The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1874-06-18
KAW LAND BILL.
Col. Phillips Earnest Work in its
Support.

Col. Phillips Earnest Work in its
Support.
The Debate in Which all the
Kansas Members Parti.
cipated.
MR.. PHILLIPS, from the Committee on
Public Lands reported back. with favora-
BILE Recommendation, the bill III. X. No.
1929 providing for the sale Of the Kansas
Indian lands in Kansas tn actual settlers,
and for the disposition Of the procet ds Of the
sale.
The preamble and bill were read.
The preamble recites that the Secretary
OF the Interior, in pursuance Of an sct ap-
proved May 8, 1872, caused to be appraised
the lands heretofore owned ty the Kansas
tribe Of Indians, in the State OF Kansas,
which by the terms OF the treaty made BY
the United States and said Indians, and
proclaimed November II, 1860. were to be
sold for the benefit of the said Indians,
which appraisement also includes all i'm.
provement on the same, and the value Of the
Improvement. distinguishing between said
improv rranis made by members of said
Indian Iiue, the United States and white
settlers; AID the apprairement thus made
was 90 high that neither settlers nor pur-
chasers were able to pay the same, and the
said land has remained unsOld from the
IF the
The fret section of the bill then provides
tina, each bana fde settler on any Of the trust
lands embraced in aaid act, heretofore re-
ported as such BY TIE Commissioners sp-
pointed 10 make said apPraisement, and the
rejected claimants - bona fde settlers, Who
w.re recommended - such BY Andrew c.
Williams, acting under Instructions to Super
intendent Hoag. from the Indian office,
dated October "a, 1872, be permi ted t.
make payment Of the aprraised value Of
their lands to the local land Office at Tcpeks,
Kan.as, under euch ruler "A the Commission
er of the General Lend Office may adopt, in
si1 equal annual installments; the first in.
s,al,ment payable on the first day Of
January, 1875, or within six months after
the date of the approval Of . new apPraise-
ment, when made, and the remaining in
s,a lments payable annusl'y from that time.
and drawing interest at 6 per cent. per sn.
mum until D aid; provided. that where there
il timber on any ofthe lands to be sold I'M
der the provisions Of this at, the Secretary
of the Interior shall require the purchaser to
enter into bonds. with approved security,
that he shall commit no waste on the timber
or otherwise, on 5 lid land until the last pay
men, il made, and give his notes TO secure
the purchase money thereof on the terms
Aforesaid.
The second aec ion provid.s that all the
remainder OF the trast lands and OF the un-
disposed portion of Tire diminished reserves
shall be subject to entry at the local land
office at Topeka Kansas, in tracts not ex-
ceedirg one hundred and sixty acres, unless
a legal subdivision OF section shall be frac-
uonal and found, to contain grea'er num-
b.r Of acres, by actual reitlers under such
rules and regulations a. the Commissioner Of
the General Land Office may prescribe. And
the parties making such entries ehall be re-
quIred to make payment Of the appraised
value of the land enierei and occupied by
each in the following manner: One-fourth
at the lime that the entry Is made and the
remainder in three squsl annual payments,
drawing interest at 6 per cent. per annum,
which payments shall be secured by notes
payable to the United States, and the Secre-
tarv of the Interior shall withhold title I'M
I'll the last payment il made; and the S<cre-
tary of the Interior, where there il timber on
the lands, shall in add ion, compel the pur.
chaser to enter into bond, with approved &c
curity, to commit no waste BY the destruC-
ticn Of timber or otherwise, on the premises
until fnal pay ment has Teen made; and the
Secretary Of the Interior shall cause pa'ents
10 fee simple to be Issued TO all parti.s who
shall comp'e'e purchases under the rrovis.
ions of this act; provided, that If any per-
son or persons applying to purchase land
under the provisions Of this act shall fail to
make payment, or to perform any other con-
ditiops required By the conditions Of this
act, or rules and regulations that may be
prescribed in the execution hereof, within
ninety days after such payment shalt become
due or Performance be required BY the terms
hereof, such pesson or per.ons shall forfeit
all rights under the provisions Of this set,
and all clam or right 70 reimbursement or
compensation fer previous action or payment
by said person or persons under the provis-
ions thereof; and the lands propneed to Re
purchased BY such person or persons shall
again he subject to sale q though no action
had teen hsd in regard to the same; and
provided that ell the lands not taken within
twelve months after the passage of this act
may be sold in amounts not to exceed ore
hundred and sixty acre, to any one persor,
at the appraised price. in the land district in
which they are situated.
The third section provides that the Secre
tary Of the Interior ehsll inquire into the
correctness Of the arpraisement Of these
lsnds;and il he is satisfied that they have been
appraised at more than their present cash
value, he may appoint new commission Of
three persops to reappraiae the same; the per
diem and expenses Of which, at the rates
heretofore paid u such commissioners, shall
be deducted from the proceeds Of said land.;
and in case he shall deem it more economi.
cal or advisable, he may, instead OF ORDER
'rg nev apPra.eemen', reduce the old APP
Pra'semen. OF s:.d lands 10 s:'d purchasers,
not exceeding - per cent. oil such aPPraise-
ment.
The fourth sfc:ion provides that in al cas-
"a where there has been an appraieement of
Indian Improvements on any Of said lands,
the set'ler or purchaser may submit evidence
at the land Office when the purchase il msde,
showing what the actual cash valne of such
impr' v'ments was when the settler FIRST occu-
piei the land; and on such evidence the Sec
retsry o. the Interior may reduce such sp-
prai.em'nt TO an amount that would be fair