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248 FIFTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Cns. 598, 599. 1900. sale thereof by a uardian, duly a inted b the ro A er court, upon an order of such gourt made uponpppgtition filed bypsugh guardian, all conveyances made under this provision to be subject to the approval of the Secretary of the Interior; and an Citizen Pottawatomie or Absentee Shawnee not residing upon his allhtment, but being an actual resident of another State or erritory, may in like manner sell and _ convey all the land allotted to him. . y 0,1*;;;****** °Xt°“S*°” ‘ That such proviso of the Act approved August fifteenth, eighteen Voli17,p.15s» hundredand ninet -four, as herein enlarged, is hereby extended to those members of the Citizen Band of Pottawatomie Indians and the Absentee Shawnee Indians who were given allotments under the Act % approved the twenty-third day of May`, eighteen hundred and seventy- gurchwemmuyseil. two, and to their heirs; and any purc asers of Indian blood of lands ° ‘ sold under the provisions of the Act last named, or their heirs, who may own other allotted lands under any Act of Congress, may sell all the lands so owned by them in excess of eighty acres, the restrictions ggainst sales byallottees under the Act last named. to others than the s nited States or persons of Indian blood being hereby removed; and all such conveyances shall hereafter be subject to the approval of the ” Secretary oft e Interior. . ‘ Q _ hggg g,x;§g,§,§,§ fj; That te provisions hereof as to the sale of inherited lands by heirs gggga and Miamiln- fbdeceaseghahotteesiog the Citizpn Bland, of Pptgawagomipl Indiaps avid vc1Zso,p. 12. e sentee awnee n ians are ere exten e an ma` ie a ica e to the heirs of allottees of ith-e Peoria? and Miami Indians, vidio were authorized by the Act approved June seventh, eighteen hundredand ninety-seven, to sell a portion of their lands, and all sales and conveyances of lands of eceased allottees by their heirs, which have been duly made and executed by such heirs and duly approved by the Secretary of .the Interior, are hcrcty ratified and confirmed. _ Approved, May 31,1900.` M¤Y21,1900. 599.-An Act To regulate the grades of Twentieth street, and for other "*v"""T purposes. c — . _ Be it enacted the Senate Hmw;pfRepresen¢a¢ioes 0 f the United bigismct °f G°l“m· States of Ame/mea vm, Qongress aasembl , That in order to regulate the R¢i}gula.ti_<;-gi ig grades of the streets in the vicinity of Twentieth street and Woodley §,,0§§,§?§,hv§,?,,ty&ud {load,) the Ciplmmigpptggerls og theéhstrict of 1Columgia£•3;atri1d they are ev we · ere y, au oriz a an on _ am‘ ton ace an se location of Buckingzam place, in T., E.,W'§gganiim’s subdivision of Pretty Prospect, idow s Mite, and Kalorama, and to change the location of the street line at the southwest corner of Woodley road and Connecti- _ cut avenue extended, so as to make said corner round instead of anguggyygiou em t lar, as at present: Provided, That the land within the lines of Hampton ’ place which 1t is proposed to abandon and the land within the proposed circular corner of Woodl" road and Connecticut avenue extended shall revert to the origins? owner or his assi nees, and that the land within the .lines of the new location of Buciingham lace and the land outside the said circular corner of Woodle roadp and gopnetgaicut avenue extended shall be dedicated to the l7)istrict of o um 1a. 0 · _ °,P§{§,*,§;;f ¤Y¤°°m Sec. 2. That in order to facilitate the extension of streets and xcccpancc cracai- encouragethe donation of land in accordance with the plans for the 3$,¥’§€.£f S"°°” "` pleérmanent system of highways, the ocmmiccicccrc of the District of _ lumbia be, and they are hereby, authorized, whenever in their

 ]udgment_ it may seem proper, to accept the dedication of streets

shown on said plans, and record same, under the following conditions, C¤¤<1i¤i<>¤¤- namelyt Streets which are shown as ninety feet in width on said plans