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 324 FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. _290. 1894. H. Odell, and H. H. Harding, on the part of the United States, and the chiefs, headmen, and male adults of the Alsea and other bands of Indians located on said Siletz Reservation, witnesseth: ARTICLE I. U¤¤¤¤¢*¤d ¤¤¤¤· The Indians located on said Siletz Reservation hereby cede, sell, °°d°d` relinquish, and convey to the United States all their claim, right, title, and interest in and to all the unallotted lands within the limits of said reservation, except the five sections described in Article IV of this agreement. _ Anrrcmz Il. cmmmusum. In consideration of the lands sold, ceded, relinquished, and conveyed as aforesaid, the United States stipulates and agrees to pay to the Indians located on said Siletz Reservation the sum of one hundred and forty-two thousand and six hundred dollars ($142,600), in payments as follows, to wit:. Fund- One hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) shall be deposited in the · Treasury of the United States to the credit of the Indians of the Siletz Reservation, in the State of Oregon, which shall bear interest at the rate of five (5) per cent per annum, to be paid annually at the agency _ on said reservation on the first day of March of each and every year. The balance of said principal sum shall be paid as follows, to wit: raymsmsm umu. Within three months alter the approval of this agreement by Congress there shall be paid to each Indian on said reservation, who shall be of age, to wit; Males of twenty-one years, and females of eighteen years or more, and all married persons, whether they shall be of age or not, the sum of seventy-tive dollars ($75) each, and annually there- _ after on each interest·paying day, there shall be paid a like sum of seventy-five dollars ($75) to each one who shall have become of age as aforesaid, or who shall have married, whether of age or not (who shall not have been paid seventyfrive dollars) during the preceding year, the said sum of seventy-five dollars; and all of the money so held back by the United States to pay said delayed payments shall also draw interest at the rate of nve per cent per annum; and the parents of all infants who are supporting the same shall receive annually all the interest money according to the share pro rata of each infant: Pro- Ag,1 ,,,,,,,,,,_ vided, however, That in case of all aged or infirm persons, who are incapable of taking care of themselves, the same due and payable to such may be used for the support and care of such persons, in such manner as the Secretary of the Interior may from time to time direct: ummm. And provided further, That this agreement shall apply only to persons who shall be living and belonging on said reservation at the time of the ratiiication of the same by Congress. Anrrcnn III. Pnymsnr ct mes. It is hereby further stipulated and agreed that as soon as the lands °'°‘ which have been allotted to the l ndians on said Siletz Indian Reservation shall become subject and liable to taxation by the State of Oregon, then the Secretary of the Interior may reserve a part of said interest money, so coming to said Indians, not exceeding one-third thereof for each year, and pay the same to the State and local authorities of the State of Oregon, in lieu of taxation upon the lands allotted to said Indians, under such rules and regulations as he may prescribe or as may be prescribed by law, to secure to the Indians the full enjoyment of the protection of the laws of said State, and a just share of all benefits nwimes. derived from said payment in lieu of taxes: Provided, That all road taxes, which by the laws of the State may be discharged by work, may be so discharged by the Indian owners of said allotted lands on the