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 TREATY WITH THE PEORIAS, KASKASKIAS, &C. FEB. 23, 1867. .519 the Interior, and the amount already paid by said purchasers, as appears ` from said schedule, and in the hands of the chiefs, shall be paid to the Secretary of the Interior, and the whole amount of the purchase-money shall also be paid to the said Secrctmy on or before tha first day of June, one thousand eight; hundred and sixty-seven, and shall be hcld by him for the benefit of the tribe, subject to the provisions of this treaty. Amxcmc XXII. The land in the second and fourth articles of this L¤¤d¤_¤<>¥d¤> treaty proposed to be purchased from the Seneeas and Quapmvs, and ly- °h° P‘°’°"”*&°‘ ing south of Kansas, is hereby granted and sold to the Pcorizns, &c. and shall be paid for at the rate paid For the same by the government, out of the proceeds of the nine and a half sections reférrcd to in the last p1·0ccd~ ing article, adding thereto whatever may be necessary out of other moneys in the hands of the United States belonging to the said Pcorias, &c. Amxcmc XXIII. The said Indians agree to dispose of their allot- I¤di=¤¤st<>rements in Kansas and remove to their new homes in the Indian country {;°"° °°¥‘°‘Y . . . . . . mcs wxchm wythm two years from the ratification of thus treaty; and to than end the &c_ ’ Secretary of the Interior is authorized to remove altogether the restrictions upon tha sales of their lands, provided under authority of the third article of the treaty of May thir1iemh,0ue thousand eight hundred and Vol. x. p. 1082. fifty-Fou1·,ir1 such manner that adult Indians may sell their own lands, and that the lands of minors and incompetents may be sold by the chiefs, with the consent of the agent, certified to the Secretary of the Interior and approved by him. And if there should be any allotments for which no owner or heir thereof survives, the chiefs may convey the same by dccd, the purchaswmcmcy thereof to be applied, under the direction oftI1c Secretary, to the benefit of the tribe; and the guardianship of orphan children shall remain in the hands of the chiefs of the tribe, and the said chiefs shall have the exclusive right to determine who are members of the tribe, and entitled to be placed upon the pay·1·0lls. Amixcmc XXIV. An examination shall be made of the books of the Amounts due Indian office, and an account current prepared, stating the condition of ‘h?dI‘E{“*‘“S*° b° their funds, and the representations of the Indians for 0vcrchzu·gcs for Pm mm` sales of their lands in one thousand eight hundred and fifty-seven and one thousand eight hundred and fifty-eight shall be examined, and if any amount is fbund to be due, such balance, together with the interest of their invested` funds, shall be paid to them upon the first of July, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven; and in order further to assist Further uithem in preparing for removal and in paying their debts, the further I°w““"‘”· amount of twenty-five thousand dollars shall be at the same time paid to them per capita from the sum of one hundred and sixty-uiuc thousand six hundred and eighty-six dollars and seventy-tive cents, invested {br 1862’ch_156_ said Indians, under act of Congress of July twelfth, one thousand eight V01. xii, p, 539. hundred and sixty-two; and the balance of said sum of one hundred and gggfndcilé . . . . ., p. ·;..7. sxxty-nmc thousand SIX hundred and exghty-suc dollars and seventy—Hv0 cents, togetlmr with the sum of ninety-eight thousand dollars now invested on behalf of the said Indians, in State stocks of southern States, and the sum of Lhrca thousand seven hundred dollars being the balance of interest, uc five per cent per annum, on thirty-ninc thousand nine hundred and fifty dollars held by the United States from July, one thousand mgm hundred and fifty-seven, till vested in Kansas bonds in December, one thousand eight hundred and sixty—0ne, after crediting five thousand dol- Izzrs, thereon heretofore recciptcd For by the chiefs of s2,idInd1ans, shall be and remain as Lhc permanent fund of the said tribe, and five por cent be paid semi-annually thereon, per capita, to the tube; and thexnterestz due upon the sum of twenty-eight thousand five hundred dollars m Kansas bonds, and upon sixteen thousand two hundred dollars m United States stocks, now held for their benefit, shall be paid to the tribe semx-a¥muall;y m l two equal payments as an permanent school fund income: Provzdeid, 1'hut P¤‘<>V¤S0· there shall be taken from the said invested fund and paid to the saxd tube,