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1038 FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 543. 1891. patents shall issue for the lands allotted in pursuance of the provisions of this article, upon the same terms and conditions and limita- V<>1·¤4,1>-38% tions as is provided in section five of the act of Congress, approved February eighth, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, hereinbefore referred to. Awrxcnn V. ARTICLE V. · rugmer waymcm- The agreement concluded with the said Sisseton and Wahpeton g°‘§§,g §?,‘}"{,‘,§*,,‘?,$,,’}}‘° bands of Dakota or Sioux Indians, on the eighth day of Decembe1·, eighteen hundred and eightyifour, granting a right of way through their reservation for the C icago, Milwaukee and Saint aul Railway, is hereby accepted, ratified and confirmed. Ax·r1cu:VL ARTICLE VI. Effw- This agreement shall not take effect and be in force until ratiiied , by the Congress of the United States. _ In witness whereof we have hereunto set our hands and seals the day and year above written. ssgmmuea ‘ ELIPHALIJT WHITTLESEY, D. W. Dress, _ Crus. A. MAXWELL. On the part of the United States. The foregoing articles of agreement having been fully explained to us, in open council, we, the undersigned, being male adult members of the Sisseton and Wahpeton bands of Dakota or Sioux Indians,. do hereby cgnsent and; agree? to all the stipulations, conditions, and rovisions therein con ain . P Simon Ananangmari (his x mark), and others Paymeuttolndimrs- Sec. 27. That for the purpose of carryling out the terms and provisions of said agreement there be, and ereby is, appropriated, out Amount- of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated the sum of two million two hundred and three thousan dollars, of which amount the sum of five hundred and three thousand two hundred dollars shall be immediately available, and the same, or so much thereof as ma be necessary, shall be paid as follows, to wit: To there simmons and Sisseton and llVahpeton Indians, parties to this agreement, the sum W'“‘*’°‘°“‘· of three hundred and seventy-six thousand five hundred and seventys eight dollars and thirty-seven cents, said amount to be distributed ro ¤¤»u¤¤,e¤e.. em- er capita. To the scouts and soldiers of the Sisseton, Walipeton, §‘{’(’§‘f,",r*”,,°,}Q§’,,,,,'°§‘,“"Q,*f ltiedawakanton, and Wapakoota bands of Sioux Indians, who were 1sez,em. enrolled and entered into the military service of the United States and served in suppressing what is known as the “Sioux outbreak of eighteen hundred and sixty-two;" or those who were enrolled and served in the armies of the United States in the war of the rebellion, and to the members of their families and descendants, now living, of such scouts and soldiers as are dead, who are not included in the foregoing class, as parties to said agreement, the sum of one hundred and twenty-six thousand six hundred and twenty dollars, said rmmpnuannumes. amount to be distributed per capita; and the said sum of five hundred and three thousand and two hundred dollars or so much thereof as may be necessary, when paid to the said Sisseton, Wahpeton, Medcwakanton, and Wahpakoota bands of Sioux Indians, their fam-- ilies and descendants, designated in this act, shall be deemed a full settlement of all claims they may have for unpaid annuities, under any and all treaties or acts of Congress up to the thirtieth day of Promo- June, eighteen hundred and ninety: Provided however, That all contracts or agreements between said Indians or any of them, and Arwmeyscontrncts- agents, attorneys, or other persons for the payment of any part of this appropriation for or on account of fees or compensation to said