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 552 FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. I. CHS. 1127, 1128. 1890. September 30, 1890- (f{HA.`P. 1127.-An act to provide for the sale of certain New York Indian lands ’_"”_‘—`_ in ans:-1s. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the YI;~g<iE]<é€a¢;s*¤g_§¤g:;f United States ry America in Congress assembled, That those perm. _ _ sons, being hea s of families or single (persons over twenty-one years "§$‘§,s°§Lcf° °°"*°·“‘ of age, who have made settlement an improvement upon, and are ' bona fide claimants and occupants of, either in person or by tenant, the lands in Kansas which were allotted to certain New York Indians, and for which certificates of allotment, dated the fourteenth day of September, eighteen hundred and sixty, for three hundred and twenty acres of land each, were issued to thirty-two of said E¤¤'Y·¤°°- Indians, shall be, and hereb are, authorized and permitted to enter Limit of vim- and purchase at the roper l}and office, at any time within one year from the passa e of) this act, said lands so occupied by them, in tracts not exceeding one hundred and sixty acres, according to the Government surveys, at two dollars and fifty cents per acre, payment rmceeasor me, in to be made in cash at time of purchase; and the moneys arising from "““·°'°‘ such sales shall be paid into the Treasury of the United States, in P¤Y¤¤¢¤*· trust for and to be paid to said Indians, respectively, to whom said . rms 01 identity. certificates were issued, or to their heirs, upon satisfactory proof of Limit or ume. their identity to the Secretary of the Interior, at any time within ive years from the passage of this act; and in case such proof is Unwemprocem not made within the time specified, then the roceeds of such sale, °° "·m or so much thereof as shall not have been paid) under the rovisions gf;  act, shall become a part of the pub ic moneys of the United a s. _t1;Li¤ ¤<>#· envcred. Sno 2. That any lands not entered by such settlers at the expira— ‘ tion of twelve months from the passage of this act shall be offered at public sale, in the usual manner, at not less than three dollars per N°*‘°°- acre, notice of said sale to be given by public advertisement of not mw •¤¤‘¥- less than thirty days; and any tract or tracts not then sold shall be thereafter subject to private entry at three dollars per acre. Rerwl h SES. 3. Thpgd all acts and parts of acts inconsistent herewith are ere y repea. Approved, September 30, 1890. Segmber 30, 1890. CHAP. 1128.——An_act in recognition of the merits and services of Chief Engineer gesgggxghgmrifgiwégkggggz States Navy, and of the other officers and men of Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the pefu¤é¤{*)¤;f¤¢¤v**¢ *>*· United States of America in Congress assembled, That the President necofnsngguram, be, and hereby is, authorized, b and with the advice and consent of ‘{§g° °$‘v_u@€"{,‘,°§{f the Senate, to advance Chief Ungineer George Wallace Melville,
 * g11h<g?“Sm§¤w. wd United States Navy, one grade, to take rank from the same date but

4;,mg,w.,i1..,eM,;. next after the junior chief engineer having the relative rank of com- '*“°!"'°"‘°‘°'*· mander at the passa e of this act, as a recognition of his meritorious _ C services in successfully directing the party under his command after the wreck of the Arctic exploring steamer Jeannette, and of his persistent efforts through dan ers and hardshi s to find and assist his commanding officer and other members of the expedition before he P""· himself was out of peril; and that he be allowed the pay of a chief engineer as if he had been commissioned on the same date as the junior chief engineer having the relative rank of commander at the ppsgiige of this aptil such increased rate of pay to begin from the date o - e passage o this act. _ SEO. 2. That the said Melville shall hereafter continue to be next Rmk- junior to the junior chief engineer having the relative rank of com- G¤¤ after occupy shall be increased by one number, but the total number