316 FORTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. III. GH. 23. 1881. Whereas the major portion of the fund belonging to said Indians 1864.¤h·148. under said act of June twenty-fifth, eighteen hundred and sixty-fom-, S”“·» 13· 172 together with the sum of one hundred thousand dollars of the principa,} fund of the tribe, has since said date been expended for the benefit of that portion of the Winnebago Indians residing in Nebraska; and Whereas the location of said Winnebago Indians of Wisconsin has, under the said act of March third, eighteen hundred and seventy-five, become permanent: Therefore Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Qensus of the States ofrlnieriea in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior
- 30 *9 N°l2mSk°» be, and he is hereby authorized and directed to cause a census of the
an W1“°“S‘“‘ tribe of Winnebago Indians, now residing in Nebraska and Wisconsin to be taken; said enrollment to be made upon separate lists; the first to include all of said tribe now residing upon or who draw their annuities at the tribal reservation in Nebraska, and the second to embrace all of said tribe now residing in the State of Wisconsin. Sec. 2. That upon the completion of the census of the Winnebago Indians in Wisconsin, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized and Annuities and directed to expend for their benent the proportion of the tribal annuities ¤p1¤r¤pri¤;ti<>¤¤ ¤¤- due to and set apart for said Indians under the act of June twenty-nfth, ,$f’,f,,,f;:;Q‘°{, tn}'; eighteen hundred and sixty-four, of the appropriations for the tribe of Secret,,,.,, 0}, 11,,, Winnebago Indians for the fiscal years eighteen hundred and seventy- Interior pro ram. four, eighteen hundred and seventy-five, eighteen hundred and seventy- 1864. 01;- 148. six, eighteen hundred and seventy-seven, eighteen hundred and seventye §§§§··£·£§· eight, eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, and eighteen hundred and Smtf, 1g, 176, eighty, amounting to ninety thousand six hundred and eighty-nine dol- 1875, cn. 132, lars and ninety-three cents; and the Secretary of the Interior shall also Egg-» §.;,,i,;i· expend for the benefit of said Indians, out of the sum of fortyone thou- Smj,“,é, ,94*, sand and twelve dollars and seventy-four cents now in the Treasury to 1877,.,1,_101, the credit of the Winnebago tribe of Indians, and accruing under treaty smt.,19,2e8. appropriations for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and seventy-three $3,5;. 21,, ig, and, prigr years, suih sum ,as inlay upon the completion of said census, 18,9, *ch_·8,,· e oun necessary o equa ize the payments between the two bands on S1,,,»,_,20, 312, account of the payment of the sum of one hundred thousand dollars in 1880, ch. 8.3, the year eighteen hundred and seventy-two from the principal funds of Pamgli, Bd-, 26 the tribe to the Winnebagoes in Nebraska. And all of the said sums
° C°“g·> shall be paid pro-rata to those persons whose names appear upon the
census-roll of the Winnebagoes of Wisconsin, heads of families being permitted to receive the full amount to which all the members of the Proriso. family are entitled: Provided. That before any person shall be entitled to the benents accruing under this act, it shall be made to appear that 1875, ,,1,_ 132, the person claiming its benents, or the head of the family to which such Stat., 18, 420. person belongs, has taken up a homestead in accordance with the said act of March third, eighteen hundred and seventy-five or that bein unable to fully comply with the said act by reason of poirertv l1e)or shi has made a selection of land as a homestead with a bona nde intention to comply with said act, and that the money, applied for will be used to enter the land so selected, and for the improvement of the same Sec. 3. That in the future distribution of the annuities of the said Egpzggaggiplgellipgg ,I{,1d1ans,,a pr;>,~rata division, according to the numwn said c ·~ ~ ¤, i portion of said tribe in Nebragka and tfllbtlbpsgidii iiig eglricl nponeysbbelonging to_each shall be annually distributed to the inembers phgagct ai,id,s,_1,<,,>,s,p;,c,g1v,e1yé,1,:,i tldie mannef provided by the fifth, section of 1863,¤h·53, entitles Mau me ai- nie i-A y ri ’r gig rr huumd ind Smy`m°°’ Sum,12 658_ _ _ _ mova o the Winnebago Indians and for the · sa§Eo,f' iheghrasgrvmsgon in Minneisota for their benefit? ’ _ . ._ a or e purpose o equitably adjusting the amount due 1864, eh. 148, -. - ·_ . == < S,,,,,,, 13, 172, ,g<;_,p,he6$p,;1,e,ba,g,pn1,n,d1,ans gi Wisconsin, under the act of June twenty- msi ng ,,1 N,,,,,,,,, 1 e, sixty-four, fromthat portion of the tube ,,,,8 1,,,,,,,,, ,,0 Era, an arising from the failure of the Department of · or se aside from year to year the proportion of the tribal
