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 FIFTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Cns. 405, 406. 1889. 899 Sec. 26. That all expenses for the surveying, platting, and disposal of the lands opened to settlement under this act shall be borne by the United States, and not deducted from the proceeds of said lands. Sec. 27. That the sum of twenty-eight thousand two hundred dol- P¤y¤¤·=>¤¢ f¤rv<>¤i¤¤i lars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, be, and hereby is, Eggs %il.iis,and Rim appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to_enable the Secretary of the Interior to ay to such individual Indians of the Red Cloud and Red Leaf bands of Sioux as he _ shall ascertain to have been de rived by the authority of the United States of ponies in the year eiglhteen hundred and seventy-six, at the rate of forty dollars for each pony; and he is hereby authorized to employ such agent or agents as he may deem necessary in ascertaining such facts as will enable him to carry out this provision, and to pay them therefor such sums as shall be deemed by him fair and ust compensation: Provided. That the sum paid to each individual Indian P··m·is¤s· _ under this provision shall be taken and accepted by such Indian in full fu}? b° 8’°°°p°°d m compensation for all loss sustained by such Indian in consequence of the taking from him of ponies as aforesaid: And provided further, That if any Indian entitled to such compensation shall have deceased, the sum to which such Indian would be entitled shall be paid to his heirs·at-law. according to the laws of the Territory of Dakota. Sec. 28. That this act shall take edect, only, upon the acceptance digtlfsevtww by I¤· thereof and consent thereto b the different bands of the Sioux Na- ' tion of Indians, in manner and, form prescribed by the twelfth article of the treaty between the United States and said Sioux Indians concluded April twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, which said acceptance and consent, shall be made known by proclamation P*°°l¤m¤*i°¤- by the President of the United States, upon satisfactory proof presented to him. that the same has been o tained in the manner and form required, by said twelfth article of said treaty; which proof shall be presented to him within one year from the passage of this act; and upon failure of such proof and proclamation this act becomes of no effect and null and void Sec. 29. That there is hereby appropriated, out of any money in =>PP*¤1>*i¤¤<>¤*~ the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of twenty-nve thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary which sum shall be expended, under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, for procuring the assent of the Sioux Indians to this act provided in section twenty-seven. _ _ _ SEO. 30. That all acts and parts of acts inconsistent with the pro- Mw!. visions of this act are hereby repealed. Approved. March 2, 1889. CHAP. 406.-An act authorizing the constructing of a bridge across the Osage M“"lf·]8f°; River, at some accessible point in the county of Benton, in the State of Missouri. Bc if enacted by {hc Semifc rmrl Hozzse of Represenz‘afivcs of f/ze [vn}/cr] Smteslpf America in Congress assembled, That the Chicago, Kmsgigigipyiji; Saint Louis, ansas City and Galveston Railway Company, an in- veston 1z.·.1i“~H;éic5fii. corporation organized under the laws of the State of Illinois, its as- g“s‘,}gB $@3; ;{,f*l¤“ sions or su<·<.·e»ssors, is hereby authorized to construct and maintain ` arbridge across the Osage River at such point as may hereafter be sel:·<·t<·d by said corporation in the countv of Benton. in the State of Missouri, as shall best promote the public convenience and welfare and the necessities of business and commerce. and also to construct acecssorv works to secure the best practicable channel-way for na vigai ia in. and to lay on and over said bridge one or more railroad tracks for the more perfect connection of any railroads that are or shall he crnistruc;te<l to said river at or o vposite said point. y Snr, 2, That said bridge shall be constructed and built without *3,3**0 znterference with the security and convenience of navigation of said f W Q