Chapter 1265.
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CHAP. 1265.— An act to authorize the conveyance of certain Absentee Shawnee Indian lands in Kansas.October 1, 1890. Whereas the following-described tracts of land, namely: The eastPreamble. half of the northeast quarter, and the south west quarter of the northeast quarter, of section twenty-nine, in township twelve, range twenty-three east; and the south half of the southwest quarter of section five, and the south half of the southwest quarter, and the north half of the southwest quarter, and the northwest quarter of section eight, in township thirteen, range twenty-two east, in Johnson County, Kansas, and known as Absentee Shawnee Indian lands, were erroneously set apart and patents therefor improperly issued to Nancy Whitestone, George Silcambus, and Lewis Hayes, Shawnee Indians, who had previously received by patent from the United States the quantity of lands to which they were lawfully entitled; and Whereas the patents so erroneously issued have not been canceled:
Therefore, *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Absentee Shawnee Indian lands, Kansas.Secretary of Interior to cancel erroneous patents, and dispose of lands to settlers. That the Secretary of the Interior be. and he is hereby, authorized to revoke and cancel said patents, and said Secretary is also authorized to dispose of said lands and issue patents therefor to the settlers located thereon, in FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS.
Sess. I. Ch. 1265, 1266. 1890.653 accordance with the provisions of “A resolution for the relief of settlers upon the Absentee Shawnee lands in Kansas,” approved AprilVol. 16, p. 53. seventh, eighteen hundred and sixty-nine, and an act explanatory of said resolution, approved January eleventh, eighteen hundred andVol. 18, p. 295. seventy-five. Approved, October 1, 1890. Chapter 1266: to increase the efficiency and reduce the expenses of the Signal Corps of the Army, and to transfer the Weather Service to the Department of Agriculture.
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