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 27 2 FORTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 470,.471. 1874, Wyoming. From Fort Collins to Cheyenne _ From Rawlings Springs to Centreville Approved, June 23, 1874. gap -' for esale of the Kansas Indian lands in Kansas to C I 4Ze]tualA;1et‘tl:ria’foah1¢lt?l‘b¥ the {disposition of the proceeds of the sale. — Preamble. Whereas, the Secretary of the Interior, in pursuance of an act approved 1§72.¢=1¤· 141, V<>l· May eighth, eighteen hundred and seventytwo has caused to be ap· ““» P· 85* praised the lands heretofore owned by the Kansas tribe ofIndians, in the State of Kansas, which by the terms of the treaty made by the United Vo1,x1i,p. 1111. States and said lndians, and proclaimed November seventeenth, eighteen hundred and sixty, were to be sold for the benedt of said Indians; which appraisemeut also includes all improvements on the same, and the value of said improvements distinguishing between improvements made by members of said Indian tribe, the United States, and white settlers; and whereas the appraisement thus made was so high that neither settlers nor purchasers were able to'pay the same, and the said land has remained unsold from the passage of the act, Therefore. Be it erwwited by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Ssttlersou Kansas States of America in Congress assembled, That each bona ide settler on Indian trust-laude any of the trust-lands embraced in said act, heretofore reported as such
 * “Ynm*;l;? g’;Y`f;§:; by the commissioners appointed to make said appraisement and the rein S,,§’§m, ,,1i,,S,,,,_ jected claimants as bona Itlde settlers, who were recommended as such

ments. by Andrew C. Williams, acting under instructions to Superintendent Hoag, from the Indian Office, dated October twenty-fourth, eighteen hundred and seventy-two, be permitted to make payment of the appraised value of their lands to the local land office at Topeka, Kansas, under such rules as the Commissioner of the General Land Office may adopt, Instalmeutewhcu in six equal annual instalments; the first instalment payable on the P"·}"*=*&gSt on mm1_ iirst oi January, eighteen hundred and seventydive, and the remaining m,'f,s_ instalments payable annually from that time and drawing interest at Where tim b e r six per centum per annum until paid: Provided, That where there is timland purchaser to ber on any of the lands to be sold under the provisions of this act, the K'" *°°¤d· Secretary of the_ Interior shall require the purchaser to enter into bond, with approved security, that he shall commit no waste on the timber, Notes to secure or otherwise, on said land until the last payment is made, and give his purchase money- notes to secure the purchase money thereof on the terms aforesaid. Rgmmndcrofmn. Sec. 2. That all the remainder of the trust-lands and of the undisiauus and of dimiu- posed portion of the diminished reserve shall be subject to entry at the ¤¤l¤¤d€°¤°>¥V<*¤¤l>J°°* local land olnce at Topeka, Kansas, in tracts not exceeding one hun- fractional and found to contain a greater number of acres, by actual settlers, under such rules and regulations as the Commissioner of the Payment of up- General Land Office may prescribe. And the parties making such enpraiscd v¤1¤¤- tries shall be required to make payment of the appraised value of the Manner of p uy- land entered and occupied by each, in the following manner: One-fourth m°“*· at the time that the entry is made, and the remainder in three equal an- I”*°’°*‘*· nual payments, drawing interest at six per centum per annum, which pay- Nctes to Sc c ure ments shall be secured by notes payable to the United States, and the Padlggnh be with Secretary of tho Interior, shall withhold title until the last payment is hem mm, lm P,,_y_ made; and the Secretary of the Interior, where there is timber on the ment made._ lands, shall, in addition, compel the purchaser to enter bond, with ap· Where tnmb cr proved security, to commit no waste by the destruction of timber, or @$2 .D§;’5°h“°' *° otherwise, on the premises, until final payment has been made; and the g` ‘ Secretary of the Interior shall cause patents in fee simple to be issued to all parties who shall complete purchases under the provisions of this act: Provided, That if any person or persons applying to purchase land under the provisions of this act shall fail to make payment, or to per— iorm any other conditions required by the provisions of this act, or by
 * ° °“ *5* dred and sixty acres, unless a legal subdivision of a section shall be