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292 FORTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. OH. 251, 252. 1880. surveyed and sold”, and to place “the proceeds of such lands as. they accrue, after deducting all expenses incident to the proper execution of the trust, * * * in the Treasury of the United States to the credit of said tribe of Indians"; and _ _ Whereas it is claimed that under the operation of the treaty herein referred to there are moneys due, both on account of grants and sales of lands, which have not been placed to the credit of said Indians, as provided for in said treaty: Therefore, Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United A¤¤<r¤¤¤ <>f Hum- States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Inte. 2*,**; ff 0** rior is hereby authorized and directed to cause an account to be stated st,,§g*i,{ K,,,,,,,,,, to of the number of acres of the Osage lands in the State of Kansas that bo seated. ’ have in any way been alienated by the United States, either by the act 1861. 011- 20- of January twenty-ninth eighteen hundred and sixty one, entitled “An S*=¤¤·» 12. 1% act for the_ admission of Kansas into the Union ", or since the creation of the trust for the sale of these lands by the treaty between the United States and the Great and Little Osage Indians, proclaimed January 1867. *>¤<>¤·¤i<>¤ twenty-iirst, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, and of the money re- Stjfyllfiigifcn 0 ceived by the United States on account of the sales of such lands, and ,,m,,,,,d_ ° to certify the difference between the sum so received and the sum that would be due said trust at the date of the account herein provided for had all of said lands so alienated been disposed of as provided for by said treaty. A1>D§<>p¤¤i¤¤i<>¤ Sec. 2. That a sum of money equal to the amount certiiied by the L} Secretary of the Interior, in pursuance of the foregoing section, to the c,,,,,,,,,,,, of t;,,,, Secretary of the Treasury, is hereby appropriated, out of any money in funds. the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, which the Secretary of the Treasury is directed to place to the credit of the Secretary of the Inte- COM M ¤ d ex- rior, as custodian of said trust funds, and, after defraying the cost of gfjm °f ““"’°Y> survey and sale of said lands and other expenses contracted by the " United States or the Osage Nation in the execution of said trust, the Balance placed balance of said funds shall be placed in the Treasury of the United f{{mf;°d"“ ° f 1** States, to the credit of said Indians, to be invested and distributed in Prolviso. accordance with existing treaties : Provided That a like settlement shall be made with the Indian-civilization fund for the sixteenth and thirty- sixth sections, given by the United States to the State of Kansas, within the limits of the Osage lands ceded by the iirst article of the treaty aforesaid. Approved, June 16, 1880. ~l¤¤<> 16, 1880- cnr. zsz.-an aa making appmpnsuens for ine Agricultural Depmment or the government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty- one, and for other purposes. _ _ Be it enacted by the Senate and House of R esentatives o the United ,0,éIZ0£;°IXg‘,2;21’f States of America in Congress assembled, That the following slime be,a11d mm] D.,p,,m,,,,,,»,_ the same are hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury of V the United States not otherwise appropriated, in full compensation for the service for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-one, for the objects and purposes hereinafter expressed, namely: DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. onnrom on oomnssromnm. Ccggggaflgzngf For compensa1ionofCommissioner of Agriculture, three thousand HW Ag,,,,u1m,,,_ hundred dollars; chief clerk in said department, two thousand dollars; chief of division of accounts, disbursing-clerk, and superintendent of de- C1°¥k¤, Bw- partment building, one thousand eight hundred dollars, two clerks of class four, three thousand six hundred dollars; two clerks of class three, three thousand two hundred dollars; four clerks of class two, ilve thou-