Time of construction. Laws of Da kota. Repeal, &c. Jan. 21, 1880. Vol. 21, p. 60. Grand Forks SEC. 6. Said company shall commence the construction of said road from the west line of the State of Minnesota within one year after the date of the passage of this act, and have the same fully completed, with cars running thereon, as far as the village of Sioux Falls, in Dakota Territory, within one year thereafter. SEC. 7. Said corporation shall hereafter be subject, so far as relates to that portion of its road within the limits of Dakota, to all laws and regulations made by the Territorial legislature of Dakota or its suc cessors. SEC. 8. This act shall be in force from and after its passage. And Congress reserves the right at any time to alter amend or repeal this act. (a) (a) See Nos. 1873, 1922, 1929, 1930. No. 1949.-AN ACT to establish a land district in the Territory of Dakota, and locating the office at Grand Forks. Be it enacted, &c., That all that portion of the Territory of Dakota land district es- lying and being north of the twelfth standard parellel and east of the tenth guide meridian shall constitute a new land district, to be known as the Grand Forks district. tablished. Register and SEC. 2. The President is hereby authorized to appoint, in the manner receiver to be ap- provided by law, a register and a receiver for said district, who shall be pointed. required to reside in Grand Forks, in the county of Grand Forks, until such time as the President may, in his discretion, remove the site of said land office from said Grand Forks; and said register and said receiver shall be subject to the same laws and entitled to the same compensation as is or may be provided by law in relation to existing land offices and officers in said Territory. (a) ed. Military reser (a) See Nos. 1918, 1924, 1928, 1933. June 10, 1880. No. 1950.-AN ACT abolishing the military reservations of Fort Abercrombie, Vol. 21, p. 172. Fort Seward, and Fort Ransom, all in the Territory of Dakota, and authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to have the lands embraced therein surveyed and made subject to homestead and pre-emption entry and sale, the same as other public lands. Be it enacted, &c., That the military reservations of Fort Abercrombie, vations abolish Fort Seward, and Fort Ransom, all in the Territory of Dakota, be, and the same are hereby, aboli shed, and the Secretary of the Interior is To be surveyed hereby authorized to have the lands embraced therein surveyed (a) and and subject to en- made subject to homestead and pre-emption entry and sale, the same try as other pubas other public lands: Provided, The rights of all actual settlers, enlic lands. titled to the benefits of the homestead and pre-emption laws of the United States, who now occupy in good faith any portion of the land embraced within any of said reservations, shall date from the day of their actual settlement thereon; and in perfecting their titles thereto under the homestead or pre-emption laws, the time such settlers have occupied and improved their said lands shall be allowed: Provided further, That when the lands embraced in said reservations, shall be surveyed, the claims of all such actual settlers shall be made to conform to the lines of the Government survey. (b) Proviso. (a) See Nos. 1918, 1921. (b) See Nos. 1869, 1898, 1919, 1925, 1927, 1944. June 16, 1880. No. 1951.—AN ACT granting to the Territory of Dakota section thirty-six, in Vol. 21, p. 290. township number fifty-six north, of range number ninety-four west, in the county of Yankton, in said Territory, for the purposes of an asylum for the insane, and granting to said Territory one section of land, in lieu of said thirty-sixth section, for school purposes. Grant of cer- Be it enacted, &c., That section thirty-six, in township number fifty-six tain section of north of range number ninety-four west, in the county of Yankton, Terriland for insane tory of Dakota, be, and the same is hereby, granted to said Territory for asylum. the purposes of an asylum for the insane; and that there be, and is hereby, granted to said Territory one section of land, in lieu of said Governor to se- thirty-sixth section, for school purposes; said section to be selected by lect indemnity the governor of said Territory from any of the public lands subject to therefor for school purposes. private sale or entry. Such selection, when so made, shall be certified by the said governor to the surveyor-general of said Territory and to the officers of the local land office of the district in which such land Land so select may be situated; and from the filing of such certificate said land shall ed to be reserved. be withdrawn from private sale or entry, and shall be held as a portion of the lands granted to said Territory for school purposes. (a) (a) See No. 1918. WYOMING TERRITORY. No. 1952.—AN ACT to aid in the construction of a railroad and telegraph line from the Missouri River to the Pacific Ocean, and to secure to the Government the use of the same for postal, military, and other purposes. [See NEBRASKA, No. 2092.] July 1, 1862. No. 1953.—AN ACT to provide a temporary government for the Territory of Mon- May 26, 1864. Vol. 13, p. 85. Portion of Ter SEC. 18. And be it further enacted, That, until Congress shall otherwise direct, all that part of the Territory of Idaho included within the fol- ritory of Idaho, lowing boundaries, to wit: commencing at a point formed by the in- Wyoming, made subsequently tersection of the thirty-third degree of longitude west from Washing, part of Dakota. ton with the forty-first degree of north latitude; thence along said thirty-third degree of longitude to the crest of the Rocky Mountains; thence northward along the said crest of the Rocky Mountains to its intersection with the forty-fourth degree and thirty minutes of north latitude; thence eastward along said forty-fourth degree thirty minutes north latitude to the thirty-fourth degree of longitude west from Washington; thence northward along said thirty-fourth degree of longitude to its intersection with the forty-fifth degree north latitude; thence eastward along said forty-fifth degree of north latitude to its intersection with the twenty-seventh degree of longitude west from Washington; thence south along said twenty-seventh degree of longitude west from Washington to the forty-first degree north latitude; thence west along said forty-first degree of latitude to the place of beginning, shall be, and is hereby, incorporated temporarily into and made part of the Territory of Dakota. (a) (a) See No. 1954. No. 1954.—AN ACT to provide a temporary government for the Territory of Wyoming. July 25, 1868. Territory of Boundaries. Indian rights Be it enacted, &c., That all that part of the United States described as follows: commencing at the intersection of the twenty-seventh meridian of longitude west from Washington with the forty-fifth degree of north ized. latitude, and running thence west to the thirty-fourth meridian of west longitude, thence south to the forty-first degree of north latitude, thence east to the twenty-seventh meridian of west longitude, and thence north to the place of beginning, be, and the same is hereby, organized into a temporary government by the name of the Territory of Wyoming: Provided, That nothing in this act shall be construed to impair the rights of person or property now pertaining to the Indians in said Ter- not affected. ritory, so long as such rights shall remain unextinguished by treaty between the United States and such Indians: Provided, further, That Territory may nothing in this act contained shall be construed to inhibit the Govern- be divided. ment of the United States from dividing said Territory into two or more Territories, in such manner and at such time as Congress shall deem convenient and proper, or from attaching any portion thereof to any other Territory or State. (a) SEC. 14. And be it further enacted, That sections numbered sixteen and School lands. thirty-six in each township in said Territory shall be, and the same are hereby, reserved for the purpose of being applied to public schools in the State or States hereafter to be erected out of the same. (a) See No. 1953. 835 Feb. 5, 1870. No. 1955.—AN ACT to establish a land district in Wyoming Territory, and for other purposes. Vol. 16, p. 64. Wyoming land Be it enacted, &c., That the public lands of the United States in the district estab-Territory of Wyoming shall constitute a land district, to be called the lished in Wyom- district of Wyoming, the office for which shall be established at such ing Territory. place, within said district, as the President of the United States may from time to time direct; and the pre-emption laws and all other laws not locally inapplicable are hereby extended to said Territory. (a) Surveyor-gen. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the President of the United er a l authorized; States be, and is hereby, authorized to appoint, by and with the advice salary, &c. and consent of the Senate, a surveyor-general for Wyoming, with a salary of three thousand dollars per annum, who shall locate his office at such place as the Secretary of the Interior shall from time to time direct, and whose duties, powers, obligations, responsibilities, and allowances for clerk hire, office rent, fuel, and incidental expenses, shall be the same as those of the surveyor-general of Colorado, under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, and such instructions as he may from time to time deem advisable to give him. Register and receiver, &c. Feb. 24, 1871. Vol. 16, p. 430. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the President be, and hereby is, authorized to appoint, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, a register and receiver for said district, who shall respectively be required to reside at the site of said office, and who shall have the same powers, perform the same duties, and receive the same compensation as are now, and may hereafter be, prescribed by law for other land offices of the United States. (a) See No. 1963. No. 1956.-AN ACT to provide for the disposition of useless military reservations. [Portion of the reservation at Fort Bridger to be surveyed and sold under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior. See WASHINGTON TERRITORY, No. 2305.] March 1, 1872. No. 1957.-AN ACT to set apart a certain tract of land lying near the head-waters Vol. 17, p. 32. of the Yellowstone River as a public park. Public park esBe it enacted, &c., That the tract of land in the Territories of Montana tablished near and Wyoming, lying near the head-waters of the Yellowstone River, the head-waters and described as follows, to wit, commencing at the junction of Gardiof the Yellow- ner's River with the Yellowstone River, and running east to the merid stone River. Boundaries. ian passing ten miles to the eastward of the most eastern point of Yellowstone Lake; thence south along said meridian to the parallel of latitude passing ten miles south of the most southern point of Yellowstone Lake; thence west along said parallel to the meridian passing fifteen miles west of the most western point of Madison Lake; thence north along said meridian to the latitude of the junction of the Yellowstone and Gardiner's rivers; thence east to the place of beginning, is hereby reserved and withdrawn from settlement, occupancy, or sale under the laws of the United States, and dedicated and set apart as a public park or pleasuring ground for the benefit and enjoyment of the people; Certain persons and all persons who shall locate or settle upon or occupy the same, or locating, &c., thereon, to be any part thereof, except as hereinafter provided, shall be considered trespassers. trespassers and removed therefrom. Secretary of SEC. 2. That said public park shall be under the exclusive control of the Interior to the Secretary of the Interior, whose duty it shall be, as soon as practihave control of cable, to make and publish such rules and regulations as he may deem the park. To make rules necessary or proper for the care and management of the same. Such for its care. regulations shall provide for the preservation, from injury or spoliation, of all timber, mineral deposits, natural curiosities, or wonders within May grant cer- said park, and their retention in their natural condition. The Secretary tain leases and may in his discretion, grant leases for building purposes for terms not expend proceeds exceeding ten years, of small parcels of ground, at such places in said thereof. park as shall require the erection of buildings for the accommodation of visitors; all of the proceeds of said leases, and all other revenues that may be derived from any source connected with said park, to be expended under his direction in the management of the same, and the Shall prevent construction of roads and briddle-paths therein. He shall provide the wanton de- against the wanton destruction of the fish and game found within said struction of fish park, and against their capture or destruction for the purposes of mer chandise or profit. He shall also cause all persons trespassing upon the and game, & nd same after the passage of this act to be removed therefrom, and gener- remove trespassally shall be authorized to take all such measures as shall be necessary or proper to fully carry out the objects and purposes of this act. ers. No. 1958.-AN ACT to withdraw from settlement and sale a certain section of land in Wyoming Territory. May 23, 1872. Vol. 17, p. 158. Section of land for the use of the Be it enacted, &c., That section thirty, township fourteen north, range sixty-seven west, of the public lands in Laramie County, Wyoming Ter- in Wyoming Territory, be, and the same is hereby, withdrawn from settlement and sale ritory reserved under existing laws, and reserved for the use of the city of Cheyenne, in city of Cheyenne said county, for the purpose of enabling the proper authorities of said for supply of wacity to construct and maintain on said land a reservoir of water for the ter. supply of said city. SEC. 2. That said section of land shall, for the purpose named in the Who to occupy first section of this act, be subject to occupancy and control by the board and control the of trustees of said city of Cheyenne, and their successors in office: Pro- land. vided, That if at any time the said board of trustees shall occupy, or Land to revert permit to be occupied, said land for any purpose not contemplated by to the United this act, or shall fail for the period of two years to commence the use States if, &c. of it for said purpose, or shall abandon the same, the said land shall re vert to the United States: Provided further, That nothing in this act Private rights contained shall be construed or have the effect to impair the rights of not affected. any person in or to any portion of said lands, acquired under any law of the United States. (a) (a) See Nos. 1960, 1965. June 1, 1872. the Shoshone and No. 1959.-AN ACT to authorize the President of the United States to negotiate with the chiefs and head-men of the Shoshone and Bannock tribes of Indians for the relinquishment of a portion of their reservation in Wyoming Territory. Be it enacted, &c., That the President of the United States be, and he Negotiations is hereby, authorized to negotiate with the Shoshone and Bannock to be made with tribes of Indians, for the relinquishment of that portion of the reser- Bannock Indians vation of said tribes in Wyoming Territory which is situate south of for surrender of the central dividing ridge between the Big Popoagie and Little Wind riv- part of their resers and south of the forty-third parallel, and to cede to said tribes lands ervation. lying north of and adjacent to their present reservation, equal in area to any lands by them ceded. And it shall be the duty of the President Report to Congress. to report all proceedings under this act to Congress for approval or rejection: Provided, This authority shall not continue beyond January act. first, eighteen hundred and seventy-three. (a) (a) See No. 1962. No. 1960.-AN ACT to amend the act entitled "An act to withdraw from settlement and sale a certain section of land in Wyoming Territory," approved May twenty-third, eighteen hundred and seventy-two. Be it enacted, &c., That the first section of the act aforesaid be, and the same is hereby, amended so that it shall read as follows: Limit to this March 26, 1874. Amendment. for water reser "Be it enacted, &c., That the north half and the southeast quarter of Certain land resection thirty, in township fourteen north, of range sixty-six west, of served for use of the public lands in Laramie County, Wyoming Territory, be, and the city of Cheyenne same is hereby, withdrawn from settlement and sale under existing voir. laws, and reserved for the use of the city of Cheyenne, in said county, for the purpose of enabling the proper authorities of said city to construct and maintain on said land a reservoir of water for the supply of said city." (a) (a) See Nos. 1958, 1965. No. 1961.—AN ACT to reduce the area of the military reservation of Fort Sanders, and providing for the survey of said reservation as reduced. June 9, 1874. at Be it enacted, &c., That the military reservation of Fort Sanders, in the Territory of Wyoming, is hereby reduced in area, and the said reserva- area of military tion shall, after the passage of this act, be limited and bounded as fol- reservation Fort Saunders, lows: Beginning at the point where the old stage road to Salt Lake Wyoming. crosses the Big Laramie River, and running thence east four miles; thence Bounds. Survey. Land outside south four and five-tenths miles; thence in a west southwest direction to the junction of what is known as the Five Mile Creek with the present south line of the reserve; thence along this creek to its junction with the Big Laramie River; thence along said Big Laramie River, to the place of beginning. SEC. 2. That immediately after the passage of this act it shall be the duty of the officer commanding the military department of the Platte, under the direction of the Secretary of War, to cause a direct survey of said reservation to be made in conformity with the provisions of the first section of this act, and to have posts or monuments planted at each of the corners thereof, and so marked that they will indicate the boundaries of said reservation. SEC. 3. That the lands heretofore constituting the Fort Sanders milinew reservation tary reservation outside of the limits of the new reservation, as defined in open to entry. section one of this act, shall be held to be and have been subject and liable to the operation of the laws of the United States, in the same manner and to the same extent as if the same had never been included within the limits of the said reservation: Provided, That in all cases where any of said last-mentioned lands would be subject to entry under the preemption and homestead laws of the United States, the actual settlers on Rights of set- said lands shall have the right and privilege to make proof and payment for their respective claims, under the provisions of the pre-emption and homestead laws, by filing their declaratory statements, as provided by existing laws, at any time within six months from the passage of this act. (a) tlers. (a) See Nos. 1956, 1964. Dec. 15, 1874. Vol. 18, p. 291. Indians confirm- No. 1962.-AN ACT to confirm an agreement made with the Shoshone Indians (eastern band) for the purchase of the south part of their reservation in Wy oming Territory. Be it enacted, &c., That the agreement entered into on the twentywith Shoshone sixth day of September, in the year of our Lord, eighteen hundred and seventy-two, between Felix R. Brunot, commissioner on the part of the United States, and the chief, head-men, and men of the eastern band of Shoshone Indians, in the words and figures following, be, and the same is hereby, confirmed, satisfied, and approved by the Congress Condition as to and President of the United States: Provided; That the cattle furnished cattle. under this agreement shall be good, young American cattle, suitable for breeding purposes. Date of agreement, parties. Preamble. Articles of a convention made and concluded at the Shoshone and Bannock Indian agency in Wyoming Territory, this twenty-sixth day of September, in the year of our Lord, eighteen hundred and seventytwo, by and between Felix R. Brunot, commissioner on the part of the United States, and the chief, head-men, and men of the eastern band of Shoshone Indians, constituting a majority of all the adult male Indians of said band on tribe of Indians, and duly authorized to act in the premises, witnesseth: That whereas by article eleven of a treaty with the Shoshone (eastern band) and Bannock tribes of Indians, made the third day of July, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, at Fort Bridger, Utah Territory, a reservation was set apart for the use and occupancy of said tribes of Indians in the following words: "The United States further agrees that the following district of country, to wit, 'commencing at the mouth of Owl Creek and running, due south, to the crest of the divide between the Sweetwater and the Papo-Agie rivers; thence along the crest of said divide and the summit of Wind River Mountains to the longitude of north fork of Wind River; thence due north, to mouth of said north fork, and up its channel to a point twenty miles above its mouth; thence in a straight line to head-waters of Owl Creek, and, along middle of channel of Owl Creek, to place of beginning,' shall be, and the same is, set apart for the absolute and undisturbed use and occupation of the Shoshone Indians herein named;" And whereas, previous to and since the date of said treaty, mines have been discovered, and citizens of the United States have made improvements within the limits of said reservation, and it is deemed advisable for the settlement of all difficulty between the parties, arising in consequence of said occupancy, to change the southern limit of said reservation: |