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 1014 FIFTIETH coneianss. sms. 11. cH. 422. ieee. and to extend the protection of the laws of the United States and the Territories over the Indians, and for other purposes/’ are hereby declared to extend to and are made applicable to the Confederated Wea, Peoria, Kaskaskia, and Piankeshaw tribes of Indians, and the Western Miami tribe of Indians, now located in the northeastern part of the Indian Territory and to their reservation, in the same manner and to the same extent as if said tribes had not been excepted from the provisions of said act, except as to section six of said act, and as otherwise hereinafter provide. V That the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized and directed, within ninety da s from and after the passage of this act, to cause to nnocmeuzs. be allotted to each and every member of the said Confederated Wea, _ Peoria, Kaskaskia, and Piankeshaw tribes of Indians, and the West- _u,_,,,,b,,,,,mSb,,(L ern Miami tribe of Indians, upon lists to be furnished him by the chiefs of said tribes, duly a proved by them, and subject to the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, an allotment of land not to xxsn-iuumm. exceed two hundred acres, out of their common reserve, to each person entitled thereto by reason of their being members of said tribes by birth or adoption; all allotments to be selected by the Indians, heads of families selecting for their minor children, and the chiefs of their respective tribes for each orphan child. All differences semmmmr ams;-. arising between members of said tribes, in making said allotments, °"°°‘ shall be settled by the chiefs of the respective tribes, subject to the mm. approval of the Secretary of the Interio1·: Provided, That efore any o the allotments herein provided for shall be made, there shall be w,,,,,;,,,tc_,,,,,,,,,,. set apart, not to exceed twenty acres in all, for school, church, and ¤<¤¤ cemetary purposes; the location of the same to be selected by the - chiefs 0 said tribes, subject to tlresapproval of ithe Secretary of the Interior, in such uantities and at such points as they shall deem best, which, toither with all im rovements now existing or that may hereafter made by the tribes thereon, shall be held as common property of the respective tribes. If in making the selections »as herein provided for, the sites of present school buildings should not be retained, then all improvements thereon may be removed. sueorscuooimmu- If not removed, then they shall be sold after a praisement by the Interior and the proceeds placed to the credit of the proper tribe. If any religious denomination, with the consent of either or both of naming mr church said tribes, should erect any building for church or school urposes °" “°*'°°‘· upon any of the land selected for church use, the said building, together with the land, shall be held the property of such religious enomination so long as the shall occupy the same for religious or school purposes. And shoulld such denomination at any time desire nemm, m. to move said church or school house to any other place on their reservation, they. may do so; or, if they prefer, may sell the same with. or without the lands upon which said house is situate, and apply the proceeds to their,new building. t mmgmnembnsror The land so allotted shall not be subject to alienation for twenty '°"°" "° y°°”” five years from the date of the issuance of patent therefor, and said lands so allotted and patented shall be exempt from levy, sale, taxation, or forfeiture for a like period of years. As soon as all the allotments or selections shall have been made as herein provided, the yuan Secretary of the Interior shall cause a patent to issue to each and every person so entitled, for his or her allotment, and such patent shall recite in the body thereof that the land therein described and conveyed shall not be alienated for twenty-five years from the date of saidllpatent, and shall also recite that such land so allotted and patent is not subject to levy, sale, taxation, or forfeiture for a like period of years, an that any contract or agreement to sell or convey such land or allotments so patented entered into before the expiration of said term of years shall be absolutely null and void. Sec. 2. That in making allotments under this act no more in the aggregate
 * “¤ chiefs of the tribes; the sale to be approved by the Secretary of the