Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1884-03-22

and the trust created in the original
patent shall be and remain in full force
until the patent i'm fee be issued. Each
Of said patents shall be recorded in the
general land Office Of the Indian bureau,
and shall be then delivered to and plac.
ed in charge Of some person designated
therefor OH the reservation affected
thereby, for the inspection and use It
all times of any one interested therein.
Sections 8 to 10 inclusive refers to the
allotment of land i'm the reservation set
aside for the Indians and their govern
ment.
Sec. IL. That in consideration Of the
releases on the part of the Sioux Nation
Of Indians in this act contained, it is
hereby enacted that the seventh article
of the said treaty Of April twenty-ninth,
eighteen hundred and sixty eight, secur-
ing TO said Indians the benefits ::of edu.
catioA, shall continue in force for twen-
ty years from and after the time this az,
shall take effect; and the secretary Of
the interior is hereby authorized and
directed to purchase from time to time,
for the use Of said Indians such and so
many frst-class American breeding
COWS, not exceeding twenty-five thou.
sand in number. and bulls Of like qual.-
ty, not exceeding one thousand in num-
ber, as in his judgment can be, under
regulations furnished by him, cared
for and preserved, with their increase,
by said Indians, as permanent herds !;
and so much money as shall be neces-
sury for this purpose is hereby appropri-
ated out Of any money in the treasury
not Otherwise appropriated; and in ad-
diion thereto there shall be set apart,
out of any money in the treasury not
otherwise appropriated, the sum Of one
million Of dollars, which said sum shall
be deposited in the treasury of the Unit
ed States to the credit Of the Sioux
Nation Of Indians as permanent fund,
the interest of which, at FIVE per centum
per annum, shall he appropriated, un-
der the direction Of the secretary Of the
interior. to the use Of the Indians re-
ceiving rations and annuities upon the
reservations created by this act. in pro-
portion TO the numbers that shall SO re-
ceive rations afN annuities at the time
this act takes effect, AS follows One
half Of said Interest shall be SO expended
for the promotion Of industrial and
other suitable education among said
Indians, and the other half thereof in
such manner and for such purposes as
in the judgment Of said secretary shall,
from time to time, most contribute to
the advancement Of said Indians in
civilization and self-support.
Section Is gives the land used by
religious societies patent for such land
on payment Of not exceeding 50 cents
per acre, and section l9 provides that
all provisions Of the treaty Of 1878 not
in conflict with the present one shall
remain in full force.
Sec. 20. That all the lands acquired
by the provisions Of this act, except
American Island, shall be disposed Of
by the United States to actual settlers
only, under the provisions of existing
homestead acts: Provided, that each
settler, under and in accordance with
the provisions of said homestead acts,
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land so taken by him the sum Of fifty
cents for each and every acre, in four
equal annual payments, and shall be
entitled to a patent therefor only at the
expiration Of four years from the date
Of entry, according to said homestead
laws, and after the full payment Of said
sum of fifty cents per acre therefor and
any conveyance Of said lands so taken
as homestead, or any contract touch
ing the same, or lien thereon, created
prior to the date Of such patent, shall be
null and void. American Island, an is
land In the Missouri river near Cham
berlain, in the territory of Dakota, and
now part Of the Sioux reservation, is
hereby donated to the said town of
Chamberlain: Provided. That said town
of Chamberlain shall formally accept
the same within one year from the pas
sage Of this act, upon the express condi-
ton that the same shall be preserved
for all time entire as a public park to
which ali persons shall have free access;
and said town shall have authority to
adopt all proper rules and regulations
for the Improvement and care Of said
park, subject to the approval of the
president of the United States and
rrcn .hc failure Q: s:ch conditions the
same shall revert to the United States.
Section 81 provides that all money ac-
cruing from disposing of the fore
going lands shall 60 to reimburse the u.
S. for all necessary expenditures for the
purchase of the live stock for the In
dians and the creating Of permanent
fund.
Sec. %. That this act shall take effect
only upon the acceptance thereof and
consent thereto by the different bands
Of the Sioux Nation Of Indians, i'm man.
ner and form prescribed by the twelfth
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