The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-01-23

said tribes, who have resided therein
more than six months next before
any election held under this act,
shall be qualified voters at such
election.
All elections shall be conducted
under the provisions of chapter fifty-
six of said digest, entitled Elec-
tions," so far as the same may be ap-
plicable; and all inhabitants of such
towns, without regard to race, shall be
subject to all laws and ordinances of
such town governments, and shall
have equal rights, privileges and
ernmenus shall in no case have any
authority to impose upon or levy
any tax against any lands in said
towns; but all other property, in
cluding all improvements on town
lots, which for the purposes of this
act shall be deemed and considered
personal property, together with all
occupations and privileges, shall be
subject to taxation And the town
councils of such town governments,
for the support of the same and for
school and other public purposes,
may provide by ordinance for the
assessment, levy, and collection an
nually OF a tax upon such property,
not to exceed in the aggregate one
per centum of the assessed value
thereof, in manner provided in
chapter one hundred and twenty
nine of said digest, entitled "Rev-
enue," and foI such purposes may
also impose tax upon occupations
and privileges.
Such town councils may also estab-
lish and maintain free schools in
a ~
sections sixty-two hundred and fifty
eight to sixty-two hundred and
seventy-six, inclusive, of said digest.
and may exercise all the powers con-
ferred upon special school districts
in towns in the state of Arkansas by
tie laws of said state when the same
are not in conflict with the provis-
ions of this act.
For the purpose of this section all
tine laws of said state of Arkansas
herein referred to, so far as applic-
able, are hereby put in force in said
Territory; and the United States
court therein shall have jurisdiction
to enforce the same, and to punish
any violation thereof: Provided,
That owners and holders of leases
shall be privileged to transfer the
same.
otC. AO- 1nAL the OulIeu states
hereby consents and authorizes each
of the Five Civilized Tribes to con-
vey by deed in fee, to any city or
town which Is now or may hereafter
be incorporated under the provisions
of his act, the lands embraced with
in the limits of said corporation and
upon which said city or town is
located, upon such terms and for
such price as shall be agreed upon
between said tribes and said corpor-
alton, subject to the approval of the
secretary of the interior. IL any of
the cities or towns herein referred
to shall purchase the lands within
the corporate limits of said city or
town, the chief executive officer of
said corporation is hereby author
lied and directed to plat the ground
thus purchased into blocks, lots,
streets, ana alleys, and dedicate the
streets, alleys, and grounds reserved
for public use for parks and schools
TO the public; and upon said plat
being approved by and filed with the
secretary of the in erior. said secre-
tary shall appoint an officer who, in
conjunction with the chief executive
officer of said city or town, shall ap
praise the lots embraced in said plat
at their cash value, and separate and
apart from any improvements that
may be located upon the same, and
should said appraisers not be able to
agree upon the value, they shall
select a third person, who is not in
terested in said town, to assist them;
and the determination of a majority
of such appraisers shall be conclu-
sive; and any person having build
ings upon any of the said lots may
purchase the same at the appraised
value thereof; but IL the person
owning the buildings upon said
lots shall not purchase them
within six months after the appraisal.
as herein provided then said lots
NAV be sold at public auction to the
highest bidder at a price not less
than the appraised value thereof.
Lots now occupied by any person
may be sold at private sale at the
appraised value or at public auction,
at such times and places as shall be
provided for, under such rules and
regulations as the secretary of the
interior may make. The proceeds
Of the sales of said lots shall be
applied, first, to the payment of the
purchase price of the land on which
said town or city or village is
made all sums realized from the sale
of said lots shall be deposited with
the secretary of the treasury for the
use and benefit of the public schools
of said city or town, and be paid out
as directed by the proper school
officers, subject to the approval OF
the secretary of the interior: Pro-
vided, That until title shall be
under tle provisions of this
section the use of all vacant lots in
cities and towns, now or hereinafter
shall be disposed of
upon such conditions as may be pro-
vided by the secretary of the in
terror.
Sec. IA. That should any lessee of
lots in such towns as are provided in
this act, in possession of any lot or
lots, neglect or refuse to pay for the
use of the same within thirty days
after the same be due and demanded
by the proper officer, such overdue