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Conditions of the surrender of the Chippewas of Sarnia of certain lands intended
to be sold to the Sarnia, Petrolia and St. Thomas Railway Company, aated this 22nd.
day of June, A.D. 1908, and the land to be bought and the surrender hereto attached.

(1) That the lands surrendered or any part thereof are to revert to the Band if
not used by the Railway Company its suecessors or assigns for Railroad purposes
within five (5) years from the date of surrender unless the railway having been con-
structed it be shewn to the satisfaction of the Superintendent General of Indian
Affairs that parts of the said lands not actually in use will be required for the pur-
pose of the Railroad within a reasonable time.

(2) That the price for the lands and the improvements thereon or privileges
attached thereto, if any, shall be fixed by J. A. Macrae representing the Band a repre-
sentative to be appointed by the Railway Company and in any case of difference a
third arbitrator to be chosen by these two and their decision shall be final.

(3) That any roads, crossed by the track or tracks of the said Railway Company
shall be kept open and the crossings to be constructed and kept in order by the said
Railway Company and the Railway Company shall put proper crossings in at places
where crossings now are on the L. FE. & D. R. R. and will also keep in order gates
therefore saved that they will be moved to the eastward according to the lands to be
surrendered and will use their best endeavours to keep crossings open for traffic and
that cars shall not in any way be left standing so as to block the crossing unless it
shall be unavoidable.

(4) That the purchase price for the lands shall be paid within twelve months from
the time that the price is agreed upon or fixed by award.

(5) The Company agrees not to interfere with existing drainage without making
compensation or providing for means of drainage and also to put in one culvert for
further drainage at a point to be agreed upon in Lots eleven (11) in ranges two and
three.

(6) That 10 per cent of the purchase price paid for the land shall be distributed
as soon as moneys paid over.

A. ENGLISH,

F. W. JACOBS
Witness: W. WAWANOSH.
J. A. Macrar §

No. 480.

I<yow att Men By THESE PRESENTS, THAT WE, the undersigned Chief and
Principal men of The Chippewas of Sarnia Band of Indians resident on our Reserve
at Sarnia in the Township of Sarnia, in the County of Lambton in the Province of
Ontario and Dominion of Canada, for and acting on behalf of the whole people of
our said Band in Council assembled, Do hereby release, remise, surrender, quit claim
and yield up into Our Sovereign Lorp Tue Kina, his Heirs and Successors forever,
ALL AND SINGULAR, that certain parcel or tract of land and premises, situate,
lying and being in the Sarnia Indian Reserve in the County of Lambton and Province
of Ontario containing by admeasurement Fifty-three hundredths of an acre be the
same more or less and being composed of that certain strip of land in the Sarnia
Indian Reserve, aforesaid, lying between the abandoned road allowance in front of
River Lots 42, 43 and 44 and the water’s edge of the River St. Clair, together with the
said abandoned road allowance.

TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the same unto His said Majesty Tur Kine, his
Heirs and Successors forever, in trust to sell the same to such person or persons, and
upon such terms as the Government of the Dominion of Canada may deem most con-
ducive to our welfare and that of our people.
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AND upon the further condition that all moneys received from the sale thereof,
shall, after deducting the usual proportion for expenses of management, be placed to
our credit and the Interest thereon paid to us and our descendants annually or semi-
annually as to the Department of Indian Affairs may seem best in our interests

AND WE, the said Chief and Principal men of the said the Chippewas of Sarnia
Band of Indians do on behalf of our people and for ourselves, hereby ratify and con-
firm, and promise to ratify and confirm, whatever the said Government may do, or
cause to be lawfully done, in connection with the sale of the said portion of land and
the disposition of the moneys arising therefrom.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have hereunto set our hands and affixed or seals
this 24th day of August in the year of Our Lord one thousand nine hundred and Three.

Signed, Sealed and Delivered, in the pre- ) Cuter F. W. Jacops [L.S.]
sence of GEORGE OLIVER (L-S.]
ApAM ENGLISH ELisAH MANASS [L.S.]
As to all signatures hereon Levi PLAIN [L.S.]
WILLIAM WAWANOSH [L.S.]
ELIJAH GEORGE [L.S.]
DANIEL OTTER [L.S.}°
Luke JAMES [L.S.]
Roperr GEORGE [L.S.]
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BEN WHITE
his
Jost WILLIAMS x
mark
his
HENRY OLIVER x
mark
NicHoLas Puan
his
SAMUEL JOHNSTON x
mark

SUTTON SHAWKENS
CORNELIUS SHAWANOO
ANDERSON B. SHAWANOO
SAMUEL BRESSETTE
DANIEL BRESSETTE
ANGUS GEORGE

DOMINION OF CANADA, Personally appeared before me, Adam
Province of Ontario English of the Town of Sarnia in the
County of Lambton r Province of Ontario and Francis Wilson

To Wit: Jacobs Chief of the said Band of Indians.

AND the said Adam English for himself saith :—

That the annexed Release or Surrender was assented to by a majority of the male
members of the said Band of Indians of the Sarnia Reserve of the full age of twenty-
one years then present.

That such assent was given at a meeting or council of the said Band summoned
for that purpose and according to its Rules.

That he was present at such meeting or council and heard such assent given.

That he was duly authorized to attend such council or meeting by the Super-
intendent General of Indian Affairs.
That no Indian was present or voted at said council or meeting who was not a
member of the Band or interested in the land mentioned in the said Release or Sur-
render.

And the said Francis Wilson Jacobs says:
That the annexed Release or Surrender was assented to by him and a majority of
the male members of the said Band of Indians of the full age of twenty-one years

then present.
That such assent was given at a meeting or council of the said Band of Indians

summoned for that purpose, according to its Rules, and held in the presence of the
said

That no Indian was present or voted at such council or meeting who was not a
habitual resident on the Reserve of the said Band of Indians or interested in the Jand

mentioned in the said Release or Surrender.
That he is a Chief of the said Band of Indians and entitled to vote at the said

meeting or council.

Sworn before me by the above mentioned )

Deponents at the Town A. ENGLISH
of Sarnia in the County of Lambton FRANCIS W. JACOBS.

this 26th day of August A.D., 1903.
W. J. Procrer J.P.

Reeorded 11th November 1903.
Lib. 175. Folio 191.
JOSEPIL Porr
Dep. Registrar Gen. of Canada.

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No. 481.

Ixxow Ann Men By THESE PRESENTS, THAT WH, the undersigned Chief and
Principal men of The Crane River Band of Indians resident on our Reserve at Crane
River in the Province of Manitoba and Dominion of Canada, for and acting on behalf
of the whole people of our said Band in Couneil assembled, Do hereby release, remise.
surrender, quit claim and yield up unto Our Soverrign Lorp Tur Itine, his Heirs and
Successors forever, ALL AND SINGULAR, the Merchantable Timber nine inches in
diameter and over at the stump on the Crane River Indian Reserve aforesaid.

TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the same unto His said Majesty Tue Kine, his
Tleirs and Successors forever, in trust to sell the same to such person or persons, and
upon such terms as the Government of the Dominion of Canada may deem most con-
ducive to our welfare and that of our people. '

AND upon the further condition that all moneys received from the sale of the
Timber shall. after deducting the usual proportion for expenses of management, be
paid to us and our descendants annually or semi-annually as to the Department of
Indian Affairs may seem best in our interests.

AND WE, the said Chief and Principal men of the said the Crane River Band
of Indians do on behalf of our people and for ourselves. hereby ratify and confirm, and
promise to ratify and confirm, whatever the said Government may do, or cause to be
lawfully done, in connection with the sale of the said timber and disposition of the
moneys arising therefrom.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have hereunto set our hands and affixed our seals
this twenty fourth day of October in the year of Our Lord one thousand nine hundred
and Three.