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FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Cns. 545, 546. 1898. 597 location and the value thereof and of the improvements thereon. Also the number and names of white settlers who are alleged to be illegally settled upon the reservation, the circumstances attending their settlement thereon, and their location. He shall also enter into negotiations . with the white settlers upon said reservation, who have valid titles, for the sale of their lands and improvements to the Government ; and he is hereby authorized and empowered to make written agreements with such settlers, which agreements shall not be binding until ratilied and approved by the Secretary of the Interior. He shall also make recommendations as to the settlement of the claims of such white settlers as have gone upon said reservation under circumstances which give them an equitable right thereon. . He shall investigate the subject of fencing in the said reservation and shall indicate the lines such fence should follow and the estimated cost of same, and shall report upon the number of cattle and sheep which may safely be pastured within the limits recommended to be fenced. He shall further report upon and make recommendations with ~ reference to any and all matters which in his judgment have any bearing upon the question of securing an equitable adjustment of the dimculties now existing upon said reservation and with especial reference to bringing about a satisfactory settlement with the white settlers, both as to the sale of their lands to the Government and the adjustment of the reservation limits.i Sec. 11. That the Secretary of the Interior is hereby directed to pay p,,,.,,,,,,,, ,; gmk out of the appropriation of the Act of Congress of June seventh, eight- Lwehmh •>* een hundred and ninety-seven, such of the Creek warrants as are proven nm, p. ss. ' to be held by innocent holders who acquired them in good faith for value and without knowledge, actual or constructive, of irregularity or fraud _ in the issuance thereof, and such warrants shall upon payment be canceled by the Secretary of the Interior; and all the warrants so issued by said Creek Nation shall be presented to the Secretary of the Interior within ninety days irom the passage of this `Act, and all warrants not w,,.,,,,,. ,,0, l,,, so presented are hereby declared null and void, and such warrants so ¤·¤=¤¤ wid-‘¤*¤· presented which are not proven to have been issued or acquired in good ‘ ` iaith for value and without knowledge, actual or constructive, of irregularity or fraud in the issuance thereof, shall be held by the Secretary and marked upon their face “fraudulent and void." Approved, July 1, 1898. CHAP. 546.-An Act Making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the July mass. Government for the fiscal year ending J uno thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety- "“——*‘v‘v"" nine, and for other purposes. - Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United _ _ States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums bo, mjj>r¥;_*gyg,*;Q’l;'j¤_f,:f and the same are hereby, appropriated, for the objects hereinafter expressed, for the fiscal year ending June thutieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, namely: UNDER THE TREASURY DEPARTMENT. mgsuui-y Depart- PUBLIO BUILDINGS. Public buildings. For public building at Boise City, Idaho: For completion of building Boise City- I<i·1¤¤- under present limit, thirty-two thousand two hundred and fifty-two dollars and eigbtynine cents. · For post-oflice at Buiialo, New York: Fo1‘ continuation of building B¤¤`¤¥°·N·Y- under present limit, four hundred thousand dollars. N I For post-office and custom-house at Candcu,}•ew Jersey: For com- °'“'“’°"· · · pletion of building under present limit, one hundred thousand dollars.