Chapter CCLXIII. to authorize the President of the United States to negotiate with the Chiefs and Head-men of the Shoshone and Bannock Tribes of Indians for the Relinquishment of a Portion of their Reservation in Wyoming Territory
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CHAP. CCLXIII.— An Act to authorize the President of the United States to negotiate with the Chiefs and Head-men of the Shoshone and Bannock Tribes of Indians for the Relinquishment of a Portion of their Reservation in Wyoming Territory.June 1, 1872. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the UnitedNegotiations to be made with the Shoshone and Bannock Indians for surrender of part of their reservation. States of America in Congress assembled,* That the President of the United States be, and he is hereby, authorized to negotiate with the Shoshone and Bannock tribes of Indians, for the relinquishment of that portion of the reservation of said tribes in Wyoming Territory which is situate south of the central dividing ridge between the Big Popoagie and Little Wind rivers and south of the forty-third parallel, and to cede to said tribes lands lying north of and adjacent to their present reservation, equal in area to any lands by them ceded.
And it shall be the duty of the President to report all proceedings under this act to Congress for approval or rejection:Report to Congress.Limit to this act. *Provided,* This authority shall not continue beyond January first, eighteen hundred and seventy-three. Approved, June 1, 1872.