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644 FIFTY-SECOND CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 209. 1893. thousand seven hundred and ten and eighty-nine one-hundreths acres, more or less, ceded, conveyed, and relinquished to the United States by article one of an agreement concluded 0n_ the twenty-first day of October, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, between David H. Jerome, Allred M Wilson, and Warren G Sayre, duly appointed commissioners on the part of the United States, and said Tonkawa tribe of Indians, which agreement is contained in the message of the President communicating the ame to Congress, and known as Executive Document Numbered Thirteen, first session fifty-second Congress, to be paid and t:'L*¤¤°*°fP’Ym°`¤t· applied in the manner provided for in said agreement. And such por- °tion of said amount as may be deposited in the Treasury of the United I““*¤‘°¤*· °'·°· States shall bear interest at the rate of five per centum per annum, fk¤¢i¤¤>¤¤<;¤· ¤¤¤-» which interest shall be applied as provided in said agreement: and said ° `g'°°°“"‘ ° agreement is hereby accepted, ratified, and contirmed. ,_,f§*jf’“°° I'""" PAWNEE INDIAN LANDS I Emntpgwm SEc. 12. That the sum of eighty thousand dollars, or so much thereof fn'} ,,,,2,,,,, 0,- $3; as may be necessary, i hereby appropriated, out of any money in the gggwyg ¤¤jm¤‘;_·;g¤s<>¤ Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the same to be immediately r mavailable, to pay the Pawnee tribe of Indians in Oklahoma, formerly

  • a part of the Indian Territory, for all their right, title, claim, and interest of every kind and character in and to all that tract of country

between the Cimarron and Arkansas rivers embraced within the limits of seventeen specified Townships of land, ceded, conveyed, and relinquished to the United States by said Pawnee tribe of Indians, by article one of an agreement concluded on the twenty-third day of November, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, between David H. Jerome, Alfred I. Wilson, and Warren G. Sayre, duly appointed commissioners on the part of the United States, and said Pawnee tribe of Indians, which agreement is contained in the message of the President communicating the same to Congress, and known as Executive Document Pnymenc. vw- Number Sixteen, second session Fiity-second Congress, to be paid and ' applied in the manner provided in article four of said agreement. And the further sum of five thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury Immediately gun. not otherwise appropriated, the same to be immediately available, to ““é§mp°mm_ mn pay the expense of making the allotments provided tbr in said agreeof ¤i>•=<=i¤1 sllvtrinz ment, including the pay and expenses of necessary special agents °g°“°" hereby authorized to be appointed by the President for the purpose of making such allotments, and to pay the expense of necessary resiu·- veys therefor. Said agreement is hereby accepted, ratified, and conilrmed. And the residue of the proceeds of the surplus lands mentioned in said agreement shall be placed to the credit of said tribe in rams:. the Treasury of the United States, and shall bearinterest at the rate ot D*¤¤r¤··¤¤¤¤- five per centum per annum, said interest to be paid and distributed to said tribe as provided in said article four. ~ mins to mms Sec. 13. That the lands acquired by the agreements specified in the

  • ""* °"Y“*"‘°°°"‘“'“‘ two preceding sections are hereby declared to be a part of the public

Sr1»<»¤1 amicus ¤>— domain. Sections sixteen and thirty-six in each township, whether "°"°°‘ surveyed or unsurveyed, are hereby reserved from settlement for the Aw. r- 6*0- use and benefit of public schools, as provided in section ten relating- to 0L1pc:;:; ¤:g;;¤¤•;¤§ lands acquired from the Cherokee Nation of Indians. And the lands p,,,,.§Z,,,,,,_'“ ’ so acquired by the agreements specified in the two preceding sections not so reserved shall be opened to settlement by proclamation of the President at the same time and in the manner, and subject to the same conditions and regulations provided in section ten relating to the opening of the lands acquired from the Cherokee Nation of Indians. And each settler on the lands so to be opened as aforesaid shall, be- Aaiiiutui ree. fore receiving a patent for his homestead, pay to the United States for the lands so taken by him, in addition to the fees provided by law, the 1¤¤~=>r¤¤t· sum of two dollars and fifty cents per acre; and shall also pay interest