New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-03-30

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per eoIe; also tho sum Of six tAousAad dol
Iaxo hid 81 trust by the government - the
United States for the use Of the StockbsiAge
and u0nsee txibes q IndlaaA una1e tie
frosty of eighteen hundfed md thirty sAfne;
and the total amount thereof ehall ,coneti-
tute the entire snm Of money due tfom the
government Of the United States TO the
said Otockbridee and Nunsee tribes Of In
dians, to be paid and appropriated for their
bene1t - Aefeinaftef directed.
SEC. 5. And be e 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 tribes, in
proportion TO the number Of each respec-
lively, according to rolls thereof, made and
retafned in conformity with the provisions
Of this act to the Commissioner Of Indian
Affairs: That portion of ssid sum belonging
to the citizen party shal be equally divided
heads Of families and adult members Of
said party; that portion Of said sum be-
longing to the Indian party shall be placed
to their credit ON the books Of the Treas
urer of the United States, and bear In
terest 1t the rate Of live per centuln
per annum, payable semiannually, and
said interest shall be applied to the
support of schools, the purchase of
agricultural implements, or paid in such
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 locar
ton for said tribe, and In removing and
aiding them to establish themselves in
their now home; and in case Of their pro
curing and removal to snch new location,
ct 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 DO placed to their credit - afore-
said. s's y saAinrss'' sti1
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 sf The Cenmis
sioner Of Indian Affairs, or such person -
may be selected by him to superintend the
oitisen roll, b embrace tho names Of all
such persons Of full age, and their families,
as signify their desire to separate their re-
lati0ns With said tribe, and TO become citi-
Gems Of the United States; the other to be
den0mmated in the Indian roll, and to en-
brace the names Of al such Is desire to re-
tain their tribal character and centinue rn-
der thecare and guardianship Of the United
States; which said rolls shall be signed BY
the sackem and councillors Of said tribe,
certified by the person attending the sane,
Affairs, but no person Of full age shall be
entered upGn'said cltisen roll without his or
her full and free consent, personally given
o 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 froa 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 hum
dred and fOrty-three, and amendment of
or under the treaty Of February five,
eighteen hundred and fifty -six, or who shall
not be of 6tockbridge or Munsee descent.
After the said rolls shall be made and re-
turned as herein provided, the same shall
be held ~ q fnn surrender and .zelinquish-
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
he made by any treaty or law of the United
States for the benefit Of said tribes, and
they 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
thencef0rth 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
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-
shall make Just and fair allotment Of 20
much thereof lin compact form) as may be
required, among the individuals and fami-
lies composing said tribe, as follows: Each
head of q family consisting of four persona
shall receive eighty acres Of land, and if
consisting OF more than four persOns, at the
discretion of the council, eighty acres more
may be assigned to him OF 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 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
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. 3. And be it further enacted, That
the allOtments 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
been made and accepted by said tribe; and
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 be
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