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 342 FORTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. C11. 434. 1882. Indian rights in That any right in scvemlty acquired by any Indian under existing '°Y°'?“5' u';;?' treaties shall not be affected by this act. Pmwréi °° S1:0. 5. That with the consent of said Indians as aforesaid the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized, either through the Alioumminqev. agent of said tribe or such other person as he may designate, to allot ¤¤¥*!»¤¢<=·. ¢H¤¤‘i- the lands lying cast of the right of way granted to the Sioux City and "“u°“· Nebraska Railroad Company, under the agreement of April nineteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty, approved by the Acting Sccrctamy of the g11;r10{ Ely twenxty-acvcnéh, eighteen hundred and eighty, in sovcralby o n ans 0 said tri in quantity as follows: To each head of in family, one quarter of a section; to each single person over eighteen years of age, one-eighth of a. section; to each orphan child under eighteen years of age, one·eighth of a section; and to each other person under eighteen years of age, one sixteenth of a section; which allotments shall be deemed and held to be in lieu of the allotments or assign- 14 Stat., 668. ments provided for in the fourth article of the treaty with the Omahas concluded March sixth eighteen hundred and sixty-five, and for which; for the most part, certificates in the names of individual Indian  to whom ‘ tracts have been assigned, have been issued bv the Commissioner of Promo. Indian Aifairs, as in said article provided: Proiidcd, That any Indian to whom a tract of land has been assigned and certificate issued or who was entitled to receive the same, under the provisions of  fourth article, and who has made valuable improvements thereon und any Indian who being entitled to an assignment and certificate nndcr said article, has settled and made valuable improvamenti upon n tract assigned to any Indian who has never occupied orimprovcd such tract, . shall have a preference right to select the tract upon which his improvements are situated, for allotment under the provisions of this section: mm- Provided further, That all allotments made under the provisions of this section shall be selected by the Indians heads of families selecting for their minor child and the agent shui! select for each orphan child · aftcrwhich the mmwms issued by the Commissioner of Indian as§1;%regan&s!;ml be xggemcd auegugd so be null and void. ¤¤ nr — ·  - ¤· upon capprov ctcallotments rovidedf in V NM 1¤¤¤ kv rs- prgccding section by the Sccgetmy of the Iutorioxyhcghall causegawgtg tmssuc theroforin the name of the allottces, which patents shall be of the I,, fd by Hama legal affect and declare that the United States docs and will hold the land Btuonin trust rm- thus allotted for the period of twenty-five years in trust for the sole use mwiw Jun, and bcncnt of the Indians to whom such allotment shall have been made, 01- m casa of lun dcccasa, of his heirs according to the laws of the State of Mzbraska, and that at the expiration of said period tho United States ynll convey the same by patent to said Indian or his h aforosa1d, info¤dischsrgedofsaidtrust dfree f ll `9 brsmcc whatsoever. And if any convcygscc sha.]? bi rrfazggng gn? not apart and allotod as herein provided or any contract made touchin the same before the axpimticu of the tinno above mentioned such cmg Promo. veyaucc or contract shall be absolutely null and void: Provkded That tho law of descent and partition in force in the said State shall a 1 thereto after patents therefor have been executed and delivered Indians snbjoct Sec. 7. That upon the completion of said allotments and th   tc t gx $23; ing of the lands no said allottaes each and cvery member of sgglz q1é ,m,b¤;k· '];m of Indians shall have the benciit; of and be subject to th 1   b2 h cfvil and criminal, of the State of Nebraska; and said Stsmtggll nfxt @ ¥ 5F2C;!;?:;? law dcuying any Indian of said tribe the equal pro- Rasidunoflands, 1-:0. 8. That the residue of lands} n east ‘ ‘ 3:;h£§*::3•1 {3 of the Sioux Qity and Nebraska Ragnoid, aft;; % 53;gtt: n§; :t?h:$z in umm am been mane, as m tha fifth section of this act provided shall be patented to the smd Omaha tribe of Indians, which patent shnll be of the 1 l cifcct and declare that the United States does and will hold {lf thus patented for the period of twenty-five jcurs in trust for tl?:: :30 use and benefit of the said Omaha tribc of Indians, and that at the ex.