Porter v. Parker

Ames, 0.

The sixth section of an act of congress of August 7, 1882, providing for the allotment of certain lands in this state reserved for the Omaha tribe of Indians to the members of that tribe severally, enacts as follows: “That upon the approval of the allotments provided for in the preceding section by the secretary of the 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…