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 388 FORTY-SECOND CONGRESS. Sess. H. Ch. 429, 430. 1872. Juue10, 1872. CHAP. CDXXIX.—An Act approprfatmiq ten thousand Dollars fora Statucqf Gen. ""_°"°""` eral John . Rawlins. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United foépmpggtion Santas of Amertea in Congress assembled, That the sum of ten thousand General John A_ dollars be, and is hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the treasury Rawlins. not otherwise appropriated, to procure a life-sized statue of General John A. Rawlins, late Secretary of lVar, to be placed as a centre-piece of a fountain in Franklin square, the design to be approved of by the conunissioner of public buildings and grounds, the architect of the Capitol extension, and the librarian of Congress. Approved, June 10, 1872. June 10, 1872. CHAP. CDXXX. -An Act for the Rcliqfqf certain Indians in the Central Superman- §§‘s:s, cn. ansi dew- 1)*** p' G2?" Wnmmns the members of the tribe of Ottawa Indians of Blanchardh Pm1mm_ Fork and Roche de Bmuf have presented their petition earnestly request. ing that a sale be made of their lands, premises, assets, and other property in the State of Kansas, and that the proceeds thereof be distributed in severalty to the present members of said tribe, their heirs or assigns: Therefore, Bc it enacted by the Senate and 1%use of Representatives of the United bGIm°;f‘;é’u€‘; States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the In- ,,,,s,,1d;,md,,, terior be, and he is hereby, directed and required to have an inventory and certain other taken of all the lands and appurtenances thereto appertaining, remaining l&‘;§$;;l}:gi:;g unsold, mentioned` in the sixth article of the treaty between the United of Blancl1ard’S States and said tribe of Indians, concluded June twenty—l`ourth, anno gg¤§m°T;;d R°°l*° Domini eighteen hundred and sixty-two, and proclaimed July twenty- V01_,mQp_]2;,8_ eighth, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, or acquired, held, or controlled Vo1.xv. p. 518; under authority conferred by said article, including any lands formerly trust-lands, belonging to said tribe, purchased and held by the trustees provided for in said article, including also any land acquired by the trustees of the Ottawa University under authority of the twtieth article of the treaty of July twenty-third, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, between the United States and the Senecas, mixed Senecas, Shawnees, and other Indians, or in any other manner; together, also, with the section of land reserved under the provisions of said article of the treaty aforesaid for the location of a school and the appurtenances thereto appertaining; also, of all bonds. notes, mortgages, moneys, credits, assets, and other property arising from sales heretofore made of lands mentioned in the said sixth article of said treaty or from sale of lands purchased by the trustees provided for therein, or from any other and ,,m,,.m€_ source, and the said lands, premises, appurtenances, bonds. notes, mortment thereof to gagcs, credits, and assets, and other property aforesaid shall be invenbe m“d°· toried and appraised by three commissioners, who shall be appointed by the Secretary of the Interior. After the inventory and appraiseinent of said lands, premises, appurtenances, bonds, notes, mortgages, moneys, credits, assets, and other property aforesaid as herein provided, the Secretary of the Interior shall be, and hereby is, authorized and required forthwith to take possession for the United States, advertise and sell the same upon such terms and conditions as he may prescribe: Provided, Such lands and however, That such advertisement shall be inserted once in each week for £3‘;lE§g€3°,.0f four weeks successively, in a newspaper published and having general sm and som; circulation in Franklin county, Kansas, and for the same length of time 65:3:* ¤dV¤*· in the State paper- of Kansas, published at the city of Topeka, State of moth, 0, m0_ kansas: And provwfcd fw·ther, That no bid shall be accepted which may be less than the appraised value of such premises and other property: chil: plrpegotlpug- And promded further, .l`hat said bonds, notes, mortgages, credits, per- &¤' ** · sonal property, and assets shall be sold in separate parcels, and the lands shall be sold in parcels of not more than one hundred and sixty acres