separated and praised. Proposals for purchase to be invited. essary, a portion of their reservation in the State of Nebraska, not surveyed and ap- exceeding fifty thousand acres, to be taken from that part of said reservation lying south of Loup Fork. The said lands so surveyed shall be appraised by three competent commissioners, one of whom shall be selected by the said Pawnee tribe of Indians in open council, and the other two shall be appointed by the Secretary of the Interior. After the survey and appraisement of said lands, as herein provided, the Secretary of the Interior shall be, and hereby is, authorized to offer the same for sale, for cash in hand, in the same manner and with the same restrictions as provided in the first section of this act relating to the Omaha lands; and the proceeds of such sale shall be placed to the credit of said Indians on the books sales, how to be of the treasury of the United States, and bear interest at the rate of five per centum per annum, payable semi-annually, except such portion thereof as the Secretary of the Interior, with the approval of the President of the United States, may deem necessary to be expended for their immediate use, as directed in the said first section of this act. Proceeds of applied. Part of the reservation of the Otoe and Mis souria Indians SEC. 3. That with the consent and concurrence of the Otoe and Missouria tribe of Indians, expressed in open council in the usual manner, the Secretary of the Interior be, and hereby is, authorized to cause to be surto be separated, veyed, if necessary, a portion of their reservation lying in the States of surveyed, and appraised. Nebraska and Kansas, not exceeding eighty thousand acres, to be taken from the western part thereof, lying west of the Big Blue river, part of said tract lying in the State of Nebraska, and part lying in the State of Kansas. The said lands so surveyed shall be appraised by three competent commissioners, one of whom shall be selected by said Otoe and Missouria tribe of Indians in open council, and the other two shall be appointed by the Secretary of the Interior. After the survey and appraisement of said lands, as herein provided, the Secretary of the Interior shall be, and hereby is, authorized to offer the same for sale, for cash in hand, in the same manner and with the same restrictions as provided in the first section of this act relating to the Omaha lands; and the proceeds of such sale sales, how to be shall be placed to the credit of said Indians on the books of the treasury applied. of the United States, and bear interest at the rate of five per centum per annum, payable semi-annually, except such portion thereof as the Secretary of the Interior, with the approval of the President of the United States, may deem necessary to be expended for their immediate use, as directed in the said first section of this act. Proposals for purchase for cash to be invited. Proceeds of Part of the Sac and Fox of of Indians to be separated, surveyed, and appraised. Proposals for purchase for cash, to be invited. SEC. 4. That with the consent and concurrence of the Suc and Fox of reservation of the the Missouri tribe of Indians, expressed in open council in the usual manner, the Missouri tribe the Secretary of the Interior be, and hereby is, authorized to cause to be surveyed, if necessary, a portion or the whole of their reservation in the State of Nebraska, containing about sixteen thousand acres. The said lands so surveyed shall be appraised by three competent commissioners, one of whom shall be selected by said Sac and Fox of the Missouri tribe of Indians in open council, and the other two shall be appointed by the Secretary of the Interior. After the survey and appraisement of said lands, as herein provided, the Secretary of the Interior shall be, and hereby is, authorized to offer the same for sale, for cash in hand, in the same manner and with the same restrictions as provided in the first section of this act relating to the Omaha lands; and the proceeds of such sale shall be placed to the credit of the said Indians on the books of the treasury of sales, how to be the United States, and bear interest at the rate of five per centum per applied. annum, payable semi-annually, except such portion thereof as the Secretary of the Interior, with the approval of the President of the United States, may deem necessary to be expended for their immediate use, as directed in the said first section of this act, or for their removal to the Indian Territory or elsewhere, in case they desire to remove. Proceeds of Patents for SEC. 5. That in all patents of lands sold under authority of this act, lands sold under there shall be inserted a clause forever prohibiting the sale of intoxicating liquors on said lands, under pain of forfeiture of title thereto; and due this act to connotice of this provision shall be given in the advertisement offering said tain a clause prohibiting sale of lands for sale. intoxicating under, &c. Notice thereof SEC. 6. That the commissioners to be appointed by the Secretary of liquors thereon, the Interior, under the provisions of this act, shall receive compensation for their services at the rate of eight dollars for each day actually engaged in the duties herein designated, in addition to the amount paid by them for actual travelling and other necessary expenses. APPROVED, June 10, 1872. CHAP. CDXXXVII. An Act to grant the Right of Way through the public Lands to the Eastern Nevada Railroad Company. June 10, 1872. and to take material from adjacent lands. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That for the purpose of aiding Right of way the Eastern Nevada Railroad Company, the same being a corporation through the public lands granted organized under the laws of the State of Nevada, to construct and operate to the Eastern a railroad from the town of Elko to the town of Hamilton city, all in Nevada R. R. Nevada, the right of way through the public lands be, and the same is, Co.; hereby, granted to said Eastern Nevada Railroad Company, its successors and assigns, for the construction of a railroad as proposed; and the right is hereby given to said corporation to take from the public lands adjacent to the line of said road material for the construction thereof. Said way is granted to said railroad to the extent of one hundred feet in width on each side of said road where it may pass through the public domain; also, all necessary ground for station buildings, work-shops, depots, machine-shops, switches, side-tracks, turn-tables, and water stations, not grant. to exceed twenty acres, not mineral lands, for each ten niles of the entire length of said road: Provided, That the right herein granted shall not preclude the construction of other roads through any cañon, defile, or pass. Extent of Other roads may be built through any defile. Act to be ac within one year, SEC. 2. That the acceptance of this act by the said Eastern Nevada Railroad Company shall be signified in writing, under the corporate seal cepted in writing of said company, duly executed pursuant to the direction of its board of and map of locadirectors first had and obtained, which acceptance shall be made within tion filed. one year after the passage of this act, and not afterward, and shall be deposited with the Secretary of the Interior; and within the same period the said company shall also file with said Secretary of the Interior a map of the definite location of the entire line of the road, and the said secretary shall thereupon take the requisite steps, by withdrawal or otherwise, to protect said right of way: Provided, however, That the entire line of said road, in manner in accordance with its charter, shall be fully com- be completed pleted within two years from date of approval of this act, or in default thereof, the right of way hereby granted shall be forfeited and revert to the United States. Entire road to within two years. APPROVED, June 10, 1872. RESOLUTIONS. [No 1. Joint Resolution donating certain condemned Cannon for a Soldiers' Monu ment. Jan. 16, 1872. soldiers' monu Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War be, Condemned and he is hereby, authorized, if the same can be done without detriment cannon, &c., for to the government, to issue and deliver six condemned cannon and ment at Pittstwenty-four cannon balls to the corporate authorities of the town of Pitts- field, Mass. field, Massachusetts, for the purpose of aiding in the erection of a soldiers' monument at that place. APPROVED, January 16, 1872. [No. 2.] Joint Resolution to authorize the Erection of a colossal Statue of the late Admiral April 16, 1872. Farragut. of Admiral Far one selected, and &c. Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the committees on public Models for a buildings and grounds of the Senate and House of Representatives be, colossal statue and they are hereby, instructed to inspect all models for a colossal statue ragut to be inof the late Admiral Farragut that may be presented to them on or before spected, and the the first of January, eighteen hundred and seventy-three, and select there- most appropriate from, within thirty days thereafter, the one that in their judgment shall contract made be the most faithful likeness in form and feature, and the most appropriate with sculptor, to commemorate the deeds and character of the said admiral; and that the Secretary of the Navy be, and he is hereby, directed to contract with the sculptor who shall have prepared the model so selected, for a colossal statue of the said admiral, at a cost not exceeding twenty thousand dollars, to be erected in Farragut square, in the city of Washington, District of Columbia, or in such other place as he may designate: Provided, That Proviso. if no such model shall be presented on or before the time designated which the said committees shall agree upon as a work of art entirely worthy as a tribute of the nation to the naval hero whose memory it is proposed to commemorate, they may reject any and all so presented, and report the fact to their respective houses. APPROVED, April 16, 1872. [No. 3.] Joint Resolution granting condemned Cannon for the Erection of a Soldiers' Monument at Mound City, Illinois. April 22, 1872. Condemned Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War be, and is hereby, authorized to deliver to the governor of the State of Illinois cannon, &c., for four pieces of condemned brass cannon, and thirty round shot of proper ment at Mound size, to be used in the erection of a soldiers' monument at Mound city, City, Illinois. Illinois. APPROVED, April 22, 1872. [No. 4.] Joint Resolution appointing Commissioners to inquire into Depredations on the Frontiers of the State of Texas. soldiers' monu May 7, 1872. WHEREAS there are complaints of many depredations having been committed for several years past upon the frontiers of the State of Texas, by Preamble. bands of Indians and Mexicans who crossed the Rio Grande river into the State of Texas, murdering the inhabitants or carrying them into captivity, and destroying or carrying away the property of the citizens of said State; as also that bands of Indians have committed and continue to commit like depredations on the property, lives, and liberty of the citizens along the northern and northwestern frontiers of said State: Therefore, Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States Commissioners of America in Congress assembled, That the President of the United States to be appointed be, and he is hereby, authorized and empowered to appoint three persons to inquire into depredations to act as commissioners to inquire into the extent and character of said committed by depredations, by whom committed, their residence, or country inhabited by Indians, &c., them, the persons murdered or carried into captivity, the character and value of the property destroyed or carried away, from what portions of said State, and to whom the same belonged. upon the frontiers of Texas; to proceed to after notice take testimony; SEC. 2. That it shall be the duty of said commissioners, or a majority the frontiers, and of them, as soon as practicable, to proceed to the frontiers of said State, and take the testimony, under oath, of such witnesses as may appear before them, after having given notice for ten days previous, by publication in the nearest newspaper, of the time and place of their meeting, of all such depredations, when, where, by, and upon whom committed, and shall make up and transmit to the President full reports of their said investigations. their pay and expenses. Appropriation. See 1873, ch. 20. Post, p. 406. SEC. 3. That said commissioners shall be entitled to and receive as compensation for their services, the sum of ten dollars per day each, and their travelling expenses to each, for and during the time they shall be engaged in said service; and the sum of six thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, to pay the expenses of said investigation and said commissioners. APPROVED, May 7, 1872. June 6, 1872. [No. 6.] Joint Resolution providing for a more effective System of Quarantine on the Southern and Gulf Coasts. Preamble. Investigation to be had with reference to the establishment of a more effective system of quarantine on the southern and gulf coasts. WHEREAS experience has proved that the present system of quarantine on the southern and gulf coasts is inefficient to prevent the ravages of yellow fever in the cities and towns of that section: Therefore, Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War be, and is hereby, directed to detail one or more medical officers of the regular army, who shall, during the coming season, visit each town or port on the coast of the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic coast, which is subject or liable to invasions of yellow fever, and shall confer with the authorities of such port or town, with reference to the establishment of a more uniform and effective system of quarantine, and who shall ascertain all facts having reference to the outbreaks of this disease in such ports or towns, and whether any system of quarantine is likely to be effective in preventing invasions of yellow fever, and, if so, what system will least interfere with the interests of commerce at said ports; and shall make, also, a detailed report on this subject to the Secretary of War, through the surgeon-general, on or before the assembling of the third session of the Forty-second Congress, in December, eighteen hundred and seventy two. APPROVED, June 6, 1872. |