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 FIFTYJFHIRD CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 290. 1894. 323 ARTICLE V. This agreement shall not be binding upon either party until ratilied Ratification. by Congress. . Dated and signed at De Smet Mission, Idaho, this 7th day of February, 1894. JonN LANE,. U. S. Special Indian Agent. Witness: Gno. F. STEELE. The foregoing articles of agreement, having been fully explained to us in open council, we, the undersigned, chiefs, headmen, and principal men of the Coeur d’Alene tribeof Indians residing on the Coeur d’Alene Reservation, State of Idaho, do hereby consent and agree to all the stipulations therein contained. VVitness our hands and seals at De Smet Mission, State of Idaho, Siz¤¤><i· this 7th day of February, 1894. Andrew Sultice, his X mark, seal; and others. ’ - For the purpose of carrying out the terms of said agreement the m{};'j,*{g”*f°*I¤d*¤¤¤· sum of fifteen thousand dollars is hereby appropriated, to be paid out ` of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the same to be made immediately available and to be paid the Indians of the Coeur d’Alene Reservation by the Secretary of the Interior, pro rata, or share and share alike, in accordance with the terms of said agreement. ‘ ~ That for the purpose of segregating the ceded land from the dimin- Survey for ¤¤w ished Coeur d’Alene Indian Reservation, so much of the boundary line b°°°d”y‘ described in article one of the agreement that is not defined by a natural boundary shall be properly surveyed and permanently marked in a plain and substantial manner by prominent and durable monuments. · That to provide for disposal of the lands acquired by the fore- Disposal oflauds. going agreement the Secretary of the Interior shall cause the same to. be properly surveyed, subdivided, and platted in accordance with existing law; and the Secretary of the Interior shall direct one of the inspectors of the Department of the Interior to appraise the value of the town site of Harrison and state the price per acre of each and every legal subdivision of the ceded tract. In case the total appraised value of all the lands exceeds or ialls Ap1¤r¤i¤¤¤¤¤¤¤- short of fifteen thousand dollars and the cost of appraising the lands, the appraisement of the town site and the subdivisions shall be scaled ~ in proportion to the appraised values to such price as will bring the total to the sum to be paid the Indians and the cost of the appraisement; and at the rates thus determined, in addition to the usual fees and charges, the lands will be disposed of under the homestead and town-site laws, preference being given to those persons who were actual bona fide settlers at the date of the agreement, February seventh, _ eighteen hundred and ninety-four: Provided, That in no case shall the QQ‘,j'{,"n‘;m mM_ price per acre fall below the minimum prescribed by law. AGREEMENT WITH THE ALsEA AND 0T11E1a INDIANS ox SILETZ rms- ERVATION IN OREGON., Sec. 15. \¤Vhereas Reuben P. Boise, Willizim H. Odell, and H. H. A,@e·‘§_;,"j,,[,'f_‘Q{,‘_fSa,‘{_Qf,*; Harding, duly appointed commissioners on the part of the United landsbgletz mem- States, did, on the thirty-first day of October, eighteen hundred and °‘°"‘ g""‘°’“°d‘ ninety-two, conclude an agreement with the chiefs, headmen, and other male adults of the Alsea and other bands of Indians residing upon the Siletz Reservation in the State of Oregon, which said agreement is as 0 lows: — This agreement made and entered into in pursuance of the provisions of the Act of Congress approved July thirteen, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, at the Siletz Agency, Oregon, by Reuben Boise, William