720 FIFTY·FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 77. 1891. J¤¤¤¤·?.7 19.1991- thCHAP. 77.-—tAnAaict to enaibleéche Sec;etar_5}o$l the Inteiélior tofctairrysout, ptart, """"t‘— rovisionso " act to ivi e a r ion 0 the reserva 'on 0 e ioux a ion ofelhdians in Dakota into separate rboservations and to secure the relinquishment of the Indian title to the remainder, and for other purp0ses," approved March second, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, and making appropriations for the same and for other purposes. Preamble. Whereas in accordance with section twenty-eight of the act of March second, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, entitled "An act to divide a portion of the reservation of the Sioux Nation of Indians in Dakota into separate reservations and to secure the relinquishment of the Indian title to the remainder, and for other plur oses " gpublic one hundred and forty-eight), the President of the Suited tates has made known, by proclamation, that satisfactory roof has been presented to him that the consent of the different bands of the said Sioux Nation of Indians to the said act has been obtained in the manner and form re uired by the said twelfth article of the treaty of April twenty-ninth eighteen hundred and sixty-eight: Therefore, Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the vga}? })‘;_k*i¤¤$ United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following pi-nmém, eu! sums, or so much thereof as may be necessa , be, and the same are hereby, appropriated, out of any moneys in the Treasury not other- _b{§f‘"""“*°1’ °'°‘”‘ wise appropriated, to be immediately available to enable the Secretary 0 the Interior to comply with and carry out certain provisions V°‘·*”·PP-*~*B·°°°- of the act ot Congress approved March second, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine (public one hundred and forty-eight, Statutes twenty-five, page eight hundred and eighty-eight), and for other puroses: sezmns, em. P For the erection of day and industrial schools, providing furniture and other necessar articles, and pay of teachers, in accordance with vu,1¤.vp.m,nas. article seven of the treaty! of April twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, whic said article of treaty is continued in V°*·”·PP·’°’*»8°5· force for twenty years by section seventeen of the above-mentioned MM act of March second, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine: Provided, compulsory mend That as fast as school dacilities are furnished the Secretary of the °°°°` Interior is hereby authorized and required to compel all children between the ages of six and sixteen to attend the schools on the reservation at least nine months in thzyear, except such as may be attending school elsewhere, one hundr and fifty thousand do lars. semonma. or the erection of nfteen school buildings, provided for in arti- VoI.5,p.$6. cle twenty of the above—mentioned act of March second, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, fifteen thousand dollars. Payment lor wma To enable the Secretary of the Interior to pay to such individual $’0I,{Zu}Y,€;°f(§,*f,?Ql,{:§ Indians of the Standing Rock and Cheyenne River Agencies as he mm szencm shall ascertain to have been de rived by the authority of the United States of ponies in the year eighteen hundred and seventy-six, at the pmeam. rate of forty dollars for each pon : Provided, That the sum paid to {glo be wccmed in each individual Indian under this provision shall be taken and ‘ accepted by such Indian in full compensation for all loss sustained by such Indian in consequence of the taking from him of ponies as a oresaid : And prorided further, That if any Indian entitled to such compensation shall have deceased the sum to which such Innesnmn. dian would be entitled shall be paid to his heirs at law. according to _ _ the laws of the State of Dakota. two hundred thousand dollars. S‘°‘”‘ "'*“°"· To enable the Secretary of the Interior to purchase for the Sioux ujgd’*i°¤¤¥ mf ¤· Nation of Indians additional beef required for issue, the rations having ` been reduced on account of reduced a propriation for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hunrhed and ninety, one hundred thousand dollars. big? Sim *¤N°· To enable the Secretarv of the Interior to purchase lands for such rename or neu of the Santee Sioux Indians in Nebraska as have been unable to
- °""““’ ’““"“- take lands in severalty on their reservations in Nebraska by reason
