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 FIFTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 405. 1889. 893 hundred and eighty-two,_the l’resident shall, in pursuance of said act, declare that the Indian title is extinguished to all lands described in Wd? ***6 °¤*i¤· said act not so allotted hereunder, and thereupon all of said land not gum ' so allotted and included in said act of March twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and eightytwo, shall be open to settlement as rovided in this act: Prom ed, That the allotments to Ponca and other Indians ffrvviw- an authorized by this act to be made upon the land described in the said T"”°f°r °tm°°°°‘ act entitled "An act to extend the northern boundar of the State of N ebraska/’ shall be made within six months from the time this act - shall take eifect. p Sec. 14. That in cases where the use of water for irrigation is nec- I¤'*8°°i°¤· essary to render the lands within any Indian reservation created by this act available for agricultural purpioses, the Secretar of the Interior he, and he is hereby, authorize to prescribe such, rules and regéulations as he may deem necessary to secure a just and equal distri ution thereof among the Indians residing upon any such Indian reservation created by this act; and no other appropriation or grant of water by any riparian proprietor shall be authorized or permitted · to the dama e of any other riparian proprietor. Sec. 15. 'lhiat if any Indian has, under and in conformity with the mmm*°“ °* P*'*°’ provisions of the treaty with the Great Sioux Nation concludedA ril voi 1s, I3. cas. twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, and proclaimedp by the President February twenty-fourth, eighteen hundred and sixty- nine, or any existing law, taken allotments of land within or without the limits of any of the separate reservations established by this act, such allotments are hereby ratified and made valid, and such Indian is entitled to a patent therefor in conformity with the provisions of said treaty and existing law and of the provisions of this act in relation to patents for individual allotments. Smc 16. That the acceptance of this act by the Indians inmanner and mAP*·¤¤| ¤¤ MI { form as required by the said treaty conc uded between the different mm. bands of the Sioux Nation of Indians and the United States April twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, and proclaimed by the Presidbnt February twenty fourth, eighteen hundred and sixty-nine, as hereinafter provided, shall be taken and held to be a release of all title on the art of the Indians receiving rations and annuities on each of the saidp separate reservations, to the lands described in each of the other se arate reservations so created, and shall be held to confirm in the ihdians entitled to receive rations at each of said separate reservations, respectiveliy, to their separate and exclusive use and benent, all the title an interest of every name and nature secured therein to the different bands of the Sioux Nation by said treaty of April twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and sixty eight. This release shall not affect the tit e of any individual Indian to his Inllffjg ,f,f,_§{,'l}‘Q§"“' separate allotment on land not included in any of said separate reservations provided for in this act, which title is hereby confirmed, nor any agreement heretofore made with the Chicago, Milwaukee and Saint Paul Railroad Company or the Dakota Central Railroad Company for a right of way through said reservation; and for any mgm ¤: way. lands acquired b any such agreement to be used in connection therewith, except as hereinafter provided; but the Chicago, Milwaukee and Saint Faul Railway Company and the Dakota Central Railroad Company shall, respectively, have the right to take and use, prior to any white person, and to any corporation, the right of way provided for in said agreements, with not to_ exceed twenty acres of and in addition to the right of way, for stations_ for every ten rmles of road; and said companies shal also, respectively, have the right to take and use for right of way, side-track, depot and station lprivileges, machine-shop, freight-house, round house, and yard fac` ities, prior to an white person, and to any corporation or association, so much oty the two separate sections of and embraced in said agreements; also, the former company so much of the one hun-