Wilmington daily commercial., 1872-10-23
oFFIciAL.
LAWS OF THE UNiTED sTATEs
Passed at the SecOnl Session Of the Foytv-s col
COn1fegs
[GENERAL NATURE-No. 81.

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AN ACT TO provide for the removal Of the Kansas
tribe OF indians TO the Indian Territory aud 10
dispose OF their lands In Kansas TO actual set
tkrs.
Be enacted By The Senate and House Of Repres Ia
Tires n Ulesed Stat qf ABeFioI IL COngTess as
&c bl.d That the Secretary of the Interior he and
he IL hereby author zed and empowered 10 cause to
be appraised aud sod So much OF the lands hereto
fore owned by tne Kansas tribe OF Indians In the
Stite OF Kansas, aud which was Cede 10 the United
States In trust In the treaty made by the United
Statet and said indians proclaimed November sew
eIteenth anno D0mini eighteen hundred and sixty
and vi ich remain unsOld In the following mann ei I,
viz: The said Secretary shall appoint three dlsnteI-
ested and competent rsons, who shall, after being
duly sworn o. perform slid service laitnfully and
lmpartlaiy, personally examiae and appraise said
lanus by legal subdivisions OF Ole hundred and
sixty acres or less separately from tho vaue OF any
improvements on the rame, and also the value Of
said improvements, distinguishing between i'm
proyements made By members OF said Inrian tribe
the Upitsd states and white settlers, and make re-
turn thereof TO the CummssO Toner Of Indian Affairs (;
fTOUidtd, That the Secretary Of the Interior may
IN his dlscrelOn, set aside any apprasenents that
MAY be made under thu provisions OF lhis section
and cause new apprai ement to be ma,ie
nc. That each b 'nna-llde settler at the time
occupying any portion OF said lands and having
made valuable improvements thereon or the heirs
AZ law OF su h who s citizen Of the United ates
or who has declared his intention to become such
shal be entitled, at any time Within year from
the approval OF said apprasement, to purchas for
cash, the land 30 occupied and improved by him
not TO exceed one huudred and sixty acres Ia each
case, at the appraised value tn reOf including the
appraised value Of any improvements which may
Indians on the same, under such rules and regula-
tluns as the or tHry o. the Int rOr may prescribe.
SKO 3. That all the lands mentioned III the first
section OF this ct now occupied by bona .1de T.
tera, as mentioned IN The second section Oi this
remaining unsold at the expiration OF one yea
fIOm the APPROVAL OF said hppIaisement shall be sold
NJ public sale, after due advertisement, the high
est bidder for cash IN tracts not exec ding ont
hundred and sixty acres: and all che lands men.
o. ned In the hFst section OF This act which shall be
unoccupled by bona 1de settlers al the date OF such
Rppralsement may he sold al any time eft'r the ap-
al nN NHQth aAVn M uH fin III.
advert sement, TO III higI est bidder Ior cash, II
tracts MT ex eedlhg one hundred and sixty acres,
der such rules d Tt gpla ions the ecretary
OF the Interior may pr CrlUei tftUtded That In no
case hail any Gf tho l. nd- mentioned IN this ac be
SOL! az less than thei Hpp alsed value; And prom
De firfie', That the Secretary OF T. Interior may
IN nls ~ suittinn, open any Of said land naming
uusOid after having been p1bl ely inertd TO cash
entry ut tuF appraised value, su ject 90 The right
"a bona tlde settlers ~ provided for In this act;
p UBfled tgeuer, That the prOce DIS OF "a sale OF
said lands al improvements after paying The ex.
penses Of said appraisement aud sale shall be ap-
piled In accoruance with the provisions OF said
treaty IN the payment Of the quldaied ln1ebted-
ness If said KQnaa tribe Of Indians pro rata as tht
came shall be received, and the excess, II any,
stall be distributed to the said Indians per capita
IN money.
signify TO The President OF the United states theii
sire 10 sell their diminished reserve indioqted
IN said treaty including IRnds held In several and
IN common and to remove from the State OF Kan
sas and shall 10 agree In such manner az the Pfes
deut may prescribe, the Secretary OF the Interior
visions as herelnbefore provided tor the Hppralse-
ment of the sO-called "trust lands' and sold In
quantities not tx erding one hundred and sixty
acres vt not less than It's appraised value after dut
notice, to the highest bidder or lidder', sealed
bids, including improvements Of every character
and no preference shall be given to set leIs any
part OF ssid diminished reserve, and the appraised
value Of any improvements on any part OF said d.
min SHE'D reserve ide by any meinDer OF ssid tribe
shall he paid to HIM or her IN person, and the resi-
due of the proceeds Of said sales shall belong to said
triOe In common, 1ry per eentum OF which shall be
NIa IN flpt bnf ~ fna frna
and bear interest at the rate Of 1ye per ntum per
aDnum. said interest to be paid to them semi annu
ally for the term OF twenty years, after which pc
ritd the principal tha he paid to the members OF
said tribe per capita, and the remasnng fifty per
centum Of the proceeds Of sales as aforesaid sha
I've a sed in providing aud improving for them new
homes In tnz Indian Territory, and in subsistlng
them until tney may bee me self-susLhining; 0Ui
ded TIL II any adult member Of said tribe o whom
an all tnent was as igned under the provision OF
articles one and two VI said treaty Of November,
eighteen hundred and six ", shall d, sire to remain
upon the same such member said tribe shall upon
satisfying the Secretary OF the Interior that he or
she Is the person to whom such allotment was OriRi
n lily assigned, aud that he or hhe has, since the
daIe of such assignment continued to occupy ana
cultivate the eame, lie entitled to demand anu re-
CeiYe for such allotment patent In fec simple; bu
such land so patented shall be exempt from levy
taxation, or Aale during the natural life OF such In
dian
Approved, May 8. 1874
[GENBRAL NATURE, No s51
AN ACT to establish the pay of the enlisted men OF
teii enacted bp he Senate and House Of Represen-
tdys " The United STATES Ot America Congress
sembea, That from and after the FIRST day OF July,
eighteen hundred and seventy two, the monthly
pay OF the following enlisted men OF the army shall
during their hfst term Of enlistment. be as follows,
with the contingent additions thereto, hereinafter
provided:
Sergeant majors Of cavsiry, artillery. and infan-
try twenty-three dollars
Quartermaster sergeants of cavalry, artillery and
infantry twenty three dollars.
Chief trumpeters of cavalry, twenty two dollars
Principal musicians OF artillery and infantry
sadder sergeants of cavalry, twenty-five dollars.
First sergeants Of cavalry, artil cry and Infantry
sergeants Of cavalry, artillery, and infantry sew
enteen dollars
Corporals OF cavalry and light artillery, fifteen
dollars.
Corrorals of artillery and infantry, fifteen dollars
Sadders OF cavalry, fifteen dollars.
Biacksmith's and tarrers OF cavalry, fifteen dol
lars.
STrumpeters OF cavalry, thirteen dollars.
Musicians OF artillery and Infantry, thirteen dol.
lars.
Prlvates of cavalry, artl lery, and infantry, thr
teen dollars.
Hospital stewards, first class thirty dollars
Hospital stewards, second class, twenty wo dol.
Hospital stewards, third class twenty dollars.
Ordinance sergeants OF posts thrty-four dollars
Sergeant majors OF engineers thrty-sX dollars.
dollars.
sergeants of engineers and ordnaGce, thirty -four
dollars
Corporals Of engineers and ordnance, twenty dol
lars.
Musicians Of engineers thirteen dollars
PTlvateB (frst Class OF engineers and ordnance,
sevt tnGeen Il liars.
Prlvates Second cass of engineers and ordnance
thir cen dullora
SEC. 2. That TO the rates of pay above established
one dollar mouth shall he added for the third
year OF enlistment, one dollar more per month for
the fourth year, ana one collar more per month fnr
the Nth year making Ia all three dollars inereast
per month for he last year OF the first enlistment OF
each enlisted man named Ia the rst secriOn Of this
act But this increase shall be considered as re
tained pa and shall not be paid u the solder un-
I'll his discharge from the ser'tCe and shall be for
teled unless he shall have served honestly and
faithfully TO the date cf discharge. And all former
laws concerning rstained pay Tor priVates of the
army are hereby res' inded.
SIC. 8. That all the enlisted men enumerated in
the nrst secti n OF this act who have re-ensted OF
who shall hereafter rt-enlist under the provisions
OF the oct of August four h, eighteen hundred and
ntty-f ur, shall be paid ut the rates allowed ln the
second section OF this act to those serving in the
NTH year OF their iirst enlistment Provided That
one dollar per mouth snail he retained from the nav
OF the re enlisted men, OF whatever grade named
in the first section Of this act, du ing the whg pc
riId OF their re-enstmeIt to De paid to the soldier
on his discharge, but to be forfeited unless he shall
have served honestly and faithfully to the date OF
discharge.
SIC. 4. That enlisted men, now in th4 service
shall receive the rates of pay established in this act
according TO the length Of their service Iand moth
ting he All itional monthly pay allowed for re en-
listnents by the act Of august fourth, ghtetn
hundr and lfty-four.
Approved, May 49,, S19
THRISTY - ROEAP