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 1112 TREATY WITH THE KANSAS TRIBE OF INDIANS. Ocr. 5, 1859. intermediate portions or parcels of land or water not includedrin or made part of the tracts assigned in severalty. Any such intermediate parcels of land and water shall be owned by the Kansas tribe of Indians in common, but in case of increase in the tribe, or other cause rendering it necessary or expedient, the said intermediate parcels of land shall be subjectto distribution and assignment in such manner as the becretary of the Interior shall prescribe and direct. The whole of the lands assigned or unassigned in severalty, embraced within the said exterior boundary, Tobe called shall constitute and be known as the Kansas Reservation, within and over th° ]$°"” B°" which all laws passed, or which may be passed by Congress, regulating cwmmb trade and intercourse with the Indian tribes, shall have full force and eH`ect. And no white person, except such as shall be in the employment Whites not to of the United States, shall be allowed to reside or go upon any portion of '°“m° °'"°°“‘ said reservation without the written permission of the superintendent of Indian Affairs, or of the agent for the tribe. Assignment, ARTICLE III. Said division and assignment of lands to the Kansas 8?°·»*? l’° ““}l°' tribe of Indians in severalty shall he made under the diiection of the g;;?;}`;?;;;;;? Secretary of the Interior, and when approved by him shall be final and _ C¤r¢i6¢¤e¤¤¤ conclusive. Certificates shall be issued by the commissioner of Indian "’“°‘ Afairs for the tracts so assigned, specifying the names of the individuals to whom they have been assigned respectively and that they are for the exclusive use and benefit of themselves, their heirs and descendants, and I-¤¤d¤ ¤¤W>b¤ said tracts shall not be alienated in fee, leased or otherwise disposed ot; °h°°md’ &°‘ except to the United States or to other members of the tribe, under such rules and regulations as may be prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior; and they shall be exempt from taxation, levy, sale, or forfeiture, until otherwise provided by Congress. Prior to the issue of said certificates, the Secretary of the Interior shall make such rules and regulations, Secretary or as he may deem necessary and expedient respecting the disposition of any I¤}>°*i°¤‘d¤> ¤¤¤k° of said tracts, in case of the death of the person or persons to whom they 2,,:°° r°g°1”` may be assigned, so that the same shall be secured to the families of such deceased persons; and should any of the Indians to whom tracts shall be assigned abandon them, the said Secretary may take such action in relation to the proper disposition thereof as in his judgment may be necessary and proper. ARTICLE IV. For the purpose of procuring the means of comfortably establishing the Kansas tribe of Indians upon the lands to be assigned to them in severalty, by building them houses, and by furnishing them with agricultural implements, stock animals, and other necessary aid and facilities for commencing agricultural pursuits under favorable circumstances, Cubin lands the lands embraced in that portion not stipulated to be retained and di- "“Yl’"°ld· vided as aforesaid shall be sold, under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, in parcels not exceeding one hundred and sixty acres each, M°d° °*` ¤¤l°· to the highest bidder for cash, the sale to be made upon sealed proposals BW ¤¤1¤¤<Xi 4 to be duly invited by public advertisement, and should any of the tracts °°"°’P°“*P° Tso to be sold have upon them improvements of any kind, which were made by or for the Indians, or for government purposes, the proposals therefor must state the price for both the land and improvements, and it] after assigning to all the members of the tribe entitled thereto, their proportions in severalty, there shall remain a surplus of that portion of the reservation retained for that purpose, outside of the exterior boundary line of the lands assigned in severalty, the Secretary of the Interior shall be authorized and empowered, whenever he shall think proper, to eause such surplus to be sold in the same manner as the other lands to be so dis- Proceeds, how posed of, and the proceeds thereof to be expended for their benetit in such °¤P¤¤d¢d· manner as the Secretary of the Interior may deem proper. Debts to be Anrtouz V. The Kansas tribe of Indians being anxious to relieve Eggs igpxpl pro- themselves from the burden of their present liabilities, and it being very °“· essential to their welfare that they shall be enabled to commence their