Chapter CDXXIV. for the Restoration to Market of certain Lands in Michigan
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CHAP. CDXXIV.— An Act for the Restoration to Market of certain Lands in Michigan.June 10, 1872. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That all the lands remaining undisposedUnsold lands of the Ottawa, &c., reservation in Michigan to be restored to market.Vol. xv. p. 621. of in the reservation made for the Ottawa and Chippewa Indians of Michigan by the treaty of July thirty-first, eighteen hundred and fifty-five, shall be restored to market by proper notice, under direction of the Secretary of the Interior, as hereinafter provided.
Sec. 2. That said unoccupied lands shall be open to homestead entry forTo be open to homestead entry by Indians only for six months. six months from the passage of this act by Indians only of said tribes who shall have not made selections or purchases under said treaty, including such members of said tribes as have become of age since the expiration of the ten years named in the treaty; and any Indian so entitled shall be permitted to make his homestead entry at the local office within the six months aforesaid of not exceeding one hundred and sixty acres, or one-quarter section of minimum, or eighty acres of double minimum land, on making proper proof of his right under such rules as may be prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior: *Provided,* That the collector of customsCollector of customs to select for minor children, &c. for the district in which said land is situated is hereby authorized, and it is made his duty to select for such minor children as would be entitled under this law as heirs of any Indian.
Sec. 3. That all actual, permanent, bona fide settlers on any of saidBona fide settlers on such lands prior to Jan. 1, 1872, entitled to enter, &c. lands who settled prior to the first day of January, eighteen hundred and seventy-two, shall be entitled to enter either under the homestead laws or to pay for at the minimum or double minimum price, as the case may be, not exceeding one hundred and sixty acres of the former or eighty acres of the latter class of land on making proof of his settlement and continued residence before the expiration of six months from the passage of this act.
Sec. 4. That all selections by Indians heretofore made and regularlySelections heretofore made by Indians, to be patented to them.Sales regularly made, &c., confirmed, &c. reported and recognized as valid and proper by the Secretary of the Interior and commissioner of Indian affairs, shall be patented to the respective Indians making the same; and all sales heretofore made and reported where the same are regular and not in conflict with such selections, or with any other valid adverse right, except of the United States, are hereby confirmed, and patents shall issue thereon as in other cases according to law.
Sec. 5. That immediately after the expiration of said six months, theAfter six months remaining lands to be restored to market.Lands not to be taken under land grants, &c. secretary shall proceed to restore the remaining lands to market by public notice of not less than thirty days, and after such restoration they shall be subject to the general laws governing the disposition of the public lands of the United States: *Provided,* That none of the lands herein mentioned shall be subject to or taken under any grant of lands for public works or improvements, or by any railroad company.
Approved, June 10, 1872.