The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1871-12-22
SENATOR POMEROY'S BILL FOR THE
SALE OF THE KAW LANDS.

Below we publish the bill introduced
by Senator Pomeroy on the 11th inst.
for the sale of the Kaw lands. We give
it in full, because many of our readers
are directly interested in the matter.
We advise them to lay this paper away.
The Senator writes that this bill will
pass, and the lands must be sold. All
will be rejoiced if the Kaw lands are
sold to actual settlers. 1t gives the
state its proportion of the land for
school purposes, and protects all inter-
ested. 1t provides that all Indians who
are competent may become citizens, and
the others shall be moved out of the
state. The bill seems to us to be good
one. Read it:
A BILL for, the appraisement and
sale of the Kansas Indian lands in the
State of Kansas, and for other purpo-
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Whereas, by the treaty between the
United States and the Kansas tribe
of Indians, concluded October fifth,
eighteen hundred and ffty-nine, and
proclaimed November seventeenth,
eighteen hundred and sixty, it was
agreed to abolish the tenure in COM
mon, by which said Indians held
| their lands, to assign limited quanti-
ties thereof in seyeraity, to the MEM
bers of said tribe, and to sell the
lands remaining after said assign
ments: Now, therefore, in order to
enable the Secretary of the Interior
to carry out the provisions OF said
| treaty most advantageously to the
Indians.
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| Of Representatives Of the United States
Of America IN Congress assembled,
| That the Secretary of the Interior be,
and he is hereby, authorized and en-
powered to cause an appraisement
| to be made of said lands, and the i'm
provements thereon made by the In
dams or the United States only, by
three disinterested persons to be APP
| pointed by him; said appraisement
to be returned, under oath, to the
commissioner of Indian Affairs: Pro-
Vide&, That in making said appraise-
n,ent, the value of said improvements
shall be. stated separately from the
value of the land upon which they
are located: Aad provided further,
That the Secretary of the Interior
may, in his discretion, set aside any
appraisements that may be made un-
der the provisions of this section,
and cause new appraisement to be
made. Eas 7.s s.r =-
SEC. g. That each bona-fide settler at
the time occupying any portion of
| said lands and having made valuable
| improvements thereon, or the heirs
| at law of such, who is citizen of the
United States, or who has declared
his intention to become such, shall be
| entitled, at any time within one year
4 cat aevaf
| to purchase the land SO occupied and
improved by him, not to exceed one
hundred and sixty acres in each case,
at the appraised value thereof, under
such rules and regulations as the Sec
rotary of the Interior may prescribe :
| Provided, That such appraisement of
| the lands SO occupied by bona-nde
| settlers, as Aforesaid, shall not include
| the value of any improvements made
by such settlers subsequent to the date
| of their original settlement thereon.
SIC. g. That all the lands mentioned
in the first section Of this act, now oc-
tcupied by bona-fide settlers as mention
ed in the second section of this act. re-
| naming nnsoid at the expiration Of one
1 year from the return Of said appraise-
ment, shall be sold at public sale, after
i due advertisement, to the highest bid
der for cash, in tracts NOS exceeding one
hundred and sixty acres and all the
lands mentioned in the drsf section OF
this act which shall be unoceupied by
houa-fde SETTLERS st the date of such
Pppraisement may be sold at any time
after the return of said 8ppraisemen1
at public sale, after due advertisement,
to the highest bidder for cash, in tracts
not exceeding one hundred and sixty
Eacres, under such rules and regulations
- the Secretary OF the Interior may
prescribe: Provided, That in no case