FORTY-THIBD CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 389. 1874. 175 For this amount, to enable the Secretary of the Interior to pay to the Pmportio n one children of the Delaware Indians who became citizens of the United “**“° '°° °*¤U<l*¤¤¤ 6f States under the provisions of the ninth article of the Delaware treaty g$"gQ?;E “'h°. b°‘ of July fourth, eighteen. hundred and sixtysix, and the children of Vo1.xiv,:,sy96, Betsey Zeigler, who died before completing her citizenship under the Children of Betsy provisions of said article, their proportionate share of themoney and Zl°8*“” stocks held in trust by the United States for the Delaware tribe of Indians, fifty-four thousand five hundred and fourteen dollars and twenty- three cents, of which twenty-one thousand four hundred and forty-eight dollaasand seven cents shall be deducted from tlmemoney-credits of Deduction from said tribe, and thirty-three thousand and sixty-six dollars and sixteen m°¤°3’·°¥¤¢U*¢¤· eents} hleiialéten gquitably frto11Lth;ir several kinds of stock, shall be rene erre 0 e ecretary 0 the reasury and become the ro rt E of b - of the United States: Provided, That if the Secretary of thepIn€•;·io{ tion? fronilstggggc shall so determine, the whole amount hereby appropriated shall be ,S°°*°'¤¤¥ of hte-. taken from the money-credits of the tribe, the Secretary of the Interior §|‘Qfd;" '}ry0d°“‘Q¥‘§‘j to designate the iunds from which said amounts shall be taken: Pro- amounts SIE Jl11i,, vided, That in the case of deceased persons, the Secretary of the Inte- taken. rim- shell make payment to their legal representatives; and said Dela- IH °¤¤° °f <*¤¤°¤¤· ware children are hereby declared to be citizens of the United States, f2Q;°f,‘Qff]QPfo’ with all the rights, privileges, and immunities of such; and the Seere- representatives, g tary of the Interior is hereby authorized and directed to cause patents _(Qhildren declared to issue in fee-simple to said persons for the lands allotted to them ; and °*“”’“° °f ***0 U¤*· in case of the deeease of any of said persons, the said patents shall °°2,$°3;’;‘w be iB_ issue in the names of such deceased persons, including the said Betsey ,,...,.1 for i,,,,,;,,,,;;.,,,. Zeigler, and the title to the lands designated in such patents shall inure ted. _ , to and become vested in the heirs, devisees, or assignees of said de-. Mw to b° ¤¤Q¤°d ceased patentees, as if the patent had issued to the deceased person "‘ t'F°f°“;' °"““* during life; and the Secretary of the Interior shall cause patents to be Ij° °* °" "°“°°d· ` issued in feesimple in the names of Barbara Zeigler, Martha Zeigler, bmfmggfglgf Samuel Ketchum, Nathan S. Tiblow, and Francis H. Grinter, who Oghgyg; · belonged to the families of the citizen class, and who died prior to the census of said Indians made by the agent under the provisions of the ' treaty of July fourth eighteen hundred and sixty-six, for the lands I allotted to them; and the lands designated in snelnpatents shall in ure *1*]*, MW V¢¤¤<><l; to and become vested in the heirs, devisees, or assignees of said deceased Wtentees, as if the patent had issued to the deceased person during ie. For interest on the lowes' fund, two thousand nine hundred and 1,,,,,,,,; eighty dollars. _ _ _ For interest on the Kaskaskias, Weas, Peo;-ms, and Piankesha.ws’ Kn,sknskim;5Weas- ‘ fund, three thousand nine hundred and one dollars. _ P;><>¤¤·§» wd mike, For interest on the Kaekaskias, Weas, Peorias, and I’1a.nkeshaws’“ ‘"'“· schooifund, one thousand four hundred and forty-nine dollars. For interest on the Men0monees’ fund, nine hundred and fifty dollars. Menomonees; For interest on the Ottowos and Chippewaé fund, two hundred and , Qttowas and thirty dollars.Cb‘PP°"°·“i For interest on the Pottawntomies educational fund, three thousand Pottawatomies. thnee hundred and fifty dollars: Provided, That the sum of one thou- Proviso. sand five hundred dollars of above amount may be exgended, yvith the consent of said Indians, for a physician, who shall furnish medicines. For contingent expenses of trustfunds, one thousand five hundred Contingencies. dollars. ’ ‘ mvmsrmnaixou on ALLEGED FRAUDS IN PAYING BOUNTIES 1*0.1N- Investigation of D]A_NS_ alleged Indian _ _ bounty frauds For this amount, or so much thereof as may be_ nepessary, meet expenses incurred by the Department of the lnteuor in mvestigating alleged frauds in the payment of bounties to members of the First, Seeond, and Third Regiments of Indian Home-Guards during the years eighteen nuniu-ea and seventy-one and eighteen hundred and seventy-
