Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 25.djvu/690

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FIFTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. II. on. 24. 1889. 645 entr , shall be null and void: Provided, That nothin in this act P"°' °¤*****¤¤°°di* shall7be held to authorize the sale or other disposal undeig its provision mbaé of any tract upon which there is a subsisting, valid, re-em tion or homestead entry, but any such entry shall be roceeded with under » the regulations and decisions in force at the date of its allowance, and if found regular and valid, patents shall issue thereon: Provided, lghag any person tyvholhas notdhexiptolforefhqdézhe benefit of the home- S¢¤<>¤d <=¤¤i¤¤· s ea or pre-emp ion aw, an w 0 as a' e from an cause to erfect the title to a tract of land heretofore entered by hiryh under eidier o£ Rid laps may make a second homestead entry under the provisions 0 is ac . Sino. 7. That all mone accruin from the dis osal of said lands in . F¤¤dS *<>.*><·> de, . · conformity with the prolvisions of this act shalf after deducting all ilgiigcmdm °f (g;` the expenses of making the census, of obtaining the cession and relipquishtment, of makiéig the removal land allotmentsi and of cgmp eting e surveys an ap rais , in this act rovide , be lace in the Treasu of the Unitedp States to the credit) of all the Clhippewa Indians in the State of Minnesota as a permanent fund, which shall draw interest at the rate of five per centum per annum, payable an- Iovorost. nually for the period of fifty years, after the allotments provided for ipl tgiixact havseblepn mladei 3HgtW%lCh.lg;1`lE:OT(?§h and permaneqt §und s a e n or e one o said n 1ans in manner 0 ow- . ing: One-lildlf of said interest shall, during the said period of fifty mg¤g*“>¤¤<>¤ ¤f *¤· years, exceplt in the cases hereinafter otherwise provided, be annually ' paid in cas in equal shares to the heads of families and guardians gf orphapl minors for their uge; anld olne-folprth of said inlterest shall], uring e same erio an wit the i e exception, e annua y paid in cash in eqd)al shares per capita to all other classes of said Inians; and the remaining one-fourth of said interest shall, during the said period of fifty ears, under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, be devoteg exclusively to the establishment and main- ` tenance of a system of free schools among said Indians, in their- Schoolsmidst and for their benefit; and at the expiration of the said fifty years, the said Ipermanent fund shall be ivided and paid to all of said Chippewa ndians and their issue thenliving, in cash, in_equal _ I shares : Provided, That Congress may, in its discretion, from time to f,°Q,°;’;*g·c€S_ from time, during tljie said Vpleriqd of fiftly yeprs, apppopriate, ifpr thedppn prmupu. ose o romo in ci iza ion an se -suppo among e said n- dians, alportion of said rincipal sum, not exceeding nve per centum thereof. The United gtates shall, for the benefit of said Indians, Bsgouoipotioz iotoradvance to them as such interest as aforesaid the sum of ninety ` thousand dollars annually, counting from the time when the removal and allotments (provided for in this act shall have been made, until such time as said permanent fund, exclusive of the deductions hereinbefore provided for, shall equal or exceed the sum of three million dollars, less any actual interest that may in the meantime _ accrue from accumulations of said permanent fund; the payments A*d*¤>f¤¤¤¤¤s· of such interest to be made yearly in advance, and, in the iscretion of the Secretary of the Interior, mav, as to three-fourths thereof, during the first five years be expended in procurmglive-stock, teams, farming implements, and seed for such of the _In 1ans_to the extent of their shares as are fit and desire to engage in farming, but as to _ the rest, in cash; and whenever saidfpermanent fund shall exceed RH¤¤¤¤¤o¤¤<>¤*- the sum of three million dollars the mted States shall be fully reimbursed out of such excess, for all the advances of interest made as herein contemplated and other expenses hereunder. _ _ _ Sec. 8. That the sum of one hundred and fifty thousand dollars is APP'°P¤“*°'L hereby appropriated, or so much thereof_ as may be necessary, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to pay for procuring the cession and relinquishment, making the census, surveys, appraisals, removal and allotments, and the first annual pay-