Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1872-06-17
OFFICIAL.

LAWS OF Tue UNITED STATES,
Passed at the Second Session of the
Forty-Second Congress-.

luENERAL NATURE-No. 81.
trisy Of ILdisns to the Indian TerFitSry. and to
IiaEose OF their lands Ia Kansas to actual set
r. q enacted s.y fAs Ssaafe and Hoa,s Of Reprs-
-sss assembled, That The Secretary Of the Interior
fe,aEc he Is hereby, authorized and empowert to
heretofore owned by the Kansas tn bs Of Indians in
tie state Of Kansas, and which ceded 20 the
United States and said Indians procl,med Novem ne
Der seventeenth; ammo DomInf eishteea hundred
iIg manner, viz: The said Secretary shall appoint
shall afier being duly sworn 10 Ierform said ser
s nS iS'intnIy and ,mpartialy rsrssnaly examine
hGnd and sixty or less sepsratsy froIa the
ySlue OF any Improvements on the same, and also
tween improy emenfs made By members Of said In
dian tribe, the United States, and white settlers,
Gars; P,sr,dss That the sscr.ssr8 ci the Ss
may N his diserst,on set aside any ap
81 tbs section, and cause new sppraisement TO be
sEC. ? That each bona ade settler at the time oc.
UupSI any portion Of said lands and having made
of such, who is q citizen of the United State. or
no has seclared ms mention to become such shall
spRToysl q said appraissment. to purchase. for
cash, the land so occupied and Improved by him,
case, Al the appraised value thereof, including the
EsT9sd yag , Of sny@ which nave
on TIE same, under such rules and regulations as
SEC Ia, SI ' me- Interior may SrsSeTiee
SfcfiCn OF this act occupied by bona fidt set
r manning unsod at the piration Of one year from
InS approval 81 SAID apPrai 9ment, shau b sold at
bdeer for cash. in tracts not exceeding hundred
AID sixty and all the lands mentisned in the
ty bona hds settlers at the date of such apprsise
uieni may be sold at time after approval Of
fsem6nt. the highest bidder Tor cash, in tracts
rot exeesdihg one hundred and sixty acres, under
Interior may prescribe: PIcr,dsd, That in no case
sf s ~ mn anas easG1sd IN thls act be sod
further, That the Secretary OF the Interior may IN
Geld after having been publicly offered 20 cash sntry
a. thei- appraised value, subject the rights Of
Ttfst. Ao, srsv, That the proceeds Of the sale OF
saId iaIis and imprOyem sftsr paying the ex-
Piled IN eccOrdancs with the provisions Of said
treaty N the payment Of the lqufdsted Indebtedness
shal be received, and the excess, il any, shall be
tIba;gd to the said Indians capita in money
sisni,y to IL President q the United States their
SsI 70 eel ih.lr dimInisned reserve as indicated
pa {, Ise, ana 70 em2ye from the state Of Kan
itert prescribe, the Secretary OF the Interior
nSy cause the same to be appraised in legal suDdi-
1nsDt e The so-cslied trust lands" and soid in
Guauii les not eNcee ting hundred and sixty
notice, TO the highest bidder or bidders on sealed
BIDS, l-oiuding -mProyements Of every character,
tart of said diminished reserve and the Appraised
Ha!Ie y any improvements on any part Of said d.
Einsi ed reserve made by any member of said trib
shall - paid 10 him or her in person, aud the res.
Itus q the proceeds Of said sales shall belong to
setd 70 their credit on the books Of the treasury
and tear interest At the rate Of I'VE per cenum per
annrEni said interest 70 be paid to them semi
arnuslly fer The term Of twenty years after which
yerlcd TIE principal shall be paid TO the members
G. salt tribe per capita and the remaining fifty per
oentum o. the proceeds Of sales aforesaid shall be
Used an providing ard improving for them new
horles IN the Indian Territory, and = subsisting
toem until they may become self-sustaIning. Pc.
Idsd- That II any adult member of said tribe 10
Nhcn an allotment was assigned under the pro
NisiOEE OF articles and two Of said treaty NJ
hCttHoeT eighteen hund. ed and sixty, shall desire
70 fInaln upon the same such member of said tribe
shall open satisfying the Secretary Of the Jntsrior
trst be or she 10 the person to whom such allOtmsnt
vas OF iginaliy assigned, and that ne or abe has
tince the date Of such assignment, Continued 10
Occupy and cultivate III be entitled - 5emand
and receive for such allotment a patent in re
simple, but such land patented shall be EXEMPT
from levy taxation, sale during the natural life
q such Indian Approved, May 8, 1872