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Show id said bands in such manner as the Seretary of the Interior should direct. The assignment; of lands in severalty was to bemade nuder the direction of the Secretary, and upon approval was to be final and con-clusive. Certificates of allotmeht were to be issued by this office for , the tracts assigned, specifying the names of the individuals to whom they bad been assigned respectively, setting forth the fact that the land described therein was for the excl~isiveo se and benefit of the per-son named, his or her heirs and descendants, and that the several tracts should nut be alienated in fee, leased, or otherwise disposed of, except to the Uuited States, or to the members of said band of Indians under such rules and regulations as might he prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior; neither should they be subject to taxation, levy, sale, or forfeiture until otherwise provided by Congress. Rules and regula-tions were to be made prior to the issue of said certificates respecting the disposition of any of said tracts in case oE the death of the reservee, so that they might be secured to the family of such deceased persons, and in case any assigned tract should be abantloned, the Secretary of the Interior should take such action in relation to the proper distribu-tion as might be expedient. - The second article provided for the sale of the remainder of the lands. The land was selected as required, and contained an &ea of 4:395.31 acres, out of which the W. 6 of the NE. a, aud the E. +of the NW. of section 24, T. 17, rauge 18, containing 160 acre& was assigned for dchool and missionary purposes: and 3,549.03 acres to the 84 members of the United Chippewa and Muusee or Christian Indians. These assignments, made by Agent Bnller, October, 1839, were approved by the Department September 6, 1860, and certifihntes were issued Sep-tember 20 following, before any roles or regulations were issued re- I spectiug thcir disposition, as required by the treaty. 'Agent Fi~ller at the same time reported a fine tract as "reserved for school pur-popes7' at the special request of the Indian council, being the NE. 4 of the SW. of section 12, in T. 17, R. 18, but the schedule submitted did not contain a description of this land. Nevertheless, the Indians built aschoolhouse thereon and the tract is still held and nsed for that purpose, although the treaty prooided that only 160 acres shoubl be reserved for school purposes. On the 6th of February, 1867, Agent Martin transmitted additional lists of assignments for 19 persons, children of Indians born %fter the first assignment, or persons subsequently admitted to the tribe, and these lists were submitted to the Department February 11, 1867, and returned approved Februa~y 13, with direction to issue certificates. I One of them reads as folloWs: CnIpp~wA~ND MUNSEE RESERVE,J anuary 19, 1867. We. the nndernirued head man slld ooonoil of the Chi.p .~ ew&8an d Munaeen, do hereby wish and ile,in Tllar the qnsrrpr s c e~iuno fla nd known on our plnr an nliaaion and bedivided aud ;tllorte,l ro [he within-nnrnnl individuals. |