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 FORTY—FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 296. 1870. 361 hereby, authorized to discontinue any one or more of the Indian super-. I”‘ll““ ““P“' intendencies, and to require the Indian agents of such superintendencios ;,::§1(:,2n3i,°:m_ to report directly to the commissioner of Indian affairs. tinued. Sec.  And be ttfurther enacted, That the act approved March Indi"' "g°“t’ three, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, entitled "An act for the removal toggxggdg of of the Sisseton, Wahpeton, Medawakanton, and Wapakoota bands of $#-188 ¢>f¤‘¤¤¤¤’*¤~ Sioux or Dakota Indians, and for the disposition of their lands in Minne— g;';;;I,tb8°;c sota and Dakota," be so amended as to make the proceeds of the sale of bends of Sioiix the reservations in said act ordered to be sold applicable alike to all the Indians; h°“’ ’° reservations upon which Medawakanton, and Wakapoota and Sisseton and ;)§6$§pgi;°;li9 M Wahpeton have been or may hereafter be located. Vol). xii. p.’S10: Sec.  And be it further enacted, That said proceeds shall be dis- Same subject tributed and paid equitably to the said Indians in proportion to their numbers, under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, and in accordance with existing laws: Provided, That this provision shall apply only to the funds to be hereafter distributed. Sec.   And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of the Interior _Cl¤i¤{¤¤ of °°¤'- be, and hereby is, directed to cause to be investigated and to determine tm; glgggzt the claims of certain Indians of the Winnebago tribe DOW lawfully resid- gte. to be invesing in the State of Minnesota ; to issue patents without the right of alien- “g“*°d•&°·i ation to those of them whom he shall find to be entitled thereto for the ,,§°,”Qt°§,t;_w lands heretofore alloted to them in severalty, or which may have been des- Vol. irii-   1101- ignated by them for allotment, under the provisions of the treaty ratified vig62;ii’ ‘ 5g5B QMarch sixteen, eighteen hundred and sixty-one, or of an act entitled "Anl P. l act for the removal of the Winnebago Indians, and for the sale of their reservation in Minnesota for their benefit," approved February twenty-one, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, and which may not have been sold or disposed of by the United States ; and in case of such sale, then such land Proviso if as may be hereafter designated by them for allotment as aforesaid out of gxfgs h°v° b°°‘ any unsold lands within the limits of said Winnebago reservation in Min- ' nesota, and should it be impracticable to make such allotments within the limits of said reservation on good agricultural lands, then they may be made on any public lands of the United States subject to sale at private entry within the State of Minnesota. And the said Winnebago Indians, _ Wi¤¤¤b=go¤¤ and all others being members of said tribe lawfully residing in the State ;';£'g;'§i°;°gek, of Minnesota, shall hereafter be entitled to receive their pro rata distribu- proportion of tive proportion of all annuities in goods, money, or property, and any other °”¤“m°S· moneys to which said tribe is or may be entitled under any law or treaty now in force, at their homes in Minnesota, the same as though they had removed west and settled with the western Winnebagoes. Sec. [10.] And be it further enacted, That if at any time hereafter any auch Indians of the said Indians shall desire to become citizens of the United States gggggggizem they shall make application to the judge of the district court of the United of the United, States for the district of Minnesota, and in open court make the same S*:;€§°°d<> proof and take the same oath of allegiance as is provided by law for the W ’ naturalization of aliens, and shall also make proof to the satisfaction of said court that they are sufhciently intelligent and prudent to control their affairs and interests ; that the[y] have adopted the habits of civilized life, and have for at least five years previous thereto been able to support themselves and families ; whereupon they shall be declared by said court lmsyévvbdoto be citizens of the United States, which declaration shall be entered of 2,%;;,; ° record, and a certificate thereof given to said party. On the presentation of the said certificate to the Secretary of the Interior, with satisfactory coggdgdmbgy bs proof of identity, he may at the request of such person or persons cause mgm 3;,, fw Sim. the land severally held by them to be conveyed to them by patent in fee p1e,¤¤d portipu simple, with pOW€1‘ of alienation, and may at the same time cause tonbe °l`m°“"Y Pm ‘ paid to them their proportion of all the moneys and effects of said tribe held in trust by or under the provision of any treaty or law of the United States. And on such patents being issued, and such payments ordered