FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. III. C11. 450. 1899. 1365 ARTICLE 4. It is hereby agreed on the part of the United States drAll°*¤¤°¤*¤ *0****1- that allotments in severalty shall be made to all children born prior to °D` the date of the ratification of this agreement, then living, in manner and quantity as provided in Section eight of said Act of March two, Vol-2-5.i·-89<M eighteen hundred and eighty-nine; Provided, That in future allotments P¢¤¤i¤·>=¢- upon the Rosebud Reservation, instead of allotting 320 acres of agri- —divi¤i<>¤ of oilotcultural or double that quantity of grazing land to the head of a fam- T.?; .,,,,l${’°$Zl$§° L""' ily, as provided in said Section eight, one half of said quantity shall be allotted to the husband and one half to the wife, where both are living and otherwise entitled to the benefits accruing to the Indians belor — ing upon said reservation; Provided Further, that the allotments here- _R¤viei<»¤ of rrovi— tolore made on the Rosebud Reservation hall be revised in conformity mm °t 2u°""°"°‘ with the preceding proviso. And Provided Further, That where any Completion of anot- Indians to whom allotments in severalty have been made in the field, "‘°"*“’°°°‘ have since died, such allotments shall be duly completed and approved, and the lands shall descend to the heirs of such decedents in accord- . ance with the provisions of section eleven of said Act last above men- Vol-25.p.891· tioned. ARTICLE 5. This agreement shall not take eifect and bein force until F¤*i¤<=¤¤¤¤ ¤¤=¤•- ratified by Act of the Congress of the United States. °°W‘ Dated and signed at the Rosebud Agency, South Dakota, on the tenth ` day of March, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight. JAMES MCLAUGHLIN, (snAL) _ U. S. Indian Inspector. 1. CuAnLns C. TAcKnr1·, (s121A;.) 2. I. P. BnTrnLYoUN, (SEAL) 3. CLEMENT WHIRLWIND Somamn, (SEAL) (and one thousand and twenty others). I hereby certify that at the request of Indian Inspector McLaughlin I read the foregoing agreement in open council to the Indians of the Rosebud Agency, S. D., parties thereto, and that it was explained to them through the interpreters paragraph by paragraph. CHAS. E; MCCHESNEY, Rosnnun AGENCY, S. D. "‘ 8* I"d’”’" Ag°“°· _ March 10, 1898. We hereby certify that the foregoing agreement was iully explained by us in open council to the Indians of the Rosebud Agency, S. D.; that it was fully understood by them before signing, and that we witnessed the signatures of the Indians thereto; and we further certify that the foregoing names though similar in some cases represent diHer— ent individuals in every instance. Louis RoUL1nnAU, Official Interpreter. THOMAS Fnoon, Rosmnun AGENCY, S. D., Sp°°m'l I"°°rp"°°°I" March 10, 1898. VVe certify that we witnessed the signatures of Indian Inspector McLaughlin and Indians to the foregoing agreement, parties thereto. FRANK MULLEN, Agency Clerk. H. B. Cox, Assistant Clerk. J. FRANKLIN Housn, Day School Inspector. H. J. CATON, Farmer Cut Meat Creek District. Jox1N SULLIVAN, Farmer Black Pipe Creek District. FRANK SYPAL, Farmer Butte Creek District. Rosnnun AGENCY, S. D. March 10, 1898.
