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 TREATY WITH OTTOWAS AND CHIPPEWAS, JULY 31, 1855. 623 After the expiration of ten years, such restriction on the power of sale ·"-*`*°*‘ *¤¤ Yew shall be withdrawn, and a patent shall be issued in the usual form, to each ;Qf$°2;§b°,1g original holder of a certificate for the land described therein, provided that striction on sms such restriction shall cease only upon the actual issuing of the patent; and °°“*°· provided further that the President may in his discretion at any time in individual cases on the recommendation of the Indian agent when it shall appear prudent and for the welfare of any holder of a certificate, direct a patent to be issued. And provided also, that after the expiration of ten years. if individual cases shall be reported to the President by the Indian agent, of persons who may then be incapable of managing their own atfairs from any reason whatever, he may direct the patents in such cases to be withheld, and the restrictions provided by the certificate, continued so long as he may deem necessary and proper. Should any of the heads of families die before the issuing of the certiti- Provision for cates or patents herein provided for, the same shall issue to the heirs of °"$" °f d°"'·h· such deceased persons. The benefits of this article will be extended only to those Indians who T0 whom this are at this time actual residents of the State of Michigan, and entitled to  Sh"" °x' participate in the annuities provided by the treaty of March 28, 1836 ; but this provision shall not be construed to exclude any Indian now belonging to the Garden River Band of Sault Ste. Marie. All the land embraced within the tracts hereinbefore described, that After tive shall not have been appropriated or selected within five years, shall remain Y°@'i   "gg the property of the United States, and the same shall thereafter, for the ;,1:,i:;?i,iQ°,,,m;,.gd further term of five years, be subject to entry in the usual manner and at in the usunl the same rate per acre as other adjacent public lands are then -held, by :,’;$;‘°g):’¥,vL’* Indians only ; and all lands, so purchased by Indians, shall be sold with- yéms, and than out restriction, and certificates and patents shall be issued for the same in by my ¤¤¤· the usual form as in ordinary cases ; and all lands remaining unappropriated by or unsold to the Indians after the expiration of the last-mentioned term, may be sold or disposed of by the United States as in the case of all other public lands. Nothing contained herein shall be so construed as to prevent the ap- h“F';“°**_ {1***1 propriation, by sale, gift, or otherwise, by the United States, of any tract or §,c_:$,§"§,, °° S tracts of land within the aforesaid reservations for the location of churches, made, school-houses, or for other educational purposes, and for such purposes se§"°:__[?3f “1};}ggi_ purchases of land may likewise be made from the Indians, the consent amps consent. of the President of the United States, having, in every instance, tirst been obtained therefor.* Amrcrn 2. The United States will also pay to the said Indians the l’avments to sum of five hundred and thirty-eight thousand and four lnmdred dollars, “°“l I"dl*‘¤’· in manner following, to wit: _ First. Eighty thousand dollars for educational purposes to be paid in ten e ggwggug Eu equal annual instalments of eight thousand dollars each, which sum shall ,,?,;m,,m_,_ ` be expended under the direction of the President of the United States; and in the expenditure of the same, and the appointment of teachers and management of schools, the Indians shall be consulted, and their views and wishes adopted so far as they may be just and reasonable. ` Second. Seventy-five thousand dollars to be paid in five equal annual in- $7?»°°° *¤l€'° stalments of fifteen thousand dollars each in agricultural implements and §€,,`i;,Q:;,;`m m` carpenters tools, household furniture and building materials, cattle, labor, and all such articles as may be necessary and useful for them in removing to the homes herein provided and getting permanently settled thereon. Third. Forty-two thousand and four hundred dollars for the support of b,f;Eg£§h,;°" four blacksmith shops for ten years. shops. Fourth. The sum of three hundred and six thousand dollars in coin, as fol- L, $306-009 lows :—ten thousand dollars of the principal and the interest on the whole c;;,:’:,P“‘d P" of said last—mentioned sum remaining unpaid at the rate of five per cent.
 * See zuneurlments by u.d•.liug clauses, post. pp. 56, 57.