New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-03-11

heads Of families and adult members II
said party; that portion Of said sum b.
loneine 70 tho Indian party shall be placed
to their credit ON the books Of the Treas
urer Of the United States, and bear h
terest 1T the rate Of five por centum
DER snnum, payable .somi- annually, and
said interest shall be applied to the
support of schools, the purchase Of
agricultural implements, Or paid in such
other manner Is the President may direct:
Provided, however, That part Of said
sum duo tho Indian party, mot exceeding
thirty thousand dollars, may. ON the re-
quest Of tho sacheM and councillors OF said
tribe, bo expended in securing Q now loca-
ton for said tribe, and in removing and
aiding them to establish themselves in
their new home; and in case of their pro-
curing and removal to such new location,
at any time, the said eighteen sections Of
land reserved for their use by the second
section Of this act shall be sold in the
manner therein provided, and the proceeds
thereof be placed to their credit as afOre-
said.
SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That,
for the purpose Of determining the persons
who are members Of said tribes and the
future relation of each to the government
pared, under the direction of the COmmis
siOner of Indian Affairs, or such person as
may be selected by him to superintend the
same, two rolls, one to be denOminated the
citizen roll, to embrace the names of all
such persons Of full age, and their families,
as signify their desire to separate their re-
latiOns with said tribe, and to become citi
zens of the United States; the other to be
denOminated in the Indian roll and to en-
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tain their tribal character and continue un-
der the care and guardianship of the United
States; which said rolls shall he signed by
the sachem and councillors Of said tribe,
certified by the person attending the same,
and returned to the Commissioner of Indian
Affairs, but no person Of full age shall be
entered upon said citizen roll without his or
her full and free consent, personally given
to the person experimenting such enroll
nient; nor, shall any person, or
separated from said tribe and received
allotment of lands under the act Of Con-
gress for the relief Of the StOckbridge tribe
of Indians, of March third, eighteen hun
dred and fOrty-three, and amendment Of
August six, eighteen hundred and forty six,
or under the treaty Of February five,
eighteen hundred and fifty-six, or who shall
not be Of Stockbridge or Munsee descent.
After the said rolls shall be made and re-
turned as herein provided, the same shall
be held as full surrender and relinquish-
mont on the part Of the citizen party, each
and every one of them, of all claims to be
thereafter known Or considered as members
OF said tribe, or in any manner interested
in any provision heretofore or hereafter to
be made by any treaty or law of the United
States for the benefit of said tribes, and
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be admitted to all the rights and privileges
of citizens Of the United States.
SEC. I. And be it further enacted. That
after the said rolls shall have been made
and returned, the said Indian party shall
thencefOrth be known as the ''StOckbridge
tribe Of Indians" and may be located upon
lands reserved by the second section Of this
act, or such other reservation as may be
procured for them, with the assent Of the
council of said tribe, and their adoption
among them of any individual not OF In
dian descent shall be null and void.
SEC. 8. And be it further enacted. That
as soon as practicable, after suitable and
permanent reservation shall be obtained
and accepted by said tribe, either at their
present home or elsewhere, the same shall,
under the direction Of the Secretary of the
Interior, be surveyed and subdivided tO..cOr-
respond with the public survey, and the
council of said tribe, under the superinten-
dence of the agent of the United States,
shall make q just and fair allotment of 80
much thereof lin compact fOrm) as may be
required, among the individuals and fami-
lies composing said tribe, as follows: Each
head Of a family consisting of four persons
shall receive eighty acres of land, and if
consisting OF more than four persons, at tho
discretion of the council, eighty acres moro
may be assigned to him or her; each male
person above the age of eighteen years. not
included in any family, shall receive eighty
acres; each female person above the age Of
eighteen years. not q member of any
family. and each orphan child, shall receive
forty acres: the lands assigned and allotted
as aforesaid shall be held inalienable, and
in case of the death of any person, his or
her right thereto shall descend to his or her
heirs, if members of said tribe, and if he
or she dies without heirs capable of inherit
ing, the land shall revert to and become
the common property of said tribe; there
shall also be set apart and appropriated
lot, not exceeding forty acres, to be held as
common property on which to erect a
church, parsonage, schOOl-hOuse, and other
improvements necessary for the accommo
dation Of said tribe; provided. that if any
female shall marry out of said tribe, she
shall thereby forfeit all right to hold any Of
said lands, as if deceased.
SEC. g. And be it further enacted. That
the aIlOtments contemplated in the pre-
vious sections of this act shall be made,
and certified copy thereof returned to
the Commissioner OF Indian Affairs. within
one year after the reservation shall have
thereafter the title Of the lands described
therein shall be held by the United States
in trust for individuals and their heirs. to
whom the same were allotted. The surplus
lands embraced in such reservation remain
ing after making such allOtments shall he
held in like manner by the United States,
subject to be allotted to individuals of said
tribe who may not have received any pOr-
ton of said reservation, or to be disposed
OF for the common benefit of said tribe;
Provided that no change or addition shall
be made in the allotment returned to the
Commissioner Of Indian Affairs, unless the
same shall be approved by the Secretary OF
the Interior.
j. G. BLAINE,
Speaker Of the House of Representatives.
SCHUYLER COLFAX,
Eice-Presidcnt of the United States and
President of the Senate.
Received by the President January q,
1871.
NOTE BY THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE
The foregoing act having been presented to
the President of the United States for his
approval. and not having been returned BY
originated within the time prescribed by the
Constitution OF the United States, has BE-
come a law without his approval
RESOLUTION OF GENERAL NATURE-N0. ~
A RESOLUTION directing the Secretary
OF War to sell Bergen Heights Arsenal.