"I certify that-the foregoing agreement was read and explained by me, and was fully understood by the above-named Sioux Indians before signing; and that the same was executed by said Sioux Indians at Crow Creek agency, Dakota, on the 21st day of October, A. D. 1876. "SAML D. HINMAN. "Official Interpreter. Certificate. แ "The foregoing articles of agreement having been fully explained to Consent of Sioux us in open council, we, the undersigned chiefs and headmen of the Sioux at Lower Brute. Indians, receiving rations and annuities at Lower Brule agency, in the Territory of Dakota, do hereby consent and agree to all the stipulations therein contained, with the exception of so much of article 4 of said agreement as relates to our visit and removal to the Indian Territory; in all other respects the said article remaining in full force and effect. Witness our hands and seals at Lower Brule agency, Territory of Dakota, this 24th day of October, A. D. 1876. "LOWER BRULES. "Maza-oyate, (Iron Nation,) his x mark, seal. "Tatanka-wakan, (Medicine Bull,) his x mark, seal. "Ptesan-wicakte, (White Buffalo Cow,) his x mark, seal. "Xiyocikala, (Little Pheasant,) his x mark, seal. "Tatanka-pa, (Buffalo Head,) his x mark, seal. "Marpiya-inajin, (Standing Cloud,) his x mark, seal. "Cante-wicuwa, (Useful Heart,) his x mark, seal. "Mato-xake-hanska, (Long Bear Claws,) his x mark, seal. "Ixna-wica, (Only Man,) his x mark, seal. "Attest "HENRY E. GREGORY, "I. D. DE RUSSY, Lower Brules. "I certify that the foregoing agreement was read and explained by me, and was fully understood by the above named Sioux Indians before signing; and that the same was executed by said Sioux Indians at Lower Brule agency, Dakota, on the 24th day of October, A. D. 1876. "SAML. D. HINMAN, Certificate. Consent of Sioux "The foregoing articles of agreement having been fully explained to us in open council, we, the undersigned chiefs and headmen of the Sioux at Sautee reservaIndians, receiving rations and annuities at the Santee reservation, in tion. Knox County, in the State of Nebraska, do hereby consent and agree to all the stipulations therein contained, saving, reserving, and excepting all our rights, bath collective and individual, in and to the said Santee reservation, in said Knox County and State of Nebraska, upon which we, the undersigned, and our people are now residing. "Witness our hands and seals at Santee agency, county of Knox, State of Nebraska, this 27th day of October, A. D. 1876. "Joseph Wabashaw, seal. "SANTEE "Hake-waxte, his x mark, seal. "Wakute, (The Shooter,) his x mark, seal "Huxaxa, (Red Legs,) his x mark, seal. "Marpiya-duta, (Red Cloud,) his x mark, seal. "Wakaninihanku, his x, mark, seal. "Wamanonsa, (The Thief,) his x, mark, seal. "Star Frazier, his x mark, seal. Santees. 264 "Pepe, (Sharp,) his x mark, seal. "Hehaka-maza, (Iron Elk,) his x mark, seal. "Tunkanwaxtexte, (The Good Stone God,) his x mark, seal. "Daniel W. Hemans, seal. "Eli Abraham, seal. "Geo. Paypay, seal. "Artemas Ehuamani, his x mark, seal. "James Paypay, seal. Certificate. "Attest: "CHAS. H. SEARING. "CHARLES MITCHELL, "ALFRED L. RIGGS, "Interpreters. "I certify that the foregoing agreement was read and explained by me, and was fully understood by the above named Sioux Indians, before signing, and that the same was executed by said Sioux Indians at Santee agency, county of Knox, and State of Nebraska, on the 27th day of October, A. D. 1876. Approved, February 28, 1877. "SAML. D. HINMAN, CHAP. 73.--An act to allow a pension of thirty-six dollars per month to soldiers who have lost both an arm and a leg. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That all persons who, while in the military or naval service of the United States, and in the line of duty, shall bave lost one hand and one foot, or been totally and permanently disabled in both, shall be entitled to a pension for each of such disabilities, and at such a rate as is provided for by the provisions of the existing laws for each disability: Provided, That this act shall not be so construed as to reduce pensions in any case. Approved, February 28, 1877. Feb. 28, 1877. Settlements on certain lands in Oregon and Washing ton, validated. 1850, ch. 76, Proviso. CHAP. 74.-An act for the relief of certain claimants under the donation land law of Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the claims of such persons who were duly qualified thereto, and made bona-fide settlements upon lands in the State of Oregon and Washington Territory, under the provisions of the act of Congress, approved September twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and fifty, entitled "An act to create the office of surveyor-general of the public lands in Oregon, and to provide for the survey, and to make donations to settlers of the said public lands," and the legislation supplemental thereto, which have been included, in whole or in part, within the limits of any reservation made by the United States for military purposes subsequent to the date of such settlement and prior to the completion of the period of residence and cultivation required by said act, which reservation has been, or may hereafter be, declared abandoned by the Secretary of War as no longer necessary to the United States for military or other purposes, shall be adjudicated and patented the same as other donation claims arising under said act and supplemental legislation, as though such reservation had never been made: Provided however, That no claim of any settler coming within the purview of this act shall be validated or confirmed the value of whose improvements, at the time such reservation was made by the United States, has been ascertained and paid for by the Secretary of CHAP. 75.-An act to provide for the sale of certain lands in Kansas Whereas, certain lands in the State of Kansas, known as the Cherokee strip, being a strip of land on the southern boundary of Kansas, some two or three miles wide, detached from the lands patented to the Cherokee Nation by the act known as the Kansas-Nebraska bill, in defining the boundaries thereof, said lands still being, so far as unsold, the property of the Cherokee Nation; and Whereas an act was passed by the Forty-second Congress, which became a law on its acceptance by the Cherokee national authorities, and which fixed the price of the lands east of Arkansas River at two dollars per acre, and west of said river at one dollar and fifty cents per acre; and Whereas portions of the same have been sold under said law, and portions remain unsold, the price being too high: Therefore, Feb. 28, 1877. Preamble. 1872, ch. 157, 17 Stat., 98. Cherokee strip, Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary shall offer for sale to settlers all of said tract remaining unsold at the passage of residue to be sold. this act at the local land offices in the districts in which it is situated, at one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre; and all of said lands re- Terms. SEC. 2. That the proceeds of said lands shall be paid into the Treasury Proceeds; how of the United States, and placed to the credit of the Cherokee Nation, disposed of. and shall be paid to the treasurer of the Cherokee Nation, on the order of the legislative council of the Cherokee Nation. SEC. 3. That this act shall take effect and be in force from the date When this act to of its acceptance by the legislature of the Cherokee Nation, who shall be in force. file certificate of such acceptance. Approved, February 28, 1877. CHAP. 76.—An act to authorize the Ocean City Bridge Company to maintain and operate a bridge heretofore erected over and across Synepuxent Bay in Worcester County, Maryland. Feb. 28, 1877. may maintain Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Ocean City Bridge Ocean City Company, a corporation created by an act of the general assembly of Bridge Company the State of Maryland, passed at the January session thereof, in the bridge. year eighteen hundred and seventy-six, be, and it is hereby, authorized to maintain and operate a bridge heretofore built across Synepuxent Bay, from Hommock Point to Ocean City in Worcester County in said State, with all the powers, rights, and franchises, and subject to all the conditions, duties, and obligations, which are conferred and imposed upon said corporation in and by the several provisions of the said act of incorporation. Changes or Te SEC. 2. If the bridge authorized by the preceding section, shall at any time, in the opinion of the Secretary of War, substantially or ma- moval of bridge. terially obstruct the free navigation of the Synepuxent Bay, the same shall under the direction of the Secretary and at the expense of the owner or owners, be so altered or changed as to obviate the obstruction, and if in the opinion of the Secretary, the removal of the bridge shall be necessary to secure the navigation of said bay, such bridge shall within sixty days after notice to that effect, be removed by the owner or owners at his or their expense. Approved, February 28, 1877. Feb. 28, 1877. Glenwood Cemetery charter amended. Title of corporation. ees Board of trust CHAP. 77.— An act to amend an act incorporating the proprietors of Glenwood First. The name and title of said corporation shall be The Glenwood Cemetery, a ad in that corporate name it shall hereafter sue and be sued as a body politic and corporate, and exercise all the corporate authority and powers conferred upon it, and be subject to all the liabilities and duties imposed u ader the original act of incorporation aforesaid. Second. That the affairs, business, and property of the said corporation shall be under the direction, control, and management of a board of five trustees, any three of whom shall constitute a quorum, with full authority to act, which board of trustees shall be elected annually, three by the proprietors of lots in said cemetery, and two by the original proprietors; and the trustees shall select and appoint, from their own board, a president, secretary, and treasurer, and also, from their own board or otherwise, a superintendent, to have the immediate custody, supervision, and management of the cemetery, under the rules and regulations of Term of trustees; the board. The trustees shall have authority to fill temporary vacancies occurring in their board, and shall hold their offices until their successors are elected and qualified. Officers. vacancies. Meetings of proprietors of lots. Third. The annual meeting of the proprietors of lots shall be held in the city of Washington on the first Monday of June of every year, the place and hour of assembling to be specified in a public notice previously given by the trustees elected by the lot proprietors. At such meeting, there shall be at least twenty lot-proprietors to constitute a quorum to transact business, either in person or by proxy, although a less number may adjourn the meeting from day to day until a quorum be present. Election of trust- In the election of the trustees at such meeting, each lot-proprietor shall be entitled to one vote for each lot owned by him in good faith, upon which a burial has been made. The two trustees of the board which are to be elected by the original proprietors shall be elected on the first Monday in June of every year in such manner as said original proprietors shall determine. ees. Conduct of affairs bia.. Fourth. The affairs of the cemetery shall be so conducted under the authority of the board of trustees as to secure the equitable rights of each and every person having in any way any vested interest in the Supervision of said cemetery. And the cemetery shall be amenable and subject to the equity court of jurisdiction of the equity courts of the District of Columbia for any disDistrict of Colum- regard of the rights or interests of any person whatsoever. And any Obstructing person who may refuse peaceable possession of said grounds to said trustees; penalty. trustees, or obstruct or disturb such possession in said trustees for said purposes of burial, shall forfeit and pay, as a penalty therefor, the sum of one hundred dollars for each and every day of such refusal or disturbance, to be collected in an action of debt, in the name of the cemetery corporation; and the sum that may be recovered shall be appropriated for the improvement of the cemetery grounds. Term "the proprietors." Proceeds of sales of lots. First election of trustees. Fifth. That the words "the proprietors," where they occur in the original act of incorporation hereby amended, shall be interpreted and construed to mean and shall signify the proprietors of lots in said cemetery, and which is hereby now declared by this amendment to be the true intent and meaning of said words. Sixth. That from the receipts from the sale of lots hereafter sold, of the ground now dedicated for burial purposes, there shall be paid, on the first Monday in June in each year, by the board of trustees, to the original proprietors, one fourth of the gross receipts arising from such sales, the remainder to be devoted to the improvement and maintenance of the cemetery. Seventh. That within ten days after the approval of this act, any five proprietors of lots in said cemetery may call a meeting by giving two days' notice thereof in any newspaper published in the city of Washing ton, at which meeting the said proprietors shall proceed, as provided in Speaker of the House of Representatives. President of the Senate pro tempore. Received by the President February 16, 1877. [NOTE BY THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE.-The foregoing act having been presented to the President of the United States for his approval, and not having been returned by him to the house of Congress in which it originated within the time prescribed by the Constitution of the United States, has become a law without his approval.] CHAP. 79.—An act to authorize the printing and distribution of the memorial addresses on the life and character of the late Michael C. Kerr, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, that twelve thousand copies of the memorial addresses on the life and character of the late Michael C. Kerr, Speaker of the House of Representatives be printed; three thousand copies for the use of the Senate and nine thousand copies for the use of the House of Representatives; and that the Secretary of the Treasury have engraved and printed the portrait of Mr Kerr to accompany the same, for which the sum of five hundred dollars or so much thereof as may be necessary is hereby appropriated, out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated. Approved, March 1, 1877. March 1, 1877. Eulogies on Speaker Kerr to be printed. Portrait. CHAP. 80.-An act to authorize the printing and distribution of the eulogies delivered in Congress on announcement of the death of the late Allen T. Caperton a Senator from the State of West Virginia. March 1, 1877. Eulogies on Sen Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That nine thousand copies of the eulogies delivered in the two Houses of Congress upon the late ator Caperton to Allen T. Caperton, a Senator from the State of West Virginia, be be printed. printed; three thousand copies for the use of the Senate and six thousand copies for the use of the House of Representatives; and that the Secretary of the Treasury have engraved and printed the portrait of Mr. Caperton to accompany the same, for which the sum of five hundred dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated, out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated. Approved, March 1, 1877. Portrait. March 1, 1877. Indemnity firmed to Califor CHAP. 81.—An act relating to indemnity school selections in the State of California Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the title to the lands certified to the State of California, known as indemnity school selections, school lands conwhich lands were selected in lieu of sixteenth and thirty-sixth sections, nia. lying within Mexican grants, of which grants the final survey had not been made at the date of such selection by said State, is hereby confirmed to said State in lieu of the sixteenth and thirty-sixth sections, for which the selections were made. |