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 FIFTIETH CONGRESS. Suas. II. Gus. 421, 422. 1889. 1013 over and across said reservation, now occupied by the Cedar Ra. ids, Rizhv of way re- Iowa Falls and Northwestern Railway Company, as well as the dam- °°"°d‘ age to the balance of the lands of said reservation by reason of the taking and occupying of said strip for railroad pur uses; and said commissioners shall also a.%pra.ise and resort the vague of any improvements that may be fouu on any of said lands with the name of the person who made the same. Sec. 2. That any person who has heretofore resided on and made mornguzeoromg improvements 011 any of said lands, but who 'was compelled by the d*“*‘°“““““°°“°"*°"‘ mi itary authorities of the United States to abandon the same, shall bc entitled to the prior right for the period of six months after tho filing of the said report, to enter and purchase the land (not exceeding one hundred and sixty acres) so occupied and improved 'b such person at the price at which the same was appraised by said commissioners, exclusive of im rovcmcuts. But 1f the arson entitled to make such purchase shall fail to avail himself of Bus prior right within the time stated, then the Secretary of the Interior shall cause said lands, or such thereof as remain uueutcrcd, to be sold to the A¤¤•=i¤¤¤¤\¤¤f1¤¤d highest bidder, and at a. price not less than the appraised valuation of such lands and improvements; such sale to be held at the local land offica for the district in which they are located; and the said railroad com ang shall be entitled to enter and purchase the aforesaid strip of gn of the width aforesaid, now occupied by its roadbed by paying the amount so assessed as the value thereof together with the amount of damages assessed as aforesaid. Sec. 3. This act shall take effect and be in force and authorize the entry and sale of the said right of way, or of any tract or Karccl of land so appraised, so soon as, and not until, a majority of t c adult male Iudums of the Yankton tribe of Sioux Indians consent to the comme at mum entry and sale of such right of wa, or of said a praised lands, or of '°‘*“i“°°‘ any part of the same, And df saieilndiazxs shag at any future time consent in the manner above stated, to the sale or disposal of any tract or parcel of said apgaisw land, to the sale of which their consent had not theretofcre em given, such tract or garccl shall then be sold in the manner horeinbcfcra provided. atemts shall be P¤¤¤¤¤¤wi¤¤¤¤ issued in duo form for any lands, or ha right of way, entered or sold by virtue of this act, and tho moneys arising from tha sale of said land, right of way, and damages, after deducting the exgmuse Proceeds of said appraiscmant, shall be covered into tho annuity fund 0 said Indians, or expended in such manner as the Indians may determine. subject to the approval of the Secrctari of the Interior; that the commissioners hereunder shall be paid t c sum of tivo dollars per compemmn. day for the time actually occupied in ggrforming the duties conferred u n them by this act; Provided, hat any oiilcar or cmplovec pmm. of the Gldzommeut detailed to act as commissioner shall be paid `his G°’*§*“u,¥:•_gg"f§ °* '·'*° actual and necessary traveling and other expenses only. ' Szc. 4. That there is here y appropriated, out of any mom? in App¤·¤prmk>¤tcrex~ the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of five hun red *‘°"’°‘* dollars, or scymuch thereof as maybe ncwssury, to defray the expanse of procuring the consent of said Indians, and to pay said commissioncrs. Approved, March 2, 1889. GBA?. 422.-—-Au act to provide for allotment of land in severalty to United 1hrch2.1&¤. ?¤ori¤snndMiami¤¤i¤Indi¤nTerrltcry,mdfcrotherpnrpcses. "”’—"""" Be it enacted the Senate and Houaeof Re seniatives of the United States afbgimeaéca in Congress at the provis- ¤¤m,»q£ p iam of chapter Ons hundred and Nineteen of the pests of eighteen QQ., mi hundred and eighty seven. entitled "Au act to provndc for the allot- xy llinmi lv ment of buds in wveralty tc Indians on tha various reservations. v¤a.sn.pp.m.a¤1.