August 15, 1894
[Editor's Note: This is an excerpt from the United States Statutes at Large, Volume 28, which contains the public laws passed by the Fifty-Third Congress during its second session in 1894. The following text is from Chapter 290 (28 Stat. 296).]
SACS AND FOXES OF THE MISSISSIPPI.
For permanent annuity, in goods or otherwise, per third article of treaty of November third, eighteen hundred and four, one thousand dollars;
For interest on two hundred thousand dollars, at five per centum, per second article of treaty of October twenty-first, eighteen hundred and thirty-seven, ten thousand dollars;
For interest on eight hundred thousand dollars, at five per centum, per second article of treaty of October eleventh, eighteen hundred and forty-two, forty thousand dollars: Provided, That the sum of one thousand five hundred dollars of this amount shall be used for the pay of a physician and for purchase of medicine; in all, fifty-one thousand dollars.
SACS AND FOXES OF THE MISSOURI.
For interest on one hundred and fifty-seven thousand four hundred dollars, at five per centum, under the direction of the President, per second article of treaty of October twenty-first, eighteen hundred and thirty-seven, seven thousand eight hundred and seventy dollars;
For support of a school, per fifth article of treaty of March sixth, eighteen hundred and sixty-one, two hundred dollars; in all, eight thousand and seventy dollars.
That the Secretary of the Interior be, and hereby is, authorized and directed to cause to be allotted, under the provisions of the Act of Congress approved February eighth, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, entitled "An Act to provide for the allotment of lands in severalty to Indians on various reservations, and to extend the protection of the laws of the United States and the Territories over the Indians, and for other purposes," to each and every child born of a recognized member of the Sac and Fox of Missouri tribe of Indians since the completion of allotments to said tribe, eighty acres of land within the reservation of said tribe in the States of Kansas and Nebraska, and upon the completion thereof to offer for sale the remaining lands of the said reservation, at the proper land office, upon such terms, conditions, and regulations as the Secretary of the Interior may determine: Provided, That the Secretary of the Interior shall inquire into the correctness of the appraisement made under authority of an Act of Congress approved August fifteenth, eighteen hundred and seventy-six, of lot eight of the southeast quarter of section nineteen, township one north, range seventeen east, Sac and Fox Reservation lands in the State of Nebraska; and if he shall be satisfied that said lot was appraised at more than its actual value, he may cause the same to be sold upon the same terms as the other lands are sold: And provided further, That before any sale shall be made of said lands the consent of a majority of the male adults of said Indians shall first be obtained.
That the net proceeds arising from the sales of lands, as provided in section one of this Act, shall be used for the benefit of said tribe or shall be paid to said Indians per capita, as the Secretary of the Interior may determine. The cost of the advertisement and sale of said lands shall be defrayed from the first proceeds arising therefrom.
Approved, August 15, 1894.