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 354 FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 807. 1890. New mocmeuts, New allotments under act of February eighth eighteen hundred ‘°°‘·'°'*'“"‘”"u"‘ and eighty-seven, re-imbursable: To ena le the President to cause, V¤¤·¤4.m¤¤6-·‘¤¤· under the provisions of the act of February eighth, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, entitled, "An act to provide for the allotment of lands in severaltyto Indians on the various reservations, and to extend the protection o the laws of the United States and the Territories over the Indians, and for other dpurp0ses," such Indian reservations as in his judpnent are a vantageous for agricultural and gumymw, grazing purposes to e surveyed, or resurveyed, for the pugposes of compiémg nm, said act, an to complete the allotment of the same, inclu in the . ¤¤¤¤·¤°¤· necessary clerical work incident thereto in the Held and in the Chico of Indian Affairs, and delivery of trust pptents, so far as allotments shall have been selected under said act, t irty thousand dollars. Uahxshegm; Unfinished allotments under act of February eighth, eighteen hun- R3 ’ ""T dred and eighty-seven, reimbursable: To enab e the Eresident to oompmmnezwmk, complete the work already undertaken and commenced under the °"$;,,]_ an thir section of the act of February eighth, eighteen hundred and Ma. . . . . . eighty-seven, mcluding the necessary clerical work incident thereto in the field and in the omce of Indian Adairs, and the delivery of the Indians entitled thereunder of the trust patents authorized under rmmednuly •v•i1- said acts, to be immediately available, ten thousand dollars. °bl°,,°;.tm•¤¤ or That the Breddent of the United States is hereby authorized to &·•¤¤*¤¤¤·H_¤f *1};;:,*; appoint a commission to consist of three persons, not more than two num ’ o whom shall be of the same political party, who shall negotiate ,u§f,_¥”P°““°“ "‘“ with the Turtle Mountain band of Chippewa Indians, in North Dakota, for the cessiou and relinquishment to the United States of whatever right or interest they may have in and to any and all land . rumcmw mm in said State to which they claim title, and for their removal to and “°"'*"'““°"°“”. settlement upon the White Earth Reservation, or any other lands reserved for the Chippewa Indians in the State of Mmnesota; also to obtain the consent of the Chippewa Indians in Minnesota to the settlement of the said Turtle Mountain Chippewa Indians on the reservation lands of the Chippewas in Minneso aif they hold sufficient Appmwmicu. land for that purpose. And the sum of five thousand dollars, or so much thereo as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated for the purfpgse of defraying the expense of the propose negotiations. Avqoiutmenehget tthe President of the United States is hereby authorized to ;{‘,S§,£,¤,,, appoint a commission to consist of three persons, not more than two Wggpmmn o whom shall be of the same fpolitical party, and not more than one museof whom shall be aresident o any one State, whose duty it shall be to visit the Puyallup Reservation, in the State of Washington, and aww or t¤v¤¤¤z•·· to make full inquiry and investigation regarding such reservation; the nature of the tit e to and value of the lands al otted in severalty; whether there are any common lands which have not been allotted, and if so, the value of the same, and of the interest of the Indians therein; whether such reservation embraces the land on Puget Sound, between high and low water mark; whether any restrictions now existinglupon the power of alienation by Indians of their allotted lands s ould be w olly or in part removed; as to the manner in which lands shall be disposed o when the Indian allottees shall be vested with lpower to dispose of their individual tracts; in what manner, if at a, individual Indians shall be indemnified for damage to their individual holdings, if railroads shall be granted a rig t of way through the reservation; in what manner the tribe shall be compensated for the damage consequent upon the granting of such right of way through any tribal or common lands belonging to said reservation; in what manner and by whom the legitimate heirs of deceased allottees shall be determined; under what circumstances and upon what conditions contracts have been obtained from Indians for the sale of their allotted lands; and regarding all other uestions and matters bearing urpon the welfare of said Indians, and the wisdom or necessity of the isposal by the Indians of their interest,