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 92 FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. SEss. I. Ch. 3. 1897. __§•ggj'* gbfgm Sec. 8. That the_Commissioner of Indian Affairs shall report annually mum}. to Congress, specifically showing the number of employees at each agency, industrial, and boarding school, which are supported in whole or in part out of the appropriations in this Act, giving name, when employed, in what capacity employed, male or female, whether white or Indian, amount of compensation paid, and out of what item or fund of the appropriation paid, and whether in the 0plDl0ll of such Commis- ·=·-» · -¤·-» ““‘§‘°' °§"T‘f $*3 "'§"‘°"“°“ "‘E`2i'1"°f°E“*"‘ be d h -. mb, l’° "““. “EO. . a e ecre o e n nor an e 1 , m°°Tv°tl°n' directed to appoint a disc;;:? person as a commissioner, who shall visit ,,,'f},’,‘;‘,§“,f,",Q‘Q‘f°§,',j’,*f,’g the Chippewa and Christian Indian Reservation in Franklin County, mma. ew.Kansas, and make a thorough investigation and full report of the title of the individual members of said bands in and to the several tracts of land therein which have been allotted to said members, for which certificates have been issued by the Commissioner of Indian AiTairs,_as pro- V°“2·¤*“°‘* vided in the first article of the treaty of July sixteenth, eighteen hundred aud fifty-nine, with the Swan Creek and Black River Chippewas, and the Munsee or Cgihrisltiaré Indians of iKans1afi.d th H ¤¤¤·¤¤ of 1¤¤i¤¤·· That said commissioner a ta e a census o said n ians, e euro · °°°' ment tobe made upon separate lists; the first to include all of said · bands who hold title to land either by origmal allotment and certificate, by purchase and approved conveyance, or by inheritance, with a description of the land so held or owned by each, and where any tract is claimed by tenants in common, either as heirs of a deceased allottee or otherwise, the interest of ewb claimant in such tract to be clearly and distinctly stated, the ownership gn lands mp; deceased allottees (tombs _ determined un er the laws o sas ting to escent; an e second list to embrace all of said bands who have not received an allotment of land, but would, if there were snilicient land, be entitled thereto under the treaty. _ _ rsmumrw. That upon the approval of said census and the report of said com- ~ missioner by the Secretary of the Interior, patents m fee shall issue in favor 0e1f those lperfplnsdfgundl by the Secretary of the Interior to be . entitl to the an e y them. Partition of mul, That where there are several heirs, and partition of land is practi- °“‘ cable, thepartition shall be made by aid commissioner, but_if not practicable said land may be appraised and sold as hereinafter directed, and the net proceeds paid to said heirs according to the respective title or share each may have in said land. Kjf_·;::':;·_PmQl;=*g;*é That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized to m, m.' issue a patent in fee to the Moravian Church, or its constituted authorities, for the northeast quarter of the southwest quarterof section twelve, of township seventeen south, of range eighteen east, in Kansas. pI£¤:_¤;¤€mi::°;l:n·51;— Tha: the pesidéne of their lands lshalldbe appraised by a commission ‘ consis ing o said commissioner-, the n ian a ent, und a rson to be R¤r¤r¢¤— selected by the Inman; in open council, who Shall report Itlie same to the Comniissionero n ian Affairs; that said commission shall lace a valuation for purposes hereinafter named on all tracts of land nowlhwned '··**°*'**·* '¤'*•**· or held by inheritance, and make a separate report thereof; ·~?i*° ·i’ L**1“·*“l`*i¤`·** I.?..';?.? “l1‘;“.i.‘;il “3’l¤H.'F2Z€3‘£$‘33£”5?‘°£§‘52'L‘€lJL'° S,°"'Fi"?.T.’Il°.flfi“3 e c, I', I, -(3 in Kansas, in such manner and upon such terms as he g2\yP3C€lll advisa- _ ble, except that the time for full and complete payment shall not exceed QQEQQQ, ,,,_,,,_,,_ one year, with clause of absolute forfeiture in case of default: And provided, That the same shall be sold to the highest bidder, and at a _ price not less than the appraised value._ wk:;;}: gfeyhiggfjlg That where an allottee has died leaving no heirs or has abandoned we- or abandoned his or her allotment, and has not resided thereon or lived within the '““ ““°“"°"'· said reservation for three consecutive years, the lands and improvements of such allottee shall be appraised and sold in like manner as other lands herein described, as provided herein. _a}~;e;,Lr;gg_·¢:gc ¤`¤>¤· That the net proceeds derived from the ale of the lands herein " ‘ authorized to be sold, after payment of the expenses of appraisal and