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

riv-
lands
tments
nafYoN Nor OF the
Chickass shaf Jointly exc
cute under their hands ard the seals
of their respective pattGns and de-
liver to each of said allertees the
patents, conveying to him all the
right, title and interest Of the Choc-
taws and Chickasaws in and to the
land which shall have been allotted
to him in conformity with the re-
quirements OF this agreement, ex-
cepting all coal and asphalt in or
under said land.
Said patents shall be framed in
accordance with the provisions of
this agreement, nd shall embrace
the land allotted 20 such patentee,
and no other Ian d. The secretary
of the interior OF the United States
shall annex to such patents his OFF,
cial certificate Z Cat it is drawn in ac-
cordanee with the provisions of this
agreement thAt it embraces the land
allotted to such patentee and no
other land, fand shat he approves
said patents, and said certificate
shall cooperative as relinquish-
ment ef all right, title and interest
Of -1he United States in and to the
1and covered by said patent and as a
! guaranty of the United States of title
to and possession of the land so CON
veyed, and the acceptance of his
patents by such allottee shall be op-
erative as an assent on his part to
the allotment and conveyance of all
the lands of the Choctaws and
Chickasaws in accordance with the
provisions of this agreement and as
n REIMBURSEMENT of all his right, IT,
tie and interest in and to any and all
parts thereof, except the land en-
braced in said patents, except also
his interest in the proceeds of all
lands, coal and asphalt herein ex-
cepted from allotment. and in the
case of the Choctaw freedmen a re-
linquishment also of all his interes;
in said proceeds.
The rights of way for railroads
through the Choctaw and Chicka-
saw nations are to be surveyed and
set apart and plated to conform TO
granting the same in cases where
said rights of way are defined by
such acts of congress, but in cases
where the acts of congress do not de
fine the same, then congress is me-
morialized to definitely fix the
width of said rights of way for sta
ton grounds and between stations
so that railroads now constructed
through said nations shall have, as
near as possible, uniform rights oil
way; and congress shall also fix uni
form rates of fare and freight for al
railroads through the Choctaw and
Chickasaw nations, branch railroads
now constructed and not built &C.
cording to acts Of congress to pay
the same rates for rights of way and
station grounds as main lines.
1t is further agreed that all the
coal and asphalt within the limit,
of the Choctaw and Chickasaw ma
tions shall remain and be the com
mon property of the members of the
Choctaw and Chickasaw tribe:
freedmen excepted, so that eacI
and every member shall have m
equal and undivided interest in tbs
whole, and no patent provided for il
this agreement shall convey any
title thereto. The revenues from
coal and asphalt, or so much as shal
be necessary, shall be used for the
education of the children of Indiar
blood of the members of said tribes
That such coal and asphalt mines al
are now in operation and all others
which may hereafter be leased anC
operated, shall be under the super
vision and control of two trustees
whose appointment shall be as fol
lows: The first one of whom shal
be Choctaw by blood, by the princi
pal chief of the Choctaw nation
whose term shall be for four years
the second a Chickasaw by blood, OF
the recommendation of the governor
of the Chickasaw nation for the tern
of two years. These trustees shal
be under bond for the faithful per
formance of their duties, under sucl
rules and regulations as shall be pre-
scribed by the secretary of the inter
ior. Salary of said trustees shall b,