Chapter 255. Extending the time of payment to purchasers of lands of the Omaha tribe of Indians in Nebraska, and for other purposes
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CHAP. 255.— An Act Extending the time of payment to purchasers of lands of the Omaha tribe of Indians in Nebraska, and for other purposes.August 11, 1894. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Omaha Indian Reservation.Time for paying for lands extended.Vol. 22, p. 341. That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to extend the time of payments of the purchase money due for land sold on the Omaha Indian Reservation under the sale made by virtue of “An Act to provide for the sale of a part of the reservation of the Omaha tribe of Indians in the State of Nebraska, and for other purposes,” approved August seventh, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, as follows:
The time for the first payment is hereby extended until the first dayExtending time for first payments, etc. of December, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, the second payment to become due in one year thereafter, and the third payment to be due and payable in one year from the time fixed for the second payment: *Provisos*.Interest.Fund for benefit of Indians.*Provided*, That the interest on said payments shall be paid annually at the time said payments of interest are due; and the Secretary of the Treasury shall retain in the Treasury all moneys heretofore and that may hereafter be paid as principal under the Act approved August seventh, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, and shall pay over five per centum thereon annually to the Secretary of the Interior to be expended by him annually for the benefit of said Indians, as prescribed in Distribution of interest.section three of said Act, and the Secretary of the Treasury shall pay all interest that has been paid on land sold under said Act to the Secretary of the Interior, to be by him paid over to said tribe, to be distributed to the members thereof pro rata by the agent of said tribe, and all interest thereafter coming into the Treasury shall be paid over 277 and distributed to said tribe annually in like manner: *Provided, however*, That the interest of the purchaser in lands on which the paymentTaxation of lands of the purchase money is hereby extended shall be subject to taxation in the State in which they are situated, but any lieu created thereby shall be subject to the lien of the United States for the unpaid purchase money, but this Act shall be of no force and effect until the consent thereto of the Omaha Indians shall be obtained in such manner and under such regulations as the Secretary of the Interior may prescribe: *And provided*, That the said Act of August seventh, eighteenPrior act to remain in effect. hundred and eighty-two, except as changed or mollified by this Act, shall remain in full force and effect.
Approved, August 11, 1894.