Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1896-12-31

Do the oOty OF talu court 10 IN or
porato said town as provided in
chapter 30 of Mans6eld's Digest OF
the laws Of Arkansas, IL not al
ready incorporated hereunder.
And such town governments,
when so Incorporated and organ.
lied, shall possess all the powers,
aud no others, and exercise all the
rights OF similar town governments
in said state Of Arkansas; but no
tax shall be assessed against any
unsold lots and no tax levied
against lots sold, as herein pro-
vided, shall constitute lien on
such lots, till such are fully paid
for by the purchasers. All male
inhabitants y any town so incor-
porated, over the age of twenty.
one years, who are citizens Of the
United States or Of the five civil
lied tribes, who have resided
therein more than six months next
before any election, shall be quail
fled to vote at any town election
in such town.
That no law or ordinance shall
be passed by any town which in
terieres with the enforcement of or
is in conflict with the Chootaw or
Chickasaw constitutions OF laws,
or those OF the United States, and
all persons in such town shall be
subject to said laws; and the Unit
ed States agrees to maintain strict
laws in the territory of the Choc-
taw or Chickasaw against the in.
PRODUCTION, sale, barter or giving
away of liquors of any kind or
quality.
That said commission shall be
authorized TO locate within a suit.
able distance from each townsite
not to exceed five acres of land to
be used as cemetery; and when
any town has paid into the United
States treasury, to be part of the
fund arising from tho sale OF town
lots, ten dollars per acre thereafter,
said town shall be entitled to a
patent for the same and shall dis
pose of same az reasonable prices
in suitable lots, for burial purpos-
es, the proceeds derived from such
sales to be applied by the town
government to the proper inn
provement and care of said GENE.
terry.
That no charge or claim shall be
made against the Choctaw OF
Chickasaw tribes by the United
States for the expense of survey.
ing and plating the lands and
townsites and for grading, APP
praising and disposing of the town
lots as herein provided
That the land adjacent to Fort
Smith excepted from allotment
shall be disposed of in the same
manner and for the same purpose
as provided for town lots herein,
but not till the Choctaw and Chick.
asaw councils shall direct such dis.
position to be made thereof.
1t is agreed that the revenues
from the minerals, including oil,
coal, natural gas and asphalt, ol
the Cboctaw and Chickasaw tribes,
herein conveyed 10 the United
States in trust for the sole use and
benefit of said tribes, shall be used
solely for the education Of the
children of Indian blood OF the
citizens of said tribes, and that
such coal mines as are now leased
and in operation and such others
as may hereafter be leased and
operated, shall be under the con.
troll aud supervision of the com
mission of the United States, ap.
pointed under the acts of congress
approved March 3, 1898 and March
2, 1894, or their successors in Office
who in the discharge of such du-
ties shall act in conjunction with
one agent each representing said
Choctaw and Chickasaw tribes, &c
be appointed in the manner and
paid such compensation by said
nations as they may determine
under such rules and regulation:
as shall be prescribed by the sec
retary Of the interior.
In event that said commission
shall cease to exist. then the con
troll and supervision of said prop
critics of said tribes shall be PLACED
under the direction OF three trust
ees to be appointed by the presi
dent Of the United States and sub
ject 10 removal by him, one o
whom shall be a nonresident o
the Indian Territory, one a either
by blood of the Choctaw nation
and the other a citizen by blood o
the Chickasaw nation, who hav,
never had any connection with any
leases of said properties and who's,
terms of Office shall be for a perioC
OF six years after the first appoint
ment, which shall be as follows
One for six, one for four, and tn,
third for two years; and said trust
ees to act under such rules anC
regu ations as shall be fixed by
the secretary OF the interior
The compensation of said trust.
ees shall be the sum of three thou
sand dollars each per annum to be
paid by the United States.
And all leases Of coal mines
made by the nations, or either d
them, now located and being il
good faith operated, and none
other, shall continue until the ex
piration thereof, and the present
lessees and those who may here
after lease and operate addiuona
mines shall have the preference
in releasing the same in the man
ner herein provided. But it il
distinctly agreed and understood