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

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the frst payment On same. such lct,
with the improvements fhc con,
shall be sold AZ public auction 20 the
highest bidder under TIE direction %
the aforesaid commis ipns and the
purchaser az such sale snail pay 90
the owner OF the improve mcnts the
price for which said iots snail be sold,
less appraised value % the ground,
and shall pay such appraised value
into the United States treasury under
regulations 10 be established By the
secretary Of the interior, In three
installments, a hereinbefore pro-
vidcd.
All lots on which there arc no i'm
provcmcnts, shall be sold from time
70 time at public auction. after
proper advertisement. under the
direction Of said commission, and
the representatives Of the two na-
tions, as may seem for the best inter
ests Of the nations and The proper
development Of each town the pur-
chase price 20 be paid in three in
stallments as hereinbeforc provided.
The commission shall have the right
TO reject any bid fora town lot which
they consider below It's value. All
the payments herein provided for
shall be made uuder the direction OF
the secretary Of the interior into the
United States treasury. A failure Of
thirty days to MAKE any one pay
ment 20 be a forfeiture Of all pay
ments made and all rights under the
contract. Provided, that the pur-
chaser Of any lot shall have the
option Of the entire price Of the lot
in the first payment.
The money paid into the United
States treasury for the sale OF all
town lots shall be for the benefit Of
the Choctaw and Chickasaw citizens
freedmen exceptedl and az the end
ot one year from the ratification Of
this agreement, and az the end Of
each year thereafter, the funds 40
accumulated shall be divided and
paid out 20 the Choctaw and Chicka-
saw citizens freedmen exccptedl
each citizen Of the two tribes 20 re-
ceive an equal portion thereof.
That the inhabitants OF any town
50 laid on In the Choctaw or Chicka-
saw nation, having two hundred or
more residents therein, may pre-
ceed by petition In the United States
court in the district in which said
said town Is located. and on the filinR
OF such petition, signed by az least
one-fourth OF the male citizens Of
said town. over twcnty-onc years OF
OF age, Il shall be the duty Of said
court TO incorporate said town, as
provided In Chapter - Of Mansfeld's =
| Digest q the laws Of Arkansas. II
not already incorporated thoreunder
And such town governments, when
50 incorporated and organized, shall
possess all the powers. and no other,
and exercise all the rights of similar
town governments n said state OF
Arkansas; but no tax shall be assess
ed against any unsold lots. and no
tax levied against lots sold, a. here
In provided. shall constitute a lien
on such lots. till same are fully paid
I for by the purchasers. All male
Inhabitants Of any town 50 incorpor.
ated, over the age Of twenty-ons
years, who are citizens Of the United
States, or Of either Of the I've tribes,
who have resided therein more than
six months next before any election,
shall be qualified voters az any town
election in such town.
That no law or ordinance shall b.
passed by any town which interfcrcs
with the enforcement Of or u In con
fiict with the Choctaw or Chickasav
constitutions or laws, or those Of the
United States, and all persons IN
such towns shall be subject 90 said
laws; aud the United States agree.
TO maintain strict laws IN the terri.
tory Of tho Choctaw or Chickasau
tribes against the introduction, sale,
barter or giving away Of liquors oi
any kind or quality.
That said commission shall b
authorized TO locate, within a suit.
able distance from each townsite,
not to exceed ave acres Of land, tc
be used as cemetery; and when any
town has paid into the United States
treasury, TO be part Of the fund
arising from the sale Of town lots
ten dollars per acre therefor
such town shall be entitled TO q
patent for same, ana shall dispose ol
same at reasonable prices, IL suit
able lots, for burial purposes the