New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-03-14

ertercd mon said citizen roll without his or
Iar fnIi and free consent, personally gwen
~ fhe nerson experimenting such enroll
ment: nor shall any Pefs"n- or
his or her descendants, be enttre' upon
either of said rolls who may have heretofore
sa,,o,.oted from said tribe and received
aji"tnent of lands under the act o. Con
nr..ss for the relief Of the StOckbTsdge trihe
ri Indians. of March third, eighteen nun
Sr.J and forty-three. and amendment OF
Auoust six, eighteen hundred and tes' SIX
mr. under the treaty of February I'VE:
eighteen hundred and ffty-six, or WED shali
NOT be of Stockbridge OF Munsee descent
After the said rolls shall be made and re-
rurncd as herein provided, the saIae SHAH
I,.. Mid AS n full surrender and reEN3ulslL-
,neut on the part of the citizen party, each
and every one Of them. of all claiKtas TO be
thereafter known or considered as nse'noers
of said tribe or in any manner interested
in any provision heretofore or hereafter 70
Le made by anv treaty or law OF the 1 niteu
states for the benefit Of said tribes, ana
they and Their descendants shall ther.ss-iorte
he admitted to all the rights and pii'lirges
of citizens of the United States.
SEC. 2. And be it further enacted. ihat
after the said rolls shall have bees Iiade
and returned, the said Indian parry slaH
thenceforth be known us the ''Stochni1dSe
tribe of Indians and may be located npcn
lands reserved by the second section VI t4ls
acr or such other reservation us may pc
procured for them, with the assent OF the
council of said tribe. and their as."pllon
among them of any individual nor oi In
dian descent shall be null and VOID
SEC g. And be it further enacted. lhat
as soon as practicable, after a suitable and
permanent reservation shall be obtained
and accepted by said tribe, either az ,Aef
present home or elsewhere, the same SHALL
under the direction of the Secretary 81 me
Interior be surveyed and subdivide' 10 cor
respond with the public survey, aDd the
council of said tribe. under the supe:inten
dence of the agent Of the CniteG states,
shall make Just and fair allotment OF so
mach thereof lin compact form az maj be
required. among the individuals ana 1aml-
lies composing said tribe. as follows: Each
head of a family consisting Of foir gersons
shall receive eighty acres OF iah4' ana II
consisting OF more than four persons. al the
discretion of the council, eighty acres more
NAV be assigned to him or her; each male
nerson above the age of eighteen years. not
inc,uded in any family, shall receive eighty
acres: each female person above the age OF
eighteen Years. not a member @i any
family and each orphan child. shan receive
forty acres: the lands assigned and allotted
as aforesaid shall be held inalienabie, and
in case of the death of any person, his or
her right thereto shall descend 70 hle or neI
heirs. if members of said tribe, and II te
or she dies without heirs capable OF inherit
ing. the land shall revert TO and become
the common property OF said tflet: there
shall also be set apart and appropriated
lot. not exceeding forty acres, to he held as
common property on which to erect
church. parsonage. schOOl-house, and other
improvements necessary Tor the aeeeIuIGo-
dation of said tribe: provided. that ii 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 it further eRaete'i. i hat
the allotments contemplated i'll the pre-
vious sections OF this act shall be made,
and a certified copy thereof returned TO
the Commissioner OF Indian Affairs. within
one year after the reservation shaft have
been made and accepted by SAID tl1tn': and
thereafter the title of the lands described
therein shall be held by the United States
in trust for individuals and their heirs 10
whom the same were allotted. The surplus
lands embraced in such erratlon remain
ing after making such allOtlHents shall be
held in like manner by the United states.
subject to Ike 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 sai,i tribe:
Provided that no change or addition shall
he made III the allotment returned 10 the
Commissioner Of Indian Affairs. unless the
same shall be approved by the SECRETARY ct
the Interior.
j. G.. BLAINE,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
SCHUYLER COLLAR,
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.
Received by the President January p,
1871.
MOTE EY THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Tie foregoing act having been presented TO
the President of the United States Tor ms
approval. and not having been returned by
him to the house Of Congress in which 1t
originated within the time prescribed by the
Constitution OF the United States. has be
come law without his approvail
Resolution OF GENERAL NATUEE-NO. >.
A RESOLUTION to authorize the restora-
ton of BENJAMIN s. Richards to he active
list OF the navy.
Resolved by the Senate and House OF
REPRESENTATIVES OF the United States of
America in Congress assembled, That the
President of the United States be and he is
authorized. by and with the adrise [advice /
| and consent of the Senate, to appoint En-
sign Benjamin $. Richards a master On the
active hist of the navy. to date from the
| twenty-sixtl day of March, eighteen hun
bred and sixty-nine, with the pay Of that
| grade from that date.
Approved. January 10, 1871.
| GENERAL NATURE-NO. 81
AN ACT granting to the Utah Central Rail
| road Company u right Of way through
the public lands for the construction of a