The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1897-04-25
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Says This Treaty to the Farmer.

praised so as to give each member, so
far as possible. an equal value of the
lands; provided, that the lands allot-
ted to the Choctaw freedmen are to
be deducted from the portion to be
allotted under this agreement to the
members of the Choctaw tribe, so as
to reduce allotments to the Choc-
taws by the value of the same and
not affect the value of the allotments
of the Chickasaws.
That said Choctaw freedmen who
may be entitled to allotments of for
ty acres, shall be entitled each to
land equal in value to forty acres of
the average land of the two nations /.
That in the appraisement of the
lanGs to be allotted, the ChOctaw ard
Chickasaw tribes shall each have a
representative to be appoj8ted by
their respective executives, to CO.
operate with the--eommission to the
five civilized tribes, or anyone max
ing appraisements under the Ciree-
tions of the secretary of the ln.erior
in grading and appraising the lands
preparatory to allotment. And the
lands shall be valued in the appraise-
ment as if its original condition, ex-
Guiding the improvements thereon.
That the appraisement and allot-
ment shall be made under the direc-
ton of the secretary of the interior,
and shall begin as soon as the pro-
gress of the surveys now being
made by the United States govern
ment will admit.
That each member of the Choctaw
and Chickasaw tribes shall, includ-
ing Choctaw freedmen, where it is
possible, have the right to take his
allotment on land the improvements
on which belong to him, and such
improvements shall not he estimated
in the value of his allotment In the
case of minor children allotments
shall be selected for them by their
father, mother, guardian, or the ad-
ministrator having charge of their
estate, preference being given in the
order named, and shall not be sold
during his minority. Allotments
shall be selected for prisoners, con-
victs and incompetentS by some suit
able person akin to them, and due
care shall be taken that all persons
entitled thereto have allotments
made to them.
That each allottee shall select from
his allotment Il homestead of 16O
acres, which shall be inalienable and
nontaxable for twenty-one years
from the date of his patent and for
which a separate patent shall be exc
cuted. Selections for homesteads
for minors to be made as provided
herein In case of allotments, and the
remainder of the lands allotted to
said members shall be alienable for a
price to be actually paid, and to in
clude no former indebtedness or obli-
cation, one-fourth of said remainder
in one year, one-fourth in three
years and the balance of said alien
able lands in five years from the
date of the patent; the title remains
in the allottee and until the full term
of twenty-one years.
That all contracts looking to the
sale or incumbrance in any way of
the lands of an allottee, except the
sales hereinbefore provided for,
shall be null and void. No allottee
shall lease his allotment, or any
portion thereof, for a longer period
than five years, and then without
the privilege of renewal. Every sale
or lease, which is not evidenced by
writing setting out fully and speci
fically the terms thereof or which
is not recorded in the clerks Office
of the United States court for the
district in which the land is located
within three months after the date oi
I its execution, shall be void, and the
purchasers lessee shall acquire nc
rights whatever by any entry OF
/ holding hereunder, and no sucl
lease nor any sale shall be valid a,
against the allottee unless providing
to him reasonable compensation
for sale or the lands leased or sold
That all controversies arising be
tween the members of said tribes al
to their rights to have certain lane
allotted to them shall ne settled by
the commission making the allot
ments.
That the United States shall pu
each allottee in possession of his al
lotment and remove all person.
therefrom Objectionable to the al
lottee.