Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1873-03-14

much thereof as may be necessary, appro.
| priated by act Of July fifteenth. eighteen
hundred and seventy for the removal Of
stray bands of Pottawatomies and Winneba-
/ goes from Wisconsin to the tribes to which
they respectively belong,
/ SEC. Z. Thatit shall he the duty of the
Secretary Of the Interior to prepare and
cause To be published such rules and regula-
tons as he may deem necessary or proper,
prescribing the manner ut presenting claims
arising under existing laws or treaty stipula-
tons, for compensation Tor dcpredations
committed by the Indians, and the degree
and character of the evidence necessary 10
support such claims; he shall carefully in
vestigatc all such claims rs may be present
ed subject to tho rules and regulations pre-
pared by him, and report to Congress, nj
each session thereof, the nature, character,
and amount of such claims, whether allowed
by him or not, and the evidence upon which
his action was based ProUided, That no pay
| mcnt on account of said claim shall be made
without specific appropriation therefor by
| Congress.
SEC 8. That with the consent and concur
| renee of those bands OF the Chippewa Indians
! of Lake Superior, located on Lac de Flam-
beau and Oh Lac Court grizzlies. and also Of
| the Fond du Lac bands of said Indians, ex-
pressed'in open council in the usual manner,
| the Secretary of the Interior be, and hereby
| is, authorized to remove the said bands Of
| Indians from the tracts of lands which were
set apart for them respectively and withheld
| from sale Tor their use, in accordance with
| the third and fourth clausesIof the second ar.
tcle of the treaty between the United States
and the Chippewa Indians OF Lake Superior
and the Mississippi, concluded September
| thirticth, eighteen hundred and ffty-four
and to locate sand bands of Indians upon the
! tract of land set apart by the second clause
of said article for the La Pointe band of said
| Chippewa Indians
| The lands rendered vacant under the pre-
ceding section of this act shall be appraised
| by three competent commissioners, one OF
whom shall be the United States agent for
the said Chippewa Indians, and the other
| two shall he appointed by the Secretary of the
Interior, with the approval of the President.
Should there be upon any of the lands to be
thus appraised any Improvement made by or
for the Indians or for government purposes,
the said commissioners shall appraise the
said improvements separately. After the
| stidlands shall have been appraised, rs herein
provided, the Secretary of the Interior shall
be- and hereby is, authorized to offer the
same at public sale to the highest bidder, In
| tracts not exceeding one hundred and sixty
acres each ut such place in the congestion
al district in which said lands are situated as
may be designated by the Secretary of the
Interior, ninety days notice of which shall
be given by advertisement in at least three
newspapers OF general circulation published
| in said congressional district; and il not sold
ut public sale, it may be sold in tracts of not
| exceeding one hundred and sixty acres to
| one person, ut not less than the appraised
| value, and upon payment therefor to cause
| patents in the usual form to be issued to said
| purchaser or purchasers for said lands: Pro-
| Utded That no bid for separate tracts shall
be accepted which may be less than the ap-
| praised value OF such tract, Including the
| improvements, il any, thereon: And proutd-
Ell further, that bids for tracts having improve
| mcnts upon them shall state the price 70
| both the land and the improvements. The
| proceeds of such sales shall be invested or
| expended for the benefit of the Indians inter-
| ested, in such II manner us the Sacl etiIry of
the Interior, subject to the approval of the
President, may direct.
The commissioners to be appointed by the
| Secretary of the Interior, under the ,provs-
ions of this act, shall receive compensation
for their services ut the rate of six dollars
for each day actually engaged in the duties
| herein designated, in addition to the amount
| paid by them for actual travelling and other
| necessary expenses.
The sum OF seventy-five thousand dollars,
or so much thereof rs may be necessary be,
and hereby is, appropriated, out of any mon
rys in the treasury not otherwise appropriate
ed, to be expended under the direction Of
the Secretary of The Interior, for the APP
pr;ilsrment and sale of the said reservations
and for the removal and establishment Of
said Indians, rs herGinbrfore provided, tho
sum 50 expended to be reimbursed from the
proceeds of the sales of the lands of said In
dans authorized by this act.
Approved, Nay 30, 1872.