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1042 FIFTY—FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 543. 1891. Allotments already 'Twelfth. It is further provided, in accordance with provisions of ‘“§‘},‘{· Article VI of the treaty of May seventh, Anno Dom1n1 eighteen hun- ` ’ l dred and sixty-eight, that this cession of lands shall not be construed to deprive without his or her consent, any individual Indian of the Crow tribe of his or her right to any tract of land selected by him or ver za,p.4a her in conformity with said treaty, or as provided by the agreement approved by Congress April eleven, Anno Domini eighteen hundred and eighty-two; and it is further provided that in ratifying this agreement the Congress of ·the United States shall cause all such Survey. lands to be surveyed and certificates duly issued for the same to ver 15,p. uso. said Indians, as provided in the treaty of May seventh, eighteen f hundred and sixty-eiight, before said ceded portion of the reserva- · tion shall be o ened or settlement. _ nmueruoa · Thirteenth. It is a condition of this agreement that it shall not be binding upon either party until ratified by the Congress of the United States, and when so ratified that said cession of lands so acquired by the United States shall not be opened for settlement until the Boundary mem- boundary lines set forth and described in this agreement have "‘°“°“‘ been surveyed and definitely marked by suitable permanent monuments, erected every half mile, wherever practicable, along the entire length of said boundary line.

 v! <=hi¤f¤’ Fourteenth. That the sum~of five thousand dollars, or so much

L thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated and set apart to pay the expenses of twelve Crow chiefs and one interpreter to visit the President of the United States at Washington, to consult with _, . him for the benefit of the Crow tribe, at such time as the President ma? determine, within one year from the date of this agreement. F<>¤¤¤r www · ifteenth. Thatall existing provisions of the treaty of May seventh °°v a°”_“;r,°,°5_m, Anno Domini eighteen hun red and sixty-eight, and the agreement V°‘·”·P-*`*— approved by act of Congress dated April eleventh, eighteen hundred an eighty-two, shall continue in force. Done at Crow Agency, Montana, this eighth day of December, A. D. eighteen hundred and ninety. Sizmrures. J. CLIFFORD RICHARDSON, C. M. Donn, R. J. FL1N·r, Commissioners to the Crow Indians. Carl Lieder and others, for the said Indians. mmenzwmmms. Sec. 32. That for the purpose of carrying the provisions of the foregoing agreement into e act there is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise aplpropriated, the said sum of nine hundred and forty-six thousand dollars, so agreed to be paid, to be expendted for the purposes and in the manner provided in said agreemen . _n§,¤¤{vmg:t¤,{)ns¤¤¤¤¤¤rr Sec. 33. That the sum of seven thousand five hundred dollars, or ' so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise a propmated, for the survey of the boundary line between the Crow Igeservation and the lands Vol.15,p.650. ce ed by said agreement, as stipulated in section fourteen thereof, and for the survey of lands selected by members of the Crow tribe of Indians under the provisions of article six of the treaty between the United States an the Crow Indians, concluded May seventh,. eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, or under the provisions of the act Vo\.2¤,p.42» approved April eleventh, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, entitled "An act to accept and ratify the agreement submitted by the Crow Indians of Montana for the sale of a portion of their reservation in said Territory, and for other purposes, and to make the necessary gr-mmeem. apprqpriations for carrying out the same. ” And certificates shall be ’”“‘ issue for such selections under said article, as required by section twelve of the foregoing agreement.