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330 U FIF’l?Y-THIRD CONGRESS. Suss. II. Ch. 290. 1894. Indian, prior to the execution of thisagreement, but the same shall be actually paid to the Indians in cash, in the manner and at the times as herein stipulated. . Anrrern IV. 8** ¤m•· •>*·>- It is further stipulated and agreed that the United States will pur- ‘ chase for the use of said Nez Perce Indians two portable eteam saw mills, at acost not exceeding ten thousand dollars, and will provide for said Indians, for a period not exceeding two years, and at a cost not exceeding twenty-four hundred dollars, a competent surveyor, for the purpose of fully informing said Indians as to the correct locations of their allotments and the corners and lmes thereof. ARTICLE V. ,g,'}T““‘* “’ ""“ It is further stipulated and agreed that the landsby this agreement ceded, shall not be opened for public settlement until trust patents for - the allotted lands shall have been duly issued and recorded, and the iirst payment shall have been made to said Indians. . · Anrrcuz VI. . _ _ I-•¤<1•f·r ¤\is5¤¤•i It is further stipulated and agreed that any religious society or other '°°"'°°" ‘ organization now occupying under proper authority, for religious or · educational work among the Indians, any of the lands ceded, shall have the right for two years from the date of the ratiiicatiou of this agreement, within which to purchase the land so occupied, at the rate o three dollars per acre, the same to be conveyed to such society or organization by patent, in the usual form. Anrrcmx VII. W autumn;. to ae It is further stipulated and agreed that all allotments madeto Ill8lll· .,.,°°.,¤,..."'°° H1""' °° °° bers of the tribe who have died since the same were made, or may die before the ratification of this agreement, shall be confirmed, and trust patents issued in the names of such allottees, respectively. · Anricnn VIII. rsymum umm It is further stipulated and agreed that the iirst per capita payment, “’"'· provided for in Article VIII of this agreement, shall be made to those members of the Nez Perce tribe whose names appear on the schedule of allotments made by Special Agent Fletcher, and to such as may be born to them before the ratification of this agreement: Provided That should it be ibund that any member of the tribe has been omitted from said schedule, such member shall share in the said payment, and shall be given an allotment. and each subsequent payment shall be made to ` those who receive the preceding payment and those born thereafter: Provided, That not more than one payment shall be made on account of a deceased member. _ Anrrenn IX. n ` Inrmcauuguqum. It is further agreed that the lands by this agreement ceded those retained, and those allotted to the said Nez Perce Indians shall be subject, for a period of twenty-tive years, to all the laws of the United States prohibiting the introduction of intoxicants into the Indian country, and that the Nez Perce Indian allottees, whether under the care of an Indian agent or not, shall, for a like period, be subject to all the laws of the United States prohibiting the sale or other disposition of intoxicants to Indians.