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 FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 3. 1897. sale thereof, shall be placed in the Treasury for the benefit of those members of said bands of Indians who have not received any land by allotment, and shall be paid per capita to those entitled to share therein who are of age, and to others as they shall arrive at the age of twenty- one years, upon the order of the Secretary of the Interior, or shall be expended for their benefit in such manner as the Secretary of the Interior may deem for their best interest. That when a purchaser shall have made full payment for a tract of land, as herein provided, patent shall be issued as in case of public lands under the homestead and preemption laws. That, for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this sedtion, Appwpriutipnthere be, and hereby is, appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of one thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, which sum shall be reimbursed R°i¤*¤¤¤¤m¤¤¤- as follows: All expenses of appraisal and sale out of the proceeds of such sale, and all other expenses out of the funds of said Chippewa and Munsee or Christian Indians, now held for them by the United States, said sum being 011 the first day of January, eighteen hundred and ninety-six, forty-two thousand five hundred and sixty dollars and thirty-six cents; That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized to Per capita puyment pay over to the said Chippewa and Munsee or Christian Indians, per °f °"‘“* f““d“* °*°‘ capita, the remainder of said funds of forty-two thousand five hundred and sixty dollars and thirty-six cents, trust funds now to their credit on the books of the Treasury Department, after deducting the expenses incurred in carrying out the provisions of this section. That no proceedings shall be taken under this section until the said C°¤"¤*· bands of Indians shall tile with the Commissioner of Indian Affairs their consent thereto expressed in open council. Sec. 10. That section eight of an Act making appropriations for the Pr¤;"<>r•¤¤1¤<>t¤di¤¤¤r— current and contingent expenses of the Indian Department and fulnll- °" ° °°°‘ ing treaty stipulations with various Indian tribes for the nscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hu11dred and ninety-seven, and for other purposes, be amended by striking out from the last paragraph of said section the following proviso, to wit: “Provided, however, That any 39:01. 2% p- 35¤.lv1;¤p- person who, in good faith, prior to the passage of this Act, had dis- `°°°` ""“""'°" covered and opened or located a mine of coal or other mineral shall have a preference right of purchase for ninety days from and after the ` official filing in the local land office of the approved plat of survey provided for by this section." That section nine of said Act be amended by striking out from the V<»1-29.p·358.··1»¤p- last paragraph thereof the following proviso, to wit: 3°8"°°‘°’““'°"°°"‘ “ Provided, however, That any person who, in good faith, prior to the passage of this Act, l1ad discovered and opened or located amine of coal or other mineral shall have a preference right of purchase for ninety days from and after the official filing in the local land office of the approved plat of survey provided for by this section." Sec. 11. That hereafter, where funds appropriated in specific terms I¤puffi<=i•~npy_ of for a particular obiect are not sufficient for the object named, any other ZY,°$€`;i.$;,iii;X}m°t]°“` appropriation, general in its terms, which otherwise would be available may, in the discretion of the Secretary of the Interior, be used to accomplish the object for which the specific appropriation was made. AGREEMENT WITH THE SHOSHONE AND AR APAHOE Sh;§jgjl;*;;j,“_Q§3;}*a$ TRIBES OF INDIANS IN WYOMIN G. ¤—··> I¤·**=¤¤¤· Sec. 12. That the following amended agreement with the Shoshone and Arapahoe tribes of Indians in the State of Wyoming is hereby accepted, ratified, and confirmed, and shall be binding upon said Indians when they shall in the usual manner agree to the amendment herein made thereto, and as amended is as follows, namely: Articles of agreement made and entered into at Shoshone Agency, in the State of Wyoming, on the twenty·iirst day of April, eighteen