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 FIFTY-SECOND CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 209. 1893. 64] on the part of the Cherokee Nation of Indians in the Indiana Territory, on the nineteenth day of December, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, bounded on the west by the one hundredth degree of west longitude; ismnmmss. on the north by the state of Kansas; on the east by the ninety-sixth degree of west longitude, and on the south by the Creek Nation, the Territory of Oklahoma, and the Cheyenne and Arapaho Reservation, created or defined by Executive order dated August tenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-nine; which said agreement is fully set forth in the —*¤'°°'¤°¤*~ message of the President of the United States, communicating the same to congress, known as Executive Document Numbered Fifty-six, of the first session of the Fiity second Congress, the lands referred to being commonly known and called the “Cherokee utlet;" and said agreement is hereby ratified by the congress of the United States, Ratiicaticn. subject, however, to the Constitution and laws of the United States Linnautns. and the acts of congress that have been or may be passed regulating trade and intercourse with the Indians, and subject, also, to certain amendments thereto, as follows: Amend the same by adding to the iirst paragraph of article two of edAg'°°*¤°¤° ¤¤¤¤¤d· said agreement the following words: “Av.d provided further, That be— rmna. fore any intruder or unauthorized person occu ying houses, lands, or ,,,§°"’°"“‘ °* *"‘“’“'*‘ improvements, which occupancy commenced begore the eleventh day of _ To M rmi value of August, anno Dominieighteen hundred and eighty-six, shall be removed """°°°"‘°“°" therefrom, upon demand of the principal chief or otherwise, the value of his improvements, as the same shall be appraised by a board of Appraisers. three appraisers,to be appointed by the President of the United States, one of the same upon the recommendation of the principal chief of the Cherokee Nation, for that purpose, shall be paid to him by the Cherokee Nation; and upon such payment such improvements shall become the property of the Cherokee Nation: “Provided, That the amount so Limit an improvepaid for said improvements shall not exceed the sum of two hundred ‘“°“°“· and fifty thousand dollars: And providedfurther, That the appraisers V•1¤¤ clthnm in determining the value of such improvements may consider the value of the use and occupation of the land. Further amend the same by striking out paragraph three of article Figtiwr ¤¤=¤¤¤· two of said agreement and changing the numbers of the subsequent '"°° ' paragraphs to correspond. And the provisions of said agreements so amended shall be fully per- m$_g¤;¤°¤z; 325 formed and carried out on the part of the United States: Provided, .mt,m, that the money hereby appropriated shall be immediately available and f,"’°,;'°‘,;',;,_u,m ,m_ the remaining sum of eight million three hundred thousand dollars or mediately nnntis. so much thereof as is required to carry out the provisions of said agree- ,,,1§€§“,§,‘}g{’,f,,‘}‘§‘,’,"{f,’f,‘T ment as amended and according to this act, to be payable in five equal r·=¤¤¤¤- annual instalments, commencing on the fourth day of March, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, and ending on the fourth day of March, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, said deterred payments to bear interest mmm. at the rate of tour per centum per annum, to be paid annually, and the amount required tbr the payment of interest as atbresaid is hereby ap- Apgrpvrinrion for propriatedz And provided further, That of the money hereby appropri- ”’"°“ "‘°°"’°°' ated a sufficient amount to pay the Delawares and Shownees their pro Sm., ,,f 1,,,,,,,,, rata share in the proceeds of said outlet shall remain in the Treasury of ¤¤n•1°§¤•*¤¤•>¤· W the United States until the status ofsaid Delaware and Shawnee Indians °“"` ' shall be determined by the counts of the United States before which their suits are now pending; and a sufficient amount shall also be retained in Retention to pay the Treasuryto paythe ireedmen who are citizens of theCherokee Nations °"°'°k°° °'°°‘l'“°“‘ O or their legal heirs and representatives such sums  may be determined hy the courts of the United States to be due them. Nor shall anything herein be held to abridge or deny to said freedmen any rights to which they may be entitled under existing iaws or treaties. The acceptance Céggggtgggou **0; by the Cherokee Nation of Indians of any of the money appropriated any of an money to 38 herein set forth shall be considered and taken and shall operate BS ‘{§Q,‘f"? “ “ '““H°"‘ a ratification by said Cherokee Nation of Indians of said agreement, as it is hereby proposed to be amended, and as a full and complete v01. xxvu——-41