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1020 Firrv-1·*1Rsr CONGRESS. sms. 11. ou. 543. 1891. mm n. Anrrcnm II. ¤¤¤¤¤¤•¤¤¤ ¤f ll- Whereas certain allotments of land have been heretofore made, mm"' and are now being made to said Absentee Shawnees according to in- - structions from the Department of the Interior, at Washington, un- ` val.¤Lp.U6. der Act of Con ss entitled, ‘An Act to provide for the allotment of lands, in severallty, to Indians on the various reservations, and to ex- ‘ tend the protection of the laws of the United States and the Territories over the Indians and for other purposes} approved February 8, 1887, and according to said instructions other a lotments are to be made, it is further agreed that all such allotments o made shall be confirmed—a1l in pgocess of bein made shall be completed and con- Hrmed, and all to made shall he made under the same rules and regulations, as to persons, locations and area, as those heretofore made, and when made shall be confirmed. When said allotments shall be so confirmed and approved b the Secretary of the Interior, the title in each allottee shall be evidenced and protected in every particular, in the same manner and to the extent provided for - bww- in the above—mentioned Act of Congress. Provided, that in all allotments to be hereafter .made, no person shall have the right to ¤°¥¤¤*¤°°“°¤¤·¤°°- select his or her allotment in sections sixteen (16) and thirty-six (36). in any Congressional townshi nor upon any land heretofore set apart in said tract of countrly Fir any use by the United States. or for school, school farm or re igious purposes—nor shall said sections sixteen (16) and thirty-six (36) be subject to homestead entry, but shall be kept and us for school purposes; nor shall any lands set apart for any use of the United States, or for school, school farm or religious prgposes, be subject to homestead entry—but shall be held bly the Uni States for such purpows, solo as the United States Ilmitfvr wdug sl- s all see fit to so use them; an provided fwrlrlger, that all such allot- ‘°°"‘“'“ ments shall be taken on or before January 1st, 1891, after which time and up to February 8, 1891, the alloting agent then on said reservation shall make allotments to those Absentee Shawnees resident in said tract of country, who have failed or refused to take their allotments as aforesaid, and such allotments somade by such alloting agent shall have the same force and eifect as if the selections were made by the Indians in person. After said date of February 8th 1891, any right to allotment hereunder or by Act of Congress, shall be deemed waived and forever cease to exist. ummm _ Anrxcmn III. Hmbwunuwws It is further agfeed that the number who are entitled to take allotments and w o shall take allotments, including those who have already taken allotments, is six hundred and fifty (650). But if it shall be ascertained that a greater number than six hundred and fifty (650) shall be entitled to and shall take allotments hereunder, then there shall be deducted from the sum hereinafter agreed to be paid to said Absentee Shawnees, the sum of one (lgedollar for each acre of land allotted to those in excess of said num r. mmm. Anrrcnn IV. Payment www It is further agreedgas a further and only additional consideration ‘°"°'°°"°°°‘ for such relinquishment of all title, claim and interest of every kind and character, in and to said lands, that the United States will pay to said Absentee Shawnees in said tract of country, as soon as may beafter this agreement shall have been ratified by Congress, and under the direction of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, the sum of SlXty—UV`B thousand ($65,000.00) dollars for making homes and other improvements on their said allotments. All payments of