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 896 FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 188. 1895. shall have the undisputed right to make his or her selection, to conform to legal subdivisions, however, so as to include such 1mprovements without reference to the classification of land hcreiubefore recited. •‘Ancr1oL1¤; Ill. $¢i•¤¤•>¤•f l·¤•**· “All allotments hereunder shall be selected within ninety days from the ratification of this agreement by Congress of the United States; provided, the Secretary of the Interior, in his discretion, may extend the time for making such selection; and should any Indian entitled to allotments hereunder fail or refuse to make his or her selection of land in such time, then the allotting agent in charge of the work of making such allotments shall, within the next thirty (30) days after said time, make allotments to such Indians, which shall have the same force and effect as if the selections were made by the Indians themselves. "ABTICLE IV. Titles to bn h·¤i¤ “When said allotments of land shall have been selected and taken "'"'L as aforesaid, and approved by the Secretary of the Interior, the titles thereto shall be held in trust for the allottees, respectively, for a period of twenty-tive (25) years, in the manner and to the extent provided for V°‘· “·P·"°· in the act of Congre s entitled “An act to provide for the allotment of land in severalty to Indians on the various reservation, and to extend the protection of the laws of the United States and the Territories over the Indians, and for other purposes. “Approved February 8, 1887. And at the expiration of twenty-five (25) years the title thereto shall be conveyed in fee simple to the allottees, or their heirs, free from all incumbrances. "ARTICLE V. ` -C¤=hpm¤c¤¢- “In addition to the allotments above provided for, and the other benefits to be received under the preceding articles, said Wichita and aiiiliated bands of Indians claim and insist that further compensation, in money, should be made to them by the United States, for their possessory right in and to the lands above described in excess of so much thereof as may be required for their aid allotments. Therefore it is further agreed that the question as to what sum of money, if any, shall be paid to said Indians for such surplus lands shall be submitted to the Congress of the United States, the decision of Congress thereon to be ilnal and binding upon said Indians; provided, if any sum of money shall be allowed by Congress for  urplus lands, it shall be subject to a reduction for each allotment of land that may be taken in excess of one thousand and sixty (1,060) at that price per acre, if any, that may be allowed by Congress. “Anrrc1.n VI. ·C*¤*¤¤¤ ¤°* *¤*P°*’°**· “It is further agreed that there shall be reserved to said Indians the right to_prefer against the United States any and every claim that they may believe they have the right to prefer, save and except any claim to the tract of country described in the first article of this agreement. “ABTICLE VII. . Bt£·¤¤`;1;§¤r r<>1izi¤¤¤. **It is hereby further agreed that wherever, in this reservation, any " ‘ religious society or other organization is now occupying any portion of said reservation forreligious or educational work among the Indians the land so occupied may be allotted and confirmed to such society or organization; not, however, to exceed one hundred and sixty (160) acres of land to any one society or organization. so long as the same shall be so occupied and used, and such land shall not be subject to