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 264 FORTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. ll. Ch. 72, 73. 74. 1877. "Geo. Paypay, seal. ·‘CHAS. H. SEABING. “ALFB.ED L. lucas, " Interpreters. Certificate. **1 certify that the thregoing agreement was read and explained by me, and was fully understood by the above named Sioux Indians, before signing, and that the same was executed by said Sioux Indians at Santee agency, county of Knox, and State of Nebraska, on the 27th day of October, A. D. 1876. “SAML. D. HINMAN, " Oj)ieiaZ1nterpreter." Approved, February 28, 1877. Feb. 28, 1877. CHAP. 73.--An act to allow a pension of thirty-six dollars per month to soldiers who —# — ——-—#-—-— have lost both an arm and a leg. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Pensions for loss States of America in Congress assembled, That all persons who, while in of one MM Md the military or naval service of the United States, and in the line of °“° f°°“· duty, shall have lost one hand and one foot, or been totally and permanently disabled in both, shall be entitled to a pension for each of such disabilities, and at such a rate as is provided for by the provisions of P,.0v,m_ the existing laws for each disability z Provided, That this act shall not be so construed as to reduce pensions in any case. Approved, February 28, 1877. Feb. 28, 1877. CHAP. 74.--An act for the relief of certain claimants under the donation land law of ~— —-·- Oregon, approved September twenty- seventh, eighteen hundred and fifty. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Settlements o n States of America in Congress assembled, That the claims of such persons <=c¤·r=¤i¤¤1¤¤dSiu0r- who were duly qualified thereto, and made bona-fide settlements upon fi¥°"“‘§‘l?VE‘?{""¥’ lands in the State of Oregon and Washington Territory, under the pro- · '°"’ V3 `( a °°visions of the act of Congress, approved September twenty-seventh, ,850 ch 76 eighteen hundred and fifty, entitled "An act to create the office of sur· 0s1.£¤.,4s>oi veyor-general of the public lands in Oregon, and to provide for the survey, and to make donations to settlers of the said pub1iclands,"and the legislation supplemental thereto, which have been included, in whole or in part, within the limits of any reservation made by the United States for military purposes subsequent to the date of such settlement and prior to the completion of the period of residence and cultivation required by said act, which reservation has been, or may hereafter be, declared abandoned by the Secretary of War as no longer necessary to the United States for military or other purposes, shall be adjudicated and patented the same as other donation claims arising under said act and supplemental legislation, as though such reservation had never PP<>Vi¤<>- been made: Provided however, That no claim of any settler coming within the purview of this act shall be validated or coniirmed the value of whose improvements, at the time such reservation was made by the
 * I’epe, (Sharp,) his x mark, seal.
 * · Hehaka-ma-za, (Tron Elk,) his x mark, seal._
 * Tunkanwaxtexte, (The Good Stone God,) his x mark, seal.
 * Danie1 W. Hemans, seal.
 * Eli Abraham, seal.
 * Artemas Ehuamani, his x mark, seal.
 * James Paypay, seal..
 * Att0st:
 * JOSEPH W. COOK.
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