The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1897-04-25


at 62i per cent OF the said market
value within sixty days from date Of
notice served on him that such lot Is
for sale, and il he purchases tho
same he shall within ten days from
his purchase pay into the treasury Of
the United States one-fourth Of the
purchase price and the balance In
three equal annual installments, and.
when the entire sum Is paid shall be
entitled to a patent therefor, the
same conditions and limitations 20
be made as herein prescribed In
case the two members OF the CON-
mission fail to agree as 10 the mar
ket value of any lot they shall select
n third person who Is notinterested
in town lots, who shall act with them
to determine said value
II such owner of the improve
ments on any lot fails within sixty
days to purchase and make the first
payment on same such lot with the
improvements thereon shall be sold
at public auction to the highest bid
der under the direction Of the afore-
said commission, and the purchaser
at such sale shall pay to the owner
OF the improvements the price for
which said lets shall be sold, less
62i per cent of the said appraised
market value Of the lot, and shall
pay the 62i per cent Of said apprais-
ed value into the United States treas
ury under regulations to be estab-
lished by the secretary Of the inter
Tor in four installments as hereinbe-
fore provided.
All lots not so appraised shall be
sold from time to time at public
auction latter proper appraisementl
by the commission for the nation in
which the town is located, as may
seem for the best interest Of the
nations and the proper development
of each town, the purchase price to
be paid in four iustallments as here
inbefore provided for improved lots.
The commission shall have the right
TO reject any bid for such town lot
which they consider below its value.
All the payments hereinbefore pro-
vided for shall be under the direction
OF the secretary OF the interior into
the United States treasury, n failure
Of sixty days to make any one pay
ment to be a forfeiture of all pay
ments and all right under the con-
tracts provided, that the purchaser
OF any lot shall have the option OF
paying the entire price Of the lot
before the same is due.
No tax shall be assessed by any
town government against any town
lot unsold by the commission, and
no tax levied against a lot sold as
herein provided shall constitute q
lien on same until the purchase
price thereof has been fully paid "a
the nation.
The money paid into the United
States treasury for the sale Of town
lots shall be for the benefit uf the
members Of the Choctaw and Chicka
saw tribes freedmen excepted. and
at the end OF one year from the ratih
cation Of this agreement. and az In,
end Of each year thereafter, the fund.
so accumulated shall be- divided ant
paid TO the Choctaw and Chickasav
tribes freedmen exceptedl, each mem
Der Of the two tribes 10 receive az
equal portion thereof.
That no law or ordinance shall b,
passed by any town which interfere
with the enforcement OF OF Is in con
fiict with the Choctaw or Chickasav
constitution or laws OF those 81 In,
United States. aAd all persons Ia sucl
towns shall he subject 10 said laws
and the United States agrees 10 main
tain strict laws in the territory Of IN,
ChOctaw and Chickassw tribes againsf
: the introduction, sale, barter or Civ
ing away Of liquors and intoxicants O
suy kind or quality.
That said commission be authorized
TO locate, within a suitable distanc,
from each townsite. land not % eX
ceed five acres, 10 be used as a GENE
tery aud when any town has paiC
into the United States treasury, I,
be part OF the fund arising from In,
sale OF town lots, slO an acre there
for, such town shall be entitled 20 /;
patent for the same IS herein proyid
ed flor titles 10 allOttees, and shal
dispose Of same at reasonable prices
in suitable lots, for burial purposes
the proceeds derived from such sale
10 lie applied by the town government
10 the proper improvement 81 saiS
cemetery.
} That no charge or claim shall b,
made against the Chocfaw or Chicka
saw tribes By the United States 10