenty of age, guam
titles not exceeding hundred and sixty acres. in
square FORM to each settler at the price Of dol
lar and twenty hye cents per acre; payment to be
made In each within one year from date Of settle
ment or OF the passage Of this act and the United
states, In consideration OF the relinqushmsnt BY
said Indians Of their lands in Kansas, shall pay an
nually Interest on the amount OF money received
proceeds OF sale of said lands, at the of y per
centIm, TO be expended by the Pre- sident for the
ben.ht Of said lnoians, in such manner rs he may
dem proper. And for this purpose accurate ac-
count shall be kept by the Secretary of the Interior
of the money received proceeds OF sale, and the
aggregate amount received prior To tue first day Of
November OF each year shall be the amount u pom
which the payment of interest shall be based. The
proceeds OF sale Of said land shall be carried to the
credit OF said Indians the books of the treasury,
and shall bear interest at the rate of five per cent
per annum ProrIdsd, That the diminished reserve
Of said Indians in Kansas shall be surveyed under
the Of the Secretary of the Interior other
public lands are survey ed the .eut Of
said Indians is obtained above provided. the ex-
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