INDIAN LEGISLATION PASSED DURING THE FIRST SESSION OF THE FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS.* Joint resolution for the relief of certain Chippewa Indians of the La Pointe Agency, Wisconsin. [Public resolution No. 9. 26 Stats., p. 669. Feb. 11, 1890.] Whereas, It has been the practice of the Chippewa Indians of the La Pointe Agency, for a number of years, to contract for cutting and selling timber on their reservation to provide food and other necessaries of life; and Whereas, Permission to do so has been denied them by the Interior Department during the present winter, until proper legislation can be had on the subject; and Whereas, The failure to contract for cutting timber has already resulted in suffering, and some means must be provided for immediate relief: Therefore be it Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That the sum of seventy-five thousand dollars be, and hereby is, appropriated out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to be immediately available, for the purpose of purchasing food and clothing for the Indians of the La Pointe Agency, and that in expending said money the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to make the purchases, in his discretion, either under contract or in open market: Provided, however, That the amount hereby appropriated shall be reimbursed to the United States out of the moneys hereafter realized from the sale of land, or timber, of such of the bands of Indians as have received the benefit of this appropriation. Approved, February 11, 1890. CHAP. 22.-An act for the relief of the Sioux Indians at Devil's Lake Agency, North Dakota. [Public-No. 22. 26 Stats., p. 15. February 27, 1890.] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior be, and hereby is, directed and authorized to purchase under contract or in open market at his discretion, for the relief of the Sioux Indians located at the Devil's Lake Agency, North Dakota, seeds for planting purposes; subsistence supplies; Clothing and other articles of a beneficial character, to relieve their immediate pressing wants and necessities; and the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated out of any money in the United States Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the purposes above named, to be immediately available. Approved, February 27, 1890. CHAP. 35.-An act to authorize the construction of a bridge over the Arkansas River, in the Indian Territory. [26 Stats., p. 21. March 15, 1890.] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Kansas and Arkansas Valley Railway, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Arkansas, and being empowered by act of Congress, approved June first, eighteen hundred and eighty-six, to construct its railway from a point on the eastern boundary line of the Indian Territory, at or *This does not include items of appropriations for the Indian service unless they involve new legis. lation. 369 13059 I A-24 |