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 FIFTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 422. 1889. 1015 than seventeen thousand and eighty-three acres of said reservation Allotment to Mm. shall be allotted to the Miami Indians, nor more than thirty-three ““°“‘ thousand two hundred and eighteen acres in the aggregate to the United Peoria Indians; and said amounts shall be treated in making To Umm Peoms. said allotments in all res ects as the extent of the reservation of each of said tribes, respectively. If, in making said allotments any difference shall arise between said tribes, all such matters of diderence shall be determined by the Secretary of the Interior. After the allotments herein provided for shall have been completed, the residue iwsmuewbeueiam of the lands, if an, not allotted, shall be held in common under pres- °°mm°“‘ ent title by said [lnited Peorias and Miamies in the roportion that the residue, if an of each of the said allotments slljall bear to the other. And said United Peorias and Miamies shall have power, subject to the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, to lease for graz- Leasesautuerizea. ing, agricultural, or mining purposes from time to time and for any period not exceeding ten years at any one time, all of said residue, or any part thereof, the proceeds or rental to be divided between said tribes in (prolportion to their respective interests in said residue. And after said a otments are completed each allottee may lease or rent umn: mxemmem. his or her individual allotment for any riod not exceeding three years, the father acting for his minor children, and in case of no · father then the mother, the chief acting for orphans of the tribe to _ which said orphans may belong. ‘ At the expiration of twenty-five years from the date of the passage Division ozumueeea of this act, all of said remaining or unallotted lands may be equally }§§},d§,§§" "'°“*Y‘ ` divided among the members of said tribes, according to their respective interests, or the same may be sold on such terms and conditions as the President and the adult members of said tribe may . hereafter mutuall agree upon, and the roceeds thereof divided according to ownersdi as hereinbefore set fbrth: Provided, That before nqvam. _ any division of theqand is made, or sale had, that three·fourths of P°°‘"°“ °* I”‘l‘““· the bona fide adult members of said tribes shall petition the Secretary of the Interior for such division or sale of said land: Provided further, That sections one and two of this act shall not take effect until the consent thereto of each of said tribes separately shall have (kmseut or Indians. been signified by three·fourths of the adult male members thereof, in manner and form satisfactory to the President of the United States. Sec. 3 That any act or part of acts of Congress heretofore passed Repealthat may conilict with the (provisions of this act, either as to land or money, are hereby repeale . SEG--L—That full Jurisdiction is hereby conferred upon the Court man. or mama to of Claims, subject to an appeal to the Supreme court of the United §l.§,'§’,,"',{‘l'}‘Z,,{{*f,*},°§ {5 States, as in other cases, to hear and determine what are the just ¤‘*'>¤¤ *¤¤¤¤· rights at law, or in equity, of those Wea, Peoria, Kaskaskia, and Piankeshaw Indians and of their children, or heirs at law, or legal representatives, who became citizens of the United States under the provisions of article twenty-eight of the treaty of February twenty~ Vol.l5.p.5¤). third, eighteen hundred and sixty seven, made with the confederated tribes of §’eorias, Kaskaskias, Weas, and Piankeshaw in the invested funds and other common pro rty of the said confederated tribes. And the exercise of such jurisdibtion shall not be barred by any lapse ACM, uotmmby of time heretofore, nor shall the rights of said Indians be impaired 1i¤=i¤¤<>¤. ew by any ruling or determination upon such rights heretofore made. Suit may be instituted against the United States in said court of sm., of p,,,,,,,d,,,g_ Claims within twelve months after the passage of this act, but not later, on behalf of said Indians who so become citizens of the United States, their heirs and legal representatives, in the name and style of ‘·The Citizen Wea, Peoria, Kaskaskia, and Piankeshaw Indians," in accordance with the practice of said Court, for the hearing and determination of such rights at law and in equity as are claimed for said citizen Indians, or any of them, in such suit, which rights or