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Show INDIAN AFFAIRS. 357 »y selection. ,'d under this act: Provided. That if auy one entitled to an allot- Proviso. "Vi-^hiil fal to. make a selection within four years after the Presi- Oafailnretoae- " t" '-"ill direct that allotments mav be made, on a particular reserva-lectin four years, .'oa tbo-Secretary of tho Interior may direct the agent of such tribo or ^ w n T r ^ y di-v^'-' xi If such thero be, aud if there be no ngeut, then a special agent r e c t ' '-^-K'inred for that purpor-e, to make a selection for sucV Indian, which J ' !<-:ion shall be allotted as in eases where selections are made by the 7-'.' lis, and patents shall issue in liko manner. "fv^ 3. That the allotments provided for in this act shall be mado by Allotmeuts to « H-ciil agents appointed by the President for such purpose, and the bo raad° ^J «P^ 3 :.^iits iu'eharge of the respective reservations on which the allotments 1 ^ ^ agents. j-V directed to bo mado, under such rules and regulations as the Secretin"' of the Interijr may from time to time prescribe, and shall be cer- Certificates. - •'*d bv such agents to'the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, in duplicate, '•iZ' copy to be°retaiued in the Indian OQice and the other to be trans- .'•-•';• :• d to the Secretary of tho Interior for his action, and to be depose d iu tho General Land Office. SEC. 4. That where auy Indian not residing upon a reservation, or for Indians not on ^bo-o tribe no reservation has been provided by treaty, act of Congress, re ser vat ions, or executive order, shall mako settlement upon any surveyed orunsur- etc., ^J ™*™ -.VV.M! lands of the United States not otherwise appropriated, he or she l i c lrin(ls# v • :..iil !'C entitled, upon application to the local land office for the district ,3rwinch the lands arc located, to. have the same alloted to him or her, y.A to his or her children, iu quantities and manner as provided iu this J: f r Indians residing upon reservations ; aud when such settlement •<"•:.ado upon unsurveyed lauds, the grant to such Indians shall bo ad- •-•<•(' upon the survey of the lands so as to conform thereto.; and patents "...ui ; e issued to them for snch lands in the manner and with the re- ••;:ct -as as herein provided. And the fees.to which the officers of such j?eea t o^a pajj_ l>val land office would have been entitled had such land beeu entered from the Treas-zsii- t ihe general laws for the disposition of the public lands shall be nry. 7.i;d totbeni, from any moneys in the Treasury of tho United States not cihrrwise appr priated, upon a statement of au account iu their behalf for »ucU fees by the Commissioner of the General Land Office, and a cer-t. ficaiion of such account to the Secretary of the Treasury by the Secro- Uty nf the Interior. SKC. 5. That upon the approval of the allotments provided for in this pa t ent to issue, vet by the Secretary of the Interior, he shall cause patents to issue thereof in ;he name of the allottees, which patent shall be of the legal effect, u<ti dclare that the United States does and will hold the laud thus al- To bd h e ( d .fl " '*^i for the perioil of twenty-five years, in trust for the sole use and t r U 3 t - .-is-ir of the Indian to whom such allotment shall have been made, or, ;':: C.I.M; of his decease, of his heirs accordiug to the laws of the State or Territory where such land is located, aud that at the expiration of said "prW. ;Le United States will convey the same by patent to said Indian, Conveyance in •ithis bursas aforesaid, iu fee, discharged of said trust and free of allfe"a t 'l e.l '25year3- •v.irp or incumbrance whatsoever: Provided, That the President of the rrovuot. Csited States may in auy casein his discretion extend the period. Aud p/t^Q^m&Y M any conveyance shall be made of tho lands set apart and allotted as -'.*eh:-,rovided, or any contract made touching tho same, before the Tjinr'ion of tho time above mentioned, such convevanco or contract • •fca'U lo absolutely null and void: -Provided, That the law of d e s c e n t ^ ^ a n d partt «<l partition in force in the State or Territory where such lands are tion> ^oate -hall apply thereto after patents therefor havo'been executed. «4d. iivered. except as herein otherwise provided; and tho laws of '«* State of Kansas regulating the descent and partition of real estate -ill. -o far as practicable, apply to all lauds in tho Indian Territory ••ach nay bo allotted in severalty under tho provisions of this act: •*** P'-'ridcd further, That at anytime after lands havo been allotted ->ail • ^ Indians of any tribe as herein provided, or sooner if in the '"sic. of the Presidcnt'it shall be for the best interests of said tribe, : 'ha.-, -..e lawful for tho Secretary of the Interior to negotiate with for pK u 0 rcb^e° "of "^o Irdian tribe for tho purchase and release by said tribe, in conform- lant1 * u o t ^ob- ',r ,v'"'. the treaty or statute under which such reservation is held, of ted. * ^ ! r-ions of its teservation not allotted as such tribe shall, from ^ to time, consent to sell, on such terms and conditions as shall bo |