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 FORTY-—FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 38 187].. {05 eighty-acre lots, according to public survey; such appraisal shall state APPl‘¤~l¤¤l¤0 the quality of the soil, the quantity, quality, and value of the timber grow- °°°°° Wim; ing on each lot, estimating the pine timber at not less than one dollar per thousand, and the value of all improvements, if any, made thereon, with the name of the owner of such imprdvements, as certified by the sachem— and councillors of said tribe, and, when returned to the land office of the district in which said lands are situated, be subject to public inspection tobe subject for at least thirty days before the day appointed for the sale of such *°P“bll° l¤°P°°‘ lands, as hereinafter provided. One copy of said appraisal shall be made u°:f,mm ba and returned to the land office of the district, and a duplicate thereof to returned. the Secretary of the Interior, within six months from the passage of this act, and the personfs] appointed to make such appraisal shall be allowed Pay of upsuch compensation for their services as may be Hxcd by the Secretary of P"lS°"‘ the Interior. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the said two townships of land fl'he two townshall be advertised for sale, by notice of not less than three months, to $};Q;°°g hgrtdsig be published in at least three newspapers of the district having general at public auccirculation, and shall be offered at public auction, at the nearest govern- *i°¤i _ f , ment land office within the Green Bay agency, to the highest bidder, in m13i31E2oz;?;?:, lots of not exceeding eighty acres each, but shall not be sold for less than mode ofssle. the appraised value thereof Noneof said lands shall be subject to entry °¤g°°:;3{°‘gc*° until they shall have been offered as aforesaid, and then only at the price `Y ’ ` fixed by such appraisal. All of said lands remaining unsold at the expi- Lands unsold ration of one year after they shall have been offered as aforesaid shall be tv b° ¤S°·l;l°*`· again advertised and offered at public auction at the nearest government gid f" B °’ land office within the Green Bay agency, at not less than the minimum When subject of one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre, and thereafter shall be sub- *°,lE;‘l’)‘;‘j0‘ig‘% ject to private entry at the latter price, and shall in all cases be sold for mi, 0,,;, cash only: Provided, however, That the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized to reserve from sale a quantity of said lands not ex- Not over eighceeding eighteen contiguous sections, embracing such as are now actually *1;:; fsggéswed occupied and improved, and are best adapted to agricultural purposes, frgm s,,;,,,,,;,. subject to allotment to members of the Indian party of said tribe as here- 56% &<>- inatter provided. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That from the first proceeds of the Proceeds or sale of lands as provided in the second section of this act, shall be paid ;¤l¤hggw l°°l‘° the expenses of appraisal and sale of said lands, the amount due to indi- PP ` viduals for improvements as returned by the appraisers, and the amount of the debts contracted by the sachem and councillors for the beneht of said tribes, amounting to the sum of eleven thousand dollars, according to a schedule to be certified by them, and returned to the commissioner of Indian affairs. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That, immediately after the returns Statsmenttobo shall be received at the general land omce of the last public sale accord- ;"’*d;;*£°“b°W‘ ing to the provisions of this act, a statement shall be made up, under the ,,15,,,,,, ,;,,,,;-,0,,, direction of the Secretary of the Interior, exhibiting the gross amount the United of moneys realized from the sale of the said two townships of land, after §’§2;fb;‘fd2‘f and deducting therefrom the sums appropriated by the preceding sections of Munsee Indians. this act, to which said amount shall be added the value of the lands remaining unsold of said two townships, estimating the same at sixty cents per acre; also the sum of `six thousand dollars` held in trust by the government of the United States for the use of the Stockbridge and Munsee tribes of Indians, under the treaty of eighteen hundred and thirty-nine; Vol. vii. p.680. and the total amount thereof shall constitute the entire sum of money due from the government of the United States to the said Stockbridge and Munsee tribes of Indians, to be paid and appropriated for their benefit as hereinafter directed. Amount found Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That the sum of money thus found gw! ¤¤¤l:fll£¤. due to the said tribes shall be divided between the citizen and Indian  ° `