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FIFTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 1479. 1905. 1079 each man, woman,. and child belonging on the said Port Madison Indian Reservation, within ninety days after the ratification of this agreement, and also to pay to certain of said Indians, w.ithin the said time limit, the sum of three thousand six hundred and twenty-eight dollars for certain personal improvements, and four hundred and sixty-six and seventy-five one—hundredths dollars to the treasurer of the Port Madi— ` son Indian Improvement Club for iloating wharf. and three hundred and fifty-five dollars to the treasurer of the board of trustees of the Port Madison Indian Church, as listed in schedule of appraisement of said improvements upon lands ceded by Article Iof this agreement, a copy of which schedule of appraisement is hereunto attached. And it is further agreed that the disposition of the sum of eight hundred and eighty-four dollars, the appraisement of the Government schoolhouse and farmers dwelling, and two hundred dollars for cable anchorages of two telegraph companies, as per attached schedule, is discretionary with the Secretary of the Interior, and .may be expended, in his discretion, in the erection of a day school building upon the remaining thirty-six acres unallotted subdivision of the Port Madison Indian Reservation, described as lot three, section twenty-one, township twenty-six north, range two east, livillamette meridian, which unal-· lotted subdivision adjoins lot four of the tract ceded by Article I of this agreement. Arcricrri III. It is understood that nothing in this agreement shall Qishte ¤{1I¤•¤¤¤¤ be construed to deprive the said Indians of the Port Madison Indian H0 impure ' Reservation of any benefits to which they are entitled under existing treaties or agreements not inconsistent with the provisions of this agreement. Anrromz IV. This agreement shall take effect and be in force when mmsigned by United States Indian Inspector James McLaugh1in and by a majority of the male adult Indian parties hereto, and when accepted and ratified by the Congress of the United States. In witness whereof the said James McLaughlin, United States Indian inspector. on the part of the United States. and the male adplt Indians belonging on the Port Madison Indian Reservation, in the State of Ylvashington, have hereunto set their hands and seals at the Port Madison Subagency, Kitsap County. llvashington. this twenty-eighth day of May. anno Domini nineteen hundred and four. That Claf-wha George. Indian allottee numbered ten, of the Port Madison Indian Reservation, in the State of \Vashington, to whom a' trust patent was issued on November fourth, eighteen hundred and eighty-six, for lot one, in section twentveight, township twenty-six north. range two east, of the V\'illamette meridian, together with other lands, is hereby authorized to sell and convey to the United States of America the said lot one, including improvements thereon. That Qu·dis-kid Big John, Indian allottee numbered eleven, of the Port Madison Indian Reservation, in the State of \Vashingt0n, to whom` a trust patent was issued on November fourth, eighteen hundred and eightvsix, for lot two, in section twenty-eight, township twenty-six north, range two east, of the \Villamette meridian, together with other lands, is hereby authorized to sell and convey to the United States of America the said lot two, including improvements thereon. Sec. 7. For payment to the Kansas or Kaw Indians in settlement of d,§:§5“ 0* K"' I¤· their claims against the United States, as established by the award of 1‘j¤}i¤e¤c of award. the Kaw Commission, under the provisions of the Act of Congress of l°l‘ 32* p‘°*°‘ July first. nineteen hundred and two (Thirty-second Statutes at Large, page six hundred and thirty-six), one hundred and fifty-tive thousand nine hundred and seventy-six dollars and eighty-eight cents, to be immediately available: }’r¢w!ded, That the amount herein appropriated zzxshce ,0 hem is accepted by the said Kansas or Kaw Indians in full settlement for fullall claims of whatever nature which they may have or claim to have