Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1895-10-10


citizen shall be permitted to pur-
chase more than one improvement,
and not to include more than l60
acres and should there remain any
surplus of improved land in any
case, the sheriff will be auth orized
to sell the right of occupancy of
any such surplus as separate i'm
provement or to report such sur
plus for future disposition at his
discretion, as authorized to be
sold under the provisions of this
act and all bidders before being al
lowed to bid, shall make satisfac-
tory showing TO the sheriffs of the
district wherein such improvement
is located of his competency to bid,
as defined by this act.
Third-Payments shall be made
in cash, national warrants, or ma
tional certificates, and in six equal
installments, the first installment
to be paid Immediately after the
award is made. The sheriff max
ing the sale will be required to
give the purchaser a receipt for the
first installment and thereafter as
they fall due and are paid.
Fourth-A forfeiture of the i'm
provements to the nation with all
previous payments shall follow
non-payment of any installment
when due unless the installment
be paid within three months after
becoming due. A like forfeiture
shall follow from any transfer of
the improvements by the pur-
chaser under this act before the
last installment is paid and no
combinations of payment is per-
mitted. When any improvement
shall become forfeited to the nation
the sheriff shall proceed without
unnecessary delay to again sell the
same under the regulations of this
act.
Fifth-The sale of improve
ments under this act shall convey
no right or title in the land, and
no right whatever as regards land
except the right of occupancy
such only as would be vested in
the purchaser had he made the
Improvement or bought it from
another citizen in the exercise of
rights belonging to all citizens of
the Cherokee nation under the
Cherokee constitution.
Sixth - Lawfully appointed
guardians of orphans shall be al
lowed to bid on behalf of the Or
phans under their charge, pro-
vided that the orphan has no farm
or farms of their own of l60 acres
at the time of sale.
Seventh-The sheriffs shall sell
the improvements in the district
where they are situated respective
ly; and they are authorized to sell
as many improvements on the
same day and to sell at such inter-
walls of days as in their judgment
will best subserve the interests of
all concerned. The said sheriffs
shall within ten days after
such sales in their respective dis
tricts, make complete report of
all sales, by whom purchased.
amount paid to the principal chief,
and turn over to the national
treasurer all proceeds of such sales
after deducting 5 per centum of all
monies collected by them as their
fees and all expenses as contem-
plated by this act
Eighth-Should any purchaser
die before any installment is paid,
his heirs or legal representatives
shall be vested with the same
right and be required to assume
the same liabilities as the deceased
purchaser as regards the improve
ments purchased and installments
unpaid.
Ninth-In order to give all citi-
zens competent to buy under this
act an equal chance to make their
selections from the improvements
TO be sold the national treasurer is
directed as soon as his report upon
improvement. forfeited by intru-
ders is made to the principal chief
to prepare from such report and
from any other available source as
full a description of all such i'm
provements as practicable, includ-
ing kind, extent condition and To-
cation, TO have 500 copies of such
description, in both English and
Cherokee, printed and distributed
throughout the nation for general
information. The principal chief
shall furnish certified copies of all
intruder improvements herein
authorized to be sold or any other
such improvements made since
August IL, 1886, to such sheriffs
as will come within their districts
from which such sheriffs shall
make his sales as required by this
act.
Be it further enacted, That the