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 FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 290. 1891. 30] wmunnaeous. w;,,,,.,b,,g,,,,_ For interest on eight hundred and four thousand nine hundred and Interest. » nine dollars and seventeen cents, at five per centum per annum, per fourth article of treaty of November first, eighteen hundred and thirty- V¢>*·7·i>· 545- seven, and Joint Resolution of July seventeenth, eighteen hundred and W1- 12. 1»· 62& sixty-two, and the Secretary of the Interior is hereby directed to expend said interest for the support, education, and civilization of said Indians, forty thousand two hundred and forty-tive dollars and forty-five cents; For interest on seventy-eight thousand three hundred and forty dol- V0l.16,p.355. lars and forty-one cents, at live per centum per annum, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, for the erection of houses, improvement of their allotments of land, purchase of stock, agricultural implements, seeds, and other beneficial objects, three thousand nine hundred and seventeen dollars and two cents; in all, forty-four thousand one hundred and sixty-two dollars and forty-seven cents. That the Secretary of the Interior be, and hereby is, authorized to P,g¥“°“ L=“*** C°¤·· make a thorough investigation of the facts touching the so-called Ogden Inyvestigntion dir Land Company, its organization, when and by whom formed, its con- '°°°°"‘ tinued existence or organization to this date, its capital stock, number · of shares, amount or lace value, where and by whom held, its liabilities and assets, and the original history of the alleged claim of said company to any of the lands of the Seneca Nation of Indians in the State of New York, and any and all evidences of title; and also the condition of said Indians, their progress in civilization and fitness for citizenship, their number and system of government, and the propriety of allotting their lands in severalty, and to make to Congress a full report with such suggestions and recommendations as he may deem proper in view of all the facts ascertained. Whereas there is.due the Wyandotte Indians from the Government W¥¤¤¤·>¤¤·- of the United States, as ascertained and reported by the Commissioner of Indian Aifairs in his letter to the Secretary of the Interior of February seventeenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, a balance of fifteen thou and six hundred and eighty-six dollars and eighty cents; and. \Vhereas there are absentee Wyandotte Indians, who are poor and homeless, numbering between one hundred and fifty and two hundred persons, and for whom no provision has been made: Therefore, the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized and ,,,E‘f,}°f,‘§?,§,}’,[,{,‘§'T° '°' directed to purchase for said absentee Wyandotte Indians eighty acres of land per capita, or so much thereof as said sum of fifteen thousand six hundred and eighty-six dollars and eighty cents will purchase, at a sum not to exceed one dollar and fifty cents per acre; such lands to be purchased from the Quapaw Indians in the Indian Territory. or, if this be found impracticable, then such lands shall be purchased of other Indians in the Indian Territory, where the land may be most conveniently and advantageously obtained by the Secretary of the Interior; · said lands to be taken in allotments, as provided for in the severalty $§,*]§j_°;f§‘g8_ Act of Congress of February, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, and amendments thereto. And the said sum of fifteen thousand six hun- P¤•¢.p.908· drcd and eighty-six dollars and eighty cents, so due to said Wyandotte Indians, is hereby appropriated out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the purpose of making the purchase of the lands herein and hereby provided for. Miscntti-mucus snrronrs. ,,_;{;;°·=*’=¤°°·*· M For support and civilization of the Apaches, Kiowas, Comanches, C,;€},}¥,}f§‘,f§;_“$,f‘,§{§§‘,_· Wichitas, and affiliated bands who have been collected upon the reser- ew. vations set apart for their use and occupation. one hundred and ten thousand dollars.