ity for religious
or educational work among the Indians, at the rate of $2.50 per acre,
the same to be conveyed to such society or organization by patent; and

Whereas it is provided in the act of Congress accepting, ratifying, and
confirming said agreement, approved August 15, 1894 (Pamphlet Statutes,
pp. 286-338), section 15, that--

The mineral lands shall be disposed of under the laws applicable
thereto, and the balance of the land so ceded shall be disposed of until
further provided by law under the town-site law and under the provisions
of the homestead law: _Provided_, _however_, That each settler
under and in accordance with the provisions of said homestead laws shall
at the time of making his original entry pay the sum of 50 cents per
acre in addition to the fees now required by law, and at the time of
making final proof shall pay the further sum of $1 per acre, final proof
to be made within five years from the date of entry; and three years'
actual residence on the land shall be established by such evidence as is
now required in homestead proofs as a prerequisite to title or patent.

And whereas it is provided--

That immediately after the passage of this act the Secretary of the
Interior shall, under such regulations as he may prescribe, open said
lands to settlement, after proclamation by the President and sixty
days' notice.

And whereas all the terms, conditions, and considerations required by
said agreement made with said tribe of Indians hereinbefore mentioned
and the laws relating thereto precedent to opening said lands to
settlement have been, as I hereby declare, provided for, paid, and
complied with:

Now, therefore, I, Grover Cleveland, President of the United States, by
virtue of the power in me vested by the statutes hereinbefore mentioned
and by said agreement, do hereby declare and make known that all of the
lands acquired from the Alsea and other Indians by said agreement will,
at and after the hour of 12 o'clock noon (Pacific standard time) on
the 25th day of July, 1895, and not before, be opened to settlement
under the terms of and subject to all the conditions, limitations,
reservations, and restrictions contained in said agreement, the statutes
above specified, and the laws of the United States applicable thereto.

The lands to be so opened to settlement are for greater convenience
particularly described in the accompanying schedule, entitled "Schedu