96 FORTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 180. 1884. Meeker, four hundred and sixty dollars ; Mrs A. D. Meeker, seven hundred and seventy-eight dollars and eighty-five cents; Sopbronia E. Price, seven hundred and one dollars and fifty cents; Sarah M. Post, five hundred dollars ; W. E. Eskridge, two hundred and twenty dollars; George T. Dresser, eight hundred and eighty-one dollars; George L. Shepard, one hundred and eight dollars; Thomas F. Thompson, two hundred and three dollars; Albert A. Woodbury, seventy-nine dollars and fifty cents ; E. L. Mansfield, one hundred and eighty seven dollars and twenty-five cents; McLane and Dillman, three hundred dollars; in all, four thousand four hundred and nineteen dollars and ten cents. P ¤>Vi¤l°¤¤ of That such Indians as may now be located on public lands, or as may,
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fully and to the same extent as may now be done by citizens of the United States ; and to aid such Indians in making selections of homesteads and the necessary proofs at the proper land offices, one thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated; but no 'Fees and com- fees or commissions shall be charged on account of said entries or proofs. ""“;"‘:,”i’,f°*”°“*"°*’ All patents therefor shall be of the legal eifect, and declare that the °x° U 8United States does and will hold the land thus entered for the period _ Lands to be held of twenty-tive years, in trust for the sole use and benefit of the Indian 3 g*`“*i °*°·· by by whom such entry shall have been made, or, in case of his decease, ‘ ‘ of his widow and heirs according to the laws of the State or Territory where such land is located, and that at the expiration of said period the Unitr d States will convey the same by patent to said Indian, or his widow and heirs as aforesaid, in fee, discharged of said trust and free of all charge or incnmbrance whatsoever. Interest on trust- INTEREST ON TRUST FUND STOCKS. ' fund stocks. Items, Sec. 2. For payment of interest on certain abstracted and non·paying State stocks belonging to the various Indian tribes, and held in trust by the Secretary of the Interior, for the year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, namely: For trustfund interest due Cherokee national fund, twenty-six thou- . sand and sixty dollars; For trustinnd interest due Cherokee school·fund, two thousand four hundred and ten dollars; For trust fund interest due Chickasaw national fund, nineteen thousand eight hundred and twenty dollars; For trust-fnmd interest due Choctaw general fund, twentyseven thousand dollars; For trust-fund interest due Delaware general fund, eight thousand nine hundred and thirty dollars ; For trustfund interest due Iowas, three thousand five hundred and twenty dollars ; For trustfund interest due Kaskaskias, Peorias, Weas, and Piankeshaws, four thousand eight hundred and one dollars; For trust-fund interest due Kaskaskia, Wea, Peoria, and Piankeshaw school-fund, one thousand four hundred and forty-nine dollars; For trust-fund interest due Menomonees, nine hundred and fifty dollars; For trust-fund interest due Uttawas and Chippewas, two hundred and thirr y dollars ; in all, ninety-five thousand one hundred and seventy dollars. Purchase ofsup· Sec. 3. That no purchase of supplies for which appropriations are plies to be ¤¤lv<>r· herein made exceeding in the aggregate five hundred dollars in value “°°d' °“°P“°“’· at any one time shall be made without first giving at least three weeks’ public notice by advertisement, except in cases of exigency, when, in the discretion of the Secretary of the Interior, who shall make official record of the facts constituting the exigency, and shall report the same
