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 TREATY WITH THE SACS AND FOXES. OCTOBER 1, 1859. 469 the proceeds thereof to be expended, for the purposes hereinbefore recited, Improvements. in such manner as the Secretary of the Interior may think proper. And should any of the tracts so 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 the improvements. And if, after assigning to all the members of the tribe entitled thereto their proportion of land in severalty, there shall remain a surplus of that portion of the reservation retained for that purpose, outside of the exterior boundaries of the lands assigned in severalty, the Secretary of the Interior shall be authorized and empowered, whenever he shall think proper, tp cause such surplus to be sold in the same manner as the other lands to be so disposed of} and to apply the proceeds of such sale to the purposes and in the mode hereinbefore provided with respect to that portion of their present reservation not retained for distribution. ARTICLE V. The Sacs and Foxes of the Mississippi being anxious Dobu of the to relieve themselves from the burden of their present liabilities, and it I“‘il*"E *° b° being essential to their best interests that they should be allowed to com- Pm°` mence their new mode of life, free from the emharrassments of debt, it is stipulated and agreed that debts which may be due and owing at the date of the signing and execution hereof, either by the said confederated tribes of Sacs and Foxes, or by individual members thereof, shall be liquidated, and paid out of the fund arising from the sale of their surplus lands, so far as the same shall be found to be just and valid on an examination thereof, to be made by their agent and the superintendent of Indian affairs for the central superintendency, subject to revision and correction by the Secretary of the Interior. ARTICLE VI. Should the proceeds of the surplus lands aforesaid It proceeds of prove insufficient to carry out the purposes and stipulations of this agree- li’;*lg;c“';;’tm_“f ment, and further aid be, from time to time, requisite to enable the Sacs money}, ,0 bc and Foxes of the Mississippi to sustain themselves successfully in agri- t¤k¤¤· cultural or other industrial pursuits, such additional means as may be necessary therefor shall be taken from the moneys due and belonging to them under the provisions of former treaties; and so much of said moneys as may be required to furnish them further aid as aforesaid shall be applied in such manner, under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, as he shall consider best calculated to improve and promote their welfare. And, in order to render unnecessary any further treaty engage- Provisions of ments or arrangements hereafter with the United States, it is hereby ;‘;;'"‘;;g§;;'°:d‘ agreed and stipulated that the President, with the assent of Congress, y g shall have full power to modify or change any of the provisions of former treaties with the Sacs and Foxes of the Mississippi in such manner and to whatever extent he may judge to be necessary and expedient for their welfare and best interest. ARTICLE VII. The Sacs and Foxes of the Mississippi, parties to All members this a.greement, are anxious that all the members of their tribe shall par- ;‘§£;°h2`;;’£Lt° ticipate in the advantages herein provided for respecting their improvement and civilization, and to that end to induce all that are now separated to rejoin and reunite with them. It is therefore agreed that, as soon as practicable, the commissioner of Indian Affairs shall cause the necessary proceedings to be adopted to have them notified of this agreement and its advantages, and to induce them to come in and unite with their brethren; and to enable them to do so, and to sustain themselves for a reasonable time thereafter, such assistance shall be provided for them at the expense of the tribe as may be actually necessary for that purpose: Provided, however, That those who do not rejoin and perma- wigsglsg VLM nently reunite themselves with the tribe within one year from the date Y of the ratification of this treaty shall not be entitled to the benefit of any of its stipulations.