The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-10-11
The Interior Department's e Interpretation of
the Treaties Made by the Dawes Com
mission with the Choctaws and
ChickasaWs.
Lessees of Mineral Lands must Pay Royalties to the
United States Indian Agent at the Union Agency.
Rules Concerning Allotment Fully
ExpIaIned-Agent's Duties Defined.

mines or claims, whether develope,
or not, to be "a credit on royalt
when each said mine is developed
and operated and les production /
in excess Of such guaranteed annua
advanced payments" as follows:
One hundred dollars per annum Il
advance for the first and seconS
year; $500 per annum in advance To-
the third and fourth year; and S5Ol
in advance for each succeeding yea
thereafter; and that shall any Lessee
neglect or refuse to pay such advanc
ed royalty for the period of so day.
after the same becomes due and pay.
able on any lease. the lease on which
default is made shall become null
and void, and all royalties paid in
advance shall be forfeited, and be.
come the money and property of the
Choctaw and Chickasaw Nations.
6. That all leases of sand or gravel
deposits shall be required to pay a
royalty of not less than 2 cents per
cubic yard for all such material re-
moved. to be measured as the same
may lie in the original deposits; +;
and for this purpose the lessee shall
before removal cause such levels or
bench marks to be established or
laid out as may be necessary to pro-
vide for tho pronar rooca,-oG =
the quantity removed after the same
has been excavated. And all lessees
of stone quarries shall be required
to pay royalty on granite of not
less than 10 cents per cubic yard for
all stone quarried, measured by run
of quarry, on all stone other than
granite, the royalty shall be propor-
tionate to the comparative value of
such stone with the value of granite
as may be agreed upon.
Z. All lessees of coal, asphalt or
other minerals on land allotted, sold
or reserved, shall be required before
the commencement of operations to
T ay to the individual owner the value
of the use of the necessary surface
for prospecting and mining, includ-
ing the right of way for necessary
railways and the damage done to
the lands and improvements; and. in
case Of disagreement, the owner and
the lessee shall each select an arbi-
traitor, who, together with such
person as shall be appointed'or des-
ignated by the inspector, shall con-
stitute a board to ascertain tie
amount that shall be paid by the les.
see on account of the use of the land
and damage done. and the award of
such board shall be final, unless i'm.
peached for fraud. All timber and
other materials taken By the lessee
from land allotted, sold or reserved
Tor use in the erection of buildings
thereon, and in the mine or mines
operated by him thereon, as for
'horing levels in coal mines. shall be
oaid for by the lessees at the usual
.ates.
8. The owners or holders of the
eases which were assented to by the
Ict of Congress approved October 7.
$50, shall be required within six
months from August "a, 1898, to enter
nto new leases with the said trus-
ees under the provisions of said
greement, said leases to be subject
o all the provisions of said agree
nent and Of these rules and regula- /
ions, and any others hereafter made
y the Secretary of the Interior.
8. Persons, corporations and COM
'anies who, under the customs and
avs of the Choctaw and Chickasaw
Iations, have made leases with the
ational agents of said nations of
ands therein for the purpose OF
mining coal, asphalt or other miner
Is, and who prior to April %, 1897,
7ere operating in good faith anv
line, shall be protected in their
lght to continue the operation of
uch mine under the lease made bv
uch national agents. and to renew
he lease;
Provided, That such lessees shall
'ithin 60 days after the expiration
I their leases with the national
gents, apply for a renewal. And
IL corporations which under char
srs obtained in accordance with the
lWs of the Chickasaw Nation had
ntered upon and improved and
ere occupying and operating any
line of coal, asphalt or other min
raj within said Chickasaw Nation.
hall have preference OF right to
'ase the mines occupied and oper-
ted by such corporations, subject
all the general provisions of said
sreement and of these regulations: