534 TREATY WITH THE POTTAWATOMIE INDIANS. FEB. 27, 1867. to be expended or invested as may be directed by the business commit- Pmvxso. tee of the tribe, for the benefit of said tribe: Provided, That this last provision shall be of none effect if said amount shall, within one year, be appropriated under direct action by Congress without reference to this treaty. pands fox Aarxcnn XI. The half-sections of land heretofore set apart for the m§:;°“ °;‘h°g§é mission schools, to wit, those of the St. Mary’s Mission, and the American W ’P' `Baptist Mission, shall be granted in fee simple, the former to John F, Dicls, John Schoenmaker and M. Gillaud, and the latter to such party as the American Baptist Board of Missions shall designate. Rights or Awrrcnn XII. No provisions of this treaty shall be held to apply in
- l;_°¤; *¤°I§’>°’; such manner as to authorize any interference with the exclusive rights in
gc;] mgirigdg their own lands of those members of the tribe who hold their lands in in common. common ; but such Indians shall be entitled to their share in the ownership of the new reservation; and it shall not be necessary at any future time to treat with the representatives of the whole people for a cession of the lands of those who hold in common, but special treaty arrangements may be made at any time with the class of persons last named for the sale of their lands, and the disposition to be made of the proceeds thereof.
- nc°,,,;m¤t Aarrcnn XIII. All provisions of former treaties inconsistent with the
P¤‘<>Vi¤i¤¤¤ wld- provisions of this treaty shall be hereafter null and void. Expense, of ARTICLE XIV. The expenses of negotiating this treaty shall be paid WS *·¤¤¤*¤Y· by the United States, not to exceed six thousand dollars. Execution. In testimony whereof, the aforenamed commissioners on behalf of the United States, and on behalf of the Pottawatomies the aforenamed chiefs, braves, and headmen, have hereunto set their hands and seals the day and year Bret above mentioned. LEWIS V. BOGY, Umnmissioncr of Iizdvfan Afairs. W. H. WATSON, [san.] Special Commissioner. THOS. MURPHY, [sms.] Supt. of Indian Afairs. L. R. PALMER, [sun.] UZ S. Lzdian Agent. MAZHEE, his —[- mark. [snniz. MIANCO, his -|- mark. SEAL. SHAWGWE, his —{— mark. sun,. B. H. BERTRAND, SEAL. J. N. BOURASSA, [sun. M. B. BEAUBIEN, [san,. - L. H. OG-EE, ° [sun. GEORGE L. YOUNG. LSEAL. In presence of —- J. N. Bounassa, ZZ S. Int. Lnwrs S. Hunan. H. W'. Fnnnswonrn. Vim:. Jannor. W. R. Inwm. Ratitication And whereas the said treaty having been submitted to the Senate of
- l$;*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 Exncorrvn SESSION, SENATE or rmi: UNITED STATES, July 25, 1868. } Resolved, (two thirds of the senators present concurring,) That the Senate advise and consent to the ratification of the articles of agreement
