892 FIFTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. II. C11. 405. 1889. u0¥;¤{:u¤g&g, ¤¢ i¤¤d¤ Sec. 12. That azgny Eme after lapds have been allotted to all the ' Indians of a tri as erein provide , or sooner, 1 in e opinion _ of the Presidbsng it Sshalltpe forfthle bp-est; intereits of saiid Jtribehit shall bel wfulfor the ecre ryo the n erior o ne oia ewi suc Indian tribe for the purchase a31d relpasie by s]a.id tribe, tin conflornnlityg "th th tr t or statute. un er w ic suc reserva ion is e o gich poftiorisoi its reservation not allotted as such tribe shall, from time to time, consent to sell, on such terms and conditions as shall be considered just and equitable between the United States_ and said tribe of Indians, which plurchase shall not be comgete until ratified ammo. by Congress: Brovided, owever, That all lands a (pted to agricnlt- - ure, with or without irrigation, so sold or release to the United Jteéigww f¤r¤¢¤¤¤ Stptes by any gndian tribal shall pe held py tg? United1St]a;<ip {pr ghe ' e r ose 0 secu in omes o ac ua se ers an s e ispbsedlbfp by the UnitedgStates to actual and bona-fide settlers only in tracts `not;1 exgeeding cme hundredl aipd sixtylacres lto airy one pepson, on suc rms as ongress s a prescribe, su jec o gran s which Congress may make in aid of education: And provided further, Tliilat no patentsdsléall issue thergfor except to thel pcpésomlso g e same as an or a omes ea , or is e1rs, an a er e nmmnuupmm expiration of live years’ occupancy thereof as such homestead; and . any conve ance of said lands so taken as a homestead, or any contract touching the same, or lien thereon, created prior to the date of such patent, shall be null and void. And the sums agreed to be Purchase money. paid by the United States as purchase money for anly portion of any such reservation shall be hel in the Treasury of the United States for the sole use of the tribe or tribes of Indians to whom such reservation belonged; and the same, with interest thereon at live per centum per annum, shall be at all times subject to appropriation by Copgress for tjslhe educptaiontpnnd cpvilipsgzion of such e og trilies 1z¤»¤1¤rp•¤¤m. 0 n ians or e mem rs ereo . e patents a oresai s a bp rplcorded {:1hea%en7pral Ltanfl ggjlce, sgnd afterward, delivered, free ocarge; te 0 eeenite ereo. 0u mz Sec. 13. That any Indian receiving and entitled to rations and annuitieshaiiifeiitlgnr off the iagpnciesi mentioned in this act at the tdime the same s a e e ec , u resi ing u on any portion of said Great Reservation not included in either of 518 separate reservations herein established, may, at his option, within one year from the time when this act shall ta e effect, and within one year after he has been notified of his said right of option in snch manner as the Secretary of the Interior shal direct _ {recording his election with the proper Aueemenmrmm. agent at the agency to whic he belongs, have the allotment to wh1ch he wogdlbe (ptherwise eptitlgd on one pg said sgparatel gppervatipns u on e an w ere suc n an ma en resi e, suc ot in alrl other respects to conform to the allotments hereinbefore prblgided. liaclppiiember pif: the Ppnca O§:gI1Cll&1lSé nogvtloccupyigg a pgrt of , e 0 onca serva ion, wi in e 11111 s o e said reat `oux mmm. Resegjvatiomfshall be rpntitleld tp alflotmenps uppn sid old Ponca lies- .4»¢¤,p.so. erva ion as 0 ows: 0 eac ea 0 a am` y, t r h d d d twenty acres; to each single person over eigliteen yggrsbfl algge, diilefourth of a section; to each orphan child under eighteen years of age, one-fourth of asection; and to each other person under eighteen years of age now living, one-eighth of a section, with title thereto and rights un er the same in all other res ects conforming to this act. and said Poncas shall be entitled to alhother benents under this act in the same manner and with the same conditions as if they were a umd _ Y part_of the SIOUX Nation receiving rations at one of the agencies ““’· °’”`***· erem named. When allotments to the Ponca tribe of Indians and _ {1; sgch Seether Igdians as alloitmenvps are provided for bycthis aplt slhall _ n m e upon_ a po ion 0 said reserva ion w' ven. 22, p. ac. described in the act entitled "An act to extend the northern bouifdarijé of the State of Nebraska/’ approved March twenty-eighth, eighteen
