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 598 THIRTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 6, 7. 1854. scigzigtgggygc to the State of Wisconsin for its use by the fourth clause of I the seventh Selected in um, section of the act entitled "An act to enable the people of XVISCOHSID Ter. of those granted ritory to form a Constitution and State Government, and for the admislg ig; °§ $8** sion of such State into the Union," approved the sixth day of August, in ' ’the year eighteen hundred and forty-six, there be and hereby is granted to the said State of Wisconsin, to be selected by the legislature of said State out of any public land subject to private entry, and to be sold in such manner as the legislature may direct, for the benefit and in aid of the university of said State, and for no other purpose whatever, seventy- two sections of land: Provided, That any selections of land heretofore made under the act entitled "An act to extend the time for selecting land granted to the State of Wisconsin, for saline purposes," approved the 185% ¤l¤· 24- fourth day of May, eighteen hundred and fifty-two, and which shall not have been sold by the United States, and is not legally claimed by preemption, or otherwise, shall be, and hereby are granted and confirmed to said State for the use of the university of said State, as a part of the seventy-two sections hereby granted. Approved, December 15, 1854. Dec. 19, 1854. CHAP. VI. —-An Act allowinq the further time of twoyears to those holding Lands by Entries ··········*·*·" in the Virginia Zllilitary District in Ohio, which were made prior to first January, eighteen hundred andji/ly-two, to have the same surveyed and patented. . . Be it enacted by the Senate and House v Ra rescnmtives 0 the United giigiieiiothilniglta States of America in Congress assembZcd,fTha1: the officers jaind soldiers ms ¤‘¢¤¤Y¤¤· of the Virginia line, or continental establishment, their heirs or assigns, Repemed, entitled to bounty lands, which have, prior to the first day of January, TSW ¤h· 20*% Anno Domini, eighteen hundred and fifty-two, been entered within the tract i2' reserved by Virginia, between the Little Miami and Sciota rivers, for satisfying the legal bounties to her 0{Hccrs and soldiers, upon continental establishment, shall be allowed the time of two years, from and after the passage of this act, to make and return their surveys and warrants, or certified copies of warrants, to the General Land-Oliice. Approved, December 19, 1854. Doc. 19, 1854· Cmtr. VII.- An Act to provide for the aztinquzshment of the title of the Chippewa Bidi- --—-—·-—·—-—-·— mas to the Lands owned and claimed by them in the fllzrritory of lllimwscta, and State cy` Wisconsin, andjbr their Domcstication. and Civilization. Bc it enacted by the Senate and Phase of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the President be, and he No mucus nw is hereby, authorized to cause negotiations to be entered into with the moffigcd 'to Bx_ Chippewa Indians, for the extinguishment of their title to all the lands unguish Chip- owned and claimed by them in the Ierritory of Minnesotaand State of Q,‘;:;‘°f:;i%”;:d Wisconsin, which treaties shall contain the following provisions, and such M;{mw,m_ others as may be requisite and proper to carry the same into effect : ·—— First. Granting to each head of a. family, in fee simple, a reservation I of eighty acres of land, to be selected in the territory ceded, so soon as m,5*"fQQm£€Z'Q`3?` surveys shall be completed, by those entitled, which said reservations shall be patented by the President of the United States, and the patent therefor shall expressly declare that the said lands shall not be alienated or leased by the reservees, or their heirs and legal representatives, until otherwise ordered by Congress, and no change of location shall be made without the assent of the President of the United States. Second. The annuities to which said Indians are entitled, under existing treaties, with the consent of said Indians, together with such as may be allowed them for the cession, or cessions, under the provisions of this act, shall be equally distributed and paid them at their villages, or settlements, within the limits of the ceded territory; but the President shall be invested with