The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-10-11
REGULATIONS FOR INDlANTRIBEs
Concluded from Second page.

sion and occupying the same as bis
homestead, or the same be in good
faith selected by him and in some
way set apart to him as the land to
be allotted to him.
Section % makes void all leases oi
agricultural or grazing lands belong.
ing to any tribe made after January
1, 1898, by the tribe or any member
thereof. No Iease-contract, there
fore, of such lands executed sincs
January 1, 1898, or hereafter Can
have any force or effect whatever.
All grazing leases made prior to
January I, 1898, will terminate April
1 1880, which do not by their own
terms expire prior to that date,
without regard to the period fixed by
the lease. And all agricultural leases
made prior to January 1, 1898, expire
January 1, 1900, which do not by
their own terms expire prior to that
date.
The last proviso of section Is per
mits "any member of a tribe to dis
pose of timber contained on his al
lotment;" but this privilege cannot
be exercised uader said selection
until after final allotment has been
made under provisions of the act and
agreement duly ratified. In order to
give effect to the provisions of the
act according to it's design and to
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select lands to be allotted to him
equitably, the Dawes Commission
is instructed to establish an Office
within the territory of each tribe for
the purpose of registering every re-
lection of lands made by any mem
Der, and in order to make such Sc
lection valid, such member or the
head of each family, shall be requir-
ed to appear in person at the Office
within his tribe, and to make appli |
cation to someone authorized by the
commission to act for it, to have |
set apart to him the lands selected |
by him for himself and his wife and |
minor children; and the applicant |
shall be required to make oath that
he has in person, actually been upon
the lands selected, and is fully in
formed as to the location, and the
character of the soil; that the land is
suitable for a home for himself and
family; that hs has in coed faith Sc
lected such lands and will accept |
same in allotment to himself and
family; that no part of same is law
fully held by any one member of the
tribe; and, thereafter ne may occupy,
control and rent the same for any
period not exceeding one year by
any one contract until lands are in
fact allotted to him under the terms
of the act. Selections may be made
for the orphans, incompetents and
prisontrs by guardians or relatives.
Any selection of lands otherwise
made by any member of any tribe,
and any rent contract made for any
longer period than one year, or for
other than the current year, shall be
void.
The commission shall give due
notice by publication OF the time
and place when and where applica-
tions for selections may be received.
Contest for any tract may be made
by any member of the tribe within
80 days from the date of such notice
of the time and pla,e for receiving
applications, and not thereafter, by
filing a complaint, duly verified,
plainly stating the facts upon which
claim is based. No contract for rent
of any selection SO made shall be
valid or binding, unless for adequate
consideration and made in writing
in duplicate. and deposited in the
Office of said commission in which
the selection was made,
Tho commission is required to en-
ploy sufficient clerical force to
promptly and correctly prepare and
record applications, and to furnish
each applicant with certificate OF
his selection. No applicant shall be
required to pay any fee for.this work
except % cents for the affldavit.
snis6ti1Hs of land may be so made
by members of the several tribes in
quantities not to exceed 100 acres to |
each Creek; 80 acres to each Chero-
kee; 24O acres to each Choctaw and
Chickasaw, and 40 acres to each |
Choctaw and each Chickasaw Freed
man.
and the balance of the lands be- |
longing to each tribe shall be left
uninclosed and open for the COM
mon use af all members of the tribe
until final allotment, and then be
divided among them so that every
member shall have an equitable