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 868 PROCLAMATIONS. Nos. 2, 3. In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be ailixed. Done at the City of Washington, this Sixteenth day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand, eight hundred and ninety- [sEAL.] five, and of the Independence of the United States the one hundred and nineteenth. GBOVER CLEVELAND By the President, EDWIN F. URL Acting Secretary of State. [No. 3.] May 18.1895- BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. A PROCLAMATION. msmbie. Whereas, by a written agreement, made on the ninth day of September, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, the Kickapoo Nation of Indians, in the Territory of Oklahoma, ceded, conveyed, transferred, and relinquished, forever and absolutely, without any reservation whatever, all their claim, title, and interest of every kind and character in and to the lands particularly described in Article I of the agreement, Provided, that in said tract of country there shall be allotted to each and every member, native and adopted, of said Kickapoo tribe of Indians, 80 acres of land, in the manner and under the conditions stated m said agreement; and that when the allotments of land shall have been made and approved by the Secretary of the Interior the title thereto shall be held in trust for the allottees respectively for the period of twenty-five years v¤1.24.r··38¤- in the manner and to the extent provided for in the act of Congress approved February eighth, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven (24 Stats., 388); and Rg;{¤,gg;· ·=*¤·· ¤*· Whereas, it is further stipulated and agreed by Article 6 of the agreegument that wherever, in this reservation, any religious society or other organization is now occupying any portion of said reservation for religious 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 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 homestead entry; and gin>•;¤1<>g;¤d¤· Whereas, it is provided in the act of Congress accepting, ratifying, °’ p' and confirming the said agreement with the Kickapoo Indians, approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-three (27 Stats., pp. 557 to 563) section three: “'l'hat whenever any of the lands, acquired by this agreement shall, by operation of law or proclamation of the President of the United States, he open to settlement or entry, they shall be disposed of (except sections sixteen and t irty-six in each township thereof) to actual settlers only, under the provisions of the homestead and townsite laws (except section twenty-three hundred and one of the Revised Statutes of the United States, which shall not apply): Provided, however, That each settler on said lands shall, before making a tinal proof and receiving a certiticate of entry, pay to the United States for the land so taken by him, in addition to the fees provided by law, and within five years from the date of the lirst original entry, the sum of one dollar and fifty cents an acre, one-half of which shall be paid within two years; but the rights of honorably discharged Union soldiers and sailors, as deiined and described in sections twenty-three hundred and four and twenty-three hundred and five of the Revised Statutes of the United States shall not be abridged, except as to the sum to be paid as aforesaid. Until said lands are opened to settlement by proclamation of the President of the United States, no person shall be permitted to enter upon or occupy any of said lands; and any person violating this provision shall never be permitted to make entry of any of said lands or acquire any title thereto: Prorided, That any person having attempted to, but for any cause failed to acquire a title in fee under existing law, or who made entry under what is known as the commuted provision of the homestead law, shall be qualified to make homestead entry upon said lands." ; and