The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-03-07

and agreed to in conference relate to the
Seminole and Cherokee lands, and are as
follows:
The sum of 81 .e12 $40 is appropriated to pay
IN full the Seminole nation for all the right, title,
interest and claim which they may have In and
20 certain lands coded by Article 3 OF the treaty
between the United States and the Seminole
nation, concluded June ii, 1866, containing
2.OS7.415 acres: of this sum, 81, 500. 600 shall re-
main in the treasury. 5 per cent interest to be
paid semi-annually tothe treasurer of the nation,
and S4I2. $40 shall be Immediately available
for distribution to such persons as may
be declared by the legislative authority
of the nation TO be entitled 10 receive It,: This
appropriation to become operative upon the ex-
ecution, by the duly appointed delegates OF said
nation. specially empowered so TO do, or a re-
lease and conveyance TO the United states OF an
of Indians in and TO said lands, In manner anc
form satisfactory 10 the President or the United
States. and said release and conveyance, when
fully executed and delivered, snail operate to ex-
tinguish all claims OF every kind and character
of said Seminole nation of Indians In and 10 the
tract of country TO which said release and con-
veyance shall apply, but sueh release. convey
anct and extinguishment shall not inure 10 the
benz ut of, or cause 20 vest In any railroad COM
pa1y any right, title or interest whatever in or
10 any OF said lands, and all laws and parts or
laws, so far as they conflict with the foregoing,
are hereby repealed, and all grants OF said lands,
or any interest or right therein now existing In
or on behalf OF any railroad company, except
right Of d.,,. wag =, and De- t Seggitt ground foq Sres scs
of condition. The lands thus acquired
shall be a part of tie public domain, two sections
in each township to be reserved for the use and
benefit of public schools to be erected within the
limits of said lands. All the lands thus acquired,
except the school sections. shall be disposed OF
to actual settlers under the homestead laws only,
except as herein otherwise provided except that
Section 2301, Revised Statutes, shall not apply;
ing attempted to, but for any cause failed, to Sc
cure a title in fee to a homestead under existing
law, or who made entry under what Is known as
the committed provision Of the homestead law,
shall be qualified to make a homestead entry
upon said lands; and provided. further, that the
rights OF honorably discharged Union soldiers
and sailors in the late civil war. as defined and
described in Sections 2304 and 2305 or the Re-
Vised Statutes, shall not be abridged; and pro-
vided, further, that each entry shall be In square
form as nearly as practicable. and no person be
permitted To enter more than one quarter section
thereof. But until said lands are opened for set
Element by proclamation of the President, no
person shall he permitted 10 enter upon and Oc-
cupy the same, and no person violating THIS pro-
vision shall ever be permitted 10 enter
any of said lands or acquire any right thereto;
The Secretary OF the Interior may, after said
proclamation, and not before, permit entry OF
said lands for town sites, but no such entry shall
embrace more than one-half section OF land.
Al the foregoing provisions with reference to
lands TO be acquired from the Seminole Indians,
including the provisions pertaining to forfeiture,
shall apply to and regulate the disposal of the
lands acquired from the Muscogee or Creek
Indians BY articles of cession and agreement
made and concluded at Washington, Jan. 10,
1889. The President is hereby authorized to ap-
point three commissioners, not more than two
Oh W0Om tUHll De IutIiDtIS VI tlc Sdfut pOllltdl
party, 70 negotiate with the Cherokee Indians
snd with all other Indians owning or claiming
lands lying west OF the ninety-sixth degree OF
Longitude in the Indian Territory (the Cherokee
%outfefD, for the cessiOn to the United States OF
all their title, claim, or interest OF every kind or
s sna spv in and and al a to sala r lanSf.
ing from such negotiations shall be
reported to the President and by him to Congress
at its next session, and to the council or councils
of the nation or nations, tribe or tribes, agreeing
TO the same, for ratification, and for this purpose
the sum of $25 900, or as much therefore as may
be necessary, is hereby appropriated, to be i'm
mediately available.
Provided, That said commission is further au-
proposition that said nation shall cede to the
United States, in the manner and with the effect
aforesaid. all the rights of said nation in said
lands, upon the same terms as to payment
as are provided in the agreement made with the
Greek Indians of the date of Jan. 10, 1889, and
ratified by the present Congress-; and If said
Cherokee nation shall accept, and by act OF
its legislative authority, duly passed, rat
upon become a part OF the public domain for
the purpose of such disposition as is herein pro-
vided; and the President is authorized. as Soon
thereafter as he may deem advisable, by pr0cla-
nation, TO open said lands to settlement in the
same manner and TO the same effect as in this
act provided concerning the lands acquired from
said Creek Indians; but until said lands are
opened for settlement by proclamation of the
President, no person shall be ermitted to enter
upon and occupy the same, and no person violat-
ing this provision shall be entitled TO entrance to
said lands or acquire any right thereto. The
President may, whenever he deems necessary,
create not to exceed two land districts embrac-
ing the lands which he may open to settlement
by proclamation, as hereinbefore provided, and
he Is empowered to locate land Offices for the
same, appointing thereto, in conformity to exist
ing laws, registers and receivers; and for the
purpose OF carrying out this provision $4,000, OF
20 much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby
aDprODriatpd.