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 86 FORTY—SECOND CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 141, 142. 1872. Lands unsold their appraised value: And provided further, That the Secretary of the ¤·€*°”» &°- Interior may, in his discretion, open any of said lands remaming unsold after having been publicly offered to cash entry at their appraised. value, subject to the rights of bona-iide settlers as provided for m this act: Proceeds of Provided, however, That the proceeds of the sale of said lands and im- 8*1** °‘°I’*“ds provements after paying the expenses of said appraisement and sale, shall how to be ap-. ’. . · - - · pH9d_ be applied in accordance with the provisions of said treaty in the pay- ment of the liquidated indebtedness of said Kansas tribe of Indians pro rata as the same shall be received, and the excess, if any, shall be distributed to the said Indians, per capita, in money. The diminished Sec. 4. That if said Kansas tribe of Indians shall signify to the Presi— Q:;;`:; Qggllgns dent of the United States their desire to sell their diminished reserve, as to be a praised indicated in said treaty, including lands held in severalty and in common, and solil, &c., and to remove from the State of Kansas, and shall so agree in such man· ’g§[°§g€, of ,p_ ner as the President may prescribe, the Secretary of the Interior may pmisementand cause the same to be appraised in legal subdivisions as hereinbefore pro— ““1°· vided for the appraisement of the so-called " trust lands," and sold in quantities not exceeding one hundred and sixty acres at not less than its appraised value, after due notice, to the highest bidder or bidders on sealed Improvements. bids, including improvements of every character, and no preference shall be given to settlers on any part of said diminished reserve, and the appraised value of any improvements on any part of said diminished reserve made by any member of said tribe shall be paid to him or her in Proceeds of person, and the residue of the proceeds of said sales shall belong to said ““1°B· tribe in common, fifty per centum of which shall be placed to their credit on the books of the treasury, and bear interest at the rate of five per centum per annum, said interest to be paid to them semi—annually for the term of twenty years, after whigi period the principal shall be paid to the members of said tribe per capita, and the remaining fifty per centum of the proceeds of sales as aforesaid shall be used in providing and improving for them new homes in the Indian Territory, and in subsisting them until Adult mem- they may become self-sustaining: Provided, That if any adult member of E;;§rf:;":;";c_ said tribe to whom an allotment was assigned under the provision of artimain Jim the cles one and two of said treaty of November, eighteen hundred and sixty, ¥°¤°}‘V¤¤*°¤» m15W shall desire to remain upon the same, such member of said tribe shall, {§2€;.v,§,2?;,$Q;t,°” upon satisfying the Secretary of the Interior that he or she is the person exempt, &c. to whom such allotment was originally assigned, and that he or she has, since the date of such assignment, continued to occupy and cultivate the same, be entitled to demand and receive for such allotment a patent in feesimple ; but such land so patented shall be exempt from levy, taxation, or sale during the natural life of such Indian. Approved, May 8, 1872. May 8, 1872. CHAP. CXLH. —-An Act to fund certain Liabilities of the City ey" Washin_qton, existing -—··———·————— June first, eighteen hundred and seventy-one, and to limit the Debt of and T a:¢·atz'on in the District of Columbia. . Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United _ Certain fmt- States of America in Congress assembled, That the commissioners of the the sinking—fund of the District of Columbia, duly appointed under the laws City 0;- wgshing, of the said District, he, and are hereby, authorized to fund the liabilities fan to be funded. of the city of Washington, consisting of the floating debts and trust-funds found to be due on the first of June, eighteen hundred and seventy-one, not Limit- exceeding one million one hundred and fifty thousand dollars, by the auditing commission appointed to ascertain the amount of said liabilities, and reported by said commission to the legislative assembly under date of November eighth, eighteen hundred and seventy-one, and January third, Bonds to be eighteen hundred and seventy-two; and for that purpose the said comissued; missioners are hereby directed to issue registered or coupon bonds of the de¤¤mi¤¤fi<>¤¤, said District of Columbia, in denominations of fifty dollars, or any multi-