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TREATY WITH THE KLAMATH, aw. 1N1>1A1~:s. cm. 14, 1864. 709 ings for the use of the blacksmith, carpenter, and wagon and plough maker, the necessary bu_1ldings for oue_munuaI-labor school, and such hospital build- Schoolhouse mgs as may be necessary, whrch buildings shall be kept in repair at the ”d h°*’Pl*“l· expense of the United States for the term of twenty years ; and it is further stipulated that the necessary tools and material for the saw-mill, Tools books ilour-mill, carpenter, blacksmith, and wagon and plough makor’s shops, ¤¤<l ¤*¤fi°¤°F.Yi _ and books and stationery for the manual-labor school, shall be furnished by the United States for the period of twenty years. ARTICLE V. The United States further engage to furnish and pay Farmer, mcfor the services and subsistence, For the term of fifteen years, of one super- °h““i°“· “d inteudent of Farming operations, one farmer, one blacksmith, one sawyer, umhom one carpenter, and one wagon and plough maker, and for the term of twenty years of one physician, one miller, and two school-teachers. Amrcra VI. The United States may, in their discretion, cause a Reservation part or the whole of the reservation provided for in Article I. to be sur- my be S“""°*'*`d veyed into tracts and assigned to members of the tribes of Indians, parties igglghglgizyggjs to this treaty, or such of them as may appear likely to be benefited by the °P f*·*¤lll¤$ md same, under the following restrictions and limitations, to wit: To eaeh °mgl° p°”°°s‘ head of a family shall be assigned and granted a tract of noi: less than forty nor more than one hundred and twenty acres, according to the number of persons in such family; and to each single man above the age of twenty-one years a tract not exceeding forty acres. The Indians to whom these tracts are granted are guaranteed the perpetual possession audluse 0f the tracts thus granted and of the improvements which may be placed thereon; but no Indian shall have the right to alienate or convey any notgobcaygcnsuch tract to any person whatsoever, and the same shall be Forever exempt ¤¤¤d,¤¤r Subject from levy, sale, or forfeiture: Provided, That the Congress of the United t°}§3`;{;igf6n8 States may hereafter abolish these restrictions and permit the sale of the maybe removed. lands so assigned, if the prosperity of the Indians will be advanced thereby: And provided further, If any Indian, to whom an assignment of land has been made, shall refuse to reside upon the tract so assigned for a period Forteiture. of two years, his right to the same shall be deemed forteited. ARTICLE VII. The President of the United States is empowered to Regulations declare Such rules and regulations as will secure to the family, in ease of ““°S“°“”‘°““‘ the death of the head thereof; the use aud possession of the tract assigned to him, with the improvements thereon. ARTICLE VIII. The annuities of the tribes mentioned in this treaty _Annuities not shall not be held liable or taken to pay the debts of individuals. l‘“b1° f°" d°b**“· ARTICLE IX. The several tribes of Indians, parties to this treaty, _Pe¤ee_¤¤d acknowledge their dependence upon the government of the United States, f"°“dsh'P· and agree to be friendly with all citizens thereof, and to commit no depredations upon the person or property of said citizens, and to refrain from carrying on any war upon other Indian tribes; and they further agree that they will not communicate with or assist any persons or nation hostile to the United States, and, further, that they will submit to and obey all laws and regulations which the United States may prescribe for their government and conduct. _ ARTICLE X. It is hereby provided that if any member of these trnbes dlllgrnberg shall drink any spirituous liquor, or bring any such liquor upon the reset-- S;fit3;*3s1i;‘_ vation, his or her proportion of the benefits of this treaty may be vnthhcld um, not to have for such time as the President of the United States may direct. _ ::;*;*;::**5 °*` ARTICLE XI. It is agreed between the contracting parties that 1f the Omg, {jms United States, at any future time, may desire to loeate other tribes upon glayebgloented the reservation provided for in this treaty, no objection shall be made ~ Vu *°”· thereto ; but the tribes, parties to this treaty,·shall not, by such location proviso_ of other tribes, forfeit any of their rights or pmvnleges guaranteed to them by this treaty. _ _ ARTICLE XII. This treaty shall bind the contracting parties ivhehever Treaty when the same is ratified by the Senate and Presxdent of the United btates. *0 takc <=fl`€¤¤·