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 326 FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 290. 1894. In witness whereof the said Reuben P. Boise, WiHiam H. Odell, and H. H. Harding, on the part of the United States, and the chiefs, head men, and other male adults of the Indians residing on said S1letz Reservation, have hereunto set their hands and afllxed their seals. Done at the Siletz Agency, Oregon, this the 31st day of October, A. D. 1892. Bauman P. Boisn, ,1.. s.} Wrnmlm Onnm., L. s. H. H. Hannme 1.. s. United States Commissioners. Committee appointed at general council of Indians, October 29, 1892: Scorer LANE. [L. .] ; and others; - Therefore Agre¤me¤t•¤0¤lW¢d· Be it enadted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the °°°' . United States of America in Congress assembled, That said agreement be, and the same hereby is, accepted, ratified, and confirmed, · _ A-¤<>¤¤¤ •r¤¤·r¤· _ That for the purpose of carrying the provisions of this Act into effect M there is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of one hundred and forty-two thou- , sand six hundred dollars which sum of money shall be paid to the Indians in the manner and form prescribed by articles two and three of 1Q·•_y1_¤»¤_;- Mmm the agreement: Provided, That none of the money or interest thereon tum. °P which is by the terms of said agreement to be paid to said Indians shall be applied to the payment of any judgment that has been or may here- V¤l·2¤. pam after be rendered under the provisions of the Act of Congress approved ' March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, entitled “An Act to provide for the adjudication and payment of claims arising from Indian mma. depredations! The mineral lands shall be disposed of under the laws applicable thereto, and the balance of the land so ceded shall be disposed of until further provided by law under the town-site law and under the provisions of the homestead law: Provided, however, That ,_:,¢l•i*¤¤¤=·l 1>¤°° *0* each settler, under and in accordance with the provisions of said home- ' stead laws shall, at the time of making his original entry, pay the sum of fifty cents per acre in addition to the fees now required by law, and at the time of making final proof shall pay the further sum of one dollar per acre, final proof to be made within five years from the date of entry, and three years’ actual residence on the land shall be established . by spch telvidence astis now required in homestead proofs as aprerequisite 0 ti e orpaten. m °" ‘°"F°‘* That all of the money so held by the United States to pay the delayed payments shall draw interest at the rate of five per centum per annum after the passage of this Act. mi Indo w That immediately after the passage of this Act the Secretary of the °' Interior shall under such regulations as he may prescribe, open said lands to settlement after proclamation by the President and sixty days’ no ice. Aoummmxr wrrn rm: Nnz Pmzten lnnmus IN IDAHo. Ptgeoggnwgggg Sec. 16. Whereas Robert Schleicher, James F. Allen, and Cyrus f,,, c,,m,,’],‘{%,,,.,,_ ‘ Beede, duly appointed commissioners on the part of the United States, did on the iirst day of May, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, con- ‘ clude an agreement with the principal men and other male adults of the Nez Perce tribe of Indians upon the Lapwai Reservation, in the State of Idaho, which said agreement is as follows: Whereas the President, under date of October thirty-first, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, and under the provisions of the Act of Con- V¤1-24. ps38S- gress entitled “An Act to provide for the allotment of lands in severalty to Indians on the various reservations, and to extend the protection of the laws of the United States and the Territories over the Indians, and for other purposes/’ approved February eighth, eighteen hundred and