Annual report of the commissioner of Indian affairs

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U.S. Government Printing Office, 1884 - 1884 páginas

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Página iv - There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty.
Página 221 - ... at the expiration of said period the United States will convey the same by patent to said Indian, or his heirs as aforesaid, in fee, discharged of said trust and free of all charge or incumbrance whatsoever; Provided, that the president of the United States may in any case in his discretion extend the period.
Página xii - Interior, he shall cause patents to issue therefor in the name of the allottees, which patents shall be of the legal effect, and declare that the United States does and will hold the land thus allotted, for the period of twenty-five years, in trust for the sole use and benefit of the Indian to whom such allotment shall have been made, or, in case of his decease, of his heirs according to the laws of the State or Territory where such land is located...
Página 217 - Congress expressly reserves the right to fix and regulate at all times the cost of such transportation by said railway or said company whenever such transportation shall extend from one State into another, or shall extend into more than one State: Provided, however.
Página 215 - Company shall accept this right of way upon express condition, binding upon itself, its successors and assigns, that they will neither aid, advise nor assist in any effort looking toward the changing or extinguishing the present tenure of the Indians in their lands...
Página 220 - That such Indians as may now be located on public lands, or as may under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, or otherwise, hereafter so locate may avail themselves of the provisions of the homestead laws as fully and to the same extent as may now be done by citizens of the United States...
Página 214 - Either party being dissatisfied with the finding of the referees shall have the right, within ninety days after the making of the award and notice of the same, to appeal by original petition to the United States...
Página 216 - That before said railway shall be constructed through any lands held by individual occupants according to the laws, customs and usages of any of the Indian nations or tribes through which it may be constructed, full compensation shall be made to such occupants for all property to be taken or damage done by reason of the construction of such railway.
Página 213 - ... with the right to use such additional ground where there are heavy cuts or fills as may be necessary for the construction and maintenance of the road-bed, not exceeding one hundred feet in width on each side of said right of way...
Página xxxi - SEC. 2. That said corporation is authorized to take and use, for all purposes of a railway and for no other purpose...

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