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 642 FIFTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. II. CHS. 22, 2-1. 1889. shall correspond in width to such streets of said town as may be ` selected for the purpose aforesaid: And promoted further, That the · °°¤*¤°*¤~ contract to construct said road shall be awarded to the lowest bidder, after due advertisement, the Secretary of War to have authority to reject any and all bids. _Approved, January 8, 1889. · January 14, 1@9. CHAP. 24.-An act for thelrelief and civilimtion of the Chippewa Indians in the ····—;·—· State of Minnesota. Be it enacted by the Senate and House eg Representatives of the ¤!¤r>1>¤w¤1¤<1i·¤¤¤ ¤¢ United States eg America. in Congress assem led, That the President Mg,'.i§°$.$’iZ.°§i¤,,,,,t,0¤¤. of the United tates is hereby authorized and directed, within sixty days after the passage of this act, to designate and appoint three Compemm. P` missioners, one of whom shall be a citizen of Minnesota, whose duty it shall be, as soon as practicable after their appointment, to negotiate with all the diiferent bands or tribes of Chippewa Indians in the State of Minnesota for the complete cession and relinquishment in writing of all their title and interest in and to all the reservations of unasueepwi. said Indians in the State of Minnesota, except the White Earth and ’ V Red Lake Reservations, and to all and so much of these two reservations as in the judgment of said commission is not required to make and fill the allotments required by this and existing acts, and shall not have been reserved by the Commissioners for said (purposes, for the purposes and upon the terms hereinafter stated; an such cession and relinquishment shall be deemed sufficient as to each of said several reservations, except as to the Red Lake Reservation, if made and Assent or mm assented to in writingb two—thirds of the male adults over eighteen years of a e of the band or tribe of Indians occupying and belonging to such reservations; and as to the Red Lake Reservation the cession and relinquishment hall be deemed sufficient if made and assented to in like manner by two-thirds of the male adults of all the Chippewa Indians in Minnesota; and (provided that all agreements therefor shall be approved by the President of the United States before t to be taking effect: Provided furt er, That in any case where an allotment mmm "° in severalty has heretofore been made to any Indian of land upon any of said reservations, he shall not be deprived thereof or disturbed therein except by his own individual consent separately and previously given, in such form and manner as may be prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior. And for the pur ose of ascertaining whether the proper number of Indians yield anrlp give their assent as aforesaid, an for the (purpose of making the allotments and payments hereinafter mentione, the said commissioners shall, while engaged in securing such cession and relinquishment as aforesaid and before <1¤¤¤¤¤¤>b¤¤¤k¤¤· completing the same, make an accurate census of each tribe or band, classifying them into male and female adults, and male and female minors; and the minors into those who are orphans and those who are not orphans, giving the exact numbers of each class. and making such census in duplicate lists, one of which shall be filed with the Secretary of the Interior, and the other with the official head of the hgspgglgenmnm band or tribe; and the acceptance and a proval of such cession and ' relinquishment by the President of the United States shall, be deemed full and ample proof of the assent of the Indians, and shall operate as a complete extinguishment of the Indian title without any other or further act or ceremony whatsoever for the purposes and upon the terms in this act provided. Bong! and mh of Sec. 2. That the said commissioners shall, before entering upon °°“‘"””‘°“°"" the discharge of their duties, each give a bond to the United States in the sum of ten thousand dollars, with sufficient sureties, to be approved by the Secretary of the Interior, and conditioned for the