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 FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sicss. II. C11.- 290. 1894. 315 ARTICLE Il. In consideration for the lands ceded, sold. relinquished, and con- Consideration. veyed to the United States as aforesaid, the United States stipulates and agrees to pay to the said Yankton tribe of Sioux Indians the sum pf six hundred thousand dollars ($600,000), as hereiubefore provided or. ARTICLE III. SECTION 1. Sixty days after the ratification of this agreement by Cash P’*Ym°“* lm Congress, or at the time of the first interest payment, the United °m°' States shall pay to the said Yankton tribe of Sioux Indians, in lawful money of the United States, out of the principal sum stipulated in Article II, the sum of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000), to be divided among the members of the tribe per capita. No interest shall ge1p(aig0(l;y the United States on this one hundred thousand dollars 7` SECTION 2. The remainder of the purchase money or principal sum F““‘1· stipulated in Article II, amounting to five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000), shall constitute a fund for the beneht of the said tribe, which shall .be placed in the Treasury of the United States to the credit of the said Yankton tribe of Sioux Indians, upon which the United States shall pay interest at the rate of five per centum (5) per I¤¤>¤¤¤¤· annum from January first, eighteen hundred and ninety-three (Januiary 1st, 1893), the interest to be paid and used as hereinafter provided or. ARTICLE IV: The fund of five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) of the princi— P°Y'“""" °“““‘· pal sum, placed to the credit of the Yankton tribe of Sioux Indians, as provided for in Article III, shall be payable at the pleasure of the United States after twenty-nve years, in lawful money of the United States. But during the trust period of twenty-five years, if the necessities of the Indians shall require it, the United States may pay such part of the principal sum as the Secretary of the Interior may recommend, not exceeding $20,000 in any one year. At the payment of such sum it shall be deducted from the pnincipal sum in the Treasury, and the United States shall thereafter pay interest on the remainder. Antucrm V. SE.cT10N 1. Out of the interest due to the Yankton tribe of Sioux mIg;j***l>¤*i¤¤ 0* *¤· Indians by the stipulations of Article III, the United States may set ` aside and use for the benefit of the tribe, in such manner as the•Secretary of the Interior shall determine, as follows: For the care and maintenance of such orphans, and aged, infirm, or other helpless persons of the Yankton tribe of Sioux Indians, as may be unable to take care of themselves; for schools and educational purposes for the said tribe; and for courts of justice and other local institutions for the benetit of said tribe, such sum of money annually as may be necessary for these purposes, with the help of Congress herein stipulated, which sum shall 4 not exceed six thousand dollars ($6,000) in any one year: Provided, That Congress shall appropriate, for the same purposes, and during 8pE§j;}i:{’;j;‘}'*° ‘°*’° the same time, out of any money not belonging to the Yankton Indians, an amount equal to or greater than the sum set aside from the interest due to the Indians as above provided for. _ _ _ SECTION 2. When the Yankton tribe of Sioux Indians shall have w,gj‘§{g‘;*g§“&§{,f§°‘;‘§ received from the United States a complete title to their allotted lands, is completed. and shall have assumed all the duties and responsibilities of citizenship, so that the fund provided for in section 1 of this article is no longer needed for the purposes therein named, any balance on hand shall be disposed of for the benefit of the tribe as the Secretary of the Interior shall determine.