Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 15.djvu/532

From Wikisource
Jump to navigation Jump to search
This page needs to be proofread.

509 TREATY WITH THE SACS AND FOXES. FEBRUARY 18, 1867. The following were selected CC (Z Hutchinson: Names of Persons. Description. Sec[tion.] Towu[shlp.] Range. Kaw-Kol-we-nah . . . . E. Q 2 17 17 George Powers. . NE. { ... 8 17 18 Bo ... i i .. g. ig o ... . . .. Joseph Gokey ... W. 5 SE; ... 21 17 18 Do ... . N. Q NW. 4 .. 28 17 18 Do ,.. SW.lNW.l._... 28 17 18 Do ... NW.;} NE. 4 28 17 18 Do ... W. 3 SE. { .. 29 17 18 Mefrtach-ah-pack-0 tab... E. I 7 17 18 Mack—0h-tah-o·quit .. W. Q 7 17 18 P°°ill°”·°l°¤¤ And whereas the said treaty having been submitted to the Senate of

,:g,;m°°d` the United States for its constitutional action thereon, the Senate did, on

the twenty-fifth day of July, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight, advise and consent to the ratification of the same, with amendments, by a resolution in the words and figures following, to wit:- IN EXECUTIVE SESSION, SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES, July 25, 1868. Resolved, (two thirds of the senators present concurring,) That the Senate advise and consent to the ratification of Articles of Agreement made and concluded the eighteenth day of February, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, between the United States and the Sac and Fox tribes of Indians, with the following AMENDMENTS: Amenuments. ARTICLE III. After the words " the interest thereon " insert: " out of

m· 496 the proceeds of the sale of lands ceded in this treaty."

A,·¤_’;lii_Anrrcnn IV. Strike out the following words: "And the legal rights Ame, p.496· of railroad corporations shall be conceded thereon, the same as on other ublic lands." M, v_ P ARTICLE V. Strike out the words: “ and the legal rights of railroad Ante, p. 496. corporations shall accrue thereon." Same article. Strike out the words: “a.nd the scrip referred to in the third article of this treaty shall be received in payment for any of the lands herein ceded to the United States, and not granted to any railroad corporation, at any time after the removal of the Indians, as provided in the seventh article hereof"; and insert in lieu thereof the following words: "Provided, That such lands shall be subject to sale, in tracts of not exceeding one hundred and sixty acres to any one person, and at a price not less than one dollar and fifty cents per acre." Art. IX. Strike out all of Article IX., and insert in lieu thereof as follows: A"“· *497* “In order to promote the civilization of the tribe, one section of land, convenient to the residence of the agent, shall be selected by said agent, with the approval of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, and set apart for a. manual labor school; and there shall also be set apart, from the money to be paid to the tribe under this treaty, the sum of ten thousand dollars for the erectionof the necessary school buildings and dwelling for teacher, and the annual amount of five thousand dollars shall be set apart from the income of their funds after the erection of such school buildings, for the support of the school; and after settlement of the tribe upon their new reservation, the sum of five thousand dollars of the income of their funds may be annually used, under the direction of the chiefs, in the support of their national government, out of which last-mentioned amount