Chapter 64. Authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to acquire land and erect a monument at the site near Crookston, in Polk County, Minnesota, to commemorate the signing of a treaty on October 2, 1863, between the United States of America and the Chippewa Indians
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CHAP. 64.— An Act Authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to acquire land and erect a monument at the site near Crookston, in Polk County, Minnesota, to commemorate the signing of a treaty on October 2, 1863, between the United States of America and the Chippewa Indians. January 31, 1931.[[H. R. 5271](/us/bill/71/hr/5271).][[Public, No. 577](/us/pl/71/577).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That the SecretaryOld Crossing, Red Lake River, Minn.Monument, etc., at, commemorating signing of Indian treaty, authorized. of the Interior is hereby authorized to erect a suitable monument and historical tablets on or near the site of the encampment, located on the banks of the Red Lake River at the place known as the Old Crossing, situated approximately fifteen miles northeast of Crookston, Minnesota, where, on October 2, 1863, the representatives of the two bands of the Chippewa Indians, known as the Red Lake Band and the Pembina Band, and of the United States Government, signed a treaty ceding to the United States of America the Red River Valley of the North.
The title to the land deemed appropriate for the siteLand title. of this monument shall be vested in the State of Minnesota and the acquisition of the site and the care of the site and monument shall beNo Federal expense. without expense to the Federal Government. Sec. 2. There is hereby authorized to be appropriated, out of anyAmount for expenses. money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $5,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to carry out the provisions*Proviso*.Citizenship requirements. of this Act: *Provided*, That the said monument shall be the work of an artist who is a citizen of the United States.
Approved, January 31, 1931.