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 558 F1r*rY.snc0Nn concnnss. sms. II. cu. 203. isms. of said tribe of Indians over the age of eighteen years shall have the I s°l°°,:*°¤°°“*“•“*¥ right to select for himself or herself 80 acres of land to be held and ` owned in severalty; and that the father, or, if he be dead, the mother shall have the right to select a like amount of land, under the same restrictions, for each of his or her children under the age of eighteen years; and that the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, or some one appointed by him for the purpose, shall select a like amount of land, under the same restrictions, for each orphan child belonging to said tribe under the age of eighteen years. °°¤¤l>i°•* l*¤·*·°*¤· “It is hereby further expressly agreed that no person shall have the right to make his or her selection of land in any part of said tract of country that is now used or occupied, or that has, or may hereafter be, set apart for military, agency school, school farm, religious, town site, or other public uses, or in sections sixteen (16) and thirty-six (36) in _ _ _ each Congressional township; provided, in cases where any member m§_§'s°f,‘:g_c;':;*{’Q:;i of said tribe of Indians has heretofore made improvements upon, and ¤¤¤¤.ew. now occupies and uses, a part of said sections sixteen (16) and thirty- six (36), such persons may make his or her selection, according to the legal subdivisions, so as to include his or her improvements. It is further agreed that wherever, in said tract of country, any one of said Indians has made improvements and now uses and occupies the land embracing such improvements, such Indian shall have the undisputed right to make his or her selection, to conform to legal subdivisions, however, so as to include such improvements. ·¤*i°l° m~ Anrrcnn HI. _,,{_;j,“g2,,,,°f,y‘}§‘,{’,f,,";}’ “All allotments hereunder shall be selected within ninety days from the ratilication of this agreement by the Congress of the United States, ` provided the Secretary of the Interior in his discretion may extend the time for making such selections; and should any Indian entitled to allotment hereunder fair or refuse to make his or her selection of land in such time, then the allotting agent in charge of said work of making ygmyjgyxmr such allotments, shall, within the next thirty (30) days after said time, °' "" make allotments to such Indians, which shall have the same force and elfect as if the selections had been made by the Indians themselves. Article W- Anrrcuz IV. *°”•'*¢l•l *¤ “VVhen said allotments of land shall have been selected and taken ' as aforesaid, and approved by the Secretary of the Interior, the titles thereto shall be held in trust for the benetit of the allottees, respectively, for a period of twentyhve (25) years, in the manner and to the "<>l·2•·P-**8* extent provided for in the act of Congress entitled "An act to provide for the allotment of land in severaltyto Indians on the various reserva tions, and to extend the protection of the laws of the United States and Territories over the Indians, and for other purposes." Approved February S, 1887. G¤¤~>·¤¤¤•=i¤ fw *‘And at the expiration of the said twenty-five (25) years the title thereto shall be conveyed in tee simple to the allottees or their heirs free from all incumbrances, provided the President may at the end oi said period extend the time the land shall be so held, in accordance ` with the provisions of the above-recited act. Article V. ARTICLE V. t°{‘rg{,g;ij{:ng:m:¤;* ** In addition to_the allotments above provided for, and the other “bcneiits to be received under the preceding articles, and as the only further consideration to be paid for the cession and relinquishment of title above recited, the United States agrees to pay the said Kickapoo Indians, tc be distributed among them per capita, under the direction