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 352 FIFTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 398. 1896. his family would be entitled to under the allotment act, and may file with the agent a description of such land and of the improvements that he has made on the same, and the filing of such description shall give the said member of the tribes the right to take such land when allotments of the lands in severalty shall be made. Auricms VI. sumys, m. So soon as this agreement shall have received the approval of Congress, the boundary lines described in Article I shall be surveyed, designated, and marked by monuments not more than one—ha1f mile apart. The expense of such survey shall be borne by the United States, but the unskilled laborers employed in the work shall be hired from among the Indians re iding on this reservation. Such survey and the markings of the above-described boundary lines shall be done immediately—not later than ninety days after the approval of this agreement by Congress-—and completed as speedily as possible, and the ceded portion of the reservation shall not be thrown open to occupancy by the whites until after the new boundaries of the reservation shall have been established and marked. Anrrcmc VII. Privr ¤1»i¤¤¤- It is further agreed and provided that none of the money realized from the sale of this land shall be aipplied to the payment of any judge ment which has been or may heres be rendered upon any claim for damages because of depredations committed by said Indians prior to the date of this agreement. . Aamcu: VIII. rama- gamut All of the provisions of the agreement between the parties hereto, °°“""'“°°‘ made February 11, 1887, not in conflict with the provisions of this _ agreement, are hereby continued in full force and eifect. ARTICLE IX. _mqs¤1¤g or ··1¤- It is understood and declared that whenever the word Indian is used ‘“““· in this agreement it includes mixed bloods as well as hill bloods. Aivricnn X. , R¤*i¤¤¤•>¤· This agreement shall not be binding upon either party until ratified by Congress. Dated and signed at the Fort Belknap Agency, Montana, on the ninth day of October, 1895. ' sun. WILLIAM U. Porrocx. SEAL. Guo. Bmn Gmmmnn. Houck 1).rU sm zu, his x mark, (liicrcrrm Omar) and others. Four Bnmcnlr Acnxcr, MoN·r., October 9, 1895. \Ve, James Matt, Charles Buckman, Chas. Perry, and James Perry, do certify that the annexed and ioregoing agreement by and between the United States and Indians residing upon and attached to the Fort Belknap Indian Reservation in Montana was fully interpreted to said Indians and they made to understand the same; that after said interpretation the said Indians, whose names appear subscribed to said agreement, signed the same in our presence. \Ve inrther certify that said Indians are members of said tribes and reside upon said reservation, set apart for said Indians in Montana, and that said subscribers are male adults over the age of 21 years.