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 788 TREATY WITH THE CREEK INDIANS. JUNE 14, 1866. reconveyed, leased, or rented to, or he occupied by any one not a citizen of the Creek nation, according to its laws and recognized usages: Provided, also, That officers, servants, and employes of said railroad necessary to its construction and management, shall not be excluded from such necessary occupancy, they being subject to the provisions of the Indian intercourse law and such rules and regulations as may be established by the Secretary of the Interior, nor shall any conveyance of any of said lands be made to the party building and managing said road until its completion as a iirst-class railroad, and its acceptance as such by the Secretary of the Interior. Greek orphan, Anricm VI. Inasmuch as the bonds, or a portion thereof; in which ` have largely depreciated in value, and are for the purposes for which said ihnd was set aside unproductive, it is hereby further stipulated that such of the bonds now held by the Secretary of the Interior, in trust for the orphans of the Creek nation, as may be necessary to establish a manuallabor school for the improvement and education of the orphan children of said nation shall be disposed of; and the avails thereof used for that pur- Ameudniént. pose, under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior. The residue of P°"·P·7°l‘ said fund shall be retained in the treasury of the United States, upon which interest at the rate of five per cent shall annually be paid for the maintenance and support of said school. Seminvlesmuy Anricnn VII. The Creeks hereby agree that the Seminole tribe of %°;";;g' Indians may sell and convey to the United States all or any portion of the Seminole lands, upon such terms as may be mutually agreed upon by and between the Seminoles and the United States. Line dividing AIETICLE VIH. It is agreed that the Secretary of the Interior forththo g’g';kS5;“"‘ with cause the line dividing the Creek country, as provided for by the 3Q6d_ terms of the sale of Creek lands to the United States in article third of this treaty, to be accurately surveyed under the direction of the commisiioneili og I ndian affairs, the expenses of which survey shall be paid by the nite `tates. Agcmy hui1d_ ARTICLE IX. Inasmuch as the agency buildings of the Creek tribe hp. have been destroyed during the late war, it is further agreed that the United States shall at their own expense, not exceeding ten thousand dollars, cause to be erected suitable agency buildings, the sites whereof shall be selected by the agent of said tribe, in the reduced Creek l‘0SCl‘· vation, under the direction of the superintendent of Indian affairs. In consideration whereof; the Creeks hereby cede and relinquish to the United States one section of their lands, to be designated and selected by their agent, under the direction of the superintendent oi' Indian affairs, upon which said agency buildings shall be erected, which section of land shall revert to the Creek nation when said agency buildings are no longer used by the United States, upon said nation paying a fair and reasonable value for said buildings at the time vacated. gw6k, ,%,86 AR1‘10L1·: X. The Creeks agree to such legislation as Congress and the to certain legis- President of the United States may deem necessary for the better admin- ]°°'°“‘ istrution of justice and the protection of the rights of person and property within the Indian territory: Provided, however, [That] said legislation shall not in any manner interfere with or annul their present tribal organ- Gmqm com- ization, rights, laws, privileges, and customs. The Creeks also agree that •¤· a general council, consisting of delegates elected by each nation or tribe lawfully resident within the Indian territory, may be annually convened in said territory, which council shall be organized in such manner and possess such powers as are hereinafter described. umu First. After the ratification of this treaty, and as soon as may be deemed practicable by the Secretary of the Interior, and prior to the first session of said council, a census, or enumeration of each tribe lawfully resident in said territory, shall be taken under the direction of the
 * 'a'5‘l;r::'ld"Ph“ the Creek orphan fund has been heretofore invested, from certain causes