The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1895-01-03
TOWNSHIP BILL.
pr.varod By Hon. w. A. LSdbettcr
audte BE Presented to Con-
grsss fer Action.

Hon. W. A. Led tier mas p 'epSreo
townsite bill which he will have ln-
troduced in congress on his reVC n 10
Washington: The bill is : u &c, f.'.i
and explicit, hence it REQUIRES no
comments or explain. . y ald is 20
duced iaf full below as follows:
Be it enacted. BY the senate and the
house Of f-Fepfe sen tatiTes of the Unit
ed States OF America in congress as
sembled. a,s
Section /, THAT the president is
hereby authorized and-directed to APP
point three good and prudent mel
who shall be known as TOW dsite
, commission for the Chickasdw Nation
in the Inian Territory, and who small
execute the trust and perform the
duties defined in this act. They shall
receive the sum" of $40 per day for
their services while actually engaged
in the discharge Of their dut ies, and
shall have power to employ 4 Gle. al
salary Of not exceeding $500 year,
and shall have authority 10 make all
contracts for Surveying and platt;ng
tOwnsites that may be necessary in
order to carry out the provisions Of
this act
Sec. , Whenever a petition shall be
presented to said Iowns!Le commi )
siOners, signed by not less than twen-
ty of the bona tide res. deItS OF ANY
town in the Chickasaw Nation having
more than fifty Inhabitants, staGing
the name Of such town and praying
that a tOwnste be des gnaCed and
plated, and for the relief provided
for in this bin, said t0wnsiee comm:s s.
siOners shall receive said petition and
prOceed forthwith to grant the relief
prayed for. They shall designate al
the place prescribed in Sdiu petI
sufficient land for tOwnsite, taxing
into consideration the preselt need:
and future growth of said town; anC
they shall appraise such COwnSiGe will
reference TO the value thereof be on
). the town was built, a0d shall consid
er the character ofesae soil, the pros
pect and necessity of SGOwn in par
ticular locality, butt shall not consid
er the enhanced value Of the townSlt
by re;ISOnOf the fact that town nd
been built therein. Said towns /
commissioners shall cause said tOwr
size to be surveyed into lois, blocks
streets, and alleys, having due reSal
Tor the. lots, blocks, stree
and alleys already laid off aud the
saall have power to change for I'll
: public convenience any loG, bloc.
street or alley therein, and they sha
classify said lots according
their location into business aud res
oence lots, and they suall appraise II
value OF each lot, taxing iuto consi'
es2tion the value OF the towns.oe
appraised and the size and locaL.on
the lot. Thereupon the title to sa
townSlte shall vesG in said tow
site commissioners in trust for Z
purpose OF carrying out the proVisio
Of this act.
Sec. 3. After the provisions or sc
= tion 2a this act shall have been co
Piled with said commissioner -sh
maAs-a full report thereof and caI
10 be made an accurate map of S;
Vownsite, showing the class'and val
OF eaclilOt therein, and shall fife
copy Of said report in the Office of
general land commissioner at. Wa
lngton, and one copy thereof IN
ONCE Of the clerk of the Omit
States couft at Ardmore. Said co
missioners will then offer all the }
In said townslte for sale at their
praised value and persons owning
provements thereon shall have
ptetsreaee right TO purchase said