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FIFTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. CHS. 1785-17 87. 1904. 539 CHAP. 1785.-An Act Making Lewes, Delaware, a subport of entry. A1i¤éi1§§;g%;04. Be it enacted by t/ae Senate and Hwse of Representatyues of the United [Pub1i¤.N<>. 217-] States of America in Congress assembled, That Lewes, in the State of Customs Delaware, be, and is hereb constituted a subport of entry in the Lewes. bel-. made customs collection district ofv Delaware. °°i£?S:ts$;.€J.iEi't.m Approved, April 28, 1904. _ °m°"d°°‘ GIA!. 1786.-An Act To provide allotments to Indians on White Earth Beser- Avril H 19% vation in Minnesota. [S- 5*5-] tu n1>.21a Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Q 1 States ofAmemIea in Congress assembled That the President of the v¤he¤i°m1i§iiih Rm United States be, and he is hereby, authorized to allot to each Chip- ,,,§‘,,‘,}'·},'Q,‘?“"“‘° cm? pewa Indian now legally residin upon the White Earth Reservation under treaty or laws of the UI1ited States, in accordance with the express promise made to them by the commissioners a pointed under the Act of Congress entitled "An Act for the relief and) civilization of , the Chip wa Indians in the State of Minnesota," approved January l°1·°‘5*p‘°‘3‘ fourteen$ eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, and to those Indians who may remove to said reservation who are entitled to take an allotment under article seven of the treatv of April eighteenth, eighteen V°*·*”· P· m- hundred and sixty-seven, between the United States and the Chi pewa Indians of the Mississippi, one hundred and sixty acres of land; and said allotments shall be, and the patents issued therefor, in the manner and having the same eifect as provided in the general allotment Act vous, p- M "An Act to amend and further extend the benefits of the Act approved February eighth, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, entitled gn Act to provide for the allotment of land in severalty to Indians on the various reservations and extend the protection of the °commissioners of the United States over the Indians, and for other purposes,"’ a proved Februa twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and ninety-one: lg-ovided, That wgere any allotment of less than one hundred and f;’gif‘{§·0m_, ,,,,0,, sixty acres has heretofore been made, the allottee shall be allowed to mem. take an additional allotment, which, together with the land already allotted, shall not exceed one hundred and sixty acres: And provided fl(7'l]l€2’, That if there is not sufficient land in said lVh‘ite Earth P'°"‘“‘ ““°“"°‘*· (diminished) Reservation subject to allotment each Indian entitled to allotments under the provisions of this Act shall receive a pro rata allotment. Approved, April 28, 1904. CHAP. 1787.-An Act To provide for the care and support of insane persons in APFU 2*% 1904- the Indian Territory. · u c, {0. 9. Be it enacted b the Senate and House of Re esentatines of tbe United States of rlmerga tn. Congress assembled, Tlidt the Secretary of the ii§°it°i°¤'¢i°¤hr?;}°eri£ ct Interior is hereby authorized to make proper arrangements for the "‘”“"° P°”F’“* °· care and support of insane persons in the ndian Territory, and for Avr>¤>v¤¤¤¤¤- that purpose the sum of twenty five thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated out of any money _ in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated: Provided, however, That ,, C,,,,,,,, insane Indians in said Territory shall be cared for at the asylum at S-mk Canton, Lincoln County, South Dakota. Approved, April 28. 190-1.