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FIFTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 398. 1896. 331 and six hundred and seventy-one of chapter twenty-seven of Manstleld’s Digest of the Laws of Arkansas covering deeds, mortgages, liens, and instruments of writing pertaining to real estate, are hereby extended over and put in force in said Quapaw Agency, Indian Territory. That I~¤¤¤¤r¤¤¤M¤•i- the allottees of land within the limits of said Quapaw Agency are authorized to lease the same for a term not exceeding three years for farming purposes, or five years for mining or business purposes. sA0S AND Foxes on run m1ss1sS11=r1. n_§“§·,_:,';§,lf;`,*;f°¤ °*' For permanent annuity, in goods or otherwise, per third article of $,‘§}§f‘{,Y;,5_ treaty of November third, eighteen hundred and four, one thousand dollars; for interest on two hundred thousand dollars, at five per centum, Immiper second article of treaty of October twenty-first, eighteen hundred V°l‘7"‘_5°' and thirty-seven, ten thousand dollars; for interest on eight hundred thousand dollars, at live per centum, per second article of treaty of October eleventh, eighteen hundred and forty-two, forty thousand dollars: Provided, That the sum of one thousand five hundred dollars of mw this amount shall be used for the pay of a physician and for purchase ` of medicine; in all, fifty-one thousand dollars. The Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized and directed to S_'f8’;“¤{§gg_“*;f,;j;’ transfer on the books of the Treasury Department, from the fund of ’ ` fifty-five thousand and fifty-eight dollars and twenty-one cents, now held for the Sac and Fox tribe of Indians of the Mississippi, the sum of forty-two thousand eight hundred and ninety-three dollars and twenty- live cents to the credit of that portion of said tribe of Indians now residing in the State of Iowa; and the Secretary of the Interior is hereby —'-*"°""°Y- authorized and directed to pay to the attorneys employed by said Sac and Fox Indians residing in the State of Iowa, under contract approved by him for legal services rendered said Indians in the prosecution of their claim to said fund, from said sum hereby authorized and directed to be transferred, as soon as said transfer shall be made. the sum of four thousand two hundred and eighty-nine dollars and thirty two cents, or so much thereof as shall be necessary. . _ _ That the United States hereby accepts and assumes jurisdiction over I¤·f,‘,ff,‘;"‘$;‘:_ gjjuf the Sac and Fox Indians of Tama County, in the State of Iowa, and of ry. mw; their lands in said State, as tendered to the United States by the act of the legislature of said State passed on the sixteenth day of January, eighteen hundred and ninety-six, subject to the limitations therein contained; and the United States Indian agent of the Sac and Fox Agency, T¤·¤¤f¤¤ ¤f¤¤¤·¤- Iowa, and the governor of the State of Iowa, respectively, are hereby authorized to transfer by deed of conveyance, for the use and benellt of said Indians, the legal title held by them in trust, respectively, and the trusteeship of the lands of the Sac and Fox Indians of Tama County, Iowa, to the Secretary of the Interior and his successors in , office. sA0s AND roxms or rms: MISSOURI. ,h§'§‘,s:;'_‘}r,¥`°*“ "‘ For interest on one hundred and fifty-seven thousand tour hundred {5:;*;***-m dollars, at five per centum, under the direction of the President, per"P' ' second article of treaty of October twenty-first, eighteen hundred and thirty-seven, seven thousand eight hundred and seventy dollars; · For support of a school, per lifth article of treaty of March sixth, §°_jf’g·_P_u.,3 eighteen hundred and sixty-one, two hundred dollars; in all, eight thou- ` sand and seventy dollars. SEMINOLES. semnmim For five per eentum interest on two hundred and fifty thousand dol- $‘_3jj§“;_,0,_ lars, to be paid as annuity, per eighth article of treaty of August sev- ' enth, eighteen hundred and fifty-six, twelve thousand five hundred dollars; For live per centum interest on two hundred and fifty thousand dollars, to be paid as annuity (they having joined their brethren west), per