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 " 902 FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 188. 1895. reservations in the States of North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Montana, and Idaho. _ _ Nigwva K=¤=•¤ md That the Secretary of the Interior be, and hereby is, authorized and $.·:°`:,,{§,¤.,,.. rm- directed to negotiate with the Otoe and Missouria tribe of Ind1ans, **’°,¤* °°°°* located in the Territory of Oklahoma, and, if practicable, to purchase ` from the said tribe a sufficient quantity of their surplus lands to allot to members of the Iowa tribe of Indians, in Kansas and Nebraska, as mm. hereinafter set forth: Provided, That in case the Secretary of the g2g?' l"“°“ """ °° Interior deems best for the interests of the said Iowa tribe he is hereby authorized to allot to the said Iowa Indians lands that have been, or may hereafter be, ceded to the United States by the Comanche, Kiowa, and A ache, or the Wichita tribes of Indians, located in the Territory of Oklbhoma. -¤1¤1¤¤¤¤¢¤- The lands so secured to be allotted in tracts of eighty acres of farming land to each person who has not already received an allotment of land who was recognized as a member on May iirst, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, of the Iowa tribe of Indians, in Kansas and Nebraska, and to children born to members of the tribe since the former allotment, and to such other persons of Iowa blood who may he admitted to membership by authority of the said Iowa tribe, with the approval of the Commissioner of Indian_Ailai.rs} previous to the completion of . the allotments hereinbefore provided or; said allotments to be made under the provisions of the Act of Congress providing for the allotvar ¤¤,p.m. ment of lands in severalty to Indians on the various reservations, approved February eighth, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven. rqmuu. Thecost of the lands hereby authorized to be purchased hom the Otoe and Missouria tribe of Indians, or the lands owned by the United States that are allotted as aforesaid, shall be paid to the said Otoe and Missouria tribe or reimbursed to the United States from funds due the said Iowa tribe of Indians now held in trust by the United States, pay- ment of said sum to be under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior: Provided, That a majority of the male adult members of the said Iowa tribe of Indians shall first agree to the provisions hereoil °*'i““**°¤· °‘°· That with the consent of the Otoe and Missouria tribe of Indians, to be obtained in such a manner as the Secretary of the Interior may direct, said Secretary is authorized to expend any of the principal sum derived from the sale of their lands in Kansas and Nebraska, not to exceed thirty thousand dollars, the same to be expended per capita, in his discretion, in the erection of houses and other necessary farm buildings on their individual allotments, in the purchase of seed, farm implements, and domestic animals, and in settling them upon their lands, mimnu and in preparing them to begin agricultural life: Provided, That the Secretary of the Interior may, in his discretion, pay to any of said ` Indians, whom he may consider capable of judiciously expending their nxpsum or doh- money, their per capita share of such sum in cash: Provided further, "'°'· the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized and directed to pay the ilve Indian delegates of said tribes now in Washington two hundred and fifty dollars each out of this appropriation to cover their board and traveling expenses in coming to and returning from Washington, to be immediately available. thfgim ,F·¤¤¤ ¤f That that part of the Act of Congress approved February twenty- numeummmm- eighth, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, amending an Act providing "'°"*° °°» ’°P°°‘°‘*· for the allotment of land in severalty to Indians on various reservations, V°*·”°· P- 7* and so forth, approved February eighth, eighteen hundred and eighty- seven, which reads as follows, to wit: “Aml provided further, That no allotment of land shall be made or annuities of money paid to any of the Sac and Fox of the Missouri Indians who were not enrolled as members of said tribe on January first, eighteen hundred and ninety; but this shall not be held to impair or otherwise affect the rights or equities of any person whose claim to membership in said tribe is now pending and being investigated," be, and the same is hereby, repealed. Cherokee Outlet. The Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized and directed to