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a family may in like manner select and cause to be certified to him or her, for purposes of cultivation a quantity of land not exceeding eighty acres in extent, and thereupon be entitled to the exclusive possession of the same as above directed.

For each tract of land so selected a certificate, containing a description thereof and the name of the person selecting it, with a certificate endorsed thereon that the same has been recorded shall be delivered to the party entitled to it, by the Agent after the same shall have been recorded by him, in a book to be kept in his office subject to inspection, which said book shall be known as the Navajo Land Book.

The President may at any time, order a survey of the reservation, and, when so surveyed, Congress shall provide for protecting the rights of said settlers in their improvements and may list the character of the title held by each. The United States may pass such laws on the subject of alienation and descent of property between the Indians and their descendants as may be thought proper.

Article. VI

In order to insure the civilization of the Indians entering into this Treaty, the necessity of education is admitted, especially of such of them as may be settled on said agricultural parts of this reservation, and they, therefore, pledge themselves to compel their children, male and female, between the ages of six and sixteen years, to attend school, and it is hereby made the duty