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 646 FIFTY-SECOND CONGRESS. Sess. II. CHS. 209. 210. 1893. aforesaid; and may also employ, in like manner and with the like ap- Survvwr. vw- proval, a surveyor or other assistant or agent, which they shall certify in writing to be necessary to the performance of any part of their duties. Regulatiomretc. Such commissioners shall, under such regulations and directions as shall be prescribed by the President, through the Secretary of the Interior, enter upon negotiation with the several nations, of Indians as Dad; of mmm,. aforesaid in the Indian Territory, and shall endeavor to procure, first, lands in neveralty to such nation, tribe, or baud, respectively, as may be agreed upon as I“‘H‘““· just and proper to provide for each such Indian a sufficient quantity of land for his or her needs, in such equal distribution and apportionment as may be found just and suited to the circumstances; for which purpose, after the terms of such an agreement shall have been arrived at, the said commissioners shaH cause the lands of any such nation or tribe or band to be surveyed and the proper allotment tobe designated ; Cension o: other and, secondly, to procure the cession, for such price and upon such '“'*"°°‘“*"*s‘“*“°· terms as shall be agreed upon, of any lands not found necessary to be so allotted or divided, to the United States; and to make proper agreeagrooooooa far io- ments for the investment or holding by the United States of such bands, or to any of the Indians thereof', for the extinguishment of their rowormaoluocuor therein. But said commissioners shall, however, have power to nego- °‘°°°""""“°"‘ tiate any and all such agreements as, in view of all the circumstances affecting the subject, shall be found requisite and suitable to such an arrangement of the rights and interests and aflairs of such nations, tribes, bands, or Indians, or any of them, to enable the ultimate creation of a Territory of the United States with a view to the admission of the same as a state in the Union. Reports. The commissioners shall at any time, or from time to time, report to the Secretary of the Interior their transactions and the progress of their negotiations, and shall at any time, or from time to time, if seperate agreements shall be made by them with any nation, tribe or band, in pursuance of the authority hereby conferred, report the same to the Secretary of the Interior for submission to Congress for its consideration and ratification. For the purposes aforesaid there is hereby appropriated, out of any nvonomo. money in the Treasury of the United States, the sum of fifty thousand Ri M f dollars, to be immediately available._ _ _ ,,,,,*3, {’,,,{‘,fQ,‘§,°§ NBlthBP.th6 provisions of this section nor the negotiations or agree- ¤•>¢· weivvdww- ments which may be had or made thereunder shall be held in any way to waive or impair any right of sovereignty which the Government of the United States has over or respecting said Indian Territory or the people thereof, or any other right of the Government relating to said erritory, its lands, or the people thereofl Approved, March 3, 1893. Mmll 3- im- CHAP. 210.-An act making appropriations to supply deficiencies in the appro- ";""' priations for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety- three, and for prior years, and for other purposes. B0 it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Deficiencies appro States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums be, "“““°”" and the same are hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to supply deficiencies in the appropriations for the fiscal year, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, and for prior years, and for other objects hereinafter stated, namely: S*=·**”¤¤=·¤*¤*=¤*· srrrrn DEPARTMENT. F¤r¤ig¤i¤¤•r¤¤¤¤¤- FOREIGN INTERCOURSB. MW diffairu SALARIES, CHARGES D’A.FFAIRES AD INTERIM: To pay amounts "‘ found due by the accounting officers on account of salaries charges
 * 3 ,0 ummm 0,. such allotment of lands in severalty to the Indians belonging to each
 * °"°‘*·°°"· moneys as may be paid or agreed to be paid to such nation or tribes or