March 3, 1873. No. 1975.—AN ACT granting the right of way through the public lands to the March 3, 1873. [See UTAH, No. 2208.] No. 1976.-AN ACT to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to negotiate with the chiefs and head-men of the Crow tribe of Indians, for the surrender of their reservation or a part thereof in the Territory of Montana. Secretary of Be it enacted, &c., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is the Interior may hereby, authorized to negotiate with the chiefs and head-men of the negotiate with the Crow Indians Crow tribe of Indians, in the Territory of Montana, for the surrender for surrender of of their reservation in said Territory, or of such part thereof as may be their reservation consistent with the welfare of the said Indians; Provided, That any in Montana, if, such negotiation shall leave the remainder of said reservation in compact form and in good locality for farming purposes, having within it a sufficiency of good land for farming and a sufficiency for water and timber; and if there is upon such reservation a locality where fishing could be valuable to the Indians, to include the same if practicable; and the Secretary shall report his action in pursuance of this act to Congress, at the next session thereof, for its confirmation or rejection. &c. Feb. 11, 1874. No. 1977.-AN ACT to amend the act entitled "An act to provide for the removal of the Flathead and other Indians from the Bitterroot Valley, in the Territory of Montana," approved June fifth, eighteen hundred and seventy-two. Sale of lands in Be it enacted, &c., That the time of sale and payment of pre-empted Bitterroot Valley. lands in the Bitterroot Valley, in the Territory of Montana, is hereby Time extended. extended for the period of two years from the expiration of the time allotted in the act entitled "An act to provide for the removal of the Flathead and other Indians from the Bitterroot Valley, in the Territory of Montana," approved June fifth, eighteen hundred and seventy-two. SEC. 2. That the benefit of the homestead act is hereby extended to extended to set all the settlers on said lands who may desire to take advantage of the same. (a) Homestead act tlers. April 15, 1874. Indian reserva in Montana. Boundaries. (a) See Nos. 1973, 1980, 1983. No. 1978.-AN ACT to establish a reservation for certain Indians in the Territory of Montana. Be it enacted, &c., That the following described tract of country, in tion established the Territory of Montana, be, and the same is hereby, set apart for the use and occupation of the Gros Ventre, Piegan, Blood, Blackfoot, River Crow, and such other Indians as the President may, from time to time, see fit to locate thereon, viz: Commencing at the northwest corner of the Territory of Dakota, being the intersection of the forty-ninth parallel of north latitude and the one hundred and fourth meridian of west longitude; thence south to the south bank of the Missouri River; thence up and along the south bank of said river, to a point opposite the mouth of the Maria's River; thence along the main channel of the Maria's River to Birch Creek; thence up the main channel of Birch Creek to its source; thence west to the summit of the main chain of the Rocky Mountains; thence along the summit of the Rocky Mountains to the northern boundary of Montana; thence along said northern boundary to the place of beginning. June 20, 1874. No. 1979.—AN ACT to create the Bozeman land district in the Territory of Montana. Vol. 18, p. 123. Be it enacted, &c., That all that portion of the Territory of Montana, Bozeman land lying east of the range line between ranges two and three west of the district in Mon- principal meridian and south of the first standard parallel north of the tana established. base line, of the public land surveys of said Territory, shall be constiBoundaries. tuted a separate land district, to be known as the Bozeman land disLocation of trict, the office of which shall be located at Bozeman, but may be changed from time to time, by the direction of the President of the United States, as the interests of the public service may require. office. Register and receiver. SEC. 2. That the President shall appoint, by and with the consent of the Senate, a register and a receiver of the public moneys of the United States for said district; and said officers shall reside in the place where the land office is located, and they shall have the same powers and receive the same emoluments as are or may be prescribed by law in relation to land officers of the United States in other Territories. (a) (a) See Nos. 1970, 1982. No. 1980.-AN ACT making appropriations for the current and contingent expenses of the Indian Department, and for fulfilling treaty stipulations with various Indian tribes, for the year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy. five, and for other purposes. June 22, 1874. Vol. 18, p. 173. Instalment to in Montana. sales of certain For the second of ten installments, to be paid, under direction of the President, to the Flathead Indians removed from the Bitter Root Val- Flathead Indians ley to the Jocko reservation, in the Territory of Montana, five thousand dollars: Provided, That the proceeds of the sales of land in Bitter Proceeds of Root Valley, Montana Territory, referred to in the second section of the lands in Bitter act of Congress approved June fifth, eighteen hundred and seventy-two, Root Valley to entitled "An act to provide for the removal of the Flathead and other be paid into the Indians from the Bitter Root Valley, in the Territory of Montana," shall Treasury. be paid into the Treasury of the United States; in the same manner that other moneys derived from the sale of other public lands are now paid in: (a) And provided further, That in lieu of the amount provided to be set apart therefrom by the act of Congress of June fifth, eighteen hundred and seventy-two, herein before referred to there shall be annually appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury of the United States, not otherwise appropriated, the sum of five thousand dollars, for the period of ten years, to be expended, under the direction of the President, in the manner deemed for the best good of the In-pended. dians who have been removed from Bitter Root Valley: And provided Proviso. further, That no part of said sum shall be paid to any Indian of said tribe who shall not have settled upon the Jocko reservation. No. 1981.-AN ACT creating the Utah and Northern Railway Company, a corporation in the Territories of Utah, Idaho and Montana, and granting the right of way to said company through the public lands. [See Utah, No. 2214.] No. 1982.-AN ACT for the establishment of a land office in the Territory of Mon tana. Annuity. How to be ex June 20, 1878. Vol. 20, p. 241. April 30, 1880. Vol. 21, p. 81. Yellowstone land district established with office at Miles Be it enacted, &c., That all that portion of the Territory of Montana which lies east of the twenty-seventh range east of the principal meridian which is not now or hereafter may be included in any Indian reservation, be, and the same is hereby, designated as the district of the City. Yellowstone, and constituted a separate land district, with a United States land office at Miles City, within said district. appointed. to be SEC. 2. The President shall appoint a register and a receiver for said Register and office, who shall be entitled to such compensation as is now provided receiver by law, which compensation shall be paid from the fund appropriated for such purposes. (a) (a) See Nos. 1970, 1979. No. 1983.-AN ACT to authorize the sale of Fort Logan, Montana Territory, and to establish a new post on the frontier. May 2, 1880. Vol. 21, p. 114. Be it enacted, &c., That the Secretary of War be and he is hereby auSecretary of thorized and empowered to establishh a new military post at or near War to establish the Mussel Shell River in the Territory of Montana, as he may deem new military post best for the protection of the frontier from Indian incursions: Provided, near Mussel The total cost of the same shall not exceed the sum of fifty thousand dollars. Shell River. SEC. 2. The Secretary of War is hereby authorized and directed, after To sell or disdue notice, to sell at public auction or otherwise dispose of in parcels or pose of the site otherwise, as he may deem most advantageous to the Government, the and buildings at Fort Logan. site, reservation and buildings of Fort Logan, Montana Territory, and re-invest the proceeds of such sale in the erection of the post authorized by the first section of this act: Provided, That such portion of said buildings, or of the materials thereof, as can be profitably removed to said new post, may be reserved from sale and so removed. (a) (a) See Nos. 1973, 1977, 1980. Proviso. IDAHO TERRITORY. March 3, 1863. No. 1984.-AN ACT to provide a temporary government for the Territory of Idaho. lished. Boundaries. Vol. 12, p. 808. Be it enacted, &c., That all that part of the territory of the United Territory of States included within the following limits, to wit: beginning at a Idaho estab point in the middle channel of the Snake River where the northern boundary of Oregon intersects the same; then follow down said channel of Snake River to a point opposite the mouth of the Kooskooskia, or Clear Water River; thence due north to the forty-ninth parallel of latitude; thence east along said parallel to the twenty-seventh degree of longitude west of Washington; thence south along said degree of longitude to the northern boundary of Colorado Territory; thence west along said boundary to the thirty-third degree of longitude west of Washington; thence north along said degree to the forty-second parallel of latitude; thence west along said parallel to the eastern boundary of the State of Oregon; thence north along said boundary to place of beginning. And the same is hereby created into a temporary government, by the name Boundaries of the Territory of Idaho: Provided, That nothing in this act contained may be changed. shall be construed to inhibit the Government of the United States from dividing said Territory or changing its boundaries in such manner and at such time as Congress shall deem convenient and proper, or from attaching any portion of said Territory to any other State or Territory Indian rights of the United States: Provided, further, That nothing in this act connot impaired. tained shall be construed to impair the rights of person or property now pertaining to the Indians in said Territory, so long as such rights shall remain unextinguished by treaty between the United States and such Indians, or to include any territory which, by treaty with any Indian tribes, is not, without the consent of said tribe, to be included within the territorial limits or jurisdiction of any State or Territory; but all such Territory shall be excepted out of the boundaries, and constitute no part of the Territory of Idaho, until said tribe shall signify their assent to the President of the United States to be included within said Territory, or to affect the authority of the Government of the United States to make any regulations respecting such Indians, their lands, property, or other rights, by treaty, law, or otherwise, which it would have been competent for the Government to make if this act had never passed. (a) # Public lands in SEC. 14. And be it further enacted, That when the lands in the said the Territory. Territory shall be surveyed, under the direction of the Government of the United States, preparatory to bringing the same into market, sections numbered sixteen and thirty-six in each township in said TerriSchool sections tory shall be, and the same are hereby, reserved for the purpose of being applied to schools in said Territory, and in the States and Territories hereafter to be erected out of the same. reserved. May 26, 1864. July 2, 1864. July 2, 1864. Vol. 13, p. 365. (a) See Nos. 1953, 1985. No. 1985.-AN ACT to provide a temporary government for the Territory of Montana. [Portion of Territory of Idaho, subsequently Wyoming, made part of Dakota. See WYOMING, No. 1953.] No. 1986.-AN ACT making appropriations, &c. [Idaho and Nevada to be part of surveying district of Colorado. See COLORADO, No. 2172.] No. 1987.-AN ACT granting lands to aid in the construction of a railroad and telegraph line from Lake Superior to Puget's Sound, on the Pacific Coast, by the northern route. [See MINNESOTA, No. 1873.] No. 1988.-AN ACT for increased facilities of telegraph communication between the Atlantic and Pacific States and the Territory of Idaho. [See NEBRASKA, No. 2097.] Ju's 2, 1864. -, p. 373 June 27, 1866. Idaho land dis trict established. Location. Register and receiver. No. 1989.-AN ACT to establish a land office in the Territory of Idaho. Be it enacted, &c., That the public lands within the Territory of Idaho to which the Indian title is or shall be extinguished shall constitute a new land district, to be called the Idaho district, to be located at Boise City, Ada County; and the President is hereby authorized to appoint, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, a register and receiver of public moneys for said district, who shall be required to reside at the place at which said office shall be located, and they shall have the same powers, perform the same duties, and be entitled to the Duties, pay, same compensation as are or may be prescribed by law in relation to &c. land offices of the United States in other Territories. (a) (a) See No. 1996. No. 1990.—AN ACT to create the office of surveyor-general in Idaho Territory. No. 1991.—AN ACT granting the right of way through the public lands for the No. 1992.—AN ACT granting a right of way to the Utah, Idaho, and Montana [See UTAH, No. 2207.] No. 1993.-AN ACT supplemental to an act entitled "An act granting the right of way through the public lands for the construction of a railroad from Great Salt Lake to Portland, Oregon," approved April twelfth, eighteen hundred and seventy-two. [See OREGON, No. 2272.] No. 1994.—AN ACT granting the right of way through the public lands to the [See UTAH, No. 2208.] No. 1995.-AN ACT creating the Utah and Northern Railway Company, a corporation in the Territories of Utah, Idaho, and Montana, and granting the right of way to said company through the public lands. [See UTAH, No. 2214.] April 12, 1872. June 1, 1872. March 3, 1873. March 3, 1873. June 20, 1878. Feb. 4, 1879. Oneida land No. 1996.—AN ACT to create an additional land district in the Territory of Idaho. Montana; thence easterly on said Territorial line to the eastern boundary of the Territory of Idaho; thence south on the line of the eastern boundary of Idaho Territory to the place of beginning, shall constitute a separate land district, to be called Oneida land district, the office of which shall be located at Oxford, in Oneida County: Provided, The President of the United States may change the location of said land office, from time to time, as the public interests may require. SEC. 2. That the President shall appoint, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, or during the recess thereof, a register and a receiver of public moneys for said district; and said officers shall reside in the place where said land office is located, and shall have the same powers and responsibilities; and shall receive the same fees and emoluments as like officers now receive in other land offices in said Territory. SEC. 3. That all persons in said district who, prior to the opening of said Oneida land office, shall have filed their declaratory statements, or application for pre-emption, homestead, or other land rights, in any land office, in said Territory of Idaho, shall hereafter make proofs and entries at said Oneida land office; and all unfinished business in any other land office relating exclusively to lands in said Oneida land district shall be transferred to said Oneida land office when notified by the officers of the opening thereof. (a) (a) See No. 1989. |
