Indians parties hereto a sufficient quantity, which, with the lands
heretofore allotted, shall make in each case 160 acres, and in case no
allotment has been made to any individual member of said bands, then
an allotment of 160 acres shall be made to such individual.

And whereas it is provided in article 2 of said agreement--

That the cession, sale, relinquishment, and conveyance of the lands
described in article 1 of this agreement shall not take effect and
be in force until the sum of $342,778.37, together with the sum of
$18,400, shall have been paid to said bands of Indians, as set forth
and stipulated in article 3 of this agreement.

And whereas it is provided in the act of Congress approved March 3, 1891
(26 U.S. Statutes at Large, pp. 1036-1038), section 30, accepting and
ratifying the agreement with said Indians--

That the lands by said agreement ceded, sold, relinquished, and
conveyed to the United States shall immediately, upon the payment
to the parties entitled thereto of their share of the funds made
immediately available by this act, and upon the completion of the
allotments as provided for in said agreement, be subject only to entry
and settlement under the homestead and town-site laws of the United
States, excepting the sixteenth and thirty-sixth sections of said
lands, which shall be reserved for common-school purposes and be
subject to the laws of the State wherein located: _Provided_, That
patents shall not issue until the settler or entryman shall have paid
to the United States the sum of $2.50 per acre for the land taken up
by such homesteader, and the title to the lands so entered shall remain
in the United States until said money is duly paid by such entryman or
his legal representatives, or his widow, who shall have the right to
pay the money and complete the entry of her deceased husband in her
own name and shall receive a patent for the same.

And whereas payment as required by said act has been made by the United
States; and

Whereas allotments as provided for in said agreement, as now appears
by the records of the Department of the Interior, will have been made,
approved, and completed and all other terms and considerations required
will have been complied with on the day and hour hereinafter fixed for
opening said lands to settlement:

Now, therefore, I, Benjamin Harrison, President of the United States,
do hereby declare and m