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 316 FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 290. 1894. Anrrcrn VI. .P°* ¤•l•i*¤ •li¤¤’il>¤— After disposing of the sum provided for in Article V, the remainder mm of the interest due on the purchase money as stipulated in Article III shall be paid to the Yankton tribe of Sioux Indians semiannnally, onehalf on the thirtieth day of June and one-half on the thirty-iirst day of December of each year, in lawful money of the United States, and ` divided among them per capita. The iirst interest payment being made on June 30th, 1893, if this agreement shall have been ratified. Anxricrn VII. C<>i¤¤¢·>¤1¤1¤¤¤¤1¤¤· In addition to the stipulations in the preceding articles, upon the ratification of this agreement by Congress, the United States shall pay to the Yankton tribe of Sioux Indians as follows: To each person whose name is signed to this agreement and to each other male member of the tribe who is eighteen years old or older at the date of this agreement, twenty dollars ($20) in one double eagle, struck in the year 1892 . as a memorial of this agreement. If coins of the date named are not in the Treasury coins of another date may be substituted therefor. The payment provided for in this article shall not apply upon the principle sum sidpulated in Article II, nor upon the interest thereon stipulated in Article III, but shall be in addition thereto. Anrrcnn VIII. I B¤iMi¤s¤.¤¢¤- Such part of the surplus lands hereby ceded and sold to the United States, as may now be occupied by the United States for agency, schools, and other purposes, shall be reserved nom sale to settlers until they are no longer required for such purposes. But all other lands included in this sale shall, immediately alter the ratilication of this agreement by Congress, be offered for sale through the proper land office, to be disposed of under the existing land laws of the United States, to actual and bona tide settlers only. Amucrn IX. I·°°°°¤ P°'¤*'*°**· During the trust period of twenty-five years, such part of the lands which have been allotted to members of the Yankton tribe of Indians in severalty, as the owner thereof can not cultivate or otherwise use advantageously, may be leased for one or more years at a time. But such leasing shall be subject to the approval of the Yankton Indian agent by and with the consent of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs; and provided that such leasing shall not in any case interfere with the cultivation of the allotted lands by the owner thereof to the full extent of the ability of such owner to improve and cultivate his holdings. The intent of this provision is to compel every owner of allotted lands to cultivate the same to the full extent of his ability to do so, before he shall have the privilege of leasing any part thereoil and then he shall have the right to lease only such surplus of his holdings as he is wholly unable to cultivate or use advantageously. This provision shall apply alike to both sexes, and to all ages, parents acting for their children who are under their control, and the Yankton Indian agent acting for minor orphans who have no guardians. Anricrn X. uS£·:¤¤¤ for religious Any religious society, or other organization now occupying under proper authority for religious or educational work among the Indians any of the land under this agreement ceded to the United States, shall