The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-01-24
THE COLvILLE INDIAN AGREEMENT
Text of Senator Aliens Bill for Pur-
chase of the Reservation.

WASHINGTON CRY, Jan. 22.-[Special. l.
Senator Allen said to the PosT-INTELLI-
GEScER correspondent today that he be-
lieved he would be able to secure the pas
sage of his bill providing for the ratifica-
ton of the Colville Indian agency agree
ment IN the Senate at an early day. This
bill in full is as follows:
Be It enacted, &c: That for the purpose of car
rying out the terms and stipulations of said
agreement the following sums be, and the same
are hereby, appropriated out OF any money In
the treasury OF the United States not otherwise
appropriated, namely:
For the purpose of making the allotments on
the lands by said agreement coded, as provided
in articles and 6, including the necessary sur
yeys, $4,000, or so much thereof as may be
necessary: provided. that said allotments shall
be made IN manner and form, and the titles
thereto held and evidenced as provided in the
act Of February s, 1857, entitled "An act
20 provide for the allotment OF lands in severaIty
TO Indians on the various reservations and to
extend the protection of the laws OF the United
States anu OF the territories over the Indians
and for other purposes" as amended by the act
OF February %. 1891, entitled Gan act to amend
aud further extend the benefits of the act ap-
proved February s, 1887, entitled AN act to pro-
vide for the allotment of land In severalty TO In
dians on the various reservations and TO extend
the protection OF the laws OF the United States
over the Indians, and for other purposes"
For the erection and equipment of the school
buildings, for the erection OF the saw aud grist
mill, for the purchase of the necessary machin-
cry and fixtures as stipulated in the fourth
article of the agreement, aud for the pay of the
necessary employees for saw and grist mill, as
stipulated In said article aud as provided in
agreement of July Z, 1883, ratified by act ap-
proved July 4, 1854, SIS 900, so much thereof as
may be necessary.
For payment 10 said Indians per capita, as
provided in article V. of said agreement. the
sum of 81 900, said sum to bear interest at
the rate OF per eentum per ennum from the
date of this act the principal and interest TO be
paid out as provided for in said article v :;
provided, that the shares or per capita sums
due TO minor children under is years OF age
shall be retained in the treasury Of the United
States. and continue to bear interest at the rate
of per centum per snnum until paid pro-
vidcd further, that the shares due to orphan
children shall likewise be retained in the treas
ury OF the United States, and bear interest at
the rate OF per eentum annually until paid
the interes, ana such portion of the principal as
may be necessary Tor the use and maintenance of
such orphans TO be paid TO the Indian agent in
charge OF the Colvite agency, to be expended
under the direction of the commissioner OF In
dian affairs; provided further, that the cert f.
cate 20 be furnished by any Indian who shall
desire the payment Of his share OF the purchase
money, in two equal annual installments, as
provided in article VIII, shall be satisfactory in
ali reEpscts % the secretary OF the interior: aud
provided further, that the forieitares provided
Ter in sFsicle TX shall in no case be declared or
enforced before the expiration of the period of
twenty-five years from the passage of this act
For the erection OF the black smith shon and
suitable dwelling for blacksmith, the purchase
OF suitable tools and i'm lements. and The pay of
g blacksmith for one year, provided for In
article VII, SS,o0, or so much thereof IS may be
necessary.
For payment to FIVE chiefs, as provided for In
article XII, $500 Ia sli. 81, COS, 500
That whenever any Of said lands shall be
opened 10 settlement or entry by the proclama-
ton of the president of the United States they
shall be disposed of under the general laws sp-
pliea5ie TO said state; provided, however, that
each entryman under the homestead laws shall,
before receiving final certificate aud patent for
The land covered by his entry, pay 20 the United
States the sum OF sL25 per acre for each acre
thereof