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FORTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch.' 4.71,472. 1874j 273 rnles and regulations that may be prescribed ‘in the execution hereof, P¤¤¤¤¤ ¤`¤m¤gc*>¤ within mnetydays after such payment shall become due, or perform- "°°‘,?,;’"l;?Y'“°“°z ·» ance be reqmred by the terms hereof, or by the rules and regulations ::,,1 ,,;,;:,:11 ugm° which may be prescribed in execution hereof; such person or persons ' shall forfeit all rights under the provisions of this act, and all claim or right to reimbursement or compensation for previous action or payment by sand person or persons under the provisions hereof· and the land _ Lend ¤g¤i¤ wbproposed to be purchased by such person or persons shall, again bohsub- J°°" "° ““1°· ject to sale, as though no action had been had in regard to the same: Andgzromded, That all of the lands not taken within twelve months nf·_ I·¤¤d¤ mt taken tert e passage of this act may besold in amounts not to exceed onem “;§]"°m“‘°““‘“ hundred and sixty acres to any one person, at the appraised price in the "}:{m 2,,,, M °’P“ land district m which they are situated. P P ' Sec. 3. That in preparing or giving their testimony, all settlers or T¤¤¢i¤*<>¤Y ¤¤¤>*l>¢> purchasers of land under the provisions of this act may have such tes- “’k°“ b°fg{?’H *3**Y timony taken, after due and legal notice to the opposing party in inter- $l:§°,Y,,°}Q1,J,,§,,, °° est, before any notary public or person qualified to administer an oath, · ` and may forward such testimony with their application to the land offices or parties authorized to dispose of said lands, which testimony shall be received as if taken before the officers of such land office. · Sec. 4. That the net proceeds arising from such sales, after defraying No, p,,,,,,,,,, of the expenses of appraisement and sale, which have heretofore or may sales, after, &c., to hereafter be incurred, and also the outstanding indebtedness, principal belong lv tribe in and interest, of said Kansas tribe of Indians, which has heretofore been °°'“'“°”F . incurred under treaty stipulations, shall belong to said tribe in common, and the residue not so required shall be placed to their credit on the 'lfo be p1a¤ed to books of the Treasury and bear interest at the rate of nve per centum, th?' 2’“*‘*.? t V per annum and be held as a fund for their civilization, the interest of Tg ,,§"f,;§f,°;‘;”,; which and the principal, when deemed necessary by the President of rum; py nm, GM;- the United States, may be used for such purpose. izsiticnhf _ Approved, June 23, 1874· p»¤¤°£§’.lZ£'r°}Z°S.i.°r CHAP. 472.-An act to further provide for the sale of certain Indian lands in Kansas. 1J1I3B 23, 1874. Bc it enacted by the Senate and House of Rqiresontatives of the United l¥"3·g1- W » Wl- Smtcs of America. in Congress assembled, That those persons who by the "“·P‘ ‘ provisions of the second section of the act entitled “An_act to abolish gm;.,,, on Mm.; the tribal relations of the Miami Indians and for other purposes! Indian lands m ey - approved March third, eighteen hundred and seventy-three, are entitled mise P¤Y¤:1¢;¤* $:1** to purchase, for cash, the land occupied by them at the appraised value mmf:""" “° ' thereof, be permitted to make payment for said lands at the lend onice at Topeka, Kansas, under such regulations ns may be prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior, in three equal annual instalments; the first I¤°{3‘¤°¤*•» '*¤¤ instalment to' be payable on or before the thirtieth day of October, *’“y“ °‘ eighteen hundred and seventy-four, and the remaining two instalments annually thereafter, with interest at the rate of six per oentum per Interest. annum, from the thirticth day of October, eighteen hundred and sB§mtyhfouT1hat th perse h b th`f the act entitled `E0. . ose ns w o, y e provisions o _ _· "AJ1 act to provide for the sale of certain New York lndlan lands in xv§75j4%1,; 167* "L Kansas! approved February nineteenth, eighteen hundred and seventy- three, are entitled to enter and purchase, forcash, the lands m said act Pmhum dmv set forth, be permitted to make payment for the same at the land office York hmm Ind, at Independence, Kansas, under such regulations as the Secretary of;,, 1;,,,,,,, m,,,,,,,,;,, the Interior may prescribe, in two equal instalments; the iirst_ metal- payment in two anmeut to be payable on or before the thirtieth day of September, eighteen ¤¤v=‘}1:§I*;*¤L¤:`¤:{¤:· hundred and seventy-five, and the remaining mstalment ‘with1n one P 7 · year thereafter, with interest at the rate of six per centuxn per annum Interest. irom said thirtieth day of September, eighteen hundred and seventy· five. Prmnkied, however, `That this act shall only apply to actual settlers Act to apply only on the land so purchased. °° "°*“"] ‘°“1°"· Approved, June 23, 187 4. Vol. 18, pt. 3-18