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Show 180 PART II. LAWS GOVERNING VARIOUS TRIBES. Rights of settler to made due settlement thereon: And provided further, That nothing in revenue law^ o^ icJn- this act shall be so construed as to deprive or impair the right of the saa preserved. settler, of the right of redemption under the revenue laws of the State AT TvlFl^ lS wJS? e? w g t o t e r and SEC. 5. That the register and the receiver shall be allowed the same Disposki of net pro- fees and commissions as are allowed by law for the disposal of the ce y public lands, and the net proceeds of the sales and disposals after deducting the expenses of such disposals, shall be deposited to the credit of the proper Indian fund, as provided by existing laws; and to^ ife^ S^ n^ reg- ^ e Secretary of the Interior shall make all rules and regulations uiations. necessary to c a n y into effect the provisions of this act. . Town- sites. SEC. 6. That nothing in,. this act shall be construed to interfere in any manner with the operation of the town- site laws as applicable to these lands: Provided, That all claims for entrj' under said statutes shall be proved up and fully paid for, before the day fixed for the commencement of the public sales provided for in section three of this act. interestonpurchase SEC. 7. In all cases arising under this act interest at t he rate of five money* . per cent, per annum shall be computed and paid upon all- that part of the purchase money in respect to which time is given for the pa3* ment . o f the same. Approved, May 28,1880. June 15 1880. CHAP. 223.- An act to accept and ratify the agreement submitted by the confederated -- - bands of . Ute Indians iu Colorado, for the sale of their reservation in said State, 21 Stat., 199. an( j for 0ther purposes, and to make the necessary appropriations for carrying out the same. . • ^ . . preamble. Whereas certain of the chiefs and headmen of the confederated bands • of the Ute tribe of Indians, now present in the city of Washington, i* l! Jante! ep! i5i874, c ' have agreed upon and submitted to the Secretary of the Interior an agreement for the sale to the United States of their present reservation in the State of Colorado, their settlement upon lands in severalty, see 1895. ch. 113, and for other purposes; and port, p. 555. Whereas the President of the United States has submitted said \ agreement, with his approval of the same, to the Congress of the United States for acceptance and ratification, and for the necessary legislation to carry the same into effect: Therefore . ute Indians in coi- Be % t enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That said agreement Proviso. be, and tho same is hereby, accepted, ratified, and confirmed: Provided, be satisfied that the guilty* parties are no longer living or have fled beyond the limits of the United States, the proportion of the money, ••"•'-.-• j hereinafter provided, coming to that portion of the Ute Indians known as the White River Utes, except for removal and settlement, shall not be p a i d " ; and by adding to the third express condition of said agree- Proviso. ment after the word " forever ", the words following, to wit: " Provided, That the President of the United States nuiy, in his discretion, appropriate an amount thereof, not exceeding ten thousand dollars, for the schools. education in schools established within or beyond the limits of the lands selected, of such youths of both sexes as in his judgment may be * best qualified to make proficiency in practical industries and pursuits necessary for their self- support, and out of the portion of said moneys Payment annually coming to the White River Utes, the United States shall pay annually ix- rta^ persons* ™ to *° the following- named persons, during the period of twenty years, if they shall live . so long, the following sums respectively: To Mrs. Ari- |