622 TREATY YVITH OTTO¥VAS AND CHIPPEWAS, JULY 31, 1855. R5; igilgfaiid Sixth} For. the. Grand Riverlbands, including the lband of which including that of Me-tay-o-meg is elnefjjfour adjoining townships of land 1H the county of Me-my-o-meg. Mecosta, and four adjoining townships north of Muskegon River, and west of range 12 west, which two locations, of four townships each, are to be selected by said Grand River Indians within three months from this date and notice thereof given to their agent. For the Che- Seventh! For the Chcboygan band, one township of land in Cheboy- l’°Yg‘“‘ l’““"· gan county, to be selected and notice given as above provided. For the Thu. .E1S_qhth. For the Thunder Bay band, section 25 and 36 in township 30 66* Buy b¤¤d· north, range 7 east, and section 22 in township 30 north, range 8 east. Purchase forh Should either of the bands residing near Sault Ste. 1\IIarie1detel1;mine bands “’h° “'l° to locate near the lands owned b the missionar society o the Iet odist
Episcopal church at Iroquois Phint, in additioh to those who now reside
utIroquoisPcint· there, it is agreed that the United States will purchase as much of said lands for the use of the Indians as the society may be willing to sell at the usual overnment price. Grunt of iam; The United States will give to each Ottowa and Chippewa Indian ¤¤ <>¤<>h T¤<ll¤¤· being the head of a family, 80 acres of land, and to each single person over 21 years of age, 40 acres of land, and to each family of orphan children under 21 years of age containing two or more persons, 80 acres of land, and to each single orphan child under 21 years of age, 40 acres of land to be selected and located within the several tracts of land hereinbefore described under the following rules and regulations :—— Selection how i Each Indian entitled to land under this article may make his own selecmzuie. tion of any land within the tract reserved herein for the band to which he may belong--Provided, That in case of two or more Indians clziiming the same lot or tract of land, the matter shall be referred to the ndian agent, who shall examine the case and decide between the parties.d h List of time For the urpose of determining who may be entitled to land un er the ¤¤ti¤|¢d¤¤b<¤ provisions bf this article, lists shall be prepared by the Indian agent, P"°p"°d‘ which lists shall contain the names of all persons entitled, designating them in four classes. Class lst, shall contain the names of heads of families; class 2d, the names of single persons over 21 years of age; class Bd, the names of or han children under 21 ears of a e, comprising families of two or moiic persons, and class 4th, the names of single orphan children under 21 years of age, and no person shall be entered in more than one class. Such lists shall be made and closed by the first day of July, 1856, and thereafter no applications for the benefits of this article will be allowed. Selections may At any time within five years after the completion of the lists, selecb¤ mv-<1¤ WMM tions of lands may be made by the persons entitled thereto, and a notice Em YM"` thereof, with a description of the land selected, filed in the office of the Indian agent in Detroit, to be by him transmitted to the office of Indian Affairs at Washington City. I l To be ,,cc0,~d- All selections of land under this article must be made according to the ina {¤_¤{S¤=¤\ usual legal subdivisions; and fractional lots, if containing less than 60 ‘“b°""“°“S‘ acres, may be regarded as forty-acre lots, if over sixty and less than one hundred and twenty acres, as eighty-acre lots} Selections for orphan children may be made by themselves or their riends, subject to the approval of the agent. Possession may After selections are made, as herein provided, the persons entitled to b°°·'*k°¤¤*°”°°· the land may take immediate possession thereof, and the United States will thenceforth and until the issuing of patents as hereinafter provided, hold the same in trust for such persons, and certificates shall be issued in a suitable form guaranteeing and securing to the holders their possession $,,1,, wm,,,, tm, and an ultimate title to the land. But such certincates shall not be asyoars forbidden. signable and shall contain a. clause expressly prohibiting the sale or transfer by the holder of the land described therein.
- See amendments, post, p. 56.
