The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1871-12-22

shall any of the lSnds mentioned in this |
act be sold at less than their appraised |
value: Aad provided further, That the
Secretary of the Interior may, in his
discretion, open said lands &c cash en-.
try At their appraised value, subject TO |
the rights of bona-fide settlers as pro-
vided for in this act: ProUIded, hotcer- |
er, That the proceeds of the sale of said |
lands and improvements shall be ap-
piled in accordance with the provisions |
of said treaty: ARd procfded further, |
That If any member or members OF said |
tribe who have heretofore received |
their lands in seVeralty shall neglect or |
refuse to become citizens of the United |
States, and shall desire to remove to |
the Indian Territory as hereinafter
provided for, the Secretary of the Inte-
rior is hereby authorized to sell the
lands of such person or persons, under
such regulations as he may prescribe,
for the sole benefit of the person or
persons to whom such lands were al
lotted.
SEC. 4. That the privileges and bene-
fits of the naturalization laws of the
United States be, and the same are
hereby, extended to all Indians residing
within the Jurisdiction of the United
States, and any Indian who shall take
an oath of allegiance to the United
i
glance to his tribe or band, and shall
prove by two competent witnesses, to
the satisfaction of any district or cir
cult court of the United States, that he
| is sufficiently intelligent and prudent
to manage his own affairs, that he has
/ for the period of two years been able to
| maintain himself and family, and that
he has for said period adopted the hab-
its of civilized life, shall be declared by
4 g. h. 80 he Unit I'D
States, which declaration shall be enter
ed of record and certificate thereof
given to said party. On the presenta-
ton of said certificate to the Secretary
of the Inteii or, with satisfactory proof
of identity, he may, at the request of
i such person or persons cause the land
severally held by them to be conveyed
to them by patent in fee-simple, with
power of alienation, or without it, for q
period of five years, and may at the
same time, at his discretion, cause to
the moneys and effects of the tribe or
band to which they have formerly be-
longed held intrnst nv or made nnder e
provision of any treaty or law of the o nj
ted States Or uo may Withhold his bro
portion of moneys for five years, with
view to test his competency to man
age his affairs. And on such patents
being issued and such payment made,
such persons shall cease to be members
of said tribe or band, and thereafter the
lands SO patented to them shall be sub.
} ject to levy, taxation, and sale, in like
manner with the property of other citi.
Gems. And this provision shall apply
to all heads of families, male or female
SEC. 5. That the Secretary of the In.
terror be, and he is hereby, authorized
70 and empowered to remove any mem
> bers of said tribe of Indians who may
, neglect or refuse to become citizens OF
the United States, and who may desire
to be so removed, to o location in the
Indian Territory west of the ninety.
sixth meridian west longitude, already
selected, or hereafter to be selected snd
agreed upon, in accordance with the
provisions of the treaty between thu
I United States and the Cherokee Nation
r of Indians, concluded July nineteenth
. eighteen hundred and sixty-six, and
proclaimed August eleventh., eighteen
hundred and sixtY-slx.
Sec. 6. That all the provisions o.
3 this act not locally inapplicable shall b.
held to, and hereby are, made applica
BILE to all tribes or bands of Indians in
. the State of Kansas, with a view Il
Q their early settlement in the Indian
b country, as aforesaid.
Il Sec. z. That in extinguishing the In
!. dian titles, as before provided, Their
shall be granted to the State of Kansa
the sixteenth and thirty-sixth sectionl
of land in each township for the sup
{ port of public schools, to be admins
tered upon, as other school-laads, b!
said State. f..