Chapter 59.
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CHAP. 59.— An act to authorize the Seneca Nation of Indians, of the State of New York, to grant title to lands for cemetery purposes. March 1, 1883. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Grant of title to lands by Seneca nation of Indians, of New York, for cemetery purposes.[18 Stat., 330](/us/stat/18/330). That it shall be lawful for the Seneca Nation of Indians, of the State of New York, in the manner provided by their constitution, to quitclaim to the Wildwood Cemetery Association of the village of Salamanca and State of New York, duly organized under the laws of said State, not to exceed thirty acres of land within said village of Salamanca, as defined in accordance with the provisions of the act of Congress approved February nineteenth, eighteen hundred and seventy five, for cemetery purposes; *Provided, **Proviso*.That a suitable plot of land within said Wildwood Cemetery be set aside for interment of Indians resident on the Alleghany Reservation.
Approved, March 1, 1883.