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 330 FORTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 89,90. 1875. R. S., 5192, p. tions, and persons appointed to makeexaminaticn of nationa1_ba,nk¤i¤ 1010- the cities named in section five thousand one hundred and muety-two of the Revised Statutes of the United States, or in any one of the States of Oregon, California, and Nevada, or in the Territories, shall receive such compensation as may be fixed by the Secretary of the Treasury upon the recommendation of the Comptroller of the Currency; and the same shall be assessed and paid in the manner hereinbefore provided? Approved, February 19, 1875. Feb. 19, 1875. CHAP. 90.-An act to authorize the Seneca Nation of New York lndians  lease lands -— ————— within the Cattaraugus and Allegany reservations, and to oonhrm existing lenses. Bc it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United L°¤¤°¤ °f .***9*1** States of America in Congress assembled, That all leases of land within gt? the Cattaraugus and Allegany reservations in the State of New York, 6,,,,,,, for rm,,,,,,; heretofore made by or with the authority of the Seneca Nation of _New purposes. York Indians, to railroad-corporations, are hereby ratified and eon— iirmed; and said Seneca Nation may, in accordance with their laws and iorm of government, lease lands within said reservations for railroadurposes. Boundaries of P Sec. 2. That the President of the United States shall appoint three ¢¢P*¤i¤ Vm·°»l4°¤ in commissioners, whose duty it shall bc, as soon as may be, to survey, lo- é§§€““Y "“°""` cate, and establish proper boundaries and limits of the villages of Van- ' dalia, Garrolton, Great Valley, Salamanca, West Salamanca, and Red House, within said Allegany reservation, including therein, as far as practicable, all lands now_ occupied by white settlers and such other lands as, in their opinion, may be reasonably required for the purposes of such villages; and they shall cause a. return of their doings in writing, Mum of ¤¤¤’¢y- together with maps of such surveys and locations duly eertiiied by them, to be filed in the office of the county clerk of the county of Oattaraugus, . in said State, there to be recorded and preserved. The boundaries··of said villages so surveyed, located, and established shall be the limits of said villages for- all the purposes of this act. Lcasesinsaidvil- Sec. 3. That all leases of land situate within the limits of said vil- Fggs vlgjdlggihuvsé lages when established as hereinbefore provided, except those provided asm; M_ for in the second ection of this act, in which Indians or said Sen- ' eca. Nation, or persons claiming under them are lessors, shall be valid and binding upon the parties thereto, and upon said Seneca Nation for a period of live years from and after the passage of this act, except such as by their terms may expire at an earlier date; and at the end of said period, or at the expiration of such leases as terminate within that time, said nation through its councillors shall be entitled to the possession of the said lands, and shall have the power to lease the same: .Pg·0vidcd,howc*vcr, That at the expiration of said period, or the termination of said leases, as hereinbefore provided, said leases shall R<>¤¤w¤1 <>*` be renewable for periods not exceeding twelve years, and the pers0DS 1°”°"· who may be at such time the owner or owners of improvements erected upon such lands, shall be_ entitled to such renewed leases, and to continue in possession of such lands, on such conditions as may be agreed upon by him or them and such councillors; and in case they cannot agreeupon the conditions of such leases, or the amount of annual rents to he paid, then the said- councillors shall appoint one person, and the other party or parties shall choose one person, as referees to hx and deter mine the terms of said lease and the amount of annual rent to be paid; and if the two so appointed and chosen cannot agree, they shall choose a third person to act with them, the award of whom, or the major part of whom, shall he iinal and binding upon the parties; and the person or persons owning said improvements shall be entitled to a lease ofsaid land and to occupy and im prove the same according to the terms of said award, he or they paying rent and otherwise complying with the said lease or said award; and whenever any lease shall expire after 1ts