Chapter 844. authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to extend the time of payment to purchasers of lands of the Otoe and Missouria and of the Omaha Indians
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CHAP. 844.— An Act authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to extend the time of payment to purchasers of lands of the Otoe and Missouria and of the Omaha Indians.August 2, 1886. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Time for payment of lands bought from Otoe and Missouria, mid Omaha Indians, extended two years.Vol. 21, p. 380.Vol. 22, p. 341. That the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized and directed to extend the time of the payments of the purchase money under the sales made under the two acts one entitled “An act to provide, for the sale of the remainder of the reservation of the confederate Otoe and Missouri» tribes of Indians in the States of Nebraska and Kansas, and for other purposes,” approved March third, eighteen hundred and eighty-one, the other entitled “An act to provide for the sale of a part of the reservation of the Omaha tribe of Indians in the State of Nebraska, and for other purposes, ” approved August seventh, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, as follows The time of each payment shall be extended two years beyond the time now fixed by law: *Provisos*.Interest.*Provided*, That the interest now due on said payments shall be paid annually at the time said payments are now due: *Provided also*, First payment to be made by settlers within two years.That all persons who have settled or shall settle upon said Omaha lands and who have filed their declaratory statement or, who may make bona fide settlement improvement and filing prior to the date of the passage of this act and subsequent to the date, authorized by proclamation of the President in pursuance of the act aforesaid for such settlement filing and improvement in all other respects except as to time in conformity with said act may make the first payment as therein required two years from the date of the passage of this act, and the second payment one year thereafter and the third payment two years thereafter but the interest required thereon by law shall be paid annually on the date of the passage of this act *Provided*, That all other provisions in the acts above mentioned, except as changed and modified by this act shall remain in full force:Default of principal or interest not to forfeit, if interest be paid in 60 days. *Provided further*, That no forfeiture shall be deemed to have accrued solely because of a default in payment of principal or interest becoming due April thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-six, if the interest due upon said date shall be paid within sixty days after the passage of this act.
Approved, August 2, 1886.