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 896 FIFTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 405. 1889. outside of or within the lines of any reservation constituted bly this act, or if any such land is so occupied upon the Santee Sioux eservation, in Nebraska, the exclusive occupation and use of said land, not exceeding one hundred and sixty acres in any one tract, is hereby, with the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, granted to any `such society so long as the same shall be occupied and used by such society for educational and missionary work among said Indians; and the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized and directed to give to such reli ious society patent of such tract of land to the legal eifect aforesaid; and for the purpose of such educatwnal or missionary work any such society may purchase, upon any of the reservations herem created, any land not exceeding in any one tract one hundred and sixty acres, not interfering with the tit e in severalty of an Indian, and with the approval of and upon such terms, not exceeding one dollar and twenty-five cents an acre, as shall be prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior. And the Santee Normal Ts} Q *°gch§gf'¤¤‘ Training School may, in like manner, purchase for such educational or missionary work on the Santee Reservation, in addition to the foregoing, in such location and quantity, not exceeding three hun- Elred and twenty acres, as shall be approved by the Secretary of the nterior. ` $****5 ,P*°**:i¤:=j Sec. 19. That all the grovisions of the said treaty withthe diifertinued. ° ent bands of the Sioux ation of Indians concluded April twenty- v°'·"·l’·““· ninth, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, and the agreement with the same approved February twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and seventy-seven, not in coniiic with the provisions and redluirements of this act, are hereby continued in force according to their tenor . and limitation, anithing in this act to the contrary notwithstanding. S°**°°‘·*‘°“°°*· Sec. 20. That the Secretary of the Interior shall cause to be erected not less than thirty school-housesfand more, if found neces- · sary, on the different reservations, at such points as he shall think for the best interest of the Indians, but at such distance only as will enable as many as dpossible attending schools to return home n1 hts, {1’hf!",fQhm,“_ as white children o attending district schools: And provided, That any white children residing in the neighborhood are entitled to attend the  school on such terms as the Secretary of the Interior may prescribe. I-¤¤d¤ <>¤*¤*¤¢>m:.¥ Sec. 21. That all the lands in the Great Sioux Reservation outside I-esqmu m public aa of the separate reservations herein described are hereby restored to ”**E;'g,pmm_ the public domain, except American Island, Farm Island, and Nio- R.S.,¤¤>.2301,p.421. brara Island, and shall e disposed of by the United States to actual settlers only, under the psovisions of the homestead law (except section two thousand three undred and one thereof) and under/the law mma. relating to town—sites: Provided, That each settler, under and in ac- P"°° ’°°'°"'°‘* cordance with the provisions of said homestead acts, shall pay to the United States, for the land so taken by him, in addition to the fees provided by law, the sum of one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre for all lands disposed of within the first three years after the taking eH’ect of this act, and the sum of seventy-five cents per acre for al lands disposed of within the next two years following thereafter, and fifty cents per acre for the residue of the lands then undisposed of, and shall be entitled to a patent therefor according to said omestead laws, and_after the full payment of said sums: but the rights of honorably discharged Union soldiers and sailors in the late seunei-¤· mime. civil war as defined and described in sections twenty-three hundred ”°;‘g_m_m’m, apcigomi aisgdtvgsxszy-theeslhuigdagd {and} figs of the evised mzatutes p. 422. o e m a es, s a. no a ri g except as to said sums: $$7%,: Provided, That all lands herein opened to settlenlent under this act mem. remaining undisposed of at the end of ten 6(years from the taking eifect of this act shall betaken and accept by the United States and paid for by said United States at fifty cents per acre, which