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 FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 543. 1891. 1037 now occupying, under proper authority, for religious or educational Lands rm- mugaous, work ainongthe Indians, any of the land in this agreement ceded, °t°"“S°S’ sold, relinquished, and conveyed shall have the right, for two years from the date of the ratiiication of this instrument, within which to purchase the lands so occupied at a rice to be fixed by the Congress of the United States: Proyzded furt/`iier, That the cession, sale, relin- raymempotemmt, qlmshment, and conveyance of the lands described in article one of b°{°'° °°”'°"‘ t is agreement shall not take edect and be in force until the sum of three undred and forty-two thousand seven hundred and seventy- eight dollars and thirty-seven cents, together with the sum of eighteen thousand and four hundred dollars, shall have been aid to said ` bands of Indians, as set forth and stipulated in article third of this agreement. _ Anmonn III. num m. The United States stipulates and agrees to pay to the Sisseton and di§g>¤vm¤¤¤ ¤<> I¤- Wahpeton bands of Dakota or Sioux Indians, parties hereto, per ' capita, the sum of three hundred and forty-two thousand seven hundred and seventy-eight dollars and thirty-seven cents, being the amount found to be due certain members of said bands of Indians who served in the armies of the United States against their own people, when at war with the United States, and their families and escendants, under the provisions of the fourth article of the treaty V0l,10,p.949. of July twenty-third, eighteen hundred and fifty-one, and of which theyl have been wrongfu ly and unjustly deprived by the operation of the provisions of an act of Congress approved February sixteenth, v01. 12, p.cs2. eighteen hundred and sixty-three, and entitled "An act for the relief . of persons for damages sustained by reason of depredation, and " injuries by certain bands of Sioux Indians "; said sum being at the rate of eighteen thousand four hundred dollars per annum from July iirst, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, to July first, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight less their pro rata share of the sum of six hundred and sixteen thousand and eighty-six dollars and fifty-two cents, heretofore a propriated for the benefit of said Sisseton and Wahpe— ton bands ofp Dakota or Sioux Indians, as set forth in report numbered nineteen hundred and nfty-three, of the House of Representatives, Fiftieth Congress, first session. The United States further agrees to pag to said bands of Indians, Additional payment. per ca ita, the sum of eighteen thousau and four hundred dollars annually from the urst day of July, eighteen hundred and eighty- eight, to the iirst dav of July, nineteen hundred and one, the latter date being the period at which the annuities to said bands of Indians were to cease, under the terms of the fourth article of the treaty of V0l.10,p.M0. July twenty-third, eighteen hundred and  aforesaid; and it is hereby further stipulated and agreed that the aforesaid sum of three hundred and forty-two thousand seven hundred and seventy- eight dollars and thirty seven cents, together with the sum of eighteen thousand and four hundred dollars, due the first day of July, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, shall become immediately availalgo upon the ratification of this agreement. Anrrcnm IV. Amex.; rv. It is further stipulated and agreed that there shall be allotted to Aimmem m seveach individual member of the bands of Indians, parties hereto, a °"“"’· sufficient quantity, which, with the lands heretofore allotted, shall make in each case one hundred and sixty acres, and in case no allotment has been made to any individual member of said bands, then an allotment of one hundred and sixty acres shall be made to such individual, the object of this article being to equalize the allotments among the members of said bands. so that each individual. includin married women, shall have one hundred and sixty acres of land; and