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[[underlined]] Provided [[/underlined]], that the Secretary of the Interior be and he hereby is authorized and directed to cause to be paid out of the proceeds of the sale of said lands to such individual members of the Omaha tribe of Indians or their heirs as shall submit proof to his satisfaction, the sum of thirty dollars per head for each and every horse stolen from individual members of said Omaha tribe of Indians by said Winnebago tribe of Indians or individual members thereof, since the year 1871, unless the said depredations shall have in some way been settled or compromised by and between the said tribes, or the horses been returned to the parties from whom they were stolen, and to Edward Farley the sum of $260.00 for expenses incurred and paid by him and for services rendered in the recovery of horses stolen by said Winnebagoes from the Omahas and sold to white persons.  [[underlined]] Provided [[/underlined]], further that said claims shall be presented within one year from the approval of this act.