New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-03-31

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NJ realinoa hSn tho oale ~ tie aid
two oanihips 81 land, aftsf @ednstingl
thereft0sh tho sups AppecpEiated " the
pgeeoding sections at this st - which ooid
amount Shall be added the value ct thu
1andi remaining unsoId a eaid two town
ships, estimating the samc at sixty cents
per sore; also tho sum OF @x tn0oseno oot-
United Ntates FOR the use Of tho Stockbridge
and Nuneee tribes Of Indiana, under tho
treaty of eighteen hundred and thirty mine;
and the total amount thereof ehAl c0nstt-
tute tho entire sum of money due nom the
government of the United States to the
said 6tockbridge and Aunsee tribes Of In
dams, to be paid and appropriated for their
benefit a. hereinafter directed. $
SEC. S. And be it further enacted, That
the sum Of money thus found due to the
said tribes shall be divided between the
citizen and Indian parties OF said tr1bes, m
TO the number Of each respec-
lively, according to rolls thereof, made and
in conformity with the provisions
of this act to the Commissioner of Indian
Affairs: That portion Of said sum belonging
to the citizen party shah be equally divided
among them per capita, and paid to the
heads Of families and adult members Of
said party; that portion of said sum be-
longing to the Indian party shali be placed
to their credit ON the books Of the Treas
urer of the United States, and bear in
terest at the rate OF i've per centum
per annum, payable semi-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 due the Indian party not exceeding
thirty thousand dollars, may, ON the re-
quest of the sachem and councillors OF said
tribe, be expended in securing new 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
of the United States, there, shall be pre-
pared. under the direction q 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
Gems Of the United States; the other to be
in the Indian roll, and to en-
brace tho names of ell such ~ desire to re-
tain their tribal character and continue UNI
der the care and guardianship Of the United
States; which said rolls shall be 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 foil ago shall be
entered upon said citizen roll without his or
her full and free consent, personally given
the person experimenting such enroll
ment; nor shall any person, or
his or her descendants, be entered upon
either of said rolls who may have heretofore
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 ffty-six, or who shall
not be of St0ckbridge 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 relinquieh-
ment 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
thew and their descendants shall thencefOrth
be admitted to all the rights and privileges
of citizens of the United States.
Sec. Z. 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 undivided 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 Just and fair allotment of 90
much thereof lin compact f0rm) as may be
required, among the individuals and fami-
lies composing said tribe, a. follows: Each
head Of q family consisting of four persons
shall receive eighty acres of land, and il
consisting OF more than four persons, at the
discretion of the council, eighty acres more
may be assigned to him or her; each male
person above the age of eighteen years, not
included in any family, shall receive eighty
10 n M tho nj
eighteen years. not member OF any
family, and each orphan child, shall receive
forty acres; the lands assigned and allotted
as aforesaid shall be held inalienabl6, and
in case of the death of any person, his OF
her right thereto shall descend to his or hel
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 Of
common property on which to erect .
church, parsonage, school-hOuse, and Other
improvements necessary for the accomm0
dalton 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, - if deceased.
SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, Tha1
the allOtments contemplated in the pre-
vi0us sections of this act shall be made
and certified copy thereof returned t.
the Commissioner Of Indian Affairs, within
one year after the reservation shall have
been made and accepted by said tribe; and
| thereafter the title Of the lands described
therein shall be held by the United State
in trust for individuals and their heirs t.
whom the same were allotted. The surplu
lands embraced in such reservation remain
| ing after making such allotments. shall b.
held in like manner by the United States
subject to be allotted to individuals of SAT-