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 1004 FIFTIETH oonensss. snss. II. on. 412. 1889. in his judgment, are the defects, if any, in any of them, in system, · in administration, or in means for the most effective advancementof the pupils therein toward civilization and self-support, and what changes are needed to remedy such defects as may exist, and to perform such other duties in connection with Indian schools as may be prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior, and section eight of the mpenn or :01-mer act entitled "An act making appropriations for the current and con- ¥"'°"`“*°“ tingent expenses of the Indian Department and for fulfilling treaty stipulations with various Indian tribes for the year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred  eighty-nine and for other purposes/’ Mw- P- 288- approved June twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, is is hereby repealed. I ¥g>;_¤¤¤¤¤¤f ¤<>¤¤¤¤¤ Sec. 11. That hereafter the costs of the trial of the cases in the ° °°S°°' courts of the several Territories tried ursuant to and for the offenses named in section nine of the act entitled "An act makin apppopriations for the current and contingent expenses of the Indian epartment, and fulnlling treat stipulations with various Indian tribes V¤1-¤P-$¤5- for the year ending June idiirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-six and for other purposes," shall be audited by the accounting officers of the Treasury and paid out of mone for similar expenses in the tria1 of criminal cases in the courts of the United States. Seminole lands SEMINOLE LANDS. . P¤Y¤¤°¤° f°*‘- Sec. 12. That the sum of one million nine hundred and twelve thousand nine hundred and fort -two dollars and two cents be, and the same hereby is, appropriated; out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise a propriated, to pay in full the Seminole Nation of Indians for all the right, title, interest, and claim which said nation of Indians may have in and to certain lands ceded by article three of the treaty between the United States and said nation of Indians, v0114,p.m. which was concluded Jime fourteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty- six, and proclaimed August sixteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty- six, and which land was then estimated to contain two million one hundred and sixty-nine thousand and eighty acres, but which is now, after survely, ascertained to contain two million thirty-seven thou- - sand four undred and fourteen and sixt -two hundredths acres, liwnerof payment. said sum of money to be paid as follows: (due million five hundred Trust fund. thousand dollars to remain in the Treasury of the United States to the credit of said nation of Indians and to bear interest at the rate of five per centum per annum from July first, eighteen hundred and 1¤¤¤¤¢=*~ eighty nine, said interest to be paid semi-annually to the treasurer of said nation, and the sum of our hundred and twelve thousand nme hundred and forty-two dollars and twenty cents, to be aid to such person or persons as shall be duly authorized by the iaws of said nation to receive the same, at such times and in such sums as shall be directed and required b the legislative authority of said nation, to be immediately available; this appropriation to become operative upon the execution by the dul appointed delegates of said Conveyance. nation, specially empowered so to do, ofy a release and conveyance to the_United States o all the right, title, interest, and claim of said nation of Indians in and to said lands, in manner and form satisfactory to the President of the United States, and said release and conveyance, when fully executed and delivered, shall operate to extinguish all claims of every kind and character of said Seminole Nation of Indians in and to the tract of country to which said release and conveyance shall apply, but such release conveyance, and extinguishmx<;;£>0;de:gp¢1e sn ment shall not l1'lllI‘8 to the beneht of or cause to vest in any railroad Y °“"" comdpany any right, title, or interest whatever in or to any of said lan, and a l laws and parts of laws so far as they conflict with the foregoinlg, are hereby repealed, and all grants or pretended grants of said an s or any interest or right therein now existing in or on behalf