New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-05-12
GENERAL NATURE-No. III

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AN ACT to authorize the sale of certain
lands reserved for the use OF the MenOm-
once tribe Of Indians in the State OF
Wisconsin.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives of the United States of
America in Congress assembled, That the
Secretary of the Interior is hereby author
lied to cause to be subdivided, appraised,
and sold, a portion of the lands, not exceed
ing six townships. reserved for the use of
the blenOmonee tribe of Indians, in the
county of Shawanaw. and State of WiscoU-
sin. as follows: The SAID lands shall be APP
praised by two or more disnterested APP
praiSers, to be selected and appointed by
said Secretary, in eighty acre lots, accord
ing 70 the public survey. Such ap-
praisal shall state the quality Of
the soil, the quality, quantity and
value of the timber growing on each lot;
and, when returned to the land office of the
district in which such lands are situated,
shall be subject to public inspection for at
least sixty days before the dav appointed
for the sale of said lands, as hereinafter pro-
vided. One copy of said appraisal shall be
made and returned to the land office of the
district in which such lands are situated,
within six months from the taking effect of
this act, and "a duplicate thereof to the Sec
rotary of the Interior; and the persons APP
pointed to make such appraisal shall re-
ceive such compensation for their services
as may be fixed by the Secretary of the
Interior.
SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, etc,
That the land appraised as aforesaid shall
be advertised for sale by notice of not less
than three months, to be published in at
least three newspapers of the said district
having general circulation, and shall be of
fered. at public auction at the nearest gov,
eminent land office within the Green Bay
agency, to the highest bidder, in lots of not
exceeding eighty acres; but shall not be sold
for less than the appraised value thereof.
None of said lands shall Be subject to pri-
vate entry until the same shall have been
offered as aforesaid, and then only at the
price fixed by such appraisal. All of said
lands remaining unsOld at the expiration of
one year after they shall have been offered
as aforesaid. shall be again advertised and
offered at public auction, at the nearest gov
eminent land Office within the Green Bay
agency, at not less than the minimum of
one dollar and TWENTY-FIVE cents per acre,
and thereafter shall be subject to private
entry at the latter price, and shall in all
cases be sold for cash only.
SEC. 3. And be II further enacted, That
the townships thus selected for sale shall be
in a compact body, and consist, if practical
bic, of unoccupied lands: provided, that such
portions of the same as may be occupied
and improved, if any, by members of the
tribe, not exceeding eighty acres to each
settler shall not be sold without consent of
the party in possession, but shall be valued
as other subdivisions, the appraisers report
ing separately the value of the improve
ments thereon; which tracts may then, with
the consent of the occupants, be sold, and
the price of the improvements paid over to
the respective occupants.
SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That
from the first proceeds of the sale of lands,
as hereinbetore provided, shall be paid the
expenses of survey, appraisal and sale
thereof; and the residue of such proceeds
shall be paid to or funded for the benefit of |
said tribe, in such manner as the President,
with the assent of the chiefs and head men
of said tribes, may determine.
SEC. 5. And be It further enacted, That |
this act shall be and remain imperative, as
to the first five sections thereof, until full |
and satisfactory evidence shall have been
placed on the files of the office of Com
missioner of Indian Affairs that the sales |
tribe, evidenced by orders or agreement |
taken in full council
j. G. BLAINE,
Speaker of the House of Representatives. |
SCHUYLER COLFAX,
Vice President of the United States and |
President of the Senate.
Received by the President February l, |
1871.
[NoTE BY THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE - |
The foregoing act having been presented to |
he President of the United States for his |
approval, and not having been returned by |
lin to the house of Congress in which it |
originated within the time prescribed by the |
constitution OF the United States, has be- |
,ome a law without his approval.l