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 42 FOBTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. OH. 74. 1882. cggp - if the a mont submitted by the Crow Indians or Méuzgia ?4:T1;:t:¤::$‘P;a:o1nE?¤ of theimscrvation in ss.id`Territ0ry, and for other purposes, aud to make the necessary appropriations for carrying out the same. Pmamme. Whereas certain individual Indians and heads of families represengaing a majority of all the adult male members of the Crpw mba of Qudmns occupying or interested in the Crow Bcscrvation m the Tcmtory of Montana have agreed upon, executed, and submitted to the Secretary of the Interior an agreement for the sale to tho United States of a portion of their said reservation, and for their settlement upon lands in sovcralty, and for other purposes: Therefore, Bo it enacted by the Senate and House of Reprcnqntatives of the United g,-,w Igdigug, States of America in Congress assembled, That smd agreement bc, and Montana, agree- the same is hereby, accepted, mtiiicd, and confirmed. Said agreement {¤°3;°f» f°* *1* (gf is executed by a majority of all the adult male members of said tribe, in r':m°d°°::f (im; conformity with the provisions of article eleven of the treaty with the 5m,,;' Grow Indians of May seventh, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, and is . 15 Aut., M9. in words and figures as follows, namely: “ We, the undersigned individual Indians and -hoads of families of the Crow tribe of Indians now residing upon the Crow Reservation in ` the '1‘crrit0ry`cf Montana, do, this twelfth day of Juno, anno Domini eighteen hundred and eighty, hereby agree to dispose of and sell to the Government of the United States, for certain considerations to be hereinafmr mentioned, all that part of the present Crow Reservation in the Bq¤1¤I•ri¤• vf Territory of Montana dcscribcdasfollows, to wit: Beginning in the midmm °f"°'°"': channel of the Yellowstone River at a. point opposite the mouth of Boul- ‘,, ,d'f_'°°d °P° der break; thence up the mid-channel of said river to the point where it crosses the southern boundary of Montana Territory being the forty- mth degree of north latitude; thence east along said parallel of latitudc to a point where said parallel crosses Olarkds Fork; thence north toapointsix miles south of the ih-st staudardpamucybcingon tho township-lim between townships six and seven south; thence west on said township-line to the one hundred and tenth meridian of longitude; thence north along said meridian to a point either west or cast of the source of the eastern branch of Boulder Crock; thence down said mstcm branch to Boulder Crock; thence down Boulder Greek to the place of begining; for the following considerations: condition of “First. That the Govcmmentof the United Statcscsuse the agricult- °‘l°·  lands remaining in our reservation to be properly surveyed and divided among us in scvemlty, in the proportions hereinafter mentioned, and to nssue patents to us respectively, therefor, so soon as the necessary Allptments of laws are passed by Congress. Allotments inscvcralty of said surveyed l‘“d° m °°'°**“Y· lands shall be made as follows: “ Ql`p each head of a. family not more than one quarter-section, with an additional quantity of grazing land not exceeding one quarter-section. _ “T0 each siug}0 person over eighteen years of age not more than oneo1ghth_0f a secgcn, with an additional quantity of grazing land not axccoding one-cxghth of a section. •‘Tp each orphan child under eighteen years of ago not more than one-cngth of a section, with an additional quantity of grazing land not exceeding one-cigth of a section; and. f* To aan]: other person under eighteen years, or who mw be bam prior to sand allotments, uno-eighth of a section, with a like- quantity of grazing land. “Al1 allotments to be made with the advice of our agent, or such other person u tho  nf the Interior may designate for that purpose upon our seloctnon, beads of families selecting ibn- their minor clnldqm, and the agent making the allotment for each orphan child. _ _ Tho_ mln to be acquired by us, and by all members of the Grow tribe of m'}'?:!: ;¤§¤¤:*g¤ Ipdmus, shall not: be subject to alienation, lease, or incumbmncc, mn Y' ° either by voluntary conveyance of the grantee or his hm-; or by tlw judgment, order, or decree of any court, nor subject to taxation of my I character, but shall baaud rcmaininalionablc andnot mlgiwtmtaxw