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 TREATY WITH THE SAGANAWS. 1837. 529 of five hundred dollars, to be recovered, at the suit of the informer; one half to the benefit of said informer, the other half to the benefit of the Indians. Aer. 3rd. The United States agree to pay to the said Indians, in Payment for consideration of the lands above ceded, the net proceeds of the sales <>¢¤¤i¤¤. Gwthereof, after deducting the expense of survey and sale, together with the incidental expenses of this treaty. The lands shall be surveyed in the usual manner, and offered for sale, as other public lands, at the land offices of the proper districts, as soon as practicable after the ratification of this treaty. A special account of the sales shall be kept at the Treasury, indicating the receipts from this source, and after deducting therefrom the sums hereinafter set apart, for specified objects, together with all other sums, justly chargeable to this fund, the balance shall be invested, under the direction of the President, in some public stock, and the interest thereof shall be annually paid to the said tribe, in the same manner, and with the same precautions, that annuities are paid. Provided, That, if the said Indians shall, at the expiration of Pf¤Vl¤0· twenty years, or at any time thereafter, require the said stock to be sold, and the proceeds thereof distributed among the whole tribe, or applied to the advancement of agriculture, education, or any other useful object, the same may be done, with the consent of the President and Senate. Ama 4th. The said Indians hereby set apart, out of the fund, created Sums Setilpw by the sale of their lands, the following sums, namely; by ‘h° I"d"‘““‘ For the purchase of goods and provisions, to be delivered to them, as soon as practicable after the ratification of this treaty, forty thousand ·» Abro md dollars} by art. 4Ih of For distribution among the heads of families, to be paid to them, as gf“jlé:QD"°· an annuity in 1837, ten thousand dollars.* ’ ` For a special payment to each of the principal chiefs, agreeably to a schedule annexed, five thousand dollars. For the support of schools, among their children, ten thousand dollars. For the payment of their just debts, accruing since the treaty of Ghent, and before the signing of this treaty, forty thousand dollars. For compensating American citizens, upon whose property this tribe committed depredations after the surrender of Detroit in 1812, ten thousand dollars. For meeting the payment of claims which have been considered and allowed by the chiefs and delegates in council, as per schedule B hereunto annexed, twelve thousand two hundred and forty-three dollars, and seventy-five cents. For vaccine matter, and the services of a physician, one hundred dollars per annum for five years. For the purchase of tobacco to be delivered to them, two hundred dollars per annum for five years. The whole of these sums shall be expended under the direction of To be expendthe President, and the following principles shall govern the application. &‘gn“g,$l$;c gig: The goods and provisions shall be purchased by an agent, or officer of sidgnb the Government, on contract, and delivered to them, at their expense, as early as practicable, after the ratification of the treaty. The annuity of ten thousand dollars shall be divided among the heads of families, agreeably to a census, to be taken for the purpose. The school fund shall be put at interest, by investment in stocks, and the mterest applied annually to the object, commencing in the year 1840, but the principal shall constitute a permanent fund for twenty years, nor shall the stock be sold, nor the proceeds diverted, at that period, without the consent of the President and Senate. The monies set apart for the liquidation of theirgdgbts, and for depre- 67