New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-10-15

quent treaties, be, and the same is hereby,
repealed.
Sec. I6l. And he it further enacted. That
the President be, and he ia hereby,
authorized to discontinue any one or more
of the Indian supcrintendencies, and to re-
quire the Indian agents of such superin-
tendencies to report directly to the Com
missioner Of Indian Affairs.
SEC. (7.] And he it further enacted, That
the act approved March three, eighteen
hundred and sixty three, entitled IAN act
for the removal of the SissetOn, Wahpeton,
MedawakantOn, and Wapakoota bands of
Sioux or Dakota Indians, and for the dispO-
sitiOn of their lands in Minnesota and Da-
kota," be go amended as to make the pro-
ceeds of the sale of the reservations in said
| act ordered to be sold applicable alike to
all the reservations upon which Medawa-
kantOn and Wakapoota and Sisseton and
Wahpeton have been or may hereafter be
located.
SEC. 1871 And be it further enacted, That
said proceeds shall be distributed and paid
eguitably to the said Indians in proportion
to their numbers, under the direction of the
Secretary Of the Interior, and in accord
ance with existing laws: Provided, That
this provision shall apply only to the funds
to be hereafter distributed.
SEC. [9]. And be it further enacted. That
the Secretary of the Interior be- and hereby
to determine the claims of certain Indians
of the Winnebago tribe, now lawfully re-
siding in the State OF Minnesota; to issue
patents without the right OF alienation to
those Of them whom he shall find to be en-
titled thereto for the lands heretofore allot-
ted to them in severalty, orswhich may have
been designated by them for allotment, I'M
der the provisions of the treaty ratified
March sixteen, eighteen hundred and
sixty one, or OF an act entitled IAN act for
the removal of the Winnebago Indians, and
for the sale Of their reservation in Mime
sofa for their benefit" approved February
| twenty lone, eighteen hundred and sixty
three, and which may not have been sold or
| disposed of by the United States; and in
case of such sale, then such land as may be
hereafter designated by them for allotment
as aforesaid out of any unsold lands within
| the limits of said WinnebagO reservation in
Minnesota, and should it be impracticable
| to make such allOtments within the limits of
said reservation on good agricultural lands,
then they may he made on any public lands
| of the United States subject to sale at pri-
waite entry within the State of Minnesota.
| And the said WinnebagO Indians, and all
| others being members OF said tribe lawfully
residing in the State of Minnesota. shall
| hereafter be entitled to receive their pro
| rata distributive proportion of all annuties
| in goods, money, or property, and any other
moneys to which said tribes j or may be
entitled under any law or treaty now In
| force, at their homesnl Minnesota, the same
| as though they had removed west and set
| tied with the western WinnebagOes.
| SEC. [l0.] And be it further enacted, That
| if at any time hereafter any OF the said In
| dams shall desire TO become citizens of the
United States they shall make application
| to the Judge OF the district court Of the
United States for the district of Minnesota,
and in open court make the same proof and
take the same oath Of allegiance as is pro-
vided by law for the naturalization of aliens,
| and shall also make proof to the satisfac-
ton of said court that they are sufficiently
intelligent and prudent to control their at
fairs and interests that they'll have
! adopted the habits Of civilized life and have
! for at least five years previous thereto been
able to support themselves and families ;
whereupon they shall be declared by said
court to be citizens of the United States,
which declaration shall be entered Of
record, and certificate thereof given
to said party. On the presentation of
the said certificate to the Secretary of
the Interior, with satisfactory proof of
! identity, he may ut the request of such per
| son or persons carse the land severally held
| by them to be conveyed to them by patent
in fee simple, with power OF alienation, and
| may mt the same time ca,se to be paid to
| y
effects OF said tribe held in trust by or I'M
der the provision of any treaty or law of
the United States. And on such patents
| being issued, and such payments ordered
| to be made, such persons shall cease to be
members of said tribe, and thereafter the
lands so patented TO them shall be subject
to levy, taxation, and sale, in like manner
with the property of other citizens.
| SEC. I'LL And be it further enacted
| That the eastern band of the Cherokee In
dams, by that name and style be, and they
are hereby, authorized and empowered to
institute and carry on q suit or suits in law
| or equity in the district or circuit courts Of
the United States against the present or
former Indian agent or agents OF said
band, their administrators, executors, and
heirs and against the securities OF such
agent or agents, their administrators,
executors. curators or trustees for
| all claims, causes of suit or rights in law of
equity that said band may have against
them or either of them; and the law OF linn
itation shall apply to such claims, causes
of action, and rights from and after the day
| this act takes effect. 1t shall be the duty Of
| the district attorneys and the Attorney Cen
eral of the United States to institute and
| prosecute all suits, cause for which may
arise under this section.
! Sec. [l2l. And be it further enacted. That
whenever the Great and Little Usage In
dams shall agree thereto, in such manner as
| the President shall prescribe, it shall be the
duty of the President to remove said In
| dams from the State of Kansas to lands
provided or to be provided for them for a
permanent home in the Indian Territory. to
consist of a tract of land in compact form
| equal in quantity to one hundred and sixty
acres for each member OF said tribe, or such
part thereof as said Indians may desire, to
he maid for ont of the proceeds of the sales
of their lands in the State OF Kansas, the
| price per acre for such lands to be procured
in the Indian Territory not to exceed the
price paid OF to be paid by the United States
for the same. And to defray the expenses
of said removal, and to aid in the subsist-
ence of said Indians during the first year,
there is hereby appropriated out OF the
treasury, out OF any money not otherwise ap-
propriated, to be expended under the dlrec-
| ton of the Secretary of the Interior. the
sum of fifty thousand dollars, to be REIN
| bursed to the United States from the pro-
ceeds of the sale of the lands of the said
Indians in Kansas including the trust lands
north of their present diminished reserva-
ton. which lands shall be open to settle
ment after survey, excepting the sixteenth
and thirty-siXth sections, which shall be re-
served to the State OF Kansas for school
| DurpOses and shall be sold to actual settlers
only, said settlers being heads of families,
or over twenty-One years OF age, In quantl-
ties not exceeding one hundred and sixty
| acres: i'll square form, to each settler, at the
price Of one dollar and twenty-five cents
| Der acre; payment to be made in cash within
one wear from the date of settlement or OF
the passage of this act; and the United
| States, in consideration of the relinquish-
ment by said Indians of their lands i'll
Kansas, shall pay annually interest on the
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