The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1896-12-22
THF FINAL TREATY.

10aL 6AcN cAAl1ch VI tue Nh0@A@W
and Chickasaw Nations shall, where
it is possible, have the right TO take
his allotment on land, the improve
ments on which belong to him, and
such improvements shall not be
estimated in the value of his allot-
mont: Provided, that wherever II is
necessary to a just distribution of
the lands, the Commission is author
lied to require any allottee to take |
his allotment from different grades /
of land. In the case of minor chill
dren, allotments shall be selected |
for them by their father, mother,
guardian, or the administrator hav-
ing charge of their estate, prefer
ence being given in the order
named. Allotments shall be selected
for prisoners, .convicts and incom-
petents, by some suitable person
akin to him, to be designated by the
Commission making the allotments;
and said Commission shall exercise
due care that all persons entitled
thereto have allotments made to
| them.
That all lands allotted to citizens
under this agreement shall be inalien-
able for twenty-five years, commen-
cling with the date of the patent to
the allcttee, and shall not be taxed
while held by the allottee, or Lis
heirs, during that time; provided,
that any allottee, twenty-One years
of age, may sell, for a 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 of 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 the
sale or incumbrance in any way of
! the land of an allottee, except the
sales hereinbefore provided, shall be
null and void. No allottee shall
: lease his allotment, or any portion
thereof, for a longer period than two
years, and then without the privilege
of renewal. Every lease for a longer
T term than two years, or which is not
evidenced by writing, setting out
fully the terms thereof, or which is
, not recorded in the clerks Office of
the United States court in the dis
trict in which the land is located,
within three months after the date
of its execution, shall be void, and
I 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 a reasonable
compensation for the use of the lands
[ so leased.
. That whenever any allottee shall,
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 to which the
allottee belonged.
That all controversies arising be-
tween citizens as to their right to
G 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
2 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
1 ninety-eight (9sth) meridian of west
longitude between Red and Cana
a dian rivers, before allotment of the
, lands herein provided for shall be-
!, gin.
1t is further agreed that nothing
: in this agreement contained shall in
: any manner impair or otherwise
affect any obligation or duty Of any
, railroad now in existence, or any
railroad whose construction is already
authorized by law, in or through any
part of the territory OF the Choctaw
2 or Chickasaw tribes or nations; but
{ all such obligations and duties shall
r remain in all respects as il this
agreement had lnot been entered
l into.
1t is further agreed that there shall
be laid out under the supervision OF
said commission and a representa-
tive of each of the Choetaw and