The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-03-05

| IdDuS so dlIOGLeu SDhll De ueuucttl
the full amount of the deferred payments.
| hereby appropriated for; provided, that
| d. w Bushybead, having made perma-
nent or valuable improvements prior TO
! Nov. l, 1891, on the lands ceded by the said
| agreement, he shall be authorized TO select
| a quarter section of the land ceded there
! by, whether reserved or otherwise, TO the
| opening of said lands to public settlement;
| but be shall be required to pay Tor such
| quarter section AT the same rate per acre
as other settlers into the United States
| treasury, in such manner as the secretary
Of the interior shall direct.
The president of the United States may
establish in his discretion one or more
| land Offices TO be located upon the lands to
! be opened, or at some convenient place or
| places in the adjoining organized Terri
tory OF Oklahoma, and to nominate, and
by and with the consent of the senate, to
appoint registers and receivers thereof.
The sum Of s. 900. or SO much thereof as
may be necessary, the same to be i'm
mediately available, is appropriated out
of any money ID the treasury not other
wise appropriated, to pay for the services
of the appraisers 70 be appointed As afore-
said, at rate not exceeding SO a day for
the time actually employed by each ap-
praiser, and their reasonable expenses,
and to enable the commissioner of Indian
affairs, under the direction of the secre-
Of intruders required by the first para
graph of article 2 Of said agreement as
amended.
The sum of s., COO, or so much thereof as
may be necessary, the same TO lie i'm
mediately available, is appropriated out of
any money IN the treasury not otherwise
appropriated. to enable the commissioner
of Indian affairs, under the direction Of
the secretary of the interior, TO employ
such expert person or persons TO properly
render complete account to the Cherokee
nation of moneys due said nation, as re-
quired in the fourth subdivision OF article
of said agreement.
The sum OF $50 600, or so much thereof
as may be necessary, is appropriated out
of any money in the treasury not other
wise appropriated, the same to be immedi-
ately available, TO pay the Tonkawa tribe
of Indians in the territory of Oklahoma
for ell their right, title, claim and interest
of every kind and character IN and TO four
townships of land, containing 90,789-100s
acres, more or less, ceded, conveyed and
relinQuished to the United States by
article l of an agreement concluded on
the 2lst day of October. 1891, between
David II. Jerome, Alfred Wilson and
Warren g. Sayer, duly appointed commits
sioners on the part of the United States.
and said Tonkawa tribe OF Indians, which
agreement is contained in the message of
GDe president JuG SdlllO ~
congress and known as executive docu-
ment numbered thirteen, first session
Fifty-second congress, to be paid and
applied in the manner provided for in said
agreement. And such portion of said
amount as may be deposited in the treas
ury of the United States shall bear inter-
est at the rate of > per cent per annum,
which interest shall be applied as provided
in said agreement, and said agreement Is
hereby accepted, ratified and confirmed.
The sum of $4,000, or so much thereof
as may be necessary, Is appropriated out OF
any money in the treasury not otherwise
appropriated, the same to be Immediately
available, to pay the Pawnee tribe of Ind
ians in Oklahoma, formerly part of the
Indian Territory, for all their right, tide,
claim and interest OF any kind and char
acter in and TO all that tract of country
between the Cimarron and Kansas rivers
embraced in the limits of seventeen spec-
fed townships of land, ceded, conveyed,
and relinquished to the United States by
said Pawnee tribe OF Indians, by article
one OF an agreement concluded on the 24th
day of November, 1892 between David IL.
Jerome, Alfred Wilson and Warren q.
Sayer, duly appointed commissioners
on the part of the United States,
and said Pawnee tribe of In
dians, which agreement Is contained
in the message of the president communi-
eating the same to congress and known as
executive document number sixteen
second session Fifsy-second congress, to be
paid and applied in the manner provided
in article of said agreement. And
the further sum of 50, 900 or so much there
of as may be necessary, is hereby appro-
Driated, the same to be Immediately avail
able, to pay the expense or making the
allotments as provided for in said agree
ment, including the pay and expenses of
pppaGGarV GnpclaI aCpnrS hereby fhOrlZ-
ed TO be appointed by the president for
the purpose of making such allotmenUs,
and to pay the expense OF necessary re- !
surveys therefore. Said agreement is |
hereby accepted, ratified and confirmed. |
And the residue Of the proceeds Of the !
surplus lands mentioned in said agree
ment shall be placed to the credit of said |
tribe in the treasury Of the Ut1ted States |
and shall bear interest at the rate OF per !
centum per annum, said interest to be |
paid aud distributed 10 said tribe, as pro-
Yided in said article t.
The land acquired by the agreements |
specified are declared to be a part of the |
public domain. Sections l6 and sc in each |
township whether surveyed or unsur- |
surveyed, are hereby reserved from settle |
ment for the use and beeneGt of public |
schools, as provided in section 10 relating |
to lands acquired from the Cherokee ma |
ton of Indians And the lands so ac- |
quired by the agreements specified in the |
two preceding sections not so reserved |
shall be opened to settlement by procla- |
nation of the president, at the same time |
and in the same manner aud subject TO |
the same conditions and regulations pro- |
vided in section 10, relating to the |
opening of the lands acquired from the |
Cherokee nation of Indians. And each |
settler on the lands TO be opened as afore.
said shall before receiving patent for his |
aStaa1 n fha ITnIted for |
the lands so taken by him, in addition to |
the fees provided by law, the sum of 81 80 |
per acre, and shall also pay interest upon |
the amount so to be paid for said land. |
from the date of entry to the date of final !
payment, at the rate of 4 per centum per !
annum.
Before anv of the lands are open TO set
tlement it shall be the duty of the secre-
tary of the interior to divide the same into /
which shall contain as near a
possible and not less than 900 square miles
In each county.
In establishing said county liues the
secretary is hereby authorized to extend !
the lines OF the counties already located 50
as TO make the area of said counties equal !
as near as may be, to the area OF the
counties provided for in this act: Pro
vided, That range L west ana ranges /. ,,
8 and 4 east, in township % shall be at
tached to and become part Of payne
county.
At the first election for county Officers
the people of each county may vote
for n name for each county, aud
the name which receives the greatest
number of votes shall be the name Cf
such county; provided, further thst a.
soon As the county lines are desi Eua.e1 5y
the secretary, he shall reserve nos 10 ax-
Ceed one half section Of land IN each coul-
ty TO be treated for county purpose 70 b.
entered under sections ., }S1 aud 25SS of
the revised statutes And al reservations
for county seats shall ps specified in any
order or proclamation which taa pra-i.
dent shah make Tor the opening OF the
lands to SCI -lsmeut.