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1024 rirrvrinsr oonemcss. sms. 11. on. 543. 1891. B<=¤<¤>l·¤*¢=·»¤¤¢*i¤¤¤~ “It is further agreed that sections sixteen and thirty-six in each Y Congressional township in said reservation shall not become subject to homestead entry, but shall be held by the United States and finally sold for public school purposes. It is hereby further agreed that wherever in said reservation any religious society or other organization is now occupying any portion of said reservation for reli 'ous or educational work among the Indian the land so occupiedl may be allotted and confirmed to such society or or anization; not, however, to exceed one hundred and sixty acres of land to any one society or organization so long as the same shall be so occupied and used, and such land shall not be subject to homestead entry. mm v. “.ARTICLE V. rmrwnmaaem. "A1l allotments hereunder shall be selected within ninet days · from the ratihcation of this agreement by the Congress of the United States, provided the Secretary of the Interior, in his discretion, may extend the the time for making such selection, and should any Indian entitled to allotments hereunder fail or refuse to make his or her selection of land in that time, then the allotting a ent in charge of the work of making such allotments shall, within tie next thirt days after said time, make allotments to such Indians, which shall have the same force and eifect as if the selection were made by the Indian. , www {ARTICLE VI. rnmmmsrormw When said allotments of land shall have been selected and taken °""‘ _ as aforesaid, and approved by the Secretary of the Interior, the titles thereto shall be hel in trustfor the allottees. respectively, for the period of twenty-five years, in the manner and to the extent rovided Vo1.»u,p.8iB. or in the act o Congress entitled ‘An act to provide for the allotment of land in severalty to Indians on the various reservations, and to extend the protection of the laws of the United States and the Territories over the Indians, and for other purposes,’ approved Febmary eighth, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven; and at the ex iration of said period of twenty-five years the titles thereto shall be conveyed in fee simple to the allottees, or their heirs, free from all incumbrances. hmmm. "ARTICLE VII _ _5=_yL¤¤¤¤¤ row num “A,g a further and only additional consideration for the cession of territory and relincgiishment of title, claim, and interest in and to lands as aforesaid the United States agrees to pay to the Cheyenne and Ara ahoe tribes of Indians one mil ion and five hundred thounuumumn. sand dollars as follows: Two hundred and fifty thousand dollars in cash, to be distributed fper capita among the members of said tribes within sixty da s a ter this agreement shall be ratified by the Congrgss of the United States; two hundred and nfty thousand to {paid out for said Indians under the direction of the Secretary 0 the Interior, and the remainibng one million dollars tobe retained in the Treasiuly of the Unit States laced to the credit of the said Indians, an , while so retained, to draw Eve per centura interest per annum, to be paid to said Indians per capita annua y. ‘ hmm Nothing herein contained shall be held to aifect in anyway any annuities due said Indians under existing laws, agreements, or treaties. A¤¤·¤¤¤V¤1 {ARTICLE VIII. I 00, ¤¤¤¤·¤¤<>¤ <>* ¤- “It is further agreed that wherever in said reservation an memtl ber of either of said tribes has in pursuance of any laws oi? under