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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 25 STAT. · March 2, 1889 · Chapter 412

Chapter 412.

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CHAP. 412.— An act making appropriations for the current and contingent expenses of the Indian Department, and for fulfilling treaty stipulations with various Indian tribes, for the year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety, and for other purposes.March 2, 1889. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Indian Department appropriations. That the following sums be, and they are hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the purpose of paying the current and contingent expenses of the Indian Department for the year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety, and fulfilling treaty stipulations with the various Indian tribes, namely:
For pay of fifty-seven agents of Indian affairs at the following-namedPay of agents at specified agencies. agencies, at the rates respectively indicated, namely: At the Warm Springs Agency, at one thousand dollars; At the Klamath Agency, at one thousand one hundred dollars; At the Grand Ronde Agency, at one thousand dollars: At the Siletz Agency, at one thousand two hundred dollars; 981 At the Umatilla Agency, at one thousand two hundred dollars;Pay of agents at specified agencies—Continued.
At the Neah Bay Agency, at one thousand dollars; At the Yakama Agency, at two thousand dollars; At the Colville Agency, at one thousand five hundred dollars; At the Puyallap (consolidated) Agency, embracing Nisqually and S’Kokomish and Quinaielt Agencies, at one thousand six hundred dollars; At the Tulalip Agency, at one thousand dollars; At the Round Valley Agency, at one thousand five hundred dollars; At the Mission Tide River (consolidated) Agency, embracing Hoopa Valley, at one thousand six hundred dollars;
At the Nevada Agency, at one thousand five hundred dollars; At the Western Shoshone Agency, at one thousand five hundred dollars; At the Nez Perces Agency, at one thousand six hundred dollars; At the Lemhi Agency, at one thousand one hundred dollars; At the Fort Hall Agency, at one thousand five hundred dollars; At the Flathead Agency, at one thousand five hundred dollars; At the Blackfeet Agency, at one thousand eight hundred dollars; At the Crow Agency, at two thousand dollars;
At the Fort Peck Agency, at two thousand dollars; At the Fort Belknap Agency, at one thousand dollars: At the Tongue River Agency, at one thousand five hundred dollars; At the Yankton Agency, at one thousand six hundred dollars; At the Crow Creek and Lower Brule Agency, at one thousand eight hundred dollars; At the Standing Rock Agency, at one thousand seven hundred dollars; At the Cheyenne River Agency, at one thousand five hundred dollars; At the Fort Berthold Agency, at one thousand five hundred dollars;
At the Sisseton Agency, at one thousand five hundred dollars; At the Devils Lake Agency, at one thousand two hundred dollars; At the Pine Ridge Agency, at two thousand two hundred dollars; At the Rosebud Agency, at two thousand two hundred dollars: At the Shoshone Agency, at one thousand five hundred dollars; At the Uintah and Ouray Agency, (consolidated,) at one thousand eight hundred dollars; At the Pueblo Agency, at one thousand eight hundred dollars; At the Navajo Agency, at two thousand dollars;
At the Mescalero Agency, at one thousand eight hundred dollars; At the Southern Ute and Jicarilla Agency, at one thousand four hundred dollars; At the Omaha, and Winnebago Agency, at one thousand six hundred dollars: At the Santee Agency, at one thousand two hundred dollars; At the Pottawatomie and Great Nemaha Agency, at one thousand dollars; At the Ponca, Pawnee, Otoe, and Oakland Agency, at one thousand five hundred dollars; At the Sac and Fox Agency, Indian Territory, at one thousand two hundred dollars;
At the Quapaw Agency, at one thousand five hundred dollars; and not more than one thousand two hundred dollars of any moneys appropriated by this act shall be expended for clerical labor at this agency; At the Osage Agency, at one thousand eight hundred dollars; At the Cheyenne and Arapaho Agency, at two thousand two hundred dollars; At the Kiowa Agency, at two thousand dollars; At the Union Agency, at two thousand dollars; 982 At the White Earth Agency, at one thousand six hundred dollars:Pay of agents at specified agencies—Continued.
At the Sac and Fox Agency, Iowa, at one thousand dollars; At the Green Bay Agency, at one thousand five hundred dollars; At the La Pointe Agency, at two thousand dollars; At the New York Agency, at one thousand dollars; At the Colorado River Agency, at one thousand five hundred dollars; At the Pima Agency, at one thousand eight hundred dollars; At the San Carlos Agency, at two thousand dollars; For the Eastern Cherokee Agency, eight hundred dollars; in all eighty seven thousand four hundred dollars; and all provisions of law fixing compensation for Indian agents in excess of that herein provided are hereby repealed.
For the payment of necessary interpreters, to be distributed in theInterpreters. discretion of the Secretary of the Interior, twenty five thousand dollars; but no person employed by the United States, and paid for any other service shall be paid for interpreting. For pay of five Indian inspectors, at three thousand dollars per Inspectors.annum each, fifteen thousand dollars. For necessary traveling expenses of five Indian inspectors, includingTravelling, etc., expenses. telegraphing and incidental expenses of inspection and investigation, seven thousand dollars.
Pay of one superintendent of Indian schools, four thousand dollars.Superintendent of schools. Necessary traveling expenses of one superintendent of IndianTravelling expenses. schools, including telegraphing and incidental expenses of inspection*Proviso*. and investigation, one thousand five hundred dollars: *Provided*, Allowance.That he shall be allowed three dollars per day for traveling expenses when actually on duty in the field, exclusive of cost of transportation and sleeping car fare.
For buildings and repair of building at agencies, and repairs of Agency buildings.the same, twenty-five thousand dollars. For contingencies of the Indian service, including traveling andContingent expenses. incidental expenses of Indian agents, and of their offices, and of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, and of such person as may be detailed to accompany him. also traveling and incidental expenses of five special agents, at three dollars per day when actually employed on duty in the field, exclusive of transportation and sleeping-car fare, in lieu of all other expenses now authorized by law; for pay of Special agents.employees not otherwise provided for, and for pay of five special agents, at two thousand dollars per annum each, forty thousand dollars.
For the expenses of the commission of citizens, serving withoutCitizen commission. compensation, appointed by the President under the provisions of Vol. 16, p. 40.the fourth section of the act of April tenth, eighteen hundred and sixty nine, five thousand dollars. FULFILLING TREATY STIPULATIONS WITH AND support OF INDIAN TRIBES.Fulfilling treaties. apaches, kiowas, and comanches.Apaches, Kiowas, and Comanches. For twenty-second of thirty installments, as provided to be expendedVol. 15, pp. 590, 584. under the tenth article of treaty of October twenty first, eighteen hundred and sixty seven, concluded at Medicine Lodge Creek, in Kansas, with the Kiowas and Comanches, and under the third article of treaty of the same date with the Apaches, thirty thousand dollars;
For purchase of clothing, as provided in the same treaties, eleven thousand dollars: 983 For pay of carpenter, farmer, blacksmith, miller, and engineer, four thousand five hundred dollars; For pay of physician and two teachers, two thousand seven hundred dollars; in all, forty eight thousand two hundred dollars. cheyennes and aparahoes.Cheyenne’s and Arapahoes. For twenty-second of thirty installments, as provided to be expended under the tenth article of treaty of October twenty-eighth,Vol. 15, p. 596. eighteen hundred and sixty seven, twenty thousand dollars:
For purchase of clothing, as per same article, twelve thousand dollars; For pay of physician and teacher, as per thirteenth article of sameVol. 15, p. 597. treaty, two thousand dollars; For pay of carpenter, farmer, blacksmith, miller and engineer, as per same article, four thousand five hundred dollars; in all, thirty eight thousand five hundred dollars. chickasaws.Chickasaws. For permanent annuity, in goods, three thousand dollars.Vol. 10, p. 619. chickasaw nation.Chickasaw Nation.
For reimbursement of the general fund of the Chickasaw NationReimbursement for moneys improperly paid. Vol. 10, p. 974. for moneys improperly disbursed from said fund, as ascertained by the Secretary of the Interior, as required by article four of the treaty with the Chickasaws, dated June twenty-second, eighteen hundred and fifty two (less payment of fifty-six thousand and twenty one dollars and forty nine cents to assignee of W. M. Gwin), eighty four thousand eight hundred and sixty two dollars and sixty eight cents.
For reimbursement of the Chickasaw incompetent fund for moneys improperly disbursed from said fund, as ascertained by the Secretary of the Interior, as required by article four of the treaty with theVol. 10, p. 975. Chickasaws, dated June twenty second, eighteen hundred and fifty-two, ninety nine thousand two hundred and eighty dollars and forty one cents. The appropriation hereby made shall be a permanent and continuingTo be a continuing appropriation. appropriation, not subject to lapse or to be covered into the Treasury; and said sums shall be paid, from time to time, under requisitions signed by the Chickasaw governor, national secretary, national treasurer, and auditor of public accounts: *Provided*, That*Proviso*. the question of the obligation of the government on account of the payment to the assignee of W.
M. Gwin be referred to the SecretaryPayment to assignee W.M.Gwin to be reconsidered. of the Interior for reconsideration. chippewas of the mississippi.Chippewas of the Mississippi. For forty-third of forty-six instalment to be paid to Chief Hole-in-the Day, or his heirs, per third article of treaty of August second,Vol. 9, p. 904. Vol. 16, p. 723. eighteen hundred and forty seven, and fifth article of treaty of March nineteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty seven, one thousand dollars;
For the support of a school or schools upon said reservation, duringVol. 16, p. 720. the pleasure of the President, in accordance with third article of treaty of March nineteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty seven, four thousand dollars; in all, five thousand dollars. chippewas, pillagers, and lake winnebagohish bands.Chippewas. Pillagers and Lake Winnebagoshish Bands. Vol. 10, p. 1168. For thirty-fifth of forty instalment of annuity, in money, per third article of treaty of February twenty-second, eighteen hundred and fifty five, and third article of treaty of May seventh, eighteen hundredVol. 13, p. 694. 984and sixty-four, ten thousand six hundred and sixty-six dollars and sixty six cents;
For thirty-fifth of forty instalments of annuity, in goods per same articles of same treaties, eight thousand dollars; For thirty-fifth of forty instalments, for purpose of utility, per same articles of same treaties, four thousand dollars; in all, twenty two thousand six hundred and sixty-six dollars and sixty-six cents. choctaws.Choctaws. For permanent annuity, per second article of treaty of NovemberPermanent annuities. Vol. 7, p. 99. Vol. 11, p. 614. sixteenth, eighteen hundred and five, and thirteenth article of treaty of June twenty-second, eighteen hundred and fifty-five, three thousand dollars;
For permanent annuity, for support of blacksmith, per sixth articleVol. 7. pp. 212,236. of treaty of October eighteenth, eighteen hundred and twenty, Vol. 11, p. 614.ninth article of treaty of January twentieth, eighteen hundred and twenty-five, and thirteenth article of treaty of June twenty-second, eighteen hundred and fifty-five, six hundred dollars; For permanent annuity for education, per second and thirteenth articles of last two treaties named above, six thousand dollars;
For permanent annuity for iron and steel, per ninth article of treatyVol.7, p. 236. of January twentieth, eighteen hundred and twenty five, andVol. 11, p. 614. thirteenth article of treaty of June twenty second, eighteen hundred and fifty five, three hundred and twenty dollars; For interest on three hundred and ninety thousand, two hundredInterest. and fifty-seven dollars and ninety-two cents, at five per centum per annum, for education, support of the government, and other beneficial purposes, under the direction of the general council of the Vol.7, p. 236.Choctaws, in conformity with the provisions contained in the ninth and thirteenth articles of treaty of January twentieth, eighteen hundred and twenty five, and treaty of June Vol. 11, p. 614.twenty-second, eighteen hundred and fifty five, nineteen thousand five hundred and twelve dollars and eighty-nine cents; in all. twenty nine thousand four hundred and thirty-two dollars and eighty nine cents. columbias and colvilles.Columbias and Colvilles.
For annuity for Chief Moses, as per agreement of July seventh,Vol. 23, p. 79. Chief Moses. eighteen hundred and eighty three, ratified by act approved July fourth, eighteen hundred and eighty four, one thousand dollars; For annuity for Chief Tonasket, as per same agreement ratified byChief Tonasket. act of July fourth, eighteen hundred and eighty four, one hundred dollars: For employees, as provided in said agreement ratified by act ofEmployees. July fourth, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, six thousand dollars; in all, seven thousand one hundred dollars. creeks.Creeks.
For permanent annuity, in money, per fourth article of treaty of Permanent annuities. Vol. 7, p. 36. Vol. 11, p. 700.August seventh, seventeen hundred and ninety, and fifth article of treaty of August seventh, eighteen hundred and fifty six, one thousand five hundred dollars; For permanent annuity, in money, per second article of treaty ofVol. 7, p. 69. June sixteenth, eighteen hundred and two. and fifth article of Vol. 11, p. 700.treaty of August seventh, eighteen hundred and fifty six, three thousand dollars;
For permanent annuity, in money, per fourth article of treaty ofVol. 7, p. 287. January twenty fourth, eighteen hundred and twenty six, and fifthVol. 11, p. 700. article of treaty of August seventh, eighteen hundred and fifty six, twenty thousand dollars; 985 For permanent annuity, for blacksmith and assistant, and for shop and tools, per eighth article of treaty of January twenty fourth, eighteen hundred and twenty six, and fifth article of treaty of August seventh, eighteen hundred and fifty six, eight hundred and forty dollars;
For permanent annuity, for iron and steel for shop, per same articles and treaties, two hundred and seventy dollars; For permanent annuity, for pay of a wheelwright, per same articles of same treaties, six’ hundred dollars; For five per centum interest on two hundred thousand dollars, forInterest. purposes of education, per sixth article of treaty of August seventh,Vol. 11, p. 701 eighteen hundred and fifty six, ten thousand dollars; For interest on six hundred and seventy five thousand one hundred and sixty eight dollars, at the rate of five per centum per annum, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, under provisions of third article of treaty of June fourteenth, eighteenVol. 14, p. 787. hundred and sixty six, thirty three thousand seven hundred and fifty eight dollars and forty cents; in all. sixty nine thousand, nine hundred and sixty eight dollars and forty cents. crows.Crows.
For eighth of twenty-five installments, as provided in agreement with the Crows dated June twelfth, eighteen hundred and eighty,Vol. 22, p. 431. to be used by the Secretary of the Interior in such manner as the President may direct, thirty thousand dollars; For twenty-first of thirty installments, to supply male persons, six hundred in number, over fourteen years of age, with a suit of good substantial woolen clothing, consisting of a coat, hat, pantaloons, flannel shirt, and woolen socks, as per ninth article of treaty ofVol. 15, p. 651.
May seventh, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, six thousand dollars; For twenty-first of thirty installments, to supply each female, seven hundred in number, over twelve years of age, with a flannel skirt, or the goods necessary to make the same, a pair of woolen hose, twelve yards of calico, and twelve yards of cotton domestic as per same article, four thousand dollars; For twenty first of thirty installments, to supply three hundred and fifty boys and three hundred and fifty girls, under the ages named, such flannel and cotton goods as may be needed to make each a suit as aforesaid, together with a pair of woolen hose for each, per same article, five thousand dollars;
For pay of a physician, per tenth article of same treaty, one thousandVol. 15, p. 652. two hundred dollars; For twentieth of twenty installments (last), for pay of teacher and furnishing necessary books and stationery, under seventh article Vol. 15, p. 651.of same treaty, one thousand five hundred dollars; For pay of carpenter, miller, engineer, farmer, and blacksmith, under tenth article of same treaty, three thousand three hundredVol. 15, p. 652. dollars; For pay of second blacksmith and iron and steel, as per eighthVol. 15,p. 651. article of same treaty, one thousand five hundred dollars;
For this amount, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to furnishFood. such articles of food as from time to time the condition and necessities of the Indians may require, forty-five thousand dollars; in all, ninety-seven thousand five hundred dollars. indians at blackfeet agency.Blackfeet Agency Indians. For second of ten installments of one hundred and fifty thousand*Ante*, p. 133. dollars each, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, for the support and civilization of the Indians attached 986 to the Blackfeet Agency, Montana, as per act approved May first, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars. indians at fort belknap agency.Fort Belknap Agency Indians.
For second of ten installments of one hundred and fifteen thousand*Ante*, p. 133 dollars each, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, for the support and civilization of the Indians attached to the Fort Belknap Agency, Montana, as per act approved May first, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, one hundred and fifteen thousand dollars. indians at fort peck agency.Fort Peck Agency Indians. For second of ten installments of one hundred and sixty-five thousand*Ante*, p, 188. dollars each, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, for the support and civilization of the Indians attached to the Fort Peck Agency, Montana, as per act approved May first, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, one hundred and sixty-five thousand dollars. iowasIowas.
For interest, in lieu of investment, on fifty-seven thousand fiveInterest. hundred dollars, balance of one hundred and fifty-seven thousand five hundred dollars, to July first, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, at five per centum per annum, for education or other beneficial Vol. 10, p. 1071.purposes. under the direction of the President, per ninth article of treaty of May seventeenth, eighteen hundred and fifty-four, two thousand. eight hundred and seventy-five dollars. kansas.Kansas.
For interest in lieu of investment on two hundred thousand dollarsInterest. two hundred and three one thousand three hundred and thirty seconds of ten thousand dollars, being the pro rata amount due the Vol. 9, p. 842.Kansas tribe of Indians, per second article of treaty of January fourteenth, eighteen hundred and forty-six, one thousand five hundred and twenty-four dollars and two cents. fulfilling treaty with kickapoos.Kickapoos. For interest on eighty-two thousand four hundred and thirty-twoInterest. dollars and forty-four cents, balance of one hundred thousand dollars, at five per centum per annum, for educational and other Vol. 10, p. 1079.beneficial purposes, per treaty of May eighteenth, eighteen hundred and fifty-four, four thousand one hundred and twenty-one dollars and sixty-two cents. miamies of kansas.Maimie’s of Kansas.
For permanent provision for blacksmith and assistant, and ironVol. 7, p. 191. and steel for shop, per fifth article of treaty of October sixth, eighteen hundred and Vol. 10, p. 1095.eighteen, and fourth article of treaty of June fifth, eighteen hundred and fifty-four, four hundred and eleven dollars and forty-three cents; For permanent provision for miller, in lieu of gunsmith, per same Vol. 7, p. 464.articles and treaties, and per fifth article of treaty of October twenty-third. eighteen hundred and thirty-four, two hundred and sixty-two dollars and sixty-two cents;
For interest on fourteen thousand one hundred and seventy dollarsInterest. and thirty-three cents, at five per centum per annum for educational Vol. 10, p. 1094.purposes, per third article of treaty of June fifth, eighteen hundred and fifty-four, seven hundred and eight dollars and fifty-one cents; in all, one thousand three hundred and eighty-two dollars and fifty-six cents. 987 molels.Molels. For pay of teachers and for manual-labor schools, and for all necessarySchools. materials therefor, and for the subsistence of the pupils, per second article of treaty of December twenty-first, eighteen hundredVol. 12, p. 981. and fifty-five, three thousand dollars. nez perces.Nez Perces.
For salaries of two matrons, to take charge of the boarding-schools,Schools. and two assistant teachers, one farmer, one carpenter, and two millers. per fifth article of treaty of June ninth, eighteen hundred and Vol. 14, p. 650.sixty-three, six thousand dollars. northern cheyennes and arapahoes.Northern Cheyenne’s and Arapahoes. For twenty-first of thirty installments, for purchase of clothing, asClothing. per sixth article of treaty of May tenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight,Vol. 15, p. 657. twelve thousand dollars: *Provided*, That the amount*Proviso*.
Distribution. in this and preceding paragraph shall be expended pro rata, as near as may be, for the Northern Cheyennes and Arapahoes in Wyoming, and on the Tongue River, in Montana; For pay of physician, two teachers, two carpenters, one miller, two farmers, a blacksmith, an engineer, per seventh article of sameVol. 15, p. 667. treaty, nine thousand dollars; in all twenty-one thousand dollars. For subsistence and civilization of the Northern Cheyennes and Arapahoes as per agreement with the Sioux Indians, approved FebruaryVol. 19, p. 254. twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and seventy-seven, thirty-five thousand dollars. osages.Osages.
For interest on sixty-nine thousand one hundred and twenty dollars,Interest. at five per centum per annum, being value of fifty-four sections of land set apart by treaty of June second, eighteen hundred andVol. 7, p. 242. twenty-five, tor educational purposes, per Senate resolution of January ninth, eighteen hundred and thirty-eight, three thousand four hundred and fifty-six dollars. otoes and missourias.Otoes and Missourias. For seventh of twelve installments, being the last series, in money or otherwise, per fourth article of treaty of March fifteenth, eighteenVol. 10, p. 1039. hundred and fifty-four, five thousand dollars. pawnees.Pawnees.
For perpetual annuity, at least one-half of which is to be paid inPerpetual annuity goods and such articles as may be deemed necessary for them, per second article of treaty of September twenty-fourth, eighteen hundredVol. 11, p. 729. and fifty-seven, thirty-thousand dollars; For support of two manual-labor schools, per third article of sameSchools. treaty, ten thousand dollars; For pay of two farmers, two blacksmiths and two apprentices, oneFarmers, etc. miller and apprentice, and two teachers, one shoemaker, and one carpenter, five thousand four hundred dollars:
For pay of physician and purchase of medicines, one thousandPhysician. two hundred dollars; For purchase of iron and steel, and other necessaries for the shops,Iron, steel, etc. as per fourth article of treaty of September twenty-fourth, eighteenVol. 11, p. 780. hundred and fifty-seven, five hundred dollars; in all, forty-seven thousand one hundred dollars. 988 poncas.Poncas. For this amount, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to beCivilizing. used at the discretion of the President, to carry on the work of aiding and instructing the Poncas in the arts of civilization, with a view to their self-support, for clothing, and for pay of employees, ten thousand dollars;
For this amount, to be expended under the direction of the SecretarySubsistence. of the Interior, for agricultural assistance and subsistence, of the Poncas, eight thousand dollars; in all, eighteen thousand dollars: *Provided*,*Proviso*. That the foregoing sums shall be dividedDistribution. pro rata among all the members of said tribe in the Indian Territory and in Dakota Territory. pottawatomies.Pottawatomies. For permanent annuity, in silver, per fourth article of treaty of Permanent annuities.
Vol. 7, p. 51.August third, seventeen hundred and ninety-five, three hundred and fifty-seven dollars and eighty cents; For permanent annuity, in silver, per third article of treaty ofVol. 7, p. 114. September thirtieth, eighteen hundred and nine, one hundred and seventy-eight dollars and ninety cents; For permanent annuity, in silver, per third article of treaty ofVol. 7, p. 185. October second, eighteen hundred and eighteen, eight hundred and ninety-four dollars and fifty cents;
For permanent annuity, in money, per second article of treaty ofVol. 7, p. 317. September twentieth, eighteen hundred and twenty-eight, seven hundred and fifteen dollars, and sixty cents; For permanent annuity, in specie, per second article of treaty ofVol. 7, p. 320. July twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and twenty-nine, and second Vol. 7, p. 317.article of treaty of September twentieth, eighteen hundred and twenty-eight, five thousand seven hundred and twenty-four dollars and seventy-seven cents:
For permanent provision for payment of money, in lieu of tobacco, Vol. 7, p. 318.iron and steel, per second article of treaty of September twentieth, Vol. 9, p. 855.eighteen hundred and twenty eight, and tenth articles of treaties of June fifth and seventeenth, eighteen hundred and forty-six, one hundred and seven dollars and thirty-four cents; For permanent provision for three blacksmiths and assistants, andBlacksmiths, etc. for iron and steel for shops, per third article of treaty Vol. 7. pp. 296. 318, 330.of October sixteenth, eighteen hundred and twenty-six, second article of treaty of September twentieth, eighteen hundred and twenty-eight, and second article of treaty of July twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and twenty-nine, one thousand and eight dollars and ninety-nine cents;
For permanent provision for fifty barrels of salt, per second articleSalt. of treaty of July twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and twenty-nine,Vol. 7, p. 320. one hundred and fifty-six dollars and fifty-four cents, or so much thereof as may be necessary; For interest on two hundred and thirty thousand and sixty-fourInterest. dollars and twenty cents, at five per centum, in conformity with Vol. 9, p. 854.provisions of article seven of treaties of June fifth and seventeenth, eighteen hundred and forty six, eleven thousand five hundred and three dollars and twenty-one cents; in all, twenty thousand six hundred and forty seven dollars and sixty five cents. fulfilling treaty stipulations with the pottawatomie nation.Pottawatomie Nation.
For this amount, to fulfill the stipulations of the second clause ofPayment of award. article ten, of the treaty of August seventh, eighteenVol. 15, p. 536. hundred and sixty-eight, with the Pottawatomie Nation of Indians and the award made thereunder, the sum of one hundred and seventy-eight thousand nine hundred and fifty-three dollars and forty-three cents, with 989 five per centum per annum interest thereon from the date of award, approved January twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and sixty-nine, of which sum there shall be paid the Pottawatomies of Huron.Pottawatomies of Huron.
Michigan, the sum of nine thousand four hundred dollars, with interest at five per centum from date of award; and the balance of said sum. less whatever sums may be legally and equitably due the delegates of said Indians by virtue of recognized powers of attorney and contracts on file in the Departments of the Treasury or Interior, and which have been duly approved, shall be distributed per capita, as follows: Fourteen hundred twenty-one hundred and eightieths to the Citizens Baud, and seven hundred and eighty twenty-one hundredCitizens band.
Prairie band. and eightieths to the Prairie Band of Pottawatomies of Kansas. quapaws.Quapaws. For education, during the pleasure of the President, per third articleEducation, etc. Vol. 7, p. 425. of treaty of May thirteenth, eighteen hundred and thirty-three, one thousand dollars; For blacksmith and assistants, and tools, iron, and steel for blacksmith shop, per same article and treaty, five hundred dollars; in all, one thousand five hundred dollars. sacs and foxes of the mississippi.Sacs and Foxes of the Mississippi.
For permanent annuity, in goods or otherwise, per third articlePermanent annuity. Vol. 7, p. 85. of treaty of November third, eighteen hundred and four, one thousand dollars; For interest on two hundred thousand dollars, at five per centum,Interest. Vol. 7, p. 541. per second article of treaty of October twenty-first, eighteen hundred and thirty-seven, ten thousand dollars; For interest on eight hundred thousand dollars, at five per centum, per second article of treaty of October eleventh, eighteen hundredVol. 7, p. 596. and forty-two, forty thousand dollars: *Provided*, That the sum of one thousand five hundred dollars of this amount shall be used for the pay of a physician and for purchase of medicine; in all, fifty-onePhysician. thousand dollars. sacs and foxes of the missouri.Sacs and Foxes of the Missouri.
For interest on one hundred and fifty-seven thousand four hundredInterest. dollars, at five per centum, under the direction of the President,Vol. 7, p. 543. per second article of treaty of October twenty-first, eighteen hundred and thirty-seven, seven thousand eight hundred and seventy dollars. For support of a school, per fifth article of treaty of March sixth,School. eighteen hundred and sixty-one, two hundred dollars; in all, eightVol. 12, p. 1173. thousand and seventy dollars. seminoles.Seminoles.
For five per centum interest on two hundred and fifty thousandInterest. dollars, to be paid as annuity, per eighth article of treaty of AugustVol. 11, p. 702. seventh, eighteen hundred and fifty-six, twelve thousand five hundred dollars; For five per centum interest on two hundred and fifty thousand dollars, to be paid as annuity (they having joined their brethren west), per eighth article of treaty of August seventh, eighteen hundred and fifty-six, twelve thousand five hundred dollars;
For interest on fifty thousand dollars, at the rate of five per centum per annum, to be paid annually, for the support of schools, as per third article of treaty of March twenty-first, eighteen hundredVol. 14, p. 757 and sixty-six, two thousand five hundred dollars; 990 For interest on twenty thousand dollars, at the rate of five per centum per annum, to be paid annually for the support of the Seminole government, as per same article of same treaty, one thousand dollars; in all, twenty-eight thousand five hundred dollars. senecas.Senecas.
For permanent annuity, in specie, per fourth article of treaty ofPermanent annuities. Vol. 7, p. 161. September twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and seventeen, five hundred dollars; For permanent annuity, in specie, per fourth article of treaty ofVol. 7, p. 179. September seventeenth, eighteen hundred and eighteen, five hundred dollars; For permanent annuity, for blacksmith and miller, per fourth articleBlacksmith, etc. Vol. 7, p. 349. of treaty of February twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and thirty-one. to be annually paid to them as a national fund, to be expended by them for such articles and wants and improvements in agriculture as their chiefs (with the consent of their agent) may designate, as Vol. 15, p. 515.stipulated in the seventh article of the treaty of February twenty-third, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, one thousand six hundred and sixty dollars;
For permanent annuity, in specie, per fourth article of treaty of Vol. 7, p. 179.September seventeenth, eighteen hundred and eighteen, and fifth Vol. 15, p. 515.article of treaty of February twenty-third, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, five hundred dollars; For blacksmith and assistant, shops and tools, iron and steel, per Vol. 7, p. 352.fourth article of treaty of July twentieth, eighteen hundred and Vol. 15, p. 514.thirty-one, and fifth article of treaty of February twenty-third, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, five hundred and thirty dollars; in all, three thousand six hundred and ninety dollars. senecas of new york.Senecas of New York.
For permanent annuity, in lieu of interest on stock per act of FebruaryPermanent annuity. Vol. 4, p. 442. nineteenth, eighteen hundred and thirty-one, six thousand dollars; For interest in lieu of investment, on seventy-five thousand dollars,Interest. at five per centum, per act of JuneVol. 9, p. 35. twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and forty-six, three thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars; For interest, at five per centum, on forty-three thousand and fifty dollars, transferred from the Ontario Bank to the United States Treasury, per act of June twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and forty-six, two thousand one hundred and fifty-two dollars and fifty cents; in all, eleven thousand nine hundred and two dollars and fifty cents. shawnees.Shawnees.
For permanent annuity, for educational purposes, per fourth articlePermanent annuities. Vol. 7, p. 51. of treaty of August third, seventeen hundred and ninety-five, and Vol. 10, p. 1056.third article of treaty of May tenth, eighteen hundred and fifty-four, one thousand dollars: For permanent annuity, in specie, for educational purposes, perVol. 7, p. 161. fourth article of treaty of September twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and seventeen, Vol. 10, p. 1056.and third article of treaty of May tenth, eighteen hundred and fifty-four, two thousand dollars;
For interest, at five per centum, on forty thousand dollars, forInterest. educational purposes, per third article of last named treaty, Vol. 10, p. 1056.two thousand dollars; in all, five thousand dollars. eastern shawnees.Eastern Shawnees. " For permanent annuity, in specie, per fourth article of treaty ofPermanent annuity. Vol. 7, p. 179. September seventeenth, eighteen hundred and eighteen, and fifth 991 article of treaty of February twenty-third, eighteen hundred andVol. 15, p. 315. sixty-seven, five hundred dollars;
For blacksmith and assistant, shops and tools, iron and steel, perBlacksmith, etc. fourth article of treaty of July twentieth, eighteen hundredVol. 7, p. 352. and thirty-one, and fifth article of treaty of February twenty-third,Vol. 15, p. 515. eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, five hundred and thirty dollars; in all, one thousand and thirty dollars. " shoshones and bannocks.Shoshones and Bannocks. Shoshones: For twentieth of thirty installments, to purchase suitsShoshones. Supplies. of clothing for males over fourteen years of age, flannel, hose, calico, and domestics for females over the age of twelve years, and such goods as may be needed to make suits for boys and girls under the ages named, as per ninth article of treaty of July third, eighteen hundredVol. 15, p. 676. and sixty-eight, ten thousand dollars:
For pay of physician, teacher, carpenter, miller, engineer, farmer,Physician, etc. and blacksmith, as per tenth article of treaty of July third, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, five thousand dollars; For pay of second blacksmith, and such iron and steel and other materials as may be required, per eighth article of the same treaty, one thousand dollars; Bannocks: For twentieth of thirty installments to purchase suits Bannocks. Supplies.of clothing for males over fourteen years of age, flannel, hose, calico, and domestics for females over twelve years of age. and such flannel and cotton goods as may be needed to make suits for boys and girls under the ages named, as per ninth article of the same treaty,Vol. 15, p. 676. five thousand dollars;
For pay of a physician, teacher, carpenter, miller, engineer, farmer,Physician, etc. and blacksmith, as per tenth article of treaty of July third, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, five thousand dollars; in all. twenty-six thousand dollars. six nations of new york.Six Nations of New York. For permanent annuity, in clothing and other useful articles perPermanent annuity. sixth article of treaty of November seventeenth, seventeenVol. 7, p. 46. hundred and ninety-four, four thousand five hundred dollars. sioux of different tribes, including santee sioux of nebraska.Sioux of different tribes.
For twentieth of thirty installments to purchase clothing forSupplies, etc. males over fourteen years of age, for flannel, hose, and calico, and domestics required for females over twelve years of age, and for such flannel and cotton goods as may be needed to make suits for boys and girls, per tenth article of treaty of April twenty-ninth,Vol. 15, p. 638. eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, one hundred and thirty thousand dollars; For twentieth of thirty installments, to purchase such articles as may be considered proper by the Secretary of the Interior, at twenty dollars per head, for persons engaged in agriculture, as per tenth article of same treaty, one hundred thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary;
For pay of five teachers, one physician, one carpenter, one miller,Teachers, etc. one engineer, two farmers, and one blacksmith, per thirteenthVol. 15, p. 640. article of same treaty, ten thousand four hundred dollars; For pay of additional employees at the several agencies for theEmployees. Sioux in Nebraska and Dakota, twenty thousand dollars: For industrial schools at the Santee Sioux and Crow Creek Agencies,Schools. six thousand dollars; 992 For subsistence of the Sioux, and for purposes of their civilization,Subsistence, etc. as per agreement ratified by act of Congress Vol. 19, p. 234.approved February twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and seventy-seven, nine hundred thousand dollars: *Provided*,*Provisos*.
Transportation. That this sum shall include transportation of supplies from the termination of railroad or steamboat transportation; and in this service Indians shall be employed wherever practicable: *And provided further*, That the Census to be taken.Secretary of the Interior shall cause a census of the Sioux tribe of Indians to be carefully taken by a special agent, to be appointed for such purpose, with a view of ascertaining how many of them are able to support themselves, and, in ascertaining this fact, their physical capacity to work the land owned or occupied by them, either individually or collectively, the value of the land, its nearness to market, and general productiveness shall be considered, and such other facts and circumstances as will aid Congress in determining how many of such Expenses.Indians are capable of self-support: *And provided*, That the expenses incident to the taking of such census shall be paid from the money hereby appropriated;
For pay of matron at Santee Agency, five hundred dollars:Matron. For pay of second blacksmith, and furnishing iron, steel, andIron, steel, etc. other material, per eighth article of same treaty, oneVol. 15, p. 038. thousand six hundred dollars: in all. one million one hundred and sixty-eight thousand five hundred dollars. sioux, yankton tribe.Sioux. Yankton tribe. For first of twenty installments last series, to be paid to them or Vol. 11, p. 744.expended for their benefit, per fourth article of treaty of April nineteenth. eighteen hundred and fifty-eight, fifteen thousand dollars;
For subsistence and civilization of two thousand Yankton Sioux,Subsistence. Vol. 19, p. 287. heretofore provided for in appropriations under “Fulfilling treaty with Sioux of different tribes,” thirty-five thousand dollars; in all, fifty thousand dollars. sioux, medawakanton band.Sioux, Medawakanton band. For the support of the full-blood Indians in Minnesota heretoforeSupport of, in Minnesota. belonging to the Medawakanton band of Sioux Indians, who have resided in said State since the twentieth day of May eighteen hundred and eighty-six, or who were then engaged in removing to said State, and have since resided therein, and have severed their tribal relations, twelve thousand dollars, to be expended by the Secretary of the Interior as follows:
Ten thousand dollars in the purchase, as in his judgment he may think best, of such lands, agricultural implements, seeds, cattle, horses, food, or clothing as may be deemed best in the ease of each of these Indians or family thereof; School. *Ante*, p. 229.one thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, *Provisos*.to defray the expenses of expending the money in this paragraph appropriated: and one thousand dollars for the completion and furnishing of the schoolhouse for said Indians authorized by the act June twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight: *Provided*, That if the amount in this paragraph appropriated, or any portion of the sum appropriated for the benefit of these same Indians by said act of June twenty ninth.
Amount not to be covered in.eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, shall not be expended within the fiscal year for which either sum was appropriated, neither shall be covered into the Treasury, but shall, notwithstanding, be used and expended for the purposes for which the same amount was appropriated and for the benefit of the above-named Indians: *And provided also*, That the Secretary of the Interior may appoint a suitable person to make the above-mentioned expenditure under his direction; and all of said money which is to lie Purchase of land, cattle, etc.expended for lands, cattle, horses, implements, seeds, food, or clothing shall be so expended that each 993 of the Indians in this paragraph mentioned shall receive, as nearly as practicable, an equal amount in value of this appropriation and that made by said act of June twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight: *And provided further*, That as far as practicable landsPurchases of lands for Indians. for said Indians shall be purchased in such locality as each Indian desires, and none of said Indians shall be required to remove from where he now resides and to any locality or laud against his will. confederated bands of utes.Confederated bands of Utes.
For pay of two carpenters, two millers, two farmers, and two Carpenters, etc. Vol. 13, p. 675.blacksmiths, as per tenth article of treaty of October seventh, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, and fifteenth article of treaty of MarchVol. 15, p. 622. second, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, six thousand seven hundred and twenty dollars: For pay of two teachers, as per same article of same treaty, one thousand eight hundred dollars; For purchase of iron and steel, and the necessary tools for blacksmith shop, per ninth article of same treaty, two hundred and twentyVol. 15, p. 621. dollars:
For twenty first of thirty installments, to be expended under theClothing, etc. direction of the Secretary of the Interior, for clothing, blankets, and such other articles as he may deem proper and necessary, under eleventh article of same treaty, thirty thousand dollars;Vol. 15, p. 622. For annual amount for the purchase of beef, mutton, wheat, flour,Food. Vol. 15, p. 622. beans, and potatoes, or other necessary articles of food, as per twelfth article of same treaty, thirty thousand dollars;
For pay of employees at the several Ute agencies, five thousandEmployees. dollars; in all, seventy three thousand seven hundred and forty dollars. winnebagoes.Winnebagoes. For interest on eight hundred and four thousand nine hundredInterest. and nine dollars and seventeen cents, at five per centum per annum, per fourth article of treaty of November first, eighteen hundred andVol. 7, p. 545. thirty seven, and joint resolution of July seventeenth,Vol. 12, p. 628. eighteen hundred and sixty two. and the Secretary of the Interior is hereby directed to expend said interest for the support, education, and civilization of said Indians, forty thousand two hundred and forty-five dollars and forty-five cents;
For interest on seventy-eight thousand three hundred and forty dollars and fortyVol. 16, p. 355. one cents, at five per centum per annum, to be expended, under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, for the erection of houses, improvement of their allotments of land, purchase of stock, agricultural implements, seeds, and other beneficial objects, three thousand nine hundred and seventeen dollars and two cents; in all, forty-four thousand one hundred and sixty two dollars and forty seven cents. utesUtes.
For ninth of ten installments, to be distributed, at the discretionRewards for good citizenship. of the President, to such Ute Indians as distinguish themselves by good sense, energy, and perseverance in the pursuits of civilized life and in the promotion of a good understanding between the Indians and the Government and people of the United States, four thousand-dollars. peoria, wea, piankeshaw, and kaskaskia and western miami indians of the indian territory.Peoria. Wea. Piankeshaw.
Kaskaskia. and Western Miami Indians. Distribution of per capita. *Ante*, p. 528. That the sums of money heretofore appropriated for the use and benefit of the Peoria. Wea, Piankeshaw. and Kaskaskia and the Western Miami Indians of the Indian Territory by the act of October second, 994 eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, volume twenty-five. United States Statutes at Large, page five hundred and twenty eight, is hereby made payable per capita to said Indians in manner as follows:
To adults in person; to parents for their minor children, when such parent or parents are competent, competency to be determined by the chief of the respective tribes and the Indian agent; to guardians for their orphan wards, if any: and in case no guardians have been legally appointed, the money due such orphan children shall be deposited in the Treasury of the United States to their credit, and shall be payable thereafter to properly appointed guardians, or the individual Indian upon Guardians.his or her becoming of lawful age, and in case of death, then to his or her legal heirs: guardians to be appointed by the probate court in and for Cherokee Country.
Kansas, in manner and form as provided by the act of March third, eighteenVol. 21, p. 434. hundred and eighty one, volume twenty one. United States Statutes at Large, page four hundred and thirty-three, providing for the appointment of guardians for minor children of the Miami Indians of Indiana, then residing in the Indian Territory. cherokee freedman.Cherokee freedmen. To enable the Secretary of the Interior to ascertain who are entitledDistribution. to share in the per capita distribution of the sum of seventy-five*Ante*, p. 609. thousand dollars appropriated by the act approved October nineteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, entitled “An act to secure to the Cherokee freedmen and others their proportion of certain proceeds of land under the act of March third, eighteen hundred and eighty-three.” and to make payment thereof the sum of five thousand dollars or so much thereof as may be necessary and to compensate in such sum as he may deem reasonable any duly authorized agent or agents acting for said freedmen and rendering them aid in obtaining the allowance of said seventy-five thousand dollars, the sum of fifteen thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be Expenses.necessary; and the amount so expended in ascertaining to whom said money shall be paid shall be charged against the Cherokee Nation on account of its lands west of the Arkansas River, and shall be a lien on said lands, and shall be deducted from any payment hereafter made on account of said lands.
And said Secretary is hereby authorized and directed to make inquiry and report to the next session of Congress what other sums of money, if any, have been appropriated by the Cherokee Nation in violation of their treaty obligations in reference to freedmen in said nation, and what sum would be required to secure to said freedmen those treaty rights in respect to the same. MISCELLANEOUS SUPPORTS.Miscellaneous supports. For subsistence and civilization of the Arapahoes, Cheyennes,Arapahoes.
Cheyennes, Apaches, Kiowas. (Comanches, Whichitas, etc. Apaches, Kiowas. Comanches. Wichitas, and affiliated bands, who have been collected upon the reservations set apart for their use and occupation, two hundred and fifty thousand dollars. For subsistence and civilization of Arickarees. Gros Ventres, andArickarees, Gros Ventres, and Mandans. Mandans: For this amount, to be expended in such goods, provisions, and other articles as the President may from time to time determine, in instructing in agricultural and mechanical pursuits, in providing employees, educating children, procuring medicine and medical attendance, care for and support of the aged, sick and infirm, for the helpless orphans of said Indians, and in any other respect to promote their civilization, comfort, and improvement, thirty thousand dollars.
Support of Chippewas of Lake Superior: For support and civilizationChippewas of Lake Superior. of the Chippewas of Lake Superior, to be expended for agricultural and educational purposes, pay of employees, purchase of goods 995and provisions, and for such other purposes as may he deemed for the best interests of said Indians, five thousand dollars. For support and civilization of Chippewas of Red Lake and PembinaChippewas of Red Lake and Pembina tribe. tribe of Chippewas, and for pay of employees, ten thousand dollars.
Support of Chippewas on White Earth Reservation: For thisChippewas, White Earth Reservation. amount, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, in the care and support of the Otter Tail. Pillager. Pembina, and Mississippi Chippewa Indians on the White Earth Reservation, in Minnesota, to assist them in their agricultural operations, and for pay of physician (not to exceed one thousand two hundred dollars), ten thousand dollars.
For support and civilization of Turtle Mountain band of Chippewas.Turtle Mountain band. seven thousand dollars; and for the purchase of seed for said band, to be expended in open market, and to be immediately available, six thousand dollars. For support and civilization of the confederated tribes and bandsConfederated bands, middle Oregon. in middle Oregon, and pay of employees, six thousand dollars. For support and civilization of the D’Wamish and other alliedD’Wamish, etc., Washington. tribes in Washington Territory, including pay of employees, seven thousand dollars.
For support and civilization of Carlos’ band of Flathead Indians,Carlos’s band, Flat heads. including pay of employees, twelve thousand dollars. For support and civilization of the Flatheads and other confederatedFlatheads. tribes, including pay of employees, ten thousand dollars. To enable the Secretary of the Interior to purchase subsistence andHualapais. Arizona. other necessaries for the support of the Hualapais Indians in Arizona, seven thousand five hundred dollars. For this amount, to subsist and properly care for the Apache andApaches, etc., Arizona and New Mexico. other Indians in Arizona and New Mexico who have been or may be collected on reservations in New Mexico or Arizona, one hundred and seventy thousand dollars.
For support, civilization, and instruction of the Shoshones andIndians, Fort Hall. Bannocks, and other Indians of the Fort Hall Reservation, in Idaho Territory, including pay of employees, seventeen thousand dollars. For support, civilization, and instruction of the Shoshones, Bannocks.Indians, Lemhi Agency. and Sheepeaters, and other Indians of the Lemhi Agency, in Idaho Territory, including pay of employees, fifteen thousand dol lars. For support, civilization, and instruction of the Klamaths andKlamath Agency.
Modocs. and other Indians of the Klamath Agency, in Oregon, including pay of employees, five thousand dollars. For support and civilization, of the Kansas Indians, including agriculturalKansas Indians. assistance and pay of employees, two thousand five hundred dollars. For support and civilization of the Kickapoo IndiansKickapoos. in the Indian Territory, five thousand dollars. For support and civilization of the Makahs. including pay of employees.Makah’s. four thousand dollars. for the support and civilization of the Menomonee Indians, includingMenomonee. pay of employees, four thousand dollars.
For support and civilization of the Modoc Indians now residingModocs. within the Indian Territory, four thousand dollars. For support and civilization of the Navajo Indians, including payNavajos. of employees, seven thousand five hundred dollars. For support and education of the Seminole, and Creek Indians inSeminoles and Creeks, Fla. Florida, for the erection and furnishing of a schoolhouse, for the employment of teachers, and for the purchase of seeds and agricultural implements and other necessary articles, six thousand dollars; this money, or any part thereof, may be used, in the discretion of the Secretary of the Interior, for the purchase of land for homes of said Seminole Indians. 996 For the purchase of agricultural implements and support andNez Perces.
Joseph’s band. civilization of Joseph’s band of Nez Perces Indians, fifteen thousand dollars. For support and civilization of the Nez Perces Indians in Idaho,Nez Perces. Idaho. including pay of physician, six thousand five hundred dollars. For support and civilization of the Quinaielts andQuinaielts and Quillehutes. Quillehutes, including pay of employees, four thousand dollars. For support and civilization of Shoshone Indians in Wyoming,Shoshones, Wyo. fifteen thousand dollars.
For support and civilizations of Shoshone Indians in Nevada,Shoshones, Nev. including pay of employees, ten thousand dollars. For support and civilization of Sioux of Lake Traverse, includingSioux of Lake Traverse. pay of employees, six thousand dollars. For support and civilization of Sioux of Devil’s Lake,Sioux of Devil’s Lake. including pay of employees, six thousand dollars. For support and civilization of the S’Klallam Indians, S’Klallams.including pay of employees, four thousand dollars.
For support and civilization of the Tonkawa Indians, and for Tonkawas.seeds and agricultural implements, five thousand dollars. For support and civilization of the WallaWalla, Cayuse, andWallaWallas. Cayses. and Umatillas. Umatilla tribes, including pay of employees six thousand five hundred dollars. For support and civilization of the Yakamas and other Indians atYakamas, etc. said agency, including pay of employees, twelve thousand dollars. GENERAL INCIDENTAL EXPENSES OF THE INDIAN SERVICE.Incidental expenses Indian service in— Incidental expenses of Indian service in Arizona:
For general incidentalArizona. expenses of Indian service, including traveling expenses of agents, in Arizona, four thousand dollars: for the support and civilization of Indians at the Colorado River, Pima, and Maricopa and Moquis Pueblo Agencies, eight thousand dollars: and pay of employees at same agencies, eight thousand dollars; in all, twenty thousand dollars. Incidental expenses of Indian service in California: For generalCalifornia. incidental expenses of the Indian service, including traveling expenses of agents, in California, and support and civilization of Indians at the Round Valley, Hoopa Valley, Tule River, and Mission Agencies, eighteen thousand dollars; and pay of employees, including one carpenter (for Hoopa Valley Agency), at same agencies, nine thousand dollars; in all, twenty-seven thousand dollars.
Incidental expenses of Indian service in Colorado: For general incidentalColorado. expenses of the Indian service, including traveling expenses of agents, one thousand five hundred dollars. Incidental expenses of Indian service in Dakota: For general incidentalDakota. expenses of the Indian service, including traveling expenses of agents at ten agencies in Dakota, five thousand dollars. Incidental expenses of Indian service in Idaho: For general incidental expensesIdaho. of the Indian service in Idaho, including traveling expenses of agents, one thousand dollars.
Incidental expenses of Indian service in Montana: For general incidental expensesMontana. of the Indian service, including traveling expenses of agents, four thousand dollars. Incidental expenses of Indian service in Nevada: For general incidentalNevada. expenses of the Indian service, including traveling expenses of agents in Nevada, one thousand five hundred dollars: and support and civilization of Indians located on the Pi-Ute, Walker River, and Pyramid Lake Reservations, and Pi-Utes on the Western Shoshone Reservation, fifteen thousand dollars; and pay of employees 997at same agencies, six thousand dollars; in all, twenty-two thousand five hundred dollars.
Incidental expenses of Indian service in New Mexico: For generalNew Mexico. incidental expenses of the Indian service, including traveling expenses of agents in New Mexico, and support and civilization of Indians at Pueblo Agency, and pay of employees at said agency, live thousand dollars. Incidental expenses of Indian service in Oregon: For general incidentalOregon. expenses of the Indian service, including traveling expenses of agents, in Oregon, and support and civilization of Indians at Grand Ronde and Siletz Agencies, ten thousand dollars: and pay of employees at the same agencies, six thousand dollars; in all, sixteen thousand dollars.
Incidental expenses of Indian service in Utah: For general incidentalUtah. expenses of the Indian service, including traveling expenses of agents, in Utah, support and civilization of Indians at Uintah Valley and Ouray Agencies, and pay of employees at said agencies, ten thousand dollars. Incidental expenses of Indian service in Washington Territory:Washington. For general incidental expenses of the Indian service, including traveling expenses of agents at seven agencies, and the support and civilization of Indians at Colville and Nisqually Agencies, and pay of employees, including a physician for Coeur d’Alene Reservation, sixteen thousand dollars.
Incidental expenses of Indian service in Wyoming: For generalWyoming. incidental expenses of the Indian service, including traveling expenses of agents, one thousand dollars. MISCELLANEOUS.Miscellaneous To enable the Secretary of the Interior to employ practical farmers,Practical farmers. in addition to the agency farmers now employed, at wages not exceeding seventy-five dollars each per month, to superintend and direct farming among such Indians as are making effort for self-support, fifty thousand dollars; and no person shall be employed as such farmer who has not been for at least five years previous to such employment practically engaged in the occupation of farming.
Pay of Indian police: For the service of not exceeding seven hundredIndian police. privates, at ten dollars per month each, and not exceeding seventy officers, at twelve dollars per month each, of Indian police, to be employed in maintaining order and prohibiting illegal traffic in liquor on the several Indian reservations, and for the purchase of equipment and rations for policemen of non-ration agencies, one hundred and fourteen thousand dollars. For compensation of judges of Indian courts, at such rates as mayJudges.
Indian courts. be fixed from time to time by the Secretary of the Interior, five thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary. For pure vaccine matter and vaccination of Indians, one thousandVaccination. dollars. Telegraphing and making purchases of Indian supplies: To paySupplies, telegraphing, etc. the expenses of purchasing goods and supplies for the Indian service, including rent of warehouses and pay of necessary employees; advertising, at rates not exceeding regular commercial rates; inspection and all other expenses connected therewith, including telegraphing, forty thousand dollars.
Transportation of Indian supplies: For this amount, for necessaryTransportation of supplies. expenses of transportation of such goods, provisions, and other articles for the various tribes of Indians provided for by this act, including pay and expenses of transportation agents, three hundred thousand dollars. 998 For survey and subdivision of Indian reservations and of lands toSurvey of lands for allotment in severalty. be allotted to Indians, and to make allotments in severalty, to be expended by the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, ten thousand dollars.
Surveying and allotting Indian reservations (reimbursable):Surveying, etc., Reservations. To enable the President to complete the work already undertaken and commencedVol. 24, p. 389. under the third section of the act of February eighth, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, entitled “An act to provide for the allotment of lands in severalty to Indians on the various Reservations. and to extend the protection of the laws of the United States and the Territories over the Indians, and for other purposes, including the necessary clerical work incident thereto in the field and in the office of Indian Affairs and the delivery to the Indians entitled Trust patents.thereunder of the trust patents authorized under said act, ten thousand dollars, to he immediately available.
To enable the President to cause, under the provisions of the actAllotment. of February eighth, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, entitled Vol. 24, p. 388.“An act to provide for the allotment of lands in severalty to Indians on the various reservations, and to extend the protection of the laws of the United States and the Territories over the Indians, and for other purposes,” such Indian reservations as in his judgment are advantageous for agricultural and grazing purposes to be surveyed, or resurveyed, for the purposes of said act, and to complete the allotment of the same including the necessary clerical work incident thereto in the field and in the office of Indian Affairs, and delivery of trust patents, so far as allotments shall have been selected under said act, thirty thousand dollars.
And no allotments shall be ordered or commenced upon any reservation unless the allotments upon such reservation so selected and the delivery of trust patents therein can be completed under this appropriation. For this amount, to be expended under the direction of the SecretaryPurchase of seeds, etc. of the Interior in aiding Indians who have taken land in severalty, under the act of February eighth, eighteen hundred and Vol. 24, p. 388.eighty-seven, entitled “An act to provide for the allotment of lands in severalty to Indians on the various reservations, and to extend the protection of the laws of the United States and the Territories over the Indians, and for other purposes,” to establish themselves in homes thereon, to procure seed, farming implements, and other things necessary, in addition to means already provided by law or treaty, for the commencement of farming, thirty thousand dollars.
The amounts provided for in the three preceding paragraphs shall be repaid to the Treasury proportionately out of the proceeds of the sales of such lands, if any, as may be acquired from the Indians Report.under the provisions of the aforesaid act. And a report in detail of the expenditures made to December first next, under the appropriations provided by said paragraphs, shall be made to Congress at the commencement of the next session. For continuing the investigation and examination of certain Indian-depredationIndian depredation claims. claims, originally authorized, and in the manner therein provided for by the Indian appropriation acts approved March third, eighteen hundred and eighty-five, and Vol. 28, p. 375.
Vol. 24, p. 464.March second, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, twenty thousand dollars. That the sum of nine thousand three hundred and seventy-one dollarsWind River Valley. and fifty cents, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is herebyPayment to settlers appropriated to enable the Secretary of the Interior to pay the settlers who in good faith made settlement in the Wind River Valley, Wyoming Territory, previous to the time when the said valley was included in the Wind River Indian Reservation, the value of their improvements as heretofore found by appraisement by the proper *Proviso*.
Removal.Indian agent under direction of the Secretary of the Interior: *Provided*, That no payments shall be made to any one of said settlers until he shall first have finally removed from said reservation. 999 The sum of two thousand five hundred dollars, or so much thereofEastern Band of Cherokees. Legal expenses. as may be necessary, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior in the payment of necessary expenses incurred by the Department of Justice in the prosecution of litigation growing out of matters pertaining to the real estate of the Eastern Band of Cherokees in North Carolina, said sum to be immediately available.
This amount, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to be expendedHoopa Valley Agency. Cal. under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior in theWagon road. construction of a wagon road by Indian labor, as far as possible, for the Hoopa Valley Agency, California, to the southwestern boundary of the Hoopa Valley Reservation, California, in order to afford the Hooper Indians access to market for their surplus produce, five thousand dollars. For one female laborer, to be employed in Indian Office, six hundredLaborer. and sixty dollars per annum.
To pay Beeson and Baker, of Paola, Kansas, for services renderedBeeson and Baker. the Indian Office, in furnishing abstract of titles, according to statementPayment to. of August thirty-first, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, sixty dollars. FOR SUPPORT OF SCHOOLS.Support of schools. For support of Indian day and industrial schools, and for otherDay and industrial schools. educational purposes not hereinafter provided for, six hundred and eighty-five thousand dollars: for the construction on Indian Reservations of school buildings and repair of school buildings, fifty-five thousand dollars; and for purchase of horses, cattle, sheep, and swine for schools, ten thousand dollars: in all, seven hundred and fifty thousand dollars: *Provided*, That the entire cost of any boarding-school*Proviso*. building exclusive of outbuildings to be built from the moneys appropriatedLimit of cost, buildings. hereby, including furniture, shall not exceed ten thousand dollars, and the entire cost of any day-school building to be so built shall not exceed six hundred dollars.
For support and education of Indian pupils at Albuquerque,Albuquerque. N Mex. New Mexico, at one hundred and seventy-five dollars per annum for each pupil, and for the erection and repairs of buildings, thirty-five thousand dollars. For pay of the Board of Home Missions of the Presbyterian ChurchBuildings, etc. for buildings and other improvements made by said board on land at Albuquerque, New Mexico, donated to the Government for Indian school purposes, six thousand eight hundred and three dollars and thirteen cents, being the appraised value of said improvements as agreed upon by a representative of said board and a special agent of the Indian Bureau.
For support of Indian industrial school at Carlisle, Pennsylvania,Carlisle. Pa. at not exceeding one hundred and sixty-seven dollars for each pupil, eighty thousand dollars; For annual allowance to Captain R. H. Pratt, in charge of saidAllowance to Capt. R.H. Pratt. school, one thousand dollars; in all. eighty-one thousand dollars. For support of Indian pupils at one hundred and seventy-five dollarsChilocco. Ind. T. per annum each, at Indian school at Chilocco, Indian Territory (formerly near Arkansas City), and for pay of superintendent of said school, at one thousand five hundred dollars, thirty-two thousand one hundred and twenty-five dollars.
For support of Indian pupils, at one hundred and seventy-five dollarsGenoa, Nebr. per annum each, and for pay of superintendent of school, at one thousand five hundred dollars, and repairs and erection of buildings. at Indian school. Genoa. Nebraska, and for proper drainage and fencing farm: in all. forty thousand dollars. For support of Indian pupils, at one hundred and seventy-five dollarsGrand Junction, Colo. per annum each, and for necessary repairs to buildings and fencing, and for pay of superintendent, at one thousand five hundred 1000 dollars, at the Indian school at Grand Junction, Colorado, ten thousand dollars; and Indian pupils, other than children of Ute Indians, may be allowed in said school, in the discretion of the Secretary of the Interior.
But nothing herein shall be construed to prevent the President from appropriating funds belonging to the Ute Indians for educational purposes, as provided in section one of an act entitled Vol. 21, p. 199.“An act to accept and ratify the agreement submitted by the Confederated bands of Ute Indians of Colorado, for the sale of their Reservation in said State, and for other purposes, and to make necessary appropriation for carrying out the same.” For support and education of one hundred and twenty Indian pupilsHampton, Va. at the school at Hampton, Virginia, twenty thousand and forty dollars.
For support and education of four hundred and fifty Indian pupils,Lawrence, Kans. at one hundred and seventy-five dollars per annum each, necessary outbuildings, repairs, and fencing at the Indian school at Lawrence, Kansas, and for pay of superintendent of said school, at two *Proviso*. Heating apparatus.thousand dollars, eighty-five thousand five hundred dollars: *Provided*, That the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to expend the sum of fifteen thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, out of the unexpended balance of the appropriation for said school for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, in the purchase and placing of steam heating apparatus in the dining hall, dormitory, and hospital buildings attached to said institute.
For support and education of two hundred Indian pupils at LincolnLincoln Institution Philadelphia. Institution, Philadelphia. Pennsylvania, at a rate not to exceed one hundred and sixty-seven dollars per annum for each pupil, thirty-three thousand four hundred dollars. For support of sixty Indian pupils, at White’s Manual Labor InstituteWabash. Ind. of Wabash, Indiana, ten thousand and twenty dollars. For support of two hundred Indian pupils, at one hundred andSalem. Oregon. seventy-five dollars per annum each; necessary outbuildings, repairs, and fencing, at the Indian school at Salem, Oregon (formerly Forest Grove school), and for pay of the superintendent of said school, at one thousand five hundred dollars, thirty-six thousand five hundred dollars.
For support of three hundred pupils at the Saint Ignatius MissionSt. Ignatius Mission, Mont. school, on the Jocko Reservation, in Montana Territory, at one hundred and fifty dollars per annum each forty-five thousand dollars. For the support of eighty pupils at the Cherokee training school,Cherokee. N.C. at Cherokee, North Carolina, at one hundred and fifty dollars per annum each, twelve thousand dollars. For the education and support of one hundred Chippewa IndianSt. John’s University and St.
Benedict’s Academy. boys and girls at Saint John’s University, and at Saint Benedict’s Academy, in Stearns County, State of Minnesota, at one hundred and fifty dollars each per annum, fifteen thousand dollars; and for the education and support of one hundred Indian pupils at Saint St. Paul’s Industrial School.Paul’s Industrial School, at Clontarf, in the State of Minnesota, at one hundred and fifty dollars each per annum, fifteen thousand dollars. For care, support, and education of Indian pupils at industrial,Other schools. agricultural, mechanical, or other schools, other than those herein provided for, in any of the States or Territories of the United States, at a rate not to exceed one hundred and sixty-seven dollars for each pupil, sixty-three thousand one hundred and eighty dollars.
For care, tuition, and support of Indian pupils at industrial schoolPierre. Dak. at Pierre, Dakota, at one hundred and seventy-five dollars per annum for each pupil, and for the necessary furniture and fixtures for said school and tor pay of the superintendent of said school, at one thousand five hundred dollars per annum, thirty-five thousand dollars. This sum, or so much thereof as may be deemed necessary by the 1001 Secretary of the Interior, to complete the Indian industrial schoolSanta Fe, N.
Mex. at Santa Fe, New Mexico, six thousand dollars. For collecting and transportation of pupils to and from IndianTransporting pupils. schools, and also for the transportation of Indian pupils from all the Indian schools, and placing of them, with the consent of their parents, under the care and control of such suitable white families as may in all respects be qualified to give such pupils moral, industrial, and educational training, under arrangements in which their proper care, support, and education shall be in exchange for their labor, twenty-eight thousand dollars.
That in the expenditure of money appropriated for any of theChildren of Indians taking lands in severalty not excluded. purposes of education of Indian children, those children of Indians who have taken lands in severalty under any existing law shall not, by reason thereof, be excluded from the benefits thereof. To enable the Secretary of the Interior, in his discretion, to purchase for Indian industrial school purposes the buildings and other improvements in what is known as Keam’s Canon within the ReservationKeam’s Canon.
Ariz. Purchase for school purposes. in the Territory of Arizona, established for the use and occupancy of the Moquis and other Indians by Executive order dated December sixteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, and to pay therefor such sum as he shall deem just and reasonable, not exceeding ten thousand dollars: *Provided*, That upon payment therefor*Proviso*. the owner of said buildings and other improvements shall execute and deliver to the Secretary of the Interior a full relinquishment of all his right, title, and interest in and to any and all buildings andTitle, etc. other improvements of whatsoever character owned by him within the limits of said reservation.
For the purpose of erecting and furnishing shops, outhouses, andOrmsby County. Nev. Buildings, etc. fencing the school grounds, and for furnishing the building and organizing the Indian school in Ormsby County. Nevada, authorized by the Indian appropriation act approved June twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight,*Ante*, p. 230. ten thousand dollars. INTEREST ON TRUST-FUND STOCKS.Interest, trust-fund stocks. Sec. 3. That for payment of interest on certain abstracted and nonpaying State stocks belonging to the various Indian tribes, and held in trust by the Secretary of the Interior, for the year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, namely:
For trust-fund interest due Cherokee national fund, twenty-sixCherokee national fund. thousand and sixty dollars; For trust-fund interest due Cherokee school fund, two thousandCherokee school fund. four hundred and ten dollars; For trust-fund interest due Chickasaw national fund, nineteenChickasaw national fund. thousand eight hundred and twenty dollars; For trust-fund interest due Choctaw general fund, twenty-seven Choctaw general fund.thousand dollars; For trust-fund interest due Iowas, three thousand five hundred Iowas.and twenty dollars;
Fortrustfund interest due Kaskaskias, Peorias,Weas, andKaskaskias. Peorias. Weas, and Piankeshaws. Piankeshaws, three thousand three hundred and forty-seven dollars and eighty-four cents; For trust-fund interest due Kaskaskia, Wea. Peoria, and School fund.Piankeshaw school-fund, one thousand four hundred and forty-nine dollars; For trust-fund interest due Menomonees, nine hundred and fifty dollars; in all, ninety-threeMenomonees. thousand four hundred and eighty-six dollars and eighty-four cents. 1002 prairie band of pottawatomies and kickapoo indians of kansas.Prairie band of Pottawatomies and Kickapoos of Kansas.
The sum of five thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may beNegotiations for sale of lands. necessary, is hereby appropriated to enable the President to negotiate with the Prairie Band of Pottawattomies and Kickapoo Indians in Kansas for the sale of all or a portion of their lands in Kansas, and the allotment of the remainder in severalty; such agreements as may be made to be submitted by the President to Congress at the next session, said sum to be immediately available. SIOUX RESERVATION.Sioux Reservation The President of the United States is hereby authorized and empoweredCommissioners to negotiate for cession of portion of. to appoint three Commissioners for the purpose of entering into negotiations and agreements with the Sioux Indians occupying the great Sioux Indian Reservation in Dakota for a full and complete cession and relinquishment to the United States of a portion of their reservation, and to divide the remainder into separate Reservations, and for such other purpose as they may may find necessary touching said Indians and said reservation; and such agreements, when made, to be by them submitted to the first session, fifty-first Congress, for ratification: and to carry out this provision the sum of Expenses.twenty-five thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be found necessary, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, is hereby appropriated, this amount to be immediately *Proviso*.
Pay.available: *Provided*, That the pay of such Commissioners shall not exceed ten dollars per day exclusive of traveling expenses. Sec. 4. That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby,Coeur d’Alene Indians. Negotiations for purchase of mineral and timber lands from. authorized and directed to negotiate with the Coeur d’Alene tribe of Indians for the purchase and release by said tribe of such portions of its reservation not agricultural and valuable chiefly for minerals and timber as such tribe shall consent to sell, on such terms and conditions as shall be considered just and equitable bet ween the United States and said tribe of Indians, which purchase shall not be complete until ratified by Congress and for the purpose of such negotiation, the sum of two thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated: the action of the Secretary of the Interior hereunder to be reported to Congress at the earliest practicable time.
Sec. 5. That no purchase of supplies for which appropriations arePurchase of supplies to be advertised; exceptions. herein made, exceeding in the aggregate five hundred dollars in value at any one time, shall be made without first giving at least three weeks’ public notice by advertisement, except in cases of exigency, when, in the discretion of the Secretary of the Interior, who shall make official record of the facts constituting the exigency and shall report the same to Congress at its next session, he may direct that purchases may be made in open market in amount not exceeding three *Provisos*.thousand dollars at any one purchase: *Provided*, That funds herein and heretofore appropriated for construction of ditches, and other Irrigation.works for irrigating may, in the discretion of the Secretary of the Interior, be expended in open market: *Provided further*, That Purchases from Indians.purchase in open market may be made from Indians under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior.
Sec. 6. That so much of the appropriations herein made as mayImmediately available. be required to pay for goods and supplies, and for transportation of the same, for the year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety, shall be immediately available: but no such goods or supplies shall be distributed or delivered to any of said Indians prior to July first, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, and the Secretary of 1003 the Interior, under the direction of the President, may use any surplus that may remain in any of the said appropriations herein made for the purchase of subsistence for the several Indian tribes, to an amount not exceeding twenty-five thousand dollars in the aggregate,Subsistence deficiencies. *Provisos*.
Treaty funds. to supply any subsistence deficiency that may occur: *Provided however*, That funds appropriated to fulfill treaty obligations shall not be so used: *And provided further*, That any diversions which shall be made under authority of this section shall be reported in detail,Report. and the reasons therefor, to Congress, at the session of Congress next succeeding such diversion: *And provided further*, That the Secretary of the Interior, under the direction of the President, may use any sums appropriated in this act for subsistence, and not absolutely necessary for that purpose, for the purchase of stock cattle for theStock cattle. benefit of the tribe for which such appropriation is made, or for the assistance of such Indians to become tanners, and in aiding such Indians as have taken allotments to build houses and other buildings for residence or improvement of such allotments, and shall report to Congress, at its next session thereafter, an account of his action under this provision.
Sec. 7. That when not required for the purpose for which appropriated,Transfer of funds for employees. the funds herein provided for the pay of specified employees at any agency may be used by the Secretary of the Interior for the pay of other employees at such agency, but no deficiency shall be thereby created: and, when necessary, specified employees may be detailed for other service when not required for the duty for which they were engaged; and that the several appropriations herein made for millers, blacksmiths, engineers, carpenters, physicians, and other persons, and for various articles provided for by treaty stipulation for the several Indian tribes, may be diverted to other uses for the benefit of the said tribes, respectively, within the discretion of the President, and with the consent of said tribes, expressed in the usual manner; and that he cause report to be made to Congress, at its nextReport. session thereafter, of his action under this provision.
Sec. 8. That whenever, after advertising for bids for supplies inRejection of bids. accordance with section three of this act, those received for any article containing conditions detrimental to the interest of the Government. they may be rejected, and the articles specified in such bids purchased in open market, at prices not to exceed those of the lowestPurchases in open market. bidder, and not to exceed the market price of the same, until such time as satisfactory bids can be obtained, for which immediate advertisement shall be made.
To enable the Commissioner of Indian Affairs to have prepared standard samples of such articles of goodsStandard samples. and supplies as should be adopted and purchased for the Indian service, and for the purchase of testing machines to examine deliveries of such goods and supplies, one thousand five hundred dollars is hereby appropriated, which shall be immediately available. Sec. 9. That at any of the Indian reservations where there is now Kale of property not used.on hand Government property not required for the use and benefit of the Indians at said reservation, the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized to move such property to other Indian Reservations where it may be required, or to sell it and apply the proceeds of the same in the purchase of such articles as may be needed for the use of the Indians for whom said property was purchased; and he shall make report of his action hereunder to the next session of Congress thereafter.
Sec. 10. That there shall be appointed by the President, by andSuperintendent of schools. Duties. with the advice and consent of the Senate, a person of knowledge and experience in the management, training, and practical education of children, to be Superintendent of Indian Schools, whose duty it shall be to visit and inspect the schools in which Indians are taught in whole or in part, from appropriations from the United States Treasury, and report to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, what, 1004 in his judgment, are the defects, if any, in any of them, in system, in administration, or in means for the most effective advancement of the pupils therein toward civilization and self-support, and what changes are needed to remedy such defects as may exist, and to perform such other duties in connection with Indian schools as may be prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior, and section eight of the Repeal of former provisions.act entitled “An act making appropriations for the current and Contingent expenses of the Indian Department and for fulfilling treaty stipulations with various Indian tribes for the year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine and for other purposes,” *Ante*, p. 238.approved June twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, is hereby repealed.
Sec. 11. That hereafter the costs of the trial of the cases in thePayment of costs in Indian cases. courts of the several Territories tried pursuant to and for the offenses named in section nine of the act entitled “An act making appropriations for the current and contingent expenses of the Indian Department, and fulfilling treaty stipulations with various Indian tribes Vol. 23, p. 385.for the year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-six and for other purposes.” shall be audited by the accounting officers of the Treasury and paid out of money for similar expenses in the trial of criminal cases in the courts of the United States. seminole lands.Seminole lands.
Sec. 12. That the sum of one million nine hundred and twelvePayment for. thousand nine hundred and forty-two dollars and two cents be, and the same hereby is, appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to pay in full the Seminole Nation of Indians for all the right, title, interest, and claim Vol. 14, p. 756.which said nation of Indians may have in and to certain lands ceded by article three of the treaty between the United States and said nation of Indians, which was concluded June fourteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, and proclaimed August sixteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, and which land was then estimated to contain two million one hundred and sixty-nine thousand and eighty acres, but which is now, after survey, ascertained to contain two million thirty-seven thousand four hundred and fourteen and sixty-two hundredths acres, Manner of payment.said sum of money to be paid as follows:
One million five hundred thousandTrust fund. dollars to remain in the Treasury of the United States to the credit of said nation of Indians and to bear interest at the rate of five per centum per annum from July first, eighteen hundred and Interest.eighty nine, said interest to be paid semiannually to the treasurer of said nation, and the sum of four hundred and twelve thousand nine hundred and forty-two dollars and twenty cents, to be paid to such person or persons as shall be duly authorized by the laws of said nation to receive the same, at such times and in such sums as shall be directed and required by the legislative authority of said nation, to be immediately available; this appropriation to become operative upon the execution by the duly appointed delegates of said nation, specially empowered so to do, of a release and conveyance to the United States of all the right, title, interest, and claim of said nation of Indians in and to said lands, in manner and form satisfactory Conveyance.to the President of the United States, and said release and conveyance. when fully executed and delivered, shall operate to extinguish all claims of every kind and character of said Seminole Nation of Indians in and to the tract of country to which said release and conveyance shall apply, but such release conveyance, and extinguishment shall not inure to the benefit of or cause to vest in any railroad company any right, title,Not to vest title in any railroad company. or interest whatever in or to any of said lands, and all laws and parts of laws so far as they conflict with the foregoing, are hereby repealed, and all grants or pretended grants of said lands or any interest or right therein now existing in or on behalf 1005 of any railroad company, except rights of way and depot grounds, areRights of way. hereby declared to be forever forfeited for breach of condition.
Sec. 13. That the lands acquired by the United States under saidLands to become part of public domain. agreement shall be a part of the public domain, to be disposed of only as herein provided, and sections sixteen and thirty-six of each township. whether surveyed or unsurveyed, are hereby reserved for the use and benefit of the public schools, to be established within theSchool reservations. limits of said lands under such conditions and regulations as may be hereafter enacted by Congress.
That the lands acquired by conveyance from the Seminole IndiansTo be disposed of to actual settlers only. hereunder, except the sixteenth and thirty-sixth sections shall be disposed of to actual settlers under the homestead laws only, except as herein otherwise provided (except that section two thousand threeR. S., sec. 2301, p. 421. hundred and one of the Revised Statutes shall not apply): *And provided further*,*Provisos*. That any person who having attempted to, but for anyHomestead entries. cause, failed to secure a title in fee to a homestead under existing law, or who made entry under what is known as the commuted provision of the homestead law, shall be qualified to make a homestead entry upon said lands: *And provided further*, That the rights of honorablyRights of soldiers and sailors. discharged Union soldiers and sailors in the late civil war as defined and described in sections twenty-three hundred and four and twenty-three,R.
S., secs., 2804, 2305, p. 422. hundred and five of the Revised Statutes shall not be abridged: And *Provided further*, That each entry shall be in square form asLimit, etc. nearly as practicable and no person be permitted to enter more than one-quarter section thereof, but until said lands are opened for settlement by proclamation of the President, no person shall be permittedNo person permitted to enter till proclamation issues. to enter upon and occupy the same, and no person violating this provision shall ever be permitted to enter any of said lands or acquire any right thereto.
The Secretary of the Interior may, after said proclamation andTown sites. not before, permit entry of said lands for town-sites, under sectionsR. S., secs., 2887, 2888, p. 487. twenty-three hundred and eighty-seven and twenty-three hundred and eighty-eight of the Revised Statutes, but no such entry shall embrace more than one-half section of land. That all the foreging provisions with reference to lands to beProvisions applicable to Creek lauds. acquired from the Seminole Indians including the provisions pertaining to forfeiture shall apply to and regulate the disposal of the lands acquired from the Muscogee or Creek Indians by articles of cession and agreement made and concluded at the city of Washington*Ante*, p. 757. on the nineteenth day of January in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and eighty-nine.
Sec. 14. The President is hereby authorized to appoint three Commissioners,Negotiations for cession of lands of Cherokees. etc., in Indian Territory. not more than two of whom shall be members of the same political party, to negotiate with the Cherokee Indians and with all other Indians owning or claiming lands lying west of the ninety sixth degree of longitude in the Indian Territory for the cession to the United States of all their title, claim, or interest of every kind or character in and to said lauds, and any and all agreements resulting from such negotiations shall be reported to the President and by himReport. to Congress at its next session and to the council or councils of the nation or nations, tribe or tribes, agreeing to the same for ratification, and for this purpose the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars, or as much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated, to be immediately available: *Provided*, That said Commission is further*Proviso*. authorized to submit to the Cherokee nation the propositionProposition to be submitted. that said nation shall cede to the United States in the manner and with the effect aforesaid, all the rights of said nation in said lands upon the same terms as to payment as is provided in the agreement made with the Creek Indians of date January nineteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, and ratified by the present Congress; and if said Cherokee *Ante*, p. 760.
If accepted lands to become part of public domain.nation shall accept, and by act of its legislative authority duly passed, ratify the same, the said lands shall thereupon become a part 1006 of the public domain for the purpose of such disposition as is herein provided, and the President is authorized as soon thereafter as he Proclamation.may deem advisable, by proclamation, open said lands to settlement in the same manner and to the same effect, as in this act provided concerning the lands acquired from said Creek Indians, but until said lands are opened for settlement by proclamation of the President, no person shall be permitted to enter upon and occupy the same, and no person violating this provision shall be permitted to enter any of said lands or acquire any right thereto.
Sec. 15. That the President may whenever he deems it necessaryLand districts to be created. create not to exceed two land districts embracing the lands which he may open to settlement by proclamation as hereinbefore provided, and he is empowered to locate land offices for the same appointing Expenses.thereto in conformity to existing law registers and receivers and for the purpose of carrying out this provision five thousand dollars or so much thereof as may be necessary is hereby appropriated.
Approved, March 2, 1889.
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