388 FORTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ons. 105, 119. 1887. _ Remedy by pr- Sec. 2. That nothing in this act contained shall prevent, lessen, wtgvg law not wr- impgagb, or avoid any remedy at law or in equity which any owner of p°"°d' letters patent for a design, aggrieved by the infringement of the same, might have had if this act had not been passed; but such owner shall not twice recover the proiit made from the infringement. Approved, February 4, 1887. FM “‘"· °€A’· **°··A·· ··=m¤·*°*t·1*··*mm*·····:t·;f‘i*····*.*>:·.: “l'$f°£?ki1’t‘{}‘}%?33 """—*""0 V lOl1ST8B8V8i SRD O0! 0 I0 OBO 08 S I , State:andrtl1e Terriltoritlesndwier the Indians, andgor other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United , P*¤¤i·l·=¤¤¤¤’¤h<>¤- States of America in Congress assembled, That in all cases where any
tribe or band of Indians has been, or shall hereafter be, located upon
,1,,,,, 0,, mm, any reservation created for their use, either by treaty stipulation or by · mms. virtue of an act of Congress or executive order setting apart the same for their use, the Pnesi ent of the United States be, and he hereby 18, authorized, whenever in his opinion any reservation or any part thereof of such Indians is advantageous for agricultural and grazing purposes, to cause said reservation, or any part thereof, to be surveyed, or resurveyed if necessary, and to allot the lands in said reservation in everalty to any Indian located thereon in quantities as follows: Disrribution. To each head of a family, one·quarter of a section; To each single person over eighteen years of age, one-eighth of a section ; To each orphan child under eighteen years of age, one-eighth of 2i section · an , ` Tc; each other single person under eighteen years now living, or who may be born prior to the date of the 0 er of the President directing an allotment of the lands embraced in any reservation, one-sixteenth of a P¤¤v*¤•>·- section : Provided, That in case thereis notsumcient land in any of said Mi¤¤n¤¤¢ P r ¤ reservations to allot lands to each individual of the classes above named
- gdg1t]““““ "" in quantities as above provided, the lands embraced in such reservation
` or reservations sh all be allotted to each individual of each of said classes pro rata in accordance with the provisions of this act: And provided Allotment by further, That where the treaty or act of Congress setting apart such
- ‘;‘(§;_(,°" ’""’ ”°“ reservation provides for the allotment of lands in severalty in quantities
‘ in excess of those herein provided, the President, in making allotments ‘ upon such reservation, shall allot the lands to each individual Indian belonging thereon in quantity as specitied in such treaty or act: And Il! Sade1E20p:; ::12; provided further, That when this lands allotged mic only ·val;1ab(le for . { ~ grazing purposes. an a 1 ion a o men o suc azin an s, in M Umug °"l°" quantities as above provided, shall be made to each igdividgal. Selection of in- Sec. 2. That all allotments set apart under the provisions of this act ¥¤¢¤¤¤¤r·- shall be selected by the Indians, heads of families selecting for their minor children, and the agents shall select for each orphan child, and in such manner as to embrace the improvements of the Indians making I'“P'°"°¤*°¤*¤· the selection. Where the improvements of two or more Indians have been made on the same legal subdivision of land, unless they shall otherwise agree, a provisional line may be run dividing said lands between them, and the amount to which each is entitled shall be equalized _ in the assignment of the remainder of the land to which they are enti- }"<>¢‘·8¤- tled under this act : Provided, That if any one entitled to an allotment
f=¤?¤r¤ to ¤¤- shall fail to make a selection within four years after the President shall
Sem{;‘“;“f),2'°‘$l°é direct that allotments may be_made on a particular reservation, the Sec-
- ,,,,,,.,,,,.,,,,,, ,1,,,,,,, retary of the Interior may direct the agent of such tribe or band, if
selection. such there be, and if there be no agent. then a special agent appointed for that purpose, to make a selection for such Indian, which election shall be allotted as in cases where selections are made by the Indians, and patents shall issue in like manner.
