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 532 TREATY WITH THE POTTAWA'fOMIE INDIANS. IMB. 27, 1867. means of the Pottawatomies, the government will confirm such agreement. Price to be ARTXCLE II. In case the new reservation shall be selected upon the gxgtfgg *h° '°°‘ lands purchased by the government from the Creeks, Seminoles, or Choc. S“l,,§,,,p_585_ taws, the price to he paid for the said reservation shell not exceed the cost of the same to the government of the United States; and the sum to be paid by the tribe for said reservirtion shall be taken from the amount provided to be paid by the Leavenworth, Pawnee, and Western Railroad Company for the lends sold to them under the treaty of eighteen hundred P,0,i,0_ and sixty-one, which amount is the common property of the tribe: Provided, That if the United States shall advance the amount necessary to purchase the new reservation, the interest due upon the deferred pay- ments for the land sold to the Leavenworth, Pawnee, and Western Railroad Company shall, when received, be retained by the United States, and credited to the tribe in payment for said reservation. Reservation ARTICLE III. After such reservation shall have been selected and set Y may. . ‘ . . . am. diction of any State or Territory, unless an Indian territory shall be ?5g'°;;{;<¤gb;P· organized, as provided for in certain treaties made in eighteen hundred ’ ’and sixty-six with the Chootaws and other tribes occupying the “Indian country"; in which case, or in case of the organization of a legislative council or other body, for the regulation of matters efecting the relations of the tribes to each other, the Pottawatomies resident thereon shall have the right to representation, according to their numbers, on equal terms with the other tribes. Registorw be Amrcrm IV. A register shall be made, under the direction of the ETS??;;):"' agent and the business committee of the tribe, within two years after the who dm,-8 to ratification of this treaty, which shall show the names of all members of ¥¤¤}<>V¤ of W- the tribe who declare their desire toremove to the new reservation, and mm"' of all who desire to remain and to become citizens of the United States; and after the filing of such register in the office of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, all existing restrictions shall be removed from the sale and alienation of lands by adults who shall have declared their intention to S¤!¢,&¤-of remove to the new reservation: But, provided, That no person shall be ]"“d°‘ allowed to receive to his own use the avails of the sale of his land, unless he shall have received the certificate of the agent and business committee that he is fully competent to manage his own affairs; nor shall any person also be allowed to sell and receive the proceeds of the sale of the lands belonging to his family, unless the certidcate of the agent and business committee shall declare him competent to take the charge of their property; but such persons may negotiate for the sales of their property and that of their tnmilies, and any contracts for sales so made, if certilied by the agent and business committee to be et reasonable rates, shall be confirmed by the Secretary of the Interior, and patents shall issue to the purchaser upon full payment; and all payments for such land shall be made to the agent, and the funds by him deposited on the first of each month in some government depository to be designated by the Secretary of the Treasury, and triplicate certificates of deposit taken there for, one to be forwarded to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, one to be retained at the agency, and the third to be sent to the Superintendent of Indian affairs for Kansas; after which deposit the United States will be responsible for said funds until drawn out for use as hereinafter provided, end the bonds of the agent shall be increased to a sufficient amount to cover his increased liabilities under this section. 1{¤¤?¤ ¢¤_}>¤ Aivrxcnu V. The moneys received and deposited as provided in the
 * ‘g°i;°al;° lg°l"d` apart for the Pottawatomies, it shall never be included within the juris-
 * ’}‘“° ““°‘* preceding article shall be retained until the party on whose behalf it is

held shall be ready to remove to the new reservation, and shall then, or such part thereof as may from time to time be necessary, be drawn out, under the direction of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, by the agent,