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 TREATY WITH THE MIAMIES. FEBRUARY 23, 1867. 521 PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE MIAMIES. Miamtes. ARTICLE XXIX. It is agreed that such of the Miumies now occupying Provision as lands in Kansas, under their treaty of.Au_qustf•u:· [June five], one thousand *° *h°*°. "F$hl“8 eight hundred and fifty-four, as desire to remain in that State and become {$,,1::23 2Q,",,,,. citizens, may have the privilege of doing so; and that those who shall come citizens; elect to remove to the new reservation herein provided to be purchased .§f]F°°Q0"° from the Senecas and Shawnees and sold to the Peorias, &c. may do so, izvtbviilg N. and upon such removal shall become confedcrated with the said Peorias, and own an undivided right in said reservation in proportion to their v°l'x' p` l09B' numbers on paying to the United States, for the benefit of said Peorias, a proportionate share of the purchase-money and of the capital of their annuities as provided in article twenty-six; and upon such payment for stricken out their share of the land, the amount so paid shall be held by the United PMP- 527- States for such disposition as the chiefs of the Peorias, &c. shall designate; and a sufficient amount of the funds of the Miamies who remove shall be set apart, so that the interest thereon, at Eve per cent, shall be equal in proportion to the numbers of the Miamies l'€mOVlllg',·C0 the school-fund income of the said Peorias, and upon such confederation the united tribe shall take the name of “Peorias and Miamies." Awrxenm XXX. The provisions of article twenty-three of this treaty, All°¤¤’·i°¤,&°· relating to the removal of restrictions from the alienation of land, and as °f mm to the conveyance of land in certain cases, made as to the Peorias, &c. shall apply also [to] the Miamies ; and it is agreed that those who decide Sfrickw <>¤¤· to remove shall do so within two years from the ratification of this treaty. PM P' si"' Amrctm XXXL The reserved or common lands of the Miamies in Reserved the eastern part of Kansas, amounting to about twenty-three thousand ;*;'Mist°b° acres, shall be sold, for the benefit of the tribe, in the following manner: ` VVhereas the said lands have heretofore been appraised under direction of the Secretary of the Interior, which appraisal is on file in that department, such appraisal shall be taken as the basis of the sale; and whereas Mode <>f¤¤1¤- the said tract of land is now occupied for the most part by white settlers, it is agreed that the said settlers shall have a pre-emption right to the lands which they occupy, in legal subdivisions, at the appraised value thereof; and immediately after the ratification of this treaty it shall be S¤ri<=k¤¤ wtthe duty of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs to give notice, by publica— P°‘*’ P' W" tion for thirty days in some newspaper in the county in which the said lands are situated, that payment for the same must be made at said appraised value, by the person who occupies the land at the date of the ratification of this treaty, within six months after the date of such ratification; and, if such payment shall be made, patents in fee-simple shall be issued to the purchasers; and after the said six months sealed bids, at not less than the appraised value, shall be received by the Commissioner of Indian Affairs for any of said lands remaining unpaid for, and awards made to the highest bidder for cash until all of said lands are sold: Provided, That the Miamies shall not be held by this article as conceding any point in dispute relative to the validity of certain head-rights, sixty- eight in number, heretofore granted upon their reserve, and certain m meys taken from the WBStB1'D Miamies and paid to said sixty-eight p•.11's0lJS. _ Aurrcnic XXXII. The United States agree to the same provision in Tmres. regard to taxes levied upon their lands under authority of the State of 1§m`·k°¤5g};*· Kansas as is set forth in the twenty-fifth article, in regard to the Peorias,p' ' &c. so far as relates to redeeming their lands from taxes, in case such taxes are decided to have been lawfully levied. Aurrctm XXXIII. A register shall be made by the agent of the Register. tribe, within six months after the ratification of this treaty, of all who shall desire to remove, and all who desire to remain, and the provisions ’ of article twenty-eight, in relation to the Peorias, &c. shall also apply to the Miamies.