The Progress. [volume], July 06, 1889, Image 1

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DETROIT, MINN.
Drugs, ChemtcalM, and |Patent
Itiediciaea.
J* MAIL ORDBBS will receive) Prompt i
80* Attention. tf.
Quay-yuck-o-chee-gaid.*
DAWES' BILL.
t&- Through the repeated requests of many
of our rrienj and patrons, aud the further
fact that in the coming negotiations between
the U. 8. Commission, now among us, and
our people, regarding the "severalty" land
question, and of which this bill was the Issue,
the many features of the measure will occu
py considerablcattcntion. We therefore repub
lish the bill in full.
"Be it enacted by the Senate and
House of Representatives of thements
United States of America in Con
gress assembled, That in all cases
where anjrtribeor band of Indians
has been, or shall hereafter be, lo
cated upon any reservation crea
ted for their use, either by treaty
stipulation or by virtue of an actretained
of Congress or executive order set
ting apart the same for their use,
the President of the United States
be, and he hereby is, authorized
whenever in his opinion any reser
vation or any pari thereof of such
Indian lands is advantageous for
agricultural and grazing purposes,
to cause said reservation, or anyof
part thereof, to be surveyed, or re
surveyed if necessary, and to allot
the lands in said reservation to any
Indian located thereon in quanti
ties as follows:
To each head of a family, one
quarter of a scetion (160 acres.)
To each single person over eight
een years of age, one-eight of a
section (80 acres.)
To each orphan child under 18
years of age, one-eight of a sec
tion (80 acres,) and
To each other single person un
der 18 years now living, or whoans
may be born prior to the date of
the oider of the President direct
ing an allotment of the lands em
braced in any reservation, one
sixteenth of a section, (40 acres):
Provided, That in case there is
not sufficient land in any of said
reservations to allot lands to each
individuals of the classes above
named in quantities as above pro
vided, the lands embraced in such
reseryation or reservations shall
be allotted to each individual of
said classes pro rata in accordance
with the provision of this act. And
"provided further, That where"
"the treaty or act of Congress"
"setting apart such reservation"
"provides for the allottment of"
"lands in severalty in quantities''
in excess of those herein provi
the President in making al-"
"lotments upon such reserva-"
"tion, shall allot the lands to each"
"indiuiduatlndian belonging there-"
"on in quantity as specified in"
"suoh treaty or act. And provi-"
4Med further, That when the'*
"lands allotted are only valuable
"for grazing purposes, an addi-"
"al allotment of such grazing"
"lands, in quantities as above"
"provided, shall be made to each"
"individual.
SEC. 2. That all allotments set
apart under the provision of this
act shall be selected by the Indians,
heads of families selecting for their
minor children, and the agents
shall select for each orphan child,
and in such manner as to embrace
Ihe improvements of the Indians
making the selection. Where the
improvements of two or more In
dians have been made on the same
subdivision of land, unless they
shall otherwise agree, a provision
al line may be run dividing said
lands between them, and the ain't
to which each is entitled shall be
equalized in the assignment of the
remainder of the land to which
they are entitled under this act:
Provided, That if any one enti
tled to an allotment shall fail to
make a selection within four 3rears
after the President shall- direct
that allotments may be made on a
particular reservation, the Secre
tary of the Interior may direct the
agent of such tribe or band, if
such there be, and if there be no
agent, then a special agent ap
pointed for that purpose, to make
selection shall be allotted
cases where selections are made
by the Indians, end patents shall
issue in like manner.
SEC. 3. That the allotments pro
vided for in this act shall be made
by special agents appointed by the
President for such purpose, and
the agents in charge of the respect
ive reservation on which the allot
are directed to be made, un
der such rules and regulations as
the Secretary of the Interior may
from time to time .pressribe^and vriuqk^siifth^^serv^tioja^^Ju^^
shall be certified by such agents to such portions of its reservation not
the Commissioner of Indian Af
fairs, in duplicate, one copy to be
in the Indian office and
the other to be transmitted to the
Secretary of the Interior for
hisbetween
action, and to be deposited in the
general Land office.
SEC. 4. That where any Indian
not residing upon a reservation
or for whose tribe no reservation
has been provided by treaty, act
Congress, or executive order,
shall make settlement upon any
surveyed or unsurveyed lands of
the United States not otherwise
appropriated, he or she shall be en
titled, upon application to the lo
cal land-oifice for the district in
which the lands are located, to
have the same allotted to him or
her, and to his or her children, in
quantities and manner as provided
in this act for Indians residing up
on reservations and when such
settlement is made upon unsurvey
ed lands, the grant to such Indi
shall be adjusted upon the sur
vey of the lands so as to conform
thereto and patents shall be is
sued to them for such lands in the
manner and with the restrictions
as herein provided. And the fees
to which the officers of such local
land-office would have been enti
tled had. such lands been entered
under the general laws for theprior
disposition of the public Jands
shall be paid to them, from any
moneys in the treasury of the Uni
ted States not otherwise appro
priated, upon a statement of antion
account in their behalf for such
fees by the Commissioner of theuse
general Land office, and a certifi
cation of such account to the Sec
retary of the Treasury by the Sec
retary of the Interior.
SEC. 5. That upon the approval
of the allotments provided for inzation
this-act by the Secretary of the
Interior, he shall cause patents to
issue therefor in the name of theorded
allottees, which patent shall be ol
the legal effect, and declare that
the United States does and will
hold the land thus allotted, for the
period of twenty-five years, in trust
for the sole use and benefit of thei
Indian to whom &uch allotment
shall have been made, or, in case
of his decease, of his heirs accor
ding to the laws of the State or
Territory where such land is loca
ted, and that at the expiration of
iaid period the United States will
convey the same by patent to said
Indian or his heirs as aforesaid,
fee, discharged of said trust and
free of all charge and incumber
ance whatsoever. Provided, That
the President of the United States
extend the period. And if any
perioa An a i any
conveyance lands set apart and allotted as
herein provided, or any contract
made touching the same
the expiration of the time above
mentioned, such conveyance or
contract shall be absolutely null
and void Provided. That the law
of descent and partition in
a selection fpr such Indian, which in the Indian Territory which may
laW
same, befor
th
A higher Ciuilization ra4|g(tenaBee
provisions of this act
=^t=i
as in be allotted in severalty, under the* Territory in which they may
AIIU
ar
nterior to negotiate with, sueli
Indian tribe for the purchase andi-fi... .v..
such terms and conditions as shall ilized life, is hereby declared to be
a citizen of the United States, and
be considered just and equitable
the United States and said
tribe of Indians, which purchase
shall not be complete until ratified
by Congress, and the form and
manner os executing such release
shall als*o be prescribed hy Con
gress Provided however, That all
lands adapted to agriculture, with
or without irrigation so sold or
released to the United States by
any Indian tribe shall be held by
the United States for the sole pur
pose of securing homes to actual
settlers and shall be disposed of by
the United States to actual and
bonafide settlers only in tracts not
exceeding one hundred and sixty
acres to any one person, on such
terms as Congress shall prescribe,
subjects to grants which Congress
may make in aid of education
And Provided further, That
patents shall issue therefor except
to the person so taking the same
as and for a homestead, or his heirs,
and after the expiration of five
years occupancy thereof as such
homestead and any0 conveyance
of said land so taken as a home
stead, or any contract touching
the same or lien thereon, created
to the date of such patent,
shall be null and void. And theSeminoles,
sums agreed to be paid by the Uni
ted States as purchase money for
any portion of any such reserva
shall be held in the Treasury
of the United States for the sole
of the tribe or tribes of Indi
ans to whom such reservations be
longed and the same, with inter:
est thereon at three per cent per
annum, and shall be at all times
subject to appropriatson by Con
gress for the education and civili
of such tribe or tribes of
Indians or the memWs thereof.
The patents aforesaid shall be rec
in the general Land office,
and afterward delivered, free of
charge, to the allottee entitled
thereto. And if any religious so
ciety or other organization is now
occupying any of the public lands
to which this act is applicable, for
religious or educational work
among the Indians, the Secretary
of the Interior is hereby author
ized to confirm such occupation to
such society or organization, in
quantity not exceeding 160 acres
in any one tract, so long as the
same shall be so occupied, on such
terms as he shall deem just but
nothing herein contained shall
education-
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change oor alter any claim^ of^such
S
may in any case in his discretion f1
Ciet
purp
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hereafte
flaW
An And hereafter in the
shall be made of the P^ment of Indian police, or any
other employes in the public ser
vice among any of the Indian
trl S
shal
such lands are situate shall apply SEC. 6. That upon the comple-
thereto after patents therefor have tion of said allotments and
been executed and delivered, ex-[patentingof the lands to said
cept as herein otherwise provided
and the laws of the State of
Kan
sas regnlating the descent and par
tition of real estate shall. s&
farbeen
as practicable, apply to all lands
or bands affected by this act
and where
the dafcies
who have
Indians can perform
na
a
provision of this act and be
citizenfs oe United States
reerr
forc
in the State or Territory where
*the
lottees, ench and every member of
the respective hands or tribes of
Indians to whom allotments have
made shall have the benefit
[of and he subject to the laws, both'
civil and criminal, of the State or
anrf
0,rfe
WHITE EARTH AGENCY, MINNfifeOTA, SATURDAY. JULY 6, 1889. ^$Z&&??>&> NO. 30JS
And pro- side and no Territory or State pro-asiae and no Territor or Stat
re-
vided further, That at any tims shall pass or enforce any law deny- 6SB^YVCI 11 O J\
lands have been allotted to all the ing any such Indian within its ju
Indians of any tribe as herin prri-| risdiction the equal protection of
the law. And every Indian born
of the President it shall be for the* 'within the territorial limits of the
best interests of said tribe, it shallj United States to whom allotments liWINiniA
be lawful for the Secretary of thejfchall have been made under the
provision of this act, or under any
release by said tribe, in conformi:] Born within the territoriaJl limits
ty with the treaty or statute nnctagftheUnited States who has volunta
#Jly^fcftn tip, within said limits^
his residence separate and apart
allotted as such tribe shall, from
time to time consent to sell, on
a or treaty, and every Indian
Jau
SEC. 10. That notoing in this
act contained shall be so construed
as to efiect the right and power of
Congress to grant the right of way
through any lands granted to an
Indian, or a taibe of Indians, for
railroads or other highways, or
telegraph lines, for the public use,
or to condemn such lands to pub
lic usee, upon making just compen
sation. N
required, those Indians Approved, Fehrnary 8,1887/"
availed themselves of^ .S -"Wv*.'A b&t "ff. .y.?/i
"^ei oi
Hav
C1
is entitled to all the rights, privili
ges, and immunities of such citi
zens, whether said Indian has been
or not, by birth or otherwise, a
member of any tribe of Indians
within the territorial limits of the
United States without in any
manner impairing or otherwise af
fecting the right of any such Indi
an to tribal or other property.
SEC. 7. That in any case where
the use of water for irrigation is
necessary to render the lands with
in any Indim reservation availa
ble for agricultural purposes the
Secretary of the Interior be, andWHITNEY,
and he is hereby, authorized to pre
scribe such rules and regulations
as he may deem necessary to se
cure a just and equal distribution
thereof among the Indians residing
upon any such reservation and
no other appropriation or grant of
water by any riparian proprietor
shall be authorized or, permitted to
the damage of any other riparian
proprietor.
SEC. 11. That nothing in' this
act shall be so construed as to pre
vent the removal of the Southern
Ute Indians from their present
reservation in southwestern Colo
rado to anew reservation by and
with the consent of a
the adult male
memberT0oftyaidI
tribe
Tfe'sfinfof $1000.000 la to be'ex
pfehdod in Ivaulifyiog t|
p.u.i5S
\~A Georgia newspaper tells of
slender, delicate, and swot youngT
wottmn who went to a 'Su-jrur boiIing,
the other day. She remained twenty
lour hours, during whiel she ate four
teen stalks of sugar eane and drank
fifty-seven glasses of cane juice.
to
ent
a "S
hav
.IUUMIIIf
from any tribe of Indians therein,
and has adopted the habits of civ
G.
SEC. 8. That the provision of
this act shall not extend to the
territory occupied by the Cherokes,
Creeks, Choctwas, Chickasaws,
and Osage, Miamies,
and Peorias, and Sacs and Foxe,
in the Indian Territory, nor to any
of the reservations of the Seneca
Nation of New York Indians in
the state of New York, nor to that
strip of territory in the state of
Nebraska adjoining the Siouz Na
tion on the south added by execu
tive order.
SEC. 9. That for the purpose of
making the surveys and resurveys
mentioned in section two of this
act, there be, and hereby is,
apIVkite
propriated, out of any moneys in
the Treasury not otherwise appro
priated, the sum of one hundred
thousand dollars, to be repaid pro
portionately out of the proceeds of
the sales of such land as may be
acquired from the Indians under
the provisions of this act.
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Cheap land seekers' and settlers'
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For further information see thc
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St. Paul, Minn.
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