New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-03-28

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teGoleD - su1s appg1Ge1aooA ~ ~
preceding aeetipoe ~ t. 49, - MeeoAA4
ancant lhal1 b added the velue q -
An6s soGnain1x9 unsold Of rid tW0 tpWn-
per acre; also tie sum Of six theuasnd -
laEe heA il ts1st By The goyeenmeot = the
United States Tor the uee Of the StOckhginge
and Muneee tribes Of Indians, under tie
txeotY e eighteen hundved and thigfy-1tno;
and the total amount thereof ehall constk
tute the entire sum Of money dine nom the
government Of the United States to tie
sid Stockbridge and 4unsee tribes Of n
Ssns. = 3. & a see
SEC. S. And be IL further enacted, That
the sam Of money thus found duo to tho
aid tribes shall be divided between the
citizen andI Indian parties Of sad tribes, in
proportion 70 the number OF each respee-
lively, according to rolls thereof, made and
feedfhed ID conformity with the provisions
OF this est 20 tho GOmn1e9Onor OF Indian
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to the citizen party shall be equally divided
among them per capita, and paid 70 the
heads Of families Sn1 adult members Of
said party; that portion Of said sum be-
longing to the Indian party shall b 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 pcr centum
per annum, payable semi-annually, and
said interest shall be applied to the
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agricultural Implements, or paid in such
0thermanner q 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 d 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 ease of their pro
curing and removal to such new location,
ct any time, the said eighteen sections Of
land reserved for their use by tho second
section Of this act shall be sold IN the
manner therein provided, and the proceeds
thereof be placed to their credit ~ afore-
said.
NDC. 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 Commits
siOner Of Indian Affairs, or such person ~
may be selected by him to superintend tho
same, two rolls, one to be dcnoulinated the
citizen roll, to embrace the names Of all
such persons of full age, and their families,
40 signify their desire to separate their no
lati0ns with said tribe, and to become citi-
1ens of the United States; the other to be
denominated in the Indian roll, and to en-
t4pn al xm6 AosS IA
tain their tribal character and continue un-
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 Commissioners Of lndian
Affairs, but no person Of full age shall be
entered upon said citizen roll without his or
her full and free consent. personally given
9TH. the person : :p such enroll
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 hum
dred aad fOrty-three, and amendment Of
August six, eighteen hundred and forty six,
eighteen hundred and ffty-six, or who shall
not be Of StOckbridge or Munsee descent.
After the said rolls shall be made and No
turned as herein provided, the Same shall
be held - full surrender and relinquish-
ment ON the part of the citizen party, each
and every one of them, of all claims to Be
thereafter known or considered ~ members
of said tribe, or in any manner interested
in any provision heretofore or hereafter to
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 ''St0ckbridge
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
- soon - practicable, after q suitable and
permanent reservation shall be obtained
and accepted by said trihe, 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 forml as may be
required, among the Individuals and fami-
lies composing said tribe, as follows: Each
head of q family consisting of four persons
shall receive eighty acres of Land, and If
consisting OF more than four persons, 1T the |
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; eaeh female pegssH ebOve tho ego of
eighteen years. not . member of any
family, and each orphan child, shall receive |
forty acres; the lands assigned and allotted |
a. Aforesaid shall be held inalienable, and |
in case of the death of any person, his or 1
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 - |
common property on which to erect . |
church, parsonage, sch0Ol-house, and other
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, as if deceased.
SEC, ), And be il further enacted That |