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 98 F ORTY—SECOND CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 156, 157. 1872. the like effect as they are now required by law to do in the case of stores or supplies taken or furnished for the use of the army. Approved, May'11, 1872. , _ _.. certain Provisions o the Cherokee Tre o Cfledylldeggdddmd aliidlsiizlitg-si?¢·,(iil1ld1!_/borillhe Relief of Settlers g the Cherokee Landfiiit tl; State q/‘Kansas. _ Preamble. Whereas in order that certain provisions of the treaty of July nine- V°1- xl'- P· 799- teenth, eighteen hundred" and slxty-six, between the United States and the Cherokee nation may be rendered clearer, and made more satisfactory to settlers upon the lands known as the “Cherokee strip," in the State of Kansas, said settlers having moved thereon since the date of said treaty, and for the purpose of facilitating the sale of said lands : Therefore, Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Certamchero- States of America in Congress assembled, That the strip of land lying §:g‘},‘;S;f““' west of the Neosho river, and included in the State of Kansas, conveyed ve ed and to the Cherokee nation of Indians by the United States, and now be— °ug'°d ‘°°* ”l°· longing to said nation, shall be surveyed, under the direction of the commissioner of the general land office, in the same manner as the public lands of the United States are surveyed, and shall be by him offered for mics, sale under the provisions and restrictions of this act ; and all the lands in said tract lying east of the Arkansas river shall be sold at two dollars per acre, and all lands in said tract lying west of said river shall be sold at one dollar and fifty cents per acre, except as hereinafter provided : Pro— Fractions or vided, That where there is a fraction of land less than forty acres, the lm th¤¤ WW same shall be sold with the contiguous tract, expense of survey to be paid °'°r°°' out of the proceeds of said land in accordance with the treaty of July ninth, eighteen hundred and sixty-six. __Head¤¤f‘ fam- Sec. 2. That each person being the head of a family or over twenty- ff;&fm;;;’· one years of age who has made a bona-fide settlement and improvement 1mi,, ma wm upon any portion of said lands, and is now occupying the same, or, in case ¤¤d 1>¤¤‘<=K¤¤¤ Mt of his or her death, the heirs of such, or, if such heirs are minors, their °V" 160 °‘°r“` guardians for them, shall be entitled to enter and purchase the lands so settled upon and occupied, not exceeding one hundred and sixty acres, at ram and the price fixed in the first section of this act, payment for which shall be P¤Y¤¤*=¤*· made at any time within one year from the date of the approval by the Secretary of the Interior of the acceptance of the provisions of this act, as _ _Heads of fam- provided for in the 1'iith section hereof; and all persons heads of families may settle, Src., . . . _. within Om ye,,, time within one year from the date of the passage of this act, may purchase the land so settled upon, not exceeding one hundred and sixty acres, at the price fixed in the nrst section of this act, and shall make payment therefor within one year from the date of said settlement: Provided, That Lands mesom all lands not sold under the foregoing provisions of this section, and all {:*;*2% £¤:;e':led lands settled upon but unpaid for at the expiration of the limitation named bids, ,5,,, &,,_ in the foregoing provisions of this act, shall, unless such payment be suspended by reason of contest or appeal, be sold by the Secretary of the Interior, on sealed bids, after due advertisement, in tracts not exceeding one hundred and sixty acres, and at not less than the price Hxed in the pm; of mus. iirst section of this act: Provided further, That proof of settlement, entry, mnt muy fwd and payment shall be made at the land-office of the proper district, under payment' such regulations as the commissioner of the general land office shall ·y,,,,,,.,;t°;,w, prescribe: And provided further, That the town—site laws shall be, and made sppliceble hereby are, extended to and made applicable to said lands, subject to the Pubns ammo provisions of this act: And provided further, That the Secretary of the `s act. Certain Cher. Sec. 3. That any Cherokee citizen, or the heirs at law of such who °k‘*° °*°¤°¤¤» had rights under the Cherokee laws to any portion of said lands, and
 * l'°“» &°·• "h° or over twenty-one years of age who may settle upon said lands at any
 * >i¤¤¤¤¤¤*- Exterior may cause public advertisement to be made of the provisions of