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 FIFTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 206. 1888. 97 same in all other respects conforming to this act. And said Santee Sioux shall be_ent1tled to all other benefits under this act in the same manner and with the same conditions as if they were residents upon said Sioux Reservation, receiving rations at one of the agencies herein named: Provided, That all allotments heretofore made to said San-  H t t tee Sioux in Nebraska are hereby ratined and connrmed; and each confirmed. a ° mw S member of the Flandreau band of Sioux Indians is hereby authorized to take allotments on the Great Sioux Reservation, or in lieu there-. for shall be paid at the rate of nfty cents per acre for,the land to which they would be entitled to be paid out of the proceeds of lands relinquished under this act, which shall be used under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior; and said Flandreau band of Sioux Indians is in al other respects entitled to the benefits of this act the same as if receiving rations and annuities at any of the agencies aforesaid. Sec. 8. That the President is hereby authorized and required, Indians to receive whenever in his opinion any reservation of such Indians or any part v1€{{g§ ,§,*‘,;§f,,`,§f"°'“’ thereof, is advantageous for agricultural or grazing purposes, and the progress in civilization of the Indians receiving rations on either or any of said reservations shall be such as to encourage the belief that an allotment in severalty to such Indians, or an of them, would be for the best interest of said Indians, to cause Said reservation, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be surveyed, or resurveyed, and to allot the lands in said reservation in severalty to the Indians located thereon as aforesaid, in quantities as follows: To each head of -*“°*m°¤*· a family, one-quarter of a section; to each single person over eighteen years of age, one-fourth of a section; to each orphan child under eighteen years of age, one-fourth of a section; and to each other person under eighteen years now living, or who may be born prior to the date of the order of the President directing an allotment of the lands embraced in an reservation, oneeighth of a section. In case there is not sufficient land in either of said reservations to allot lands to each individual of the classes above named in quantities as above provided, the lands embraced in such reservation or reservations shall be allotted to each individual of each of said classes ro rata in accordance with the provisions of this act: Provided, 'llhat where the Pwwm lands on any reservation are mainly valuable for grazing purposes, Gmziuglands. and additional allotment of such grazing lands, in qua11tit1es as above provided, shall be made to each individual; or in case any two or more Indians who may be entitled to allotments shall so agree, the President may assign the grazing lands to which they may be entitled to them in one tract, and to be held and used in common. Sec. 9. That all allotments set apart under the provisions of this bselegtioumbwrinde , act shall be selected by the Indians, heads of families selecting for y ° im"" their minor children, and the agents shall select for each orphan child, and in Such manner as to embrace the improvements of the Indians making the selection. Where the improvements of two or more Indians have been made on the same legal subdivision of land, unless they shall otherwise agree, a provisional line may be run dividing said lands between them, and the amount to which each is entitled shall be equalized in the assignment of the remainder of the land to which they are entitled under this act: Provided, That if Hmmany one entitled to an allotment shall fail to make a selection within wiSg?.ftg°m**Qb;‘mW° five years after the President shall direct that allotments may be Wy made on a particular reservation, the Secretary of the Interior may direct the agent of such tribe or band, if such there be, and if there be no agent, then a special agent appointed for that purpose, to make a selection for such Indian, which selection shall e allotted as in cases where selections are made by the Indians, and patents shall issue in like manner. Sec. 10. That the allotments provided for in this act*shall be made Jghggu °° by special agents appointed by the President for Such purpose, and ` stuur L—VOL xxv——7