LAD #19, Dawes Act

Any indians that have been alloted land on reservations are getting surveyed or resurveyed. Each person in charge of a family will get 1/4 a section of land, anyone whose single and over 18 will get 1/8 a section of land, any child without parents who is under 18 will get 1/8 a section etc. The land in the reservation is intended to be used for agricultural or grazing purposes. If there is not enough land in a reservation for each person then it will go in class structure who gets land and who does not. The land set aside for reservations and how the sections are divided amongst the indians is to be done by an agent appointed by the president. If an indian belongs to a tribe that does not have a reservation they may apply for land in a local land office. The agent that distributes the land will give out patents that says the name of the owner of the land. Indians even under reservations are still expected to abide by government laws civil and criminal. The secretary of the Interior is allowed to regulate rules on irrigation of the indian lands. Some indian tribes are excluded from this act.