Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1894-02-23
RESERVATION MATTERS.
I'exs Of tbs BiU -VoD Before the
Con0rees- The Land is to DC
appraised and opened to
Settlement Under the
Homestead LdiCs.

BY the first article the NeZ Perez
Indians cede, sell, relinquish, and
convey to the United States all
their claim, right, title, and inter
est in and to all unallotted lands
within the limits of their reserva-
ton, saving and excepting de-
scribed tracts, embracing some
10000 acres of wood and timber
land.
BY the second section it is stipu-
lated that certain described tracts
of $40 acres, known as the Lang
ford claim" shall also be excepted
from the cession, and that the
United States will pay to William
G. Langford, his heirs and assigns,
the sum of $4,000 upon the ex-
ecution of a satisfactory release
and REIMBURSEMENT to the United
States ofall title, etc, in said tracts.
Five acres of the tract upon
which the Indian Presbyterian
Church is located is to be patented
to said church.
BY the third article the United
States agree to pay to said Indians
the sum of 81 ,626,220 to be dis
posed as follows: S626,220 to be
paid to said Indians per capita, as
soon as practicable after the ratif-
cation Of the agreement, the re-
mainder to be deposited in the
Treasury of the United States to
the credit of the "Nez Perez In
dams of Idaho," to bear interest at
rate of B per centum per annum,
principal and interest to be paid
said Indians, per capita, as follows:
At the expiration of one year from
date Of ratification, the sum of
$4,000, and semi-annually there
after the sum of $3.50, 900, with the
interest on the unexpended por-
ton of the fund of 81 100000, I'M
til the entire amount shall have
been paid; no part of the funds to
be derived from this cession to be
diverted or withheld from the dis
position made by this article on
account of any depreciation or
other act committed by any Nez
Perez Indian prior to the execution
of the agreement; but the sum is
to be actually paid to the Indians
in cash, in the manner and at the
times stipulated in this article.
A portion of the reservation has
not been subdivided. 1t is esti-
mated to contain 656,96S acres.
The allottments have been made
in the field, and a schedule of l =
Go is now ready for transmission
to the Department; the remainder,
some 240, can not be scheduled
until the plats of the latest surveys
are received from the General
Land Office. They are expected
within short time.
The quantity of the land allotted
is estimated at 1S2 ,235 acres. The
number of acres reserved from ces-
sion is 80, $50 acres, including the
Langford claim, leaving the guam
tity of lands coded 42,O73 acres,
and upon this basis the compen-
sation was agreed upon at SO per
acre.
TEXT OF THE BILL.
Therefore, be it enacted by the
Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of
America in Congress assembled,
that the said agreement be, and
the same hereby is, accepted, rati-
fed, and confirmed.
SIC. 2. That for the purpose of
carrying the provisions of this act
into effect there is hereby appro-
priated, out of any money in the
Treasury not otherwise appropri-
ated, the sum of one million six
hundred and sixty-eight thousand
six hundred and twenty-five dol
lars, of which amount the sum of
81 100000 shall be placed to the
credit of "the Nez Perez Indians of
Idaho" in the Treasury of the
United States, and shall bear in
terest at the rate of five per centum
per annum. Said sum of one mil
lion, six hundred and sixty-eight
thousand six hundred and twenty
two dollars, together with the in
terest on said sum of one million
dollars, shall be paid to said In
dams, or expended for their bene-
fit, as provided in articles two,
three, four, and eight of said agree
ment: Provided, that none of the
money agreed to be paid said In
dians, nor any of the interest there
on, shall be, or become, liable to
the payment of any judgment or
claim for depredations committed
by said tribe or any member there
of before the date of said agree
IN ent.
SEC. 3. That the Secretary OF
the Interior be, and hereby is,
authorized to cause the lands
coded, sold, relinquished, and con-
veyed to the United States by said
agreement to be appraised by a
commission of three persons, to be
appointed by him, whose compen-
sation shall be fixed by him, and
Immediately after the approval OF
such appraisment by the Secretary
of the Interior and issuance and