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the said Commonwealth of Massachusetts, to all intents and purposes whatsoever, as it regards said indenture last mentioned, with the said tribe of Indians, so that all and singular, the lands, rights, immunities or privileges, whatsoever, which said Commonwealth of Massachusetts did, might or could hold, possess, exercise and enjoy, under or by virtue of said indenture, or treaty, or by any other indenture, treaty or agreement whatsoever, shall be held, possessed, exercised and enjoyed in as full and ample a manner by said State of Maine. -

And the undersigned Commissioner, on his part, in behalf of said State of Maine, in consideration of the promises, and of the foregoing covenants and engagements of said Tribe, does hereby covenants with said tribe, that they shall have and enjoy, all the reservations made to them, by virtue of said treaty of the twenty ninth of June, eighteen hundred and eighteen. - And the undersigned Commissioner, in behalf of said State of Maine, does hereby further covenant and agree with said tribe, that, as soon as the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, shall have made and fulfilled the stipulations on her part to be done and performed, under and by virtue of the fifth article of an act, relating to the separation of the District of Maine from Massachusetts, [?], and forming the same into a separate and independent State, passed June the nineteenth eighteen hundred and nineteen