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 352 Foarrmenrn cosonnss. sm. 11. cn. sev. mss. Sec. 3. That if any member of said Sac and Fox or Iowa tribe of Indians residing at the date of the passage of this act upon any of the lands authorized to be sold by the second section of this act, and who a1ln¤nentstoIn· has improvements thereon, shall elect to remain on the lands occupied dim, °l'°°'*”¢ *° by him, such lands shall be withheld from sale as providedjor herein; and the Secretary of the Interior shall cause a certificate to issue to the person so electingasfollows: Ifhebe thehead of ammily, toonehundred and sixty acres of land, and if a single man, to eighty acres of land, the land so selected to include his improvements, and to be accepted in full satisfaction of his interen in and to the said reservation, and of _ the T¤¤¤* ¤¤¤=*i••*¤¤ moneys or fund realized from the sale thereof; The certificate provided I" 5 Y""' for herein shall be of the legal edect, and declare that the United States does and will hold the land thus certified, for the period of twenty·ilve years, in trust for the sole use and beneilt of the allottee, or in case of his decease, of hisheirs according to the laws of the State in which edd land is situated, and that at the expiration of said period the United P•*¤¤¤ *h•¤ *° States will convey the same by patent to said Indian, or his heirs, as i""' aforesaid, in fee, discharged of said trust and free of all charge or in- Cenveynnees or cumbrance whatsoever; and if any conveyance shall be made of the ¤°¤*¤¤°*¤»l>¤¥¤¤_25 lands thus allotted, or any contract made touching the same, before the Y'"' °‘P*"·'°'°· expiration of the time above mentioned, such conveyance or contract shall` be absolutely null and void; and such lands during such time _ Free hom taxa- shall not be subject to taxation, alienation, or forced sale under execu- ¤¤¤1 ets. tion or otherwise. lheeeuh of In- Sec. 4. That theproceeds of the saleof any improvements belonging · ¤¤¤¤·’ i¤¤1»r¤v¤- to individual Indians shall be paid to the ndians to whom snch im- "‘}‘f£:iff:,*:":”; provements belonged. The proceeds of the sale of any improvements U,,;,,,,; M, im, belong to the nited States shall be deposited · in the Treasury of S  _ pavements paid the mted States and the proceeds of the sale of said lands, ilrst de- d°P°d,od,¤Tl:;*°’ the expense of removing the Indians as hereinafter provided, shall be 1,,,;,,,,,,,; g,,;,,, placed to the credit of the said Sac and Fox and Iowa Indians, accorddime with inter- ingto the interest ofsaidtribesin said reservations, in the Treasuryof °**· · the United States, and shall bear interest at the rate of Ionrper centum per annum, which income shall be annually expended for the bcnedt of said Indians, under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior. erdrni ii. That the Secretary of the Interio;0 may, with the ctclnsent of »_ nansexpressedinopencounmhas rosa1d,' secureo erreser· ,,¤,.,,,,,,mm,,,,,_ thereto, and expend such sum as may be necessary for their comfort and advancement in civilization. Patents for res- Sec. 6. That the President of the United States be, and he is hereby, °° souria) tribe of Indians and the said Iowa tribe for the reservations that may be selected for them under the provisions of the preceding section. Patents terlsnds Sec. 7. That the patent authorized by the preceding section to be is- effect, and declare that the United States does and will hold the land therein described in trust forthe sole use and beneilt of said Sac and Fox and Iowa tribes of Indians, respectively. hAl1¤¤¤¤¤¤t¤\>• Sec. 8. That whenever the Indians who may be roperly residin "' upon the said reservations referred to in the last precemng sections shag desire allotments of lands in severalty, the Secretary of the Interior phall cause allotments to bemade to such Indians in quantity as folows: éilhigod or s To each head ofa family, one hundred and sixty acres. wiglsgz pence, To each single person over the ageof twenty-one years, eightyaeres. ¥i¤¢r»4°¤¤¤•· To each minonfortyacres. cams;. gs, Sec. 9. That upon the approval of the allotments provided for in the •¤¤¤¤•¤¤· preceding section by the Secretary of the Interior, the President shall
 * ¤ · ducting therefrom the cost of the survey, appraisement, and sale, and
 * =r·~`§.·`_§i;·g;e=;·_ vation lands upon which to locate said Indiana, cause their removal
 * '¤*{*°¤¤*h¤*¤•¥ authorized to cause patents to be issued to the Sac and Fox (of thehiis-
 * ° be ¤¤ ¤‘¤¤*- sued to said Sac and Fox and Iowa tribes of Indians shall be of the legal