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872 FIFTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. II. CHS. 391, 392. 1889. Purchaser to rmde or any subsequent payment shall be received, the purchaser shall °“ “`°"°” b°“gh°‘ prove to the satisfaction of the land office that he is actually residing upon the tract of land so purchased, and that he is entitled under the laws of United States to the benefit of the homestead laws. Disposition of pro- SEC 3. That the net proceeds derived from the sale of the lands °°°dS‘ herein authorized shall be placed in the Treasury to the credit of the Indians severally entitled thereto, and the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized to pa the same in cash to original allotters and atentees, or the heirs at law of such, or expend the same for their benefit in such manner as he may deem for their best interest. rms; m issue on Sno 4. That when a purchaser shall have made full payment for hm p“Y""°'"‘ atract of land, as herein provided, and for the improvements thereon, patent shall be issued as in case of public lands under the homestead and preemption laws. _ _ , Appropriation for SEC 5 That for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this °"’”"S”’ act there be, and hereby is, appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of Eve hundred dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, which sum shall be reim- _ bursed ro rata out of the proceeds of the sale of the lands herein anthorized. iudianscoreuiovero Sec. 6. That in the event of the sale of the lands herein authorized . J°°k° R°“"°"°°‘ it shall be the duty of the Secretary of the Interior to remove the Indians whose lands shall have been sold to the general reservation, K known as the J ocko Reservation, in the Territory of Montana. SEC 7 That all acts and parts of acts in conflict erewith are hereby repealed. ‘ Approved, March 2, 1889. M¤f¢h 2, IW- CHAP. 392.-An act to secure for the District of Columbia a compilation of the —;"`_"“ laws of said District and for other purposes Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the nasmcms Columbia., United States of America in Congress assembled, That the supreme court of the District of Columbia be, and is hereby, authorized and _c<>mmissi<mj:o com- directed to appoint two ersons learned in the law as Commissioners

  • ’“"l°“ “’]‘“‘“gt°‘ to compile, arrange, and) classify, with a proper index, all statutes

and parts of statutes in force in the said District, including the acts of the second session of the Fiftieth Congress, and relating to all such matters as would pro ierly come within the scope of a civil and criminal code; and the said court shall have power to fill any vacancies occurring in said commission. €·>¤¤¤¢¤¤¤¤¤¤· Sec. 2—That each of the said commissioners shall receive for his services such sum. not exceeding one thousand five hundred dollars, as said court shall deem reasonable; said sum to be paid upon the completion of the work and the approval thereof in writing by the court; which sums, together with the reasonable costs, incurred bv E¤v¤¤¤¢¤· the commission for clerical assistance and incidental expenses, not exceeding the sum of one thousand dollars, shall be paid by the Secretary of the Treasury out of any moneys not otherwise appro riated, one half to be paid out of the revenues of the District of Coliimbia. P¤‘i¤**¤S· Sec. 3. That of said com ilation, when completed, u on the order of the supreme court of tlhe District of Columbia, there shall be printed five thousand copies at the Government Printing Office, said copies to be sold at ten per centum above cost. Approved, March 2, 1889.