Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1896-02-13


to each SO far as may be his fair
and equitable share thereof, con-
sidering the nature and fertility of
soil, location and value of same,
and when such allotment has been
by them completed said commits
sIoners shall make full report
thereof to the secretary of the in
terror for his approval, especially
describing all lands or other prop
erty which they found incapable of
division and giving reasons why
same cannot be divided, and the
secretary shall thsreupon, at his
discretion, direct the disposition
or use of such lands in the best
manner for the benefit of the c;ti-
zsns of said nation.
"Section 6. Said commission
ers are further authorized and d.
rected to cause to be surveyed and
laid out town sites at such places
as they may deem expedient and
necessary for the needs of the peo-
pie and the prosperous growth of
the country, be the same at the
present sites of towns already es-
tablished or elsewhere; opening
or laying off such streets, alleys
and other grounds as they may
deem sufficient and giving to such
townsites such extent of territory
as may appear to them necessary
for the future growth thereof, and
making correct and proper plats of
each town and filing such plats in
the clerks office of the United
States in the district in which said
towns are located, to be there re-
corded.
"Section Z. When any such
town ha. been laid off and plated,
az provided in section 6, if there
be 500 or more residents therein,
they may proceed, by petition to
the United States district court in
the district in which said town is
located, to have the same incor-
porated, as provided In chapter 90
of Mansfield's digest of the statutes
of Arkansas. and such town gov
ernment, when so authorized and
organized, shall possess all of the
powers and exercise all of the
rights of similar town governments
in said state of Arkansas; provij-
ed, that such town govern nent
shall in no case have any author
ity to impose upon. or levy any
tax against, any lands in .aid
towns. Provided, further, that all
improvements upon lands situated
in such towns shall be deemed and
considered personal property for
all purposes of such town govern
ments. All male persons of the
age of 21 years and upward resid-
ing within the limits of such cor
porations shall be electors therein
and entitled to vote in all town
elections.
NO ROYALTY TO INDIVIDUALS.
"Sectiou s. 1t shall be unlawful
for any person, after the passage
of this act, to claim, demand or re-
ceive, for his own use or for the
use of anyone else, any royalty on
stone, coal or other mineral or on
any timber or lumber or any other
kind of property whatsoever. or
any rents on any lands or property
belonging to any one of said tribes
or nations in said territory; or for
anyone to pay to any individual
any such royalty or rents or any
consideration therefor whatsoever.
But all such royalties and rents
shall be paid directly unto the as
sistant treasurer of the United
States at ST. Louis, Mo-, to the
credit of the nation to which it be
longs, and receipts therefor shall
be filed with the clerk of the dis
trict in which the property is situ-
ated; and such clerk shall keep a
careful account of same. Provid-
ed: That where any citizen shall
be in possession of only such
amount of lands as would be his
just and reasonable share of the
lands of his nation and that to
which The several members of his
family are entitled, he may con-
tinue 10 receive the rents thereon
until allotment of all the lands of
such nation is made.
"Section 9. 1t shall be unlaw-
ful for any citizen of any one of
said nations TO enclose, or in any
manner by himself or through
another, directly OF indirectly, to
hold exclusive possession of any
greater amount of lands OF other
property belonging to any of such
nation than that which would be
his just and reasonable share of
the lands belonging to such nation,
and that of the several members of
his family, and any person found
in such possession of lands or other
property in excess of his share and
that of his family as aforesaid, or
having same in any manner en-
closed, at the expiration of sixty
DAYS after the passage of this act,
shall be deemed guilty of a mis-
demeanor.
ENFORCEMENT OF THE LAW.