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 178 FORTIETH CONGRESS. Suss. H. C11. 234, 235. 1868. forty-two dollars and eight cents, and to the Chickasaw claimants the sum of one hundred and fifty thousand dollars shall be paid by the Secretary of the Interior to said claimants, out of any moneys in the treasury of the United States belonging to, or held in trust for, said nations of Indians; but in case there is not a sufficient amount of money in the treasury of the United States belonging to, or held in trust for, said nations of Indians todischarge their respective obligations to the loyal Choctaw and Chickasaw Indians, (claimants,) or in case the Choctaw and Chickasaw nations of Indians shall request it, then the Secretary of the Interior is Bonds, &c. authorized and directed to sell such bonds or other securities held in trust h°ldl¤ *'“*‘·'° .1. by the United States for the Choctaw and Chickasaw nations of Indiana b° s°ld’ l’ as may be necessary to discharge their respective obligations to the afomsaid loyal Choctaw and Chickasaw claimants, as stipulated in the aforebut not for said compromise and agreements: Provided, That no` bonds or securities l°j§**‘°” P€“`;D shall be sold for less than par: And provided further, That no payments be :,%:::2,5, to shall be made nor bonds delivered under the provisions of this act except Whom- in every case to the person actually entitled in his own right to receive C¤1‘i¤·i¤ P<>W· the same; nor shall any contract or power of attorney relating to the a`°bgfQt§';':y same be regarded or held as of any validity unless signed and executed valid. after the passage of this act: And provided also, That the bonds of the d.B°”d° °*`I"· State of Indiana held by the United States shall not be sold under the iana not to be . . . ,,°;d_ provisions of this act. Approved, July 25, 1868. ·l¤lY Z5. 1868- CHAP. CCXXXV.-—An Act to provide a temporary Government for the Territory of Wyoming. Be it enacted by the Senate cmd House of Representatives of the United Territory of States of America in Congress assembled, That all that part of the United Bohnsarges, seventh meridian of longitude west from Washington with the forty-fifth degree of north latitude, and running thence west to the thirty-fourth meridian of west longitude, thence south to the forty-first degree of north latitude, thence east to the twenty-seventh meridian of west longitude, and thence north to the place of beginning, be, and the same is hereby, organized into a temporary government by the name of the Territory of Indian rifhb Wyoming: Provided, That nothing in this act shall be construed to im- “°° “m‘°“ ‘ pair the rights of person or property now pertaining to the Indians in said Territory, so long as such rights shall remain unextinguished by treaty Territory may between the United States and such Indians: Provided, further, That b° d*“d°d· nothing in this act contained shall be construed to inhibit the government of the United States from dividing said Territory into two or more Territories, in such manner and at such time as Congress shall deem convenient and proper, or from attaching any portion thereof to any other Territory or State. Executive. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the executive power and author- Governor, ity in and over said Territory of Wyoming shall be vested in a governor, mm °f °m°°i who shall hold his office for four years, and until his successor shall be appointed and qualified, unless sooner removed by the President of the United States with the advice and consent of the Senate. The governor residence, du- shall reside within said Territory, shall be commander-in-chief of the superintendent of Indian affairs, and shall approve all laws passed by the legislative assembly before they shall take effect, unless the same shall pass by a two—thirds vote as provided in section six of this act; he may grant pardons for ofences against the laws of said Territory, and reprieves for offences against the laws of the United States, until the decision of the President can be made known thereon; he shall commission all officers who shall be appointed to office under the laws of said Territory, and shall take care that the laws be faithfully executed.
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