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 890 FIFTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 405. 1889. township one hundred and eight, range seventy-four; township one hundred and eight, range seventy-five· township one hundre and eight, range seventy-six; township one hundred and nine, range seventy-three; township one hundred and nine, range seventy-four; south half of townshi one hundred and nine, range seventy-five, and township one hundjred and seven, range seventy-three; also the west half of township one hundred and six, range sixty-nme, and sections sixteen, seventeen, eighteen,_ nineteen, twenty, twentytone, twenty-eight, twenty-nine, thirty, thirty-one, thirty-two, and t urty- three, of township one hundred and seven, range sixty-nine. same sm: m Ne Sec. 7. That each member of the Santee Sioux tribe of Indians now “"’“'“‘· occupying a reservation in the State of Nebraska not having already taken allotments shall be entitled to allotments upon said reserve in Mlcruwnr ct lands Nebraska as follows: To each head of a family, one-quarter of a sec- _ °°‘ tion; to each single erson over eighteeniyears of age, one-eighth of a section; to each o han child un er eig teen years, one-eighth of a section; to each other person under eighteen years of age now living, one-sixteenth of a section; with title thereto, in accordance with the provisions of article six of the treaty concluded April twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, and the agreement with said San- Vol- 12. pm?. tee Sioux approved February twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and seventy-seven, and rights under the same in al other respects conforming to this act. And said Santee Sioux shall be entitled to all other benefits under this act in the same manner and with the same conditions as if they were residents uppn said Sioux Reservation, renown. ceiving rations at one of the agencies erein named: _Pro»v’ide;l, That all allotments heretofore made to said Santee Sioux in Nebraska are F•M¤¤¤· •¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ hereby ratified and confirmed; and each member of the Flandreau °°°°'"°' band of Sioux Indians is hereby authorized to take allotments on the Great Sioux Reservation, or in lieu therefor shall be paid at the rate . of one dollar per acre for the land to which they would be entitled, to be paid ou 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 all other respects entitled to the benefits of this act the same as if receiving rations and annuities at any of the agencies aforesaid. ` m{¤gi¤eg¤ *:w¤‘¤g{*g¤ Sec. 8. That the President is hereby authorized and required, ( I- S l' y . . . • · • when mmm; whenever inlnsopimon any reservation of such Indians, or any part 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 any 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 re-surveyed, and ummm. to allot the lands in said reservation in severalty to the Indians located thereon as aforesaid, in quantities as follows: To each head ¥¤¤¤¤S¤¤· of a family, three hundred and twenty acres; 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 ears 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 any reservation, one-eighth of a section. In case there is not sufficient land in either of sai<Irese1.·vations to allot lands to each individual of the classes above named in quantities as above provided, the lands` embraced in Such reservation or reservations s all be allotted to each individual of each of said classes pro rata in accordance with the provisions of this act: acme. Provided, T iat where the lands on any reservation are mainly valuerwvg mms able fqr grazing purposes, an additional allotment of such grazing lands, m quantities 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