The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1896-12-23

and said Commission An4u H&NKE494
due care that al persons entitled
thereto have allotmcnta made to
them.
That all lands allotted 10 citizens
under this agreement shall be inaiien-
able for twenty-five years. commen-
cling with the date Of the patent TO
the allottee, and shall not be taxed
while held by tho allottees or lis
heirs, during that time; provided,
that any allo'tee, twenty-One years
OF age, may sell, for n price TO be
actually paid, and to include no
former Indebtedness or obligation,
one-fourth OF his land six years after,
and an equal quantity twelve years
after, and an equal quantity eighteen
years after date o. patent. The
exact terms and considerations for
such sales must, however. be FIRST
submitted to and approved By the
secretary of the interior.
That all contracts looking TO tie
sale or incumbrance In any way OF
the land Of an allottee, exceps the
sales hereinbefore provided. shall be
null and void. No allotteo shall
lease his allotment, or any portion
thereof, for n longer period than two
years, and then without the privilege
of renewal. Every lease for a longer
term than two years, or which i not
evidenced by n writing, setting out
fully the terms thereof, or which Is
not recorded in the clerks office Of
the United States court in the dis
within three months after the date
OF its execution, shall be void, and
the leases shall acquire no rights
whatever by an entry or holding
Hereunder. And no such lease shall
be valid as against the allottee, un-
less providing to him n reasonable
compensation for the use Of the lands
so leased.
That whenever any allottee shall,
during the existence Of the tribal
government, die without heirs, his
land shall revert TO the United States,
to be held in trust for the benefit Of
the citizens Of the tribe 70 which the
allottee belonged.
That all controversies arising be-
tween citizens as to their right 10
have certain lands allotted to them
shall be settled by the commission
making the allotment.
That the United States shall pro-
vide by law for proper records of
land titles in the territory occupied
by the Choctaw and Chickasaw
tribes.
That the United States shall put
each allottee in possession OF his
allotment, and remove all lntruders
therefrom.
That the United States shall survey
and definitely mark and locate the
ninety-eight lssthl meridian Of west
longitude between Red aud Cana
dian rivers, before allotment Of the
lands herein provided for shall be-
gin.
IL Is farther agreed that nothing
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any manner impair or otherwise
affect any obligation or duty OF any
railroad now I'm existence, or any
railroad whose construction Is already
authorized by law, in or through any
part Of the territory Of the Choctaw
or Chickasaw tribes or nations; but
all such obligations and duties shall
remain in all respects as IL this
agreement had not been entered
into.
It Is further agreed that there shall
be laid out under the supervision OF
said commission and a representa-
tive OF each OF the Choctaw and
Chiekasaw tribes. .if they shall appoint
the same, townsites where town are
now located, and at such other
places as may be agreed on between
said commission and the said repre-
sentatives, with such limits as may
be necessary for the probable early
growth OF said towns; but not 70
exceed six hundred and forty acres
for any town provided. that twelve
hundred and eighty acres may be
set apart for South McAlester, and
twenty-five hundred and sixty acres
for Ardmore. But no town shall be
laid on nearer than three miles TO an
existing town. And said commits
sion shall have prepared correct and
proper plots of each town. and ile
enc in the clerks ONCE of the United
States court for the district In which
the town Is located, and one each
with the governors OF said nations,
and one In the department OF the