Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1872-11-29
Official.
LAWS OF THE
u " 1T ID 8 IT Il T. s
PASSED AT The
SECOND SESSION OF THE Ard CONGRESS.
General NatuIe, No. 81

General NatuIe, No. OIL
AN ACT TO provide for the removal Of the Kansas tribe
Of Indians to the Indian Territory and to dispose Of
their lands in kanAas to actual settlers.
BE 1t enacted by the Senate and House Of Reprcsen-
taves of the United States Of America in Congress
is hereby authorized and empowered to cause TO be
appraised and sold so much OF the lands heretofore
owned by the Kansas tribe Of Indians in the State Of
trust in the treaty made by the United States and said
Indians proclaimed November seventeenth. ammo Dom
mi eighteen hundred and sixty, and which remain
sold 10 tho following manner, via The said Secretary
shall appoint three dsnterested and competent per:
sons who SHALL after being duly 10 perform said
service faithfully and impArtaly personally examine
and appaise said lands by legal subdivisions Of cas
hundred and sixty acres loss separately from the
value Of any improvements tho same, and also the
value OF said improvements, distinguishing between
improvements made by members Of said Indian tribe
the United States and white settlers and make return
thereof 10 tho Commissioner Of Indian Affairs PT0cid
3D. That the Secretary Of tho Interior may In his dis
erection, set aside any apPrasments that may be made
under the provisions Of this section and cause new
SEc g. That each bona-ade settler at the time occu-
plying portion Of said lands and having made vau
able Improvements thereon or the heirs at law ofsueh
olAred his Intention 10 become SUCH shall DO entitled
at any time within year nom the approval Of said
piod and improved by him not 70 exceed one hundred
and sixty acres In each case at the appraised value
ments which may have been made by the United States
any Of said Indians the same under such rules
prescribe.
SIC 3. That all the lands mentioned in the first
section Of this act occupied by bonAade settlers
as mentioned In second section Of this act, remaining
unsold at the expiration of one year from the approval
OF said apprasoment shall be sold public sale aer
due advertisement TO the highest bidder for cash, in
tracts not exceeding hundred and sixty acres and
the SIdi ~ the IN a1 ssS'Sn 81 sss
date OF such apprasmont may be sold at any time after
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tracts not exceeding one hundred and sixty aores
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shall any Of the lands mentioned In this act be sold at
less than thelz appraised yalue And provided further,
| tion open any Of said lands remaining unsod amer
having been publicly offered to cash entry at their APP
as provided for in this act Provided hOwsvsr, That
the proceeds Of the sale Of said lands and improve
and sale shall Be spilled n accordance WITH the pTo
VISIONS q said treaty In the payment Of the lqudated
Indebtedness OF said Kansas tribe of Indians pro
the shall DO received and the excess any shall
be distributed to tho said Indians, per capita in
SEQ. T. That Il said Kansas tribe Of Indians shall
signify the President of the United States their de
sire 10 sell their diminished reserve, as indicated In said
treaty, including lands held In seVeraty and In com
mon and TO remove nom the State OF ansas, and shall
50 agree in such manner as the President may pre-
same TO be appraised In legal subdivisions as herein
before provided for the apprasement Of the socalled
trust lands" and sold in quAnttie not exceeding one
hundred and sixty acres at less than It's appraised
value, after due notice, 10 the highest bidder or bid
dsrs on sealed bids including improvements Of every
character and preference shall be given TO settlers
on any part Of said diminished reserve, and the ap
praised value Of any improvements any part Of said
dimnished reserve made by any member Of sale tribe
shall be paid 10 him her In person, ard the residue
Of the proceeds Of said sales shall belong 10 said tribe
In common, hfty per oentum Of which shall BIO placed
10 their credit tho books Of the treasury and bear
interest at the rate Of Ave per oentum per Annum said
interest TO DO paid TO them annually for the term
oftwenty years, after which period the principal shall
be paid TO the members Of said tribe per capita and
the remaining y per oentum OF the proceeds Of sales
as aforesaid shall be used in providing and improving
for them new homes In the Indian Territory, and u
subsisting them until they may become selfsustAlnng
Provided That II any adult member Of said tribe Il
whom an allotment was assigned under the provision
Of articles one and two Of said treaty OF November
eighteen hundred and sixty shall desire 10 remain up
on the same, such member OF said tribe shall, upon
satisfying the Secretary Of tho Interior that he or She
Is the person 10 whom such allotment Was originally
assigned and that he or abe has since the date Of suo
assignment, continued 10 occupy and cultivate the
ment patent In foe simple but such land SO patent
Cd shall be exempt from levy taxation sale during
| the natural life OF such Indian,
| Approved, May 8, 1879,