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 84 FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ons. 84 87. 1894. for shall have been duly chosen by the corporators, said board shall succeed to and exercise all the powers of the corporation of whatever name and nature and all the powers of the said trustees as contained in the said Act, subject to all the provisions and limitations in said Act contained. Amendment. Sec. 2. That this Act may be amended or repealed by Congress at any time at its pleasure. Approved, May 28, 1894. May 29, 1894. CHAP. 85.-An Act To amend section thirty-eight hundred and sixteen of the —"*"_ Revised Statutes relating to advances made to the Public Printer. _ Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United rnnue Printer. States of America in Congress assembled, That section thirtyeight hunmg;-§,;f<‘~¤”1°·P·7“· dred and sixteen of the Revised Statutes beamcnded so as to read A,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, that “There shall be advanced to the Public Printer, from time to incrww-time, as the public service may require it, and under such rules as the 1’v¤¢·1=-6¤4- Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe, a sum of money not exceeding at any time four-fifths of the penalty of his bond, to enable him to pay for work and material. Approved, May 29, 1894. Me! 3*% *89* CHAP. 86.-An Act To amend an Act entitled "An Act to provide for the sale of the H remainder of the reservation of the Confederated Otoc and Missouria Indians in the . States of Nebraska and Kansas, and for other purposes," approved March third, eighteen hundred and eighty-one. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Confederuted om States of America in Congress assembled, That if any member of the ¤,;*d§*”°°“° I“‘""“ said confederated tribes residing at the date of the aforesaid Act of von 21. p. ssc. March third, eighteen hundred and eighty-one, and whose names d;g¤tm•=¤* *0 In- appear upon the schedule of appraiseuieut made by the cominissioners ` appointed under the provisions of the Act aforesaid, and approved by the Secretary of the Interior April seventeenth, eighteen hundred and eightythree, upon any of the lands authorized to be sold by said Act shall make application for allotments of land the Secretary of the Interior shall cause a patent to issue to such person or his or her heirs who may be residing upon said lands at the date hereof, for the sub— divisional tract or tracts of land (not exceeding one hundred and sixty acres of land to any one person) reported on the co1mnissioners’ schedrmnsm. _ _ ule aforesaid as having been improved by such person: Provided, That ab};°t;;?:Q;s_*'*“*""" the lands acquired by any lndian under the provisions of this act shall not be subiect to alienation, lense, or incnnnbrance, either by voluntary conveyance by the grantee or his heirs, or by the judgment. order, or decree of any court, or subject to taxation of any character,’but shall remain inalienable and not subject to taxation, lien, or incumbrance for the period of ten years, which restriction shall be incorporated in the patent. Approved, May 30, 1894. May 30, 1894. CHAIQ 8'I.-—An Act Supplementary to the Act of Congress approved January ·-—·—-——·-·F·· ·· twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, entitled "An Act defining the mannerin which certain land scrip may be assigned and located or applied by actual settlers, and providing for the issue of patents in the name of the locator or his legal representatives." Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United rnnne1nnasl _ States of America in Congress assembled, That it shall be lawful for the Mgttgggjtiof; “'*‘* Commissioner of the General Land Office to cause patents to be issued, vn1.zo,p,z·zs. as evidence of title, for all valid locations made with land scrip issued