The Globe-republican., 1893-09-01

subject to the second prOviSO of section
z, the whole of section of the act OF
March 8, 1891, entitled IAN act making
appropria tons for the current expenses
of the Indian department and for full
filing treaty stipulations with various
tribes for the year ending June 30,
1892. and for other purposes, except as
to so much of said acts and sections as
may conflict with the provisions Of this
act.
Each settler on the land so to be
opened to settlement as aforesaid shall,
before receiving patent for his home
stead, pay to the United States for the
land so taken by him. in addition to
the fees provided by law, the sum OF
g.. 50 per acre for any land east of 97H
degrees west longitude, the sum OF
$3.50 per acre for any land between
9T1s degrees west longitude and 9sH
degrees west longitude and the sum OF
81 per acre for any land west OF 9S1a
degrees west longitude, and shall also
pay interest upon the amount so to be
paid for said land from the date of en-
try to tine date of final payment there
for at the rate of per centum per an
mum.
No person shall be permitted to occu-
py or enter upon any of the lands here
in referred to. except in the manner
prescribed by the proclamation of the
president opening the same to settle
ment; and any person otherwise occu-
plying or entering upon any OF the said
lands shall forfeit the right to acquire
any of said lands.
The secretary of the interior shall,
under the direction of the president,
prescribe rules and regulations, not in
consistent with this act, for the occu-
patton and settlement of said lands. to
be Incorporated in the proclamation OF
the president. which shall be issued at
least twenty days before the time fixed
for the opening of said lands; and.
Whereas, BY written agreement,
made on the 2lst day of October. 1891.
the Tonkawa tribe of Indians, in the
territory of Oklahoma. coded, conveyed
and forever relinquished to the United
States all their right, title, claim and
interest of every kind and character
in and to the lands particularly de-
scribed in article l of the agreement.
provided that the allotments of land
to said Tonkawa tribe Of Indians there
fore made. or to be made under said
agreement, and the provisions of the
general allotment act approved Febru-
ary S, 1887, and an act amendatory
thereof, approved February 2S. 1891,
shall be confirmed, and provided that
in all cases where the allottee has died
since land has been set Off and sched-
uled to such person. the law of descent
and partition in force in Oklahoma ter
ritory shall apply thereto. existing law
to the contrary notwithstanding, and.
Whereas, BY a certain other agree
ment with the Pawnee tribe of Indians
in said territory, made on the 23d day
of November, 1892, said tribe coded,
conveyed. released. relinquished and
surrendered to the United States all its
title, claim and interest of every kind
and character in and to the lands par
ticu,arlv described in article l of the
a agreement:
Provid ed. That the allotments made
or to be made 10 said Indians in the
manner and subject to the conditions
contained in said agreement shall be
confirmed: and.
Whereas. 1t is provided in section ID
OF the act of congress accepting, ratify-
ing and confirming said agreements
with the Tonkawa Indians and the
Pawnee Indians, specified in sections
II and II of the same act. approved
March 3. 1898, entitled IAN act making
appropriations for current and contin-
gent expenses and fulfilling treaty
stipulations with Indian tribes for fiscal
year ending June 80, 1894" that the
lands acquired by the agreements
specified in the two preceding sections
are hereby declared to be part Of the
public domain.
Sections Is and Sc in each township,
whether surveyed or unsurveyed. are
| h, reby rcServed from settlement for
the use and benefit of public schools, as
provided in section 10, relating to lands
so acquired by the agreements specified
in the two preceding sections not so re-
served shall be opened to settlement by
proclamation of the president at the
same time and in the manner and sub
| iect to the same conditions and regula-
tons provided in section 10, relating to
| the opening of the lands acquired from
the Cherokee nation of Indians, and
each settler on the lands so to be
opened as aforesaid, shall, before re
ceiving patent for his homestead, pay
to the United States for the lands SC
taken by him, in addition to the fees
provided by law. the sum OF e. so PEI
acre: and shall also pay interes,
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 pc
cent per annum: and
Whereas. The thirteenth section o
the act approved March 2, 1889, the &C
approved May 2, 1890, and the secont
proviso OF section II and the whole o
section is of the act approved Marcel
5. 1891. are referred to in the tenth sec
ton of the act approved March 5. 1893
and thereby made applicable in tn
disposal of the lands at the Cherokee
outlet" hereinbefore mentioned, the
provisions OF which acts SO far as they