Chapter 200. to legalize certain patents issued to members of the Pottawatomie tribe of Indians
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CHAP. 200.— An Act to legalize certain patents issued to members of the Pottawatomie tribe of Indians.June 14, 1878. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Pottawatomie Indians.Patent to, confirmed.12 Stat., 1192.13 Stat., 533. That the patents issued April fifteenth, eighteen hundred and seventy-one, to certain Pottawatomie Indians in the State of Kansas, under the third article of the treaty between the United States and the Pottawatomie tribe of Indians, of November fifteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-one, and the sixth and eighth articles of the treaty between the United States and said tribe of Indians, concluded February twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and sixty seven, be, and the same are hereby declared to be, valid and in full force and effect to the same extent as they would have been had said patentees become naturalized *Proviso.*citizens of the United States prior to the issuing of said patents: *Provided*, That this act shall only apply to patents for lands for which conveyances have been made in good faith by the patentees subsequent to the issuing of their patents.
Approved, June 14, 1878.