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 496 TREATY WITH THE SACS AND FOXES. Fmmvamr 18, 1867. ¢,m°¤d°‘l· enty-four dollars, besides the interest thereon; and the amount herein M' P' 5°°’ provided to be paid to said Indians, after deducting such sums as, under the provisions of this treaty, are to be expended for their removal, subsistence, and establishing them in their new country, shall be added to their invested funds, and five per cent interest paid thereon in the same manner as the interest of their present funds is now paid. buds °°d°d» An·r1cLm IV. At any time after the ratiiication of this treaty, the ¥:,°3;:?,0g:l°gf lands ceded in the first article shall be held and considered at the disposal the United of the United States, and the legal rights of railroad corporations shall be S“‘°°‘* conceded thereon, the same as on other public lands; except that, until the time for the removal of the Indians is fixed by public notice, under the provisions of this treaty, no interference shall be made with the rights ¢}:;’°gf°g},°_ of the Indians as the occupants of the lands, but they shall remain in all respects without molestation, in the same manner as if this treaty had Proviso. not been made: And provided further, That inasmuch as there are valu— able improvements upon said reservation, such improvements shall be appraised under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, and the appraised value of the same shall be paid to the United States, before title is given to any individual or corporation for the lands upon which such improvements are situated. S°m° °“l’·l°°l*• ARTICLE V. The lands ceded in the second article of this treaty, being the unsold remainder of the lands provided in the fourth article of the treaty of July ninth, one thousand eight hundred and sixty, to be sold in trust for said Indians, shall, immediately upon the ratification of this treaty, Q,’0‘;f“d°g60 become the property of the United States, and shall be open to entry and ’ p`settlement, and the legal rights of railroad corporations shall accrue thereon; and the lands in the second article ceded, as well as those ceded in the first article, shall be subject to all the laws and regulations of the general land office the same as other public lands, except as relates to the provisions in the next preceding article relating to the time when they shall be open for settlement, and the requirement of payment for the improvements; and should there be any improvements upon the land ceded in the second article, they shall be appraised, and payment shall be required therefor; and the scrip referred to in the third article of this treaty shall be received in payment for any of the lands herein ceded to the United States, and not granted to any railroad corporation, at any time after the N removal of the Indians, as provided in the seventh article hereofi mn°gr',;':'§:;s ARTICLE VI. The United States agree, in consideration of the imsud Foxes; provements upon the said reservation, to give to the Secs and Foxes for their future home a tract of land in the Indian country south of Kansas, and south of the Cherokee lands, not exceeding seven hundred and fifty square ull10g3Q N miles in extent. The selection of such new reservation shall be made °°under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, and with his approval, by commissioners appointed by the said Secretary, who shall visit the Indian country, with delegations from all the tribes proposing to remove how mmm thereto, as soon as practicable after the ratification of this treaty; and ‘ said reservation shall be surveyed as to its exterior lines, at the cost of the United States, under ·the direction of the Commissioner of Indian P'°Vl“°· Affairs, not to exceed three thousand dollars : Provided, That if it shall be found impractieable to select a suitable home for the tribe except by purchase from the Cherokees, the United States will pay towards the said purchase the same amount that would have been payable to the Creeks if the reservation had been selected upon the former Creek lands; and in that case the balance of the money payable to the Cherokees shall be Bundm S m deducted from the amount due the Saes and Foxes under this treaty. Mmcmf ARTICLE VII. As soon as practicable after the selection of the new reservation herein provided for, there shall be erected thereon, at the cost of the United States, a dwelling-house for the agent of the tribe, a house and shop for a blacksmith, and dwelling-house for a physician, the aggre-