Chapter 1127.
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CHAP. 1127.— An act to provide for the sale of certain New York Indian lands in Kansas.September 30, 1890. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Lands of certain New York Indians in Kansas.Sale of, to certain settlers, etc. That those persons, being heads of families or single persons over twenty-one years of age, who have made settlement and improvement upon, and are bona fide claimants and occupants of, either in, person or by tenant, the lands in Kansas which were allotted to certain New York Indians, and for which certificates of allotment, dated the fourteenth day of September, eighteen hundred and sixty, for three hundred and twenty acres of land each, were issued to thirty-two of said Entry, etc.Limit of time.Indians, shall be, and hereby are, authorized and permitted to enter and purchase at the proper land office, at any time within one year from the passage of this act, said lands so occupied by them, in tracts not exceeding one hundred and sixty acres, according to the Government surveys, at two dollars and fifty cents per acre, payment Proceeds of sale, in trust, etc.to be made in cash at time of purchase; and the moneys arising from such sales shall be paid into the Treasury of the United States, in Payment.Proof of identity.Limit of time.trust for and to be paid to said Indians, respectively, to whom said certificates were issued, or to their heirs, upon satisfactory proof of their identity to the Secretary of the Interior, at any time within five years from the passage of this act; and in case such proof is Unpaid proceeds, covered in.not made within the time specified, then the proceeds of such sale, or so much thereof as shall not have been paid under the provisions of this act, shall become a part of the public moneys of the United States.
Sec 2. That any lands not entered by such settlers at the expirationLands not entered, at sale. of twelve months from the passage of this act shall be offered at public sale, in the usual manner, at not less than three dollars per Notice.Private entry.acre, notice of said sale to be given by public advertisement of not less than thirty days; and any tract or tracts not then sold shall be thereafter subject to private entry at three dollars per acre. Sec. 3. That all acts and parts of acts inconsistent herewith areRepeal. hereby repealed.
Approved, September 30, 1890. Chapter 1128: in recognition of the merits and services of Chief Engineer George Wallace Melville, United States Navy, and of the other officers and men of the Jeannette Arctic Expedition. Chapter 1128 26 Stat. 552 1890-09-30 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-21 51 1 public
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