342 FORTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. C11. 319. 1885. out of said fuld; and the same shall be expended from time to time for their benefit in establishing them in their new homes in such manner as the Department shall direct. · Lands not in - Sec. 2. That as soon as the report of said commission in respect to the <=l¤d¤§i in MW M- new boundaries of said reservation shall be approved, the residue of xxx Y:pb°m¥:'_ said reservation lands not included in said new lines shall be surveyed, cd, md {lagged_ if not already surveyed, or if the stakes and monuments, if surveyed, _ have become so obliterated that the lines cannot be ascertained, and the same shall be appraised and classified into timbered and untimbered lands; and in case where improvements have been made by any Indian o1· Improvementsto for the United States upon such lands, such improvements shall be sepab¤ _¤¤I>=¤=·’¤¤1Y ¤1>· rately appraised, and if the same belong to an Indian, such Indian shall P""“°d‘ be reimbursed the value of such improvements, in money; but no lands No appnisement shall be appraised at less than one dollar and twenty·ilve cents per acre.
- •;¤;fh¤¤ $1-25 W The said lands, when surveyed and appraised, shall be sold at the
Sm of mh proper land-office of the United States, by the register thereof, at pub-
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- ;,,,,,; ,,1, lic sale, to the highest bidder, at a price not lessthan the appraised value
thereof, such sale to be advertised in such manner as the Secretary of the Interior shall direct. Each purchaser of any of said lands at such sale shall be entitled to purchase one hundred and sixty acres of untimbered lands and awadditional tract of forty acres of timbereddands, and no more. He shall pay one-third of the purchaseprieei of untimbered lands at the time of purchase, one-third in one year, and onethird in two years, with interest on the deferred payments at the rate of nve per centum per annum, and shall pay the full purchase-price of timbered lands at the time of purchase. And where there are improvements upon the lands purchased which shall have been separately appraised, the purchaser shall pay the appraised value of such improvements Ba: thegiggdof purchase, in addition to the amounts hereinbefore requir to. 4 ml:d*;{¤ ::3 °f Each purchaser shall, at the time of making his purchase, make and md wQuPm,f¤“:‘} subscribe an oath or ailirmation that he is purchasing said lands for his ,,,,,,,h,,,,,._ own use and occupation, and not for or on aoeonntofor at the solicitation of any other, and that he has made no contact whereby the title ‘ · thereto shall, directly or indirectly, inure to the benefit of another. Any conveyance, And if any conveyance is made of the lands set apart and allotted as mimi °¤‘ ¤¤¤» herein provided, or any contract made touching the name, or any lien
tg': thereon created before the issuing of the patent herein provided, such
Ni.; conveyance, contract, or lieu shall be absolutely null and void. And before a patent shall issue for untimbered lands the purchaser shall make satisfactory proof that he has resided upon the lands purchased _ _ at least one year and has reduced at least twenty-five acres to cultiva- ,83;*:;;:**1;; ttf M rio:. Igampatsnt shiall issue all upayuaent shall have been made; an on any purc aser ma e an ent when the same becomes due, the Secretary of the Interior said land to be again offered at public or private sale, Mu notice to the delinquent; and if said land shall sell for more than the balance due thereon, _ the surplus, deducting expenses, shall be paid over to the first lfrww. purchaser: Preceded, That persons who settled upon or acquired title att??:' hgfsg under the pre-eruption or homestead laws of the United States to frac- ··*·*"*·* 2K3" ;."$“21',§Z§’$'£¤‘i‘L‘€i3.§"K`¤°§“§t“t»fL‘°t"““ ¥‘tE".,,,“"Q.°“’ °‘ - amp 'on o r 8 , · IDB 0 6 m.
lagsés vided for are residing on such fractions, and have been unable to segure
umm of mm the full beneilt of such laws by reason that the lands settled upon were ,,,,,,8, , :4}, an made fractional by the boundary-line of said reservation crossing such prior right to pur- subdivision, shall have a right, at any time after advertisement and •h•¤¤- before sale at public auction, to purchase, at their appraised value, so much of said lands as shall, with the fractional lands alreadv settled upon, make in the aggregate one hundred and sixty acres; aud no additional residence shall be required of such settler, but he shall take and subscribe the oath required of other purchasers at the time of purchase. All controversies between settlers and purchasers in respect to settle-
