Omaha daily bee., 1888-06-24
OMAHA INDIAN RESERVATION.
An Act Extending Time OF Payment
to Purchasers.

An act for the relief of the Omaha tribe of
Indians in Nebraska, to extend time of pay
ment to purchasers of land OF said Indians,
and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the senate and house
OF representatives of the United States
of America in congress assembled: That
in view of the advanced condition in
civilization of the Omaha tribe OF In
dians III the state of Nebraska, and to
enable said tribe to further i'm
prove their condition by making i'm
provements upon their homesteads by
the purchase of stock, cattle. agricul-
tural implements, and other necessary
articles, and in accordance with their
wishes, there is hereby appropriated
out OF any moneys in the treasury not
otherwise appropriated, the sum of
seventy thousand dollars, being the last
seven installments of ten thousand dol
to said Indians under the fourth article
of their treaty dated March sixteenth.
eighteen hundred and fifty-four, to be
paid per capita in two annual INSTALL
ments of thirty-five thousand dollars
each; provided, that payment of the
second installment shall be made con-
tingent upon their advancement and
improvement, and in the discretion of
the secretary Of the interior: And pro-
vided further, that said money shall be
paid to said Indians per capita by
special agent appointed for that pur-
pose by the secretary of the interior,
which agent shall in person direct and
advise the expenditure of the same by
such Indians in the manner most con-
ducive to their present welfare. He
shall give bond for the faithful per-
fOrmancc of his duties and be paid for
his services out of said money such
reasonable compensation as shall be
determined by said secretary. He shall
report to said secretary, III detail, his
dOingS hereunder.
Sec. 2. That the secretary of the
interior be, and he is, hereby, anthor-
lied and directed to extend the time
of the payment OF the purchase-money
due for land sold on Omaha Indian res
ervauOn under the sales made by virtue
OF an act to provide for the sale of II
| part of the reservation of the Omaha
tribe of Indians in the state of Ne
braska, and forother purposes, approved
August 7, 1882, as follows: The time of
each payment shall be extended for the
period of two years beyond the time
now fixed: Provided, That the interest
| on said payments shall be paid annually
| at the time said payments of interest
| are due: And provided further, That
| the act above mentioned, except as
| changed and modified by this act, shall
remain I'm full force.
See 3. The secretary of the interior
| is hereby directed to declare forfeited
all lands sold under said act upon which
| the purchaser shall be in default, under
existing law, for sixty days after the
| passage of this act, in payment of any
| part of the purchase money, or in the
| payment of any interest on such pur-
| chase money for the period of two years
| previous to the expiration of said sixty
| days. The secretary of the interior
shall tilereupon without delay cause all
| such land, together with all tracts of
| land embraced in said act not hereto
fore sold, TO be sold at public auction,
after due notice, to the highest bidder
! over and above the original appraisal
! thereof, upon the terms of
payment authorized in said act.
| And the proceeds of all such
| sales shall be covered into the treasury,
to be disposed of for the sole use of said
| Omaha tribe of Indians, in such manner
as shall be hereafter determined by law.
Sec. 4. That the secretary of the in
| terror, with the consent Of the Omaha
| tribe of indians, expressed in such man
ner as he may determine, be and he
! hereby is authorized to set apart from
| the unalotted and unassigned lands Of
said Omaha Indians, in the state Of Ne
| braska, not to exceed five acres of lard
for the use and occupation of the
| Woman's National Indian association,
| TO be used by the said association Tor
missionary and educational purposes
among the Indians: aud the use and oc-
cupancy of the land so set apart TO inure
TO said association and its successors SO
long as the same is used for the pur-
| poses herein specified.
Approved May 10, 1859.