Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1889-04-04

the l4th day OF June, 1866, and also
granted and released to the United States
oil and every claim, estate. right or inter
est of any ard every description in and to
any and all land and territory whstever,
except so much of the former domain of
said Muscoges Tor Creek) Nation as lies
east of said line of diyis' on surveyed and
established as aforesaid, and then used
and occupied as the homo of said nation,
and which articles of cession and agi ee-
ment ve.e duly accepted, ratified and con-
hrmel by sail Muscog (or Geek Ma
ton of Indi ms by act of its Council, ap-
prove on Jan. 81, 1889, and by the Unite |
States, by act of Congress approved
March !, 1889, and
WHEREAS, BY Section IL of the ret
entitled An act making appropriations
for the current and 1'ntingent expenses Of
the Indian Department, and for fulfilling
Treaty stipulations with various Indian
tribes, for the year ending June 80, 1870,
and for other purposes" approved March
2, 1889, sum of money was appropriated
to pay in full the Seminole Nation of In
dians for all the right, tit.e, interest, and
claim which said nation of Indians might
have in and to certain ,nd' ceded by Ar
ticle 3 of the treaty between the United
States and said natiol of Indians, con-
cluded June IL, 1866, and proclaimed
Aug. l6, 1866, sal i appror riat on to le-
come operative upon the execution, by the
duly appointed delegates of said nation
specially empowered 10 do so, of release
conveyance 10 the United Stat of all
right, title, interest, and cltim of said
nation of Indians in and to said lands in
manner and form satisfactory to the Pres
ident of the United States; and,
WHEREAS, Said release and convey
ance, bearing date the 18th Of March,
1859, has been duly and fully executed,
approved and delivered; and,
WHEREAS, Section Is of the act last
aforesaid relating to said lands provides
as follows:
Section Is. That the lands acquired
by the United States under sa'd agree
ment shall be part of the public domain,
to be disT osed OF only as herein provided,
and sections Is and SO of ca township,
whether surveyed or unsurveyed. are here
by reserved for the use and benefit of the
public schools 10 be established within
the limits of said lands, under such con-
dit ons and regulations as may be here
after enacted by Congress.
That the lands acquired by convey
ance from the Seminole Indians hereun-
der, except the sixteenth and thirty-sixth
sections, shall be disposed OF 10 actual
settlers. under the homes estead laws, only
except as herein, otherw Sc provided lex
cept that section 30l OF the Revised Stat
utes shall not apply; ond provided, fur
ther, That any person who having attempt
ed to, but from any cause failed TO, cure
title in fee to homestead under exist
ing laws, or who made e.try under what
is known as the commuted provision OF
the homestead laws, shall be qualified to
make a uomestead ent y upon said
lands; and provided, further, That
the rights OF honorably discharged
Union soldiers and sailors in the
civil war, as defined and described in Gec-
tions 1904 and 1905 Of the Revised Stat
utes, shall not be abridged; and provided,
further, that each entry shall be In square
form as nearly as practicable, and no per-
son to be permitted to enter more than
one-quarter section thereof, but unEil said
lands are opened for settlement by procla-
nation of the President, no person shall
be permitted 10 enter upon and occapy the
same, and no person viola Jog this pro-
vision shalt ever be permitted TO 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,
under sections 1887 and 1888 OF the Re-
vised Statutes, but no such entry shall
embrace more than one-half section Of
land.