ebraska shall not by an
act of its legislature consent to the provisions of this act within two
years next after the passage hereof this act shall cease and be of no
effect.

And whereas by section 13 of the act entitled "An act to divide a
portion of the reservation of the Sioux Nation of Indians in Dakota into
separate reservations and to secure the relinquishment of the Indian
title to the remainder, and for other purposes," approved March 2, 1889,
it is provided--

That when the allotments to the Ponca tribe of Indians and to such
other Indians as allotments are provided for by this act shall have
been made upon that portion of said reservation which is described in
the act entitled "An act to extend the northern boundary of the State
of Nebraska," approved March 28, 1882, the President shall, in pursuance
of said act, declare that the Indian title is extinguished to all lands
described in said act not so allotted hereunder, and thereupon all of
said land not so allotted and included in said act of March 28, 1882,
shall be open to settlement as provided in this act: _Provided_, That
the allotments to Ponca and other Indians authorized by this act to be
made upon the land described in the said act entitled "An act to extend
the northern boundary of the State of Nebraska" shall be made within
six months from the time this act shall take effect.

And whereas the State of Nebraska, by an act of its legislature approved
May 23, 1882, entitled "An act declaring the assent of the State of
Nebraska to an act of Congress of the United States entitled 'An act to
extend the northern boundary of the State of Nebraska,' approved March
28, 1882," assented to and accepted the provisions of said act of
Congress approved March 28, 1882; and

Whereas allotments have been made to the Ponca tribe of Indians under
and in accordance with the provisions of said section 13 of the act
of March 2, 1889, and no other Indians having selected or applied for
allotments upon that portion of the reservation of the Sioux Nation of
Indians described in the act of March 28, 1882, aforesaid, and the six
months' limit of time within which said allotments were authorized to
be made having expired on the 10th day of August, 1890:

Now, therefore, I, Benjamin Harrison, President of the United States,
by virtue of the power in me vested by the act (section 13) of March 2,
1889, aforesaid, and in pursuance of the act