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 TREATY WITH THE OTTAWA INDIANS. JUNE 24, 1862. 1239 served, and tllc lnterest only shall be applied to the support of the school, so that the prmcnpal sum shall never be diminished. And to the end that the Ottawas may derive the greatest advantage Whntto be from gud sghool, the pugxls shall be mstructed and practised in industrial *““€h‘ hl W pursunts smtable to their age and sex, as wall as in such branches of 8°h°°l` learning as thefmeans of the institution and the capacity of the pupils will permit, The lands hereby set apart shall not be subject to taxation until they Lands not subam sold. They may be sold upon such credit as the trustees may think j°“.*° ““‘““°”» most for the interest of the enterprise. Security for the payment shall `mm’&°' be taken with interest, the interest to be paid annually; but no title shall be made until the purchase-money is all paid. J ohn T. Jones, James Wind, William Hurr, Joseph King, who are Ot- Tmsms t., mwas, and Jolm G. Pratt, and two other citizens of Kansas, who shall m¤¤¤8° dm P¤'°P· be elected by the said Ottawa Indians, arc, by the parties agreed, to be my' trustees to manage the funds and property by this article set apart. They and their successors shall have the control and management of the school, and the funds arising from the sales of lands set apart therefor, and also the reserved section whereon the school is situated. Upon the death, resignation, or refusal to act, by either of them, the vacancy shall be filled by the survivors, provided that the board of trustees shall always have three white citizens members of said board. A majority of the trustees shall form a quorum to transact business, but Majority in there shall be two of the white trustees present at the transaction of busi- *`°¤¤ q¤<>¤¤¤¤· ness. All acts of the trustees shall be recorded in a book or books to be Records. by them kept for that purpose, and the proceedings of each meeting shall he signed by the president, to be by them elected out of their number. They shall also elect a treasurer and secretary from their number. All Treasure, and contracts of the trustees shall be in the name of their treasurer, who shall ¤¢¤¤‘¢my‘· be competent to sue and be sued in all matters affecting the trust; he C°¤¤'°°*¤· shall give bond conditioned for the faithful discharge of his duty, and the Bond of mm proper accounting for all money or property of the trust coming to his urcrhands, with at least two good freehold sureties, in the penalty of ten thousand dollars, to be approved by 2. judge of a court of record in Kansas. And the secretary and treasurer may be allowed, from time to time, Iypon salegtha such sum, from the proceeds of the trust, as the trustees in their judg- 2;;**;* *° ment shall think just. Upon a sale of any of the lands by the trustees, gu,chIQm. ° upon their request, the same shall be conveyed by the United States, by patent, to the purchaser. · And it is hereby expressly provided and agreed that the children of who may m, the Ottawas and their descendants, no matter where they may cmigrute, jgyéghe rgivgleges shall have the right; to enter said school and enjoy all the privileges there- ° ° °° °° ‘ of; the same as though they had remained upon the lands by this treaty allotted. ARTICLE VII. There shall be set apart ten acres of land for the benc· Land mt apm fit of the Ottawa Baptist Church, and said land shall includg the church g>;;§;%§:;'£ buildings, missiomhousc, and grave-yard, and the tltle to sa1d property &c  ’ shall be vested in a board of five trustees, to be appomtcd by sand church, in accordance with the laws of the State of Kansas. And in respect for the memory of Rev. J. Meeker, deceased, who labored L:nd §ach with unseltish zeal for nearly twenty years among said Ottawas, greatly i’k; ‘fIfm£; ° to their spiritual and temporal welfare, it is stipulated that 80 acres of good land shall be, and hereby is, given, in fee·simple, be each of the two children of said Meeker, viz: Emmeline and Eliza; their lands to be selected and located as the other allotments herein provided are to bc selected and located, which lands shall be inalienable the same as the ds allotted to the Ottawas. mind all the abovementioned selections of lands shall be made by the g;<g¤,hov