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 214 FORTY—SECOND CONGRESS. Smsa. II. Ch. 262, 263, 279, 280. 1872. lands subjeetm shall become subject to the laws of descent of the State of Indiana the IB? of d°¤°<’=¤* °f same as other lands in said State. _ _ _ I°L;‘§g ,,0, ,0 Sec. 4. That said lands shall never be subgeet, 111 any tune to come, to be subject to, any debt contracted, the consideration of which passed, in whole or in 8'·°·* part, prior to the date of partition thereof; nor shall said lands be subject to levy, sale, forfeiture, or mortgage, nor to a.uy_lease for a. longer period at any one time than three {ears (to be in writing 111 all cases), prior to the first day of January, eig teen hundred and eighty-one; nor shall said lands be dis osed o£ contracted, or sold by the owners thereof, under this P. . tube sulgject to partition, prior to the first day of January, eighteen hundred and eighty- &°' erty under the laws of the State of Indiana on and after that date. Members of SEO.·5. That the members of said band, and their descendants, shall l>¤¤d» &°-· ?”}*°¤ become citizens of the United States 011 the first day of January, eighteen to become cm- h d d d · h mm nm re an eig ty-one. Approved, June 1, 1872. June 1, 1872 CHAP. CCLXIII.—An Act to authorize the President of the United States to negotiate ”L"`“`_"' with the Chic s and Headmwno the Shoshone and Barmock Tribes ey" Indians jbr the f Relinquishment of a Portion of their Reservation in Wyoming Territory. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Ne oggmom; States o America in Gon ess assembled, That the President of the United g . . 9* . . Qfnnozi $:3;:,; and Bannock tribes of Indians, for the relinquishment of that portion of for surrender of the reservation of said tribes in Wyoming Territory which is situate south £’x;£;]:h°" *9* of the central dividing ridge between the Big Popoagie and Little Wind ` rivers and south of the forty-third parallel, and to cede to said tribes lands lying north of and adjacent to their present reservation, equal in area to any lands by them ceded. And it shall be the duty of the President to Rsrm *0 C°¤· report all proceedings under this act to Cqpgress for approval or rejection: grizhitw this Provided, This authority shall not continue beyond January first, eighteen act. hundred and seventy-three. Armovnn, June 1, 1872. June 3. 1872 CHAP. CCLXXIX.—An Act to authorize the Appointmentof certain Officers in the ···········——-——-——- Quartermaste/s Department. _ _ Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United m3??:; States of Ameriea in Congress assembled, That the President be, and in {hl, quam,. hereby is, authorized to nominate, and by and with the advice and consent flsgafierlgtpcpnrr- of the Senate to appoint, certain officers of the quartermastefs department Mmy,°&cl° to the grade they would have held in said department, respectively, had 1866, eh. 290, the vacancies created therein by the act of July twenty-eighth, eighteen QVESXN P- 334. hundred and sixty-six, from the rank of major to the rank of colonel, both No Omcmo be inclusive, been filled by promotion by seniority: Provided, That no officer reduced from shall be deprived of his relative rank or reduced from his present grade by P"°“°'“g’“‘l“‘ this act, and that the officers whose appointments are herein authorized shall take rank and receive pay only from the date of their confirmation. Approved, June 3, 1872. CHAP. CCLXXX. j—A1t Act relative to the Entry and Clearance of Ferry-boa/s and of bonded Cars passmgfrom one State to another through fzreign contiguous Territory. Be it enacted   the Senate and Muse of Representatives of the United nofegrlrpggtso States of America in Congress assembkd, That vessels used exclusively unter and elem-, as f"*`*`Y'b°atB °”*`,Ym§ P¤$6€¤g€1`S, baggage, goods, wares, and merchandise pm- ne peppons { shall not be required to enter and clear, nor shall the masters or persons
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 * ¤l>§;¤¤=*~£<> Wlthd States be, and he IS hereby, authorized to negotiate with the Shoshone
 * 2    m charge of such vessels be required to present manifests, nor to pay

may &c_ 611h‘dDC6 0I` 0l€¤·I‘3Il0B {065, nor fees for receiving or certifying manifeS@S, but they shall, upon arrival in the United States, be required to report