Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1904-02-12
sl.50 PER YEAR

are entltled under the existing treat
les or agreements not inconsistent
with the provisions Of this agreement.
. Article V-This agreement sha II
take effect and pe in force when ac.
cepted and ratified py the Congress of
the United States.
L Sec 2-That the said agreement be.
and the sane is hereby, ratified, and
confirmed, as herein amended
Sec. 3-That before any of these
lands ceded by said agreement are
opened to settlement and entry, or
otherwise disposed of. the Comm is
sioner of Indian Affairs shall cause
sllotments to be made as provided by
article one If the agreement, su.h al
lotments to conform as to quantity Of
the provisions of the treaty of Febru-
sry nineteenth, eighteen hundred and
sixty-seven, and of the Act of Febru-
aIy eighth, eighteen hundred and
eighteen seven, as amended February
twenty eighth, eighteen hundred and
ninety one.
Sec. 4---That the lands ceded to the
United States under said agreement,
including the Fort Tctten abandoned
military reservation. which are ex
elusive of six thousand one hundred
and sixty acres which are required for
allotments, excepting sections sixteen
and thirty-six or an equivalent Of
two sections in each township, and
such tracts as may be reserved by the
President IS hereinafter provided shall
be disposed of under the general pro-
visions of the homestead and town
site laws of the United States, and
shall be opened to settlement and en-
try by proclamation of the President,
which proclamation shall prescribe
the manner in whi h these lands may
be settled upon, occupied and entered
by persons entitled to make entry
thereof, and no persoz shall be per-
mitted to settle upon, occupy, or enter
any of said lands, except as prescri b.
ed in'such proclamation. until after
the expiration of sixty days from the
time when the same are opened to
settlement and entry: Provided, that
the rights of honorably discharged
Union soldiers and sailors of the late
civil and Spanish war, as defined and
described Il, in sections twenty-three
hundred and five Of the revised stats
3utes, s. nendsd BY the Act taof March
first nineteen hundred and one shall
not De abridged ;And provided further
that the price Of said lands shall be
four dollars and SO cents per acre for
all lands entered during the first six
months after the opening of the said
reservation and three dollars and fifty
cents per acre for ali lands entered
during the second six months and two
dollars and fifty cents per acre for all
lands entered thereafter: Provided,
that no lands which become forfeited
after having been entered shall oe re-
entered at less price than the origin
al enrryman agreed to pay; all tne
said lands t, be paid for as follows:
One dollar per acre when the entry is
made and the remainder in annual
indictments of fifty cents per acre
until paid for: Provided further.
that in case any entryman fails to
make such payments, or any Of them,
within the time stated. all rights in
and to the land covered by his or her
entry shall at once cease, and any
payments Heretofore made shall be
forfeited and the entry shall bel
feited and held for cancellation AM
provided further: that nothing IN
this Act shall prevent homestead
settlers from committing their entries
under section twenty three hundred
and one, revised statutes, by paying
for tie land entered the price fixed
herein, receiving credit for payments
previously made. In addition to the
price tc be paid fol the land. the en-
tryman shall pay the same fees and
commissions at the time Of commuta-
tion or final entry, as now provided
by law, where the price of the land
is one dollar and twenty ave cents
per acre: And provided further, that
aliens who have declared their intsn-
tion to become cIJlzens OF tne UnIrea
States may become purchasers under
this Act, but before proving up and
aco,1s rsno fifla ,,,r,a& ~, r., 81, ! ~ ..&
full naturalization papers: And
provided further, that all lands
herein ceded and opened to settlement
under this Act remaining undisposed
Of at the expiration Of Ave years
ftom tine taking effect Of this Act may
be sold and dipsossd Of for cash under
the rnles and regulations to be pre-
scribed by the Secretary Of the Inter,
Tor: And provided further. that the
President is hereby authorised to re-
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