of the United States, and, under such restrictions as may be
imposed by law, be subject to white settlement; and

Whereas by a certain other agreement with the Iowa tribe of Indians
residing on the Iowa Reservation, in said Territory, made on the 20th
day of May, 1890, said tribe surrendered and relinquished to the United
States all their title and interest in and to the lands of said Indians
in said Territory, and particularly described in Article I of said
agreement, and provided that each and every member of said tribe shall
have an allotment of 80 acres of land upon said reservation, and upon
the approval of such allotments by the Secretary of the Interior that
trust patents shall be issued therefor, and that there shall be excepted
from the operation of said agreement a tract of land not exceeding
10 acres, in a square form, including the church and schoolhouse and
graveyard at or near the Iowa village, which shall belong to said Iowa
tribe of Indians in common, subject to the conditions and limitations
in said agreement expressed; that the chief of the Iowas may select an
additional 10 acres, in a square form, for the use of said tribe in said
reservation, conforming in boundaries to the legal subdivisions of land
therein, which shall be held by said tribe in common, subject to the
conditions and limitations as expressed in relation thereto; and

Whereas it is provided-in the act of Congress approved February 13,
1891 (26 U.S. Statutes at Large, pp. 758, 759), section 7, accepting,
ratifying, and confirming said agreements with the Sac and Fox Nation
of Indians and the Iowa tribe of Indians--

That whenever any of the lands acquired by the agreements in this act
ratified and confirmed shall by operation of law or proclamation of
the President of the United States be open to settlement they shall
be disposed of to actual settlers only, under the provisions of the
homestead laws, except section 2301, which shall not apply: _Provided,
however_, That each settler under and in accordance with the provisions
of said homestead laws shall before receiving a patent for his homestead
pay to the United States for the land so taken by him, in addition to
the fees provided by law, the sum of $1.25 for each acre thereof; and
such person, having complied with all the laws relating to such
homestead settlement, may at his option receive a patent therefor at the
expiration of twelve months from date of se