The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-12-24
FARMS FOR INDIANS.

The House Passes the Bill for the AIlot-
ment of Lands in Severalty to the Ma
tion's Wards-Synopsis of the Measure
WASHINGTON, Dec. 17.-The House yester-
day, after several amendments had been
made, passed the bill to allot lands in sew
crafty to Indians.
AS amended the bill provides that in all cases
where any tribe Of Indians is located upon any
reservation created for its use, either by treaty
stipulation or by virtue of an act of Congress or
Executive order, the Secretary of the Interior is
authorized, whenever in his opinion any reser-
walton of such Indians is advantageous for
agricultural and grazing purposes, to cause said
reservation to be surveyed, or resurVeyed, If
necessary, and to allot the lands in said reser-
walton in severaity to the Indians located there
on, on their application, in quantities as fol-
lows: To each head of family, one-quarter Of
a section; to each single person, over eighteen
years of age, one-eighth of section; to each
orphan child under eighteen years of age,
one-eighth of a section; to each other
person under eighteen years, one-sixteenth
Of section. Provided. that in case
there is not sufficient land in any Of said reser-
vations to allot lands to each individual of the
classes above named, in quantities as above
provided, the lands embraced in such reServa-
tion or reservations shall be allotted to each
individual of each Of said classes pro rata in
further prohibits for the period of twenty
five years the conveyance of any such allotted
land It makes the allottees subject to State
and Territorial law, and prohibits any Territory
from passing any law denying to any such In
dian within its jurisdiction the equal protection
of the law. The rights and privileges Of citizen
ship are conferred upon every Indian born within
the territorial lines of the United States to
whom allotments have been made, and upon
every Indian who has voluntarily taken up his
residence and adopted the habits of civilized
life. The provisions of the bill do not extend
to the territory occupied by the CheroAees,
Creeks, Choctaws, Chickasaws, Seminoles and
Osages, Miamis and Pecrias, and Sacs and
Foxes, in Indian Territory; nor to any of the
reservations of the Seneca nations of New
York Indians in the State of New York. nor in
that strip of territory in the STATE of Nebraska
adjoining the Sioux nation OH the south, nor
does the bill authorize the abolition of any
reservation until the consent of the majority of
the male members twenty-one years of age
shall be first obtained.1
--S 60
AaReceiver Appointed for the Wabash.
CHICAGO, Dec 17-Judge Gresham has
appointed Judge Cooley, of Michigan, re-
ceiver of the Chicago division of the Wa
bash railway.
Judge Cooley's bond was fixed at $780,
WV AhO OAO 1OCClFClo 1CpOIO P~al 3doI OA
hand at the close of November. Jay Gould
refuses to express an opinion in regard to
the new appointee.
Thomas M. Cooley is one Of the best known
jurists of this country. He was born at At
tica, N Y, Jan. 6, 1924, and removed to Mich
igan in 1843. Some two years later he entered
upon the profession OF law, and has
attained to foremost rank among the writers
on legal subjects as well as a member of the
higher bench. In 1850 he became professor
Of law in the University of Michigan. He
was elected Justice of the Supreme Court
of that State in 1864, and became Chief
Justice by succession in 1867. He was returned
to the bench for three terms. His interpreta-
ton of constitutional law and general quest ons
have always been considered authorities in
their several WAYS