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 FIFTYSECOND CONGRESS. Sess. II. CHS. 203, 204. 1893. 563 paying to John T. Hill the sum of five thousand one hundred and sev- ·F<>¤¤ T- Hmenty-two dollars for services rendered said Kickapoo Indians and in discharge of a written contract made with said Indians and recommended by the Secretary of the Interior the remainder to be expended for the use of said Indians as stipulated in said contract; Provided that should said Indians elect to leave any portion of said remaining balance in the Treasury, the amount so left shall bear interest at the Interest. rateof live per cent per annun1." Provided, That none of the money §;··•gs·· mm as to or interest thereon, which is by the terms of said agreement to be paid Indian ltispmimon to said Indians, shall be applied to the payment of any judgment that °"“'““· has been or may hereafter be rendered under the provisions of the act of Congress approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninetyone, v»1.zn,p.ss1. entitled “An act to provide for the adjudication and payment of claims arising from Indian depredations." Sec. 2. That for the purpose of making the allotments and payments ¤¤1¤¤¤¤¤¤ ¤f ¤¤¤t- provided for in said agreement, including the preparation of a complete m°°°°’ °t°` roll of said Indians, the pay and expenses of a special agent, if the President thinks it necessary to appoint one for the purpose, and the necessary surveys or resurveys, there be, and hereby is, appropriated, out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of five thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary. Sec. 3. That whenever any of the lands, acquired by this agreement 4;,,.;..-; 1,,,.;. 0,,,,, to shall, by operation of law or proclamation of the President of the *°*¤¤¤¤°¤°· United States, be open to settlement or entry, they shall be disposed of (except sections sixteen and thirty-six in each township thereof) to actual settlers only, under the provisions of the homestead and townsite laws (except section twenty-three hundred and one of the Revised ns.,mnm,pm Statutes of the United States, which shall not apply) : Provided, how- p,.,,,,,,,,_ ever, That each settler on said lands shall, before making a final proof mmm_, Paymmt and receiving a certificate of entry, pay to the United States for the land so taken by him, in addition to the fees provided by law, and within five years from the date of theiirstoriginal entry, the sum of one dollar and fifty cents an acre, onehalfof which shall be paid within two years; but the rights of honorably discharged Union soldiers and sail- S<>1dim'•¤<1¤n1m· ors, as defined and described in sections twenty-three hundred and "°{§‘§f‘Q‘,,,,°,;f"2§,‘;,,_z,,,5_ four and twenty-three hundred and five of the Revised Statutes of the D422- United States shall not be abridged, except as to the sum to be paid as aforesaid. Until said lands are opened to settlement by proclama- No settlement until tion of the President of the United States, no person shall be per- P'°°"‘“‘*‘"°“ “‘“‘°- mitted to enter upon or occupy any of said lands; and any person violating this provision shall never be permitted to make entry of any v,,,;,,,,,,,_ of said lands or acquire any title thereto: Provided, That any person having attempted to, but for any cause failed to acquire a title in fee under existing law, or who made entry under what is known as the ,,F¤r¢,l¤•r h¤¤¤1i¤<=•- commnted provision of the homestead law, shall be qualiiied to make BK'}, '” °"”°”°°°° homestead entry upon said lands. Approved, March 3, 1893. ¢HA.P. 204.-An not regulating the sale of intoxicating liquors in the District of gmk 3_ mw Columbia. ——————-—— Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That no person shall sell, oiier 1>¤¢r¤¤¢<gf¤¤1¤¤¤¤i== for sale, or keep for sale or trailic in, barter, or exchange for goods, in 0,§'~§;}:,j}‘}f_j,,‘§_§uf,*;_¥’ the Unstrict of Columbia, any intoxicating liquor, except as hereinafter ` provided; but this shall not apply to sales made by a person under` a provision of law requiring him to sell personal property, nor to sales by the maker, brewer, or distiller thereof not to be drunk on the prem- 1508. Wherever the term Mntoxicating liquors” is used in this act, it _ Emir; of ‘i§¤w:· shall be deemed to include whisky, brandy, rum, gin, wine, ale, porter, ‘°°"°g l""""' beer, and all other fermented and distilled liquors.