The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-10-11

tor located in the Indian Territory
subject to appeal to the Commission
er of Indian Affairs.
10 Allleases made prior to Apri
%, 1897, b.. aIig- person or corpora
ton with anyemember or members o
the Choctaw or Chickasaw Nations
the object OF which was to obtair
the permission of such member o,
members to operate coal or asphal
mines within the said nations, arr
declared void by said agreement
aad no person, corporation or com
pany occupying any lands within
either of said nations under such in
dividual leases shall be deemed tc
have any right or preference in ths
making of any lease or leases fol
mining purposes, embracing the
lands covered by such personal
leases, by reason thereof. but parties
in possession Of mineral land who
have made improvements there IN
for the purpose of mining shall have
O. preference right to lease the land
upon which said improvements have
been made, under the provisions OF
said agreement and these regula-
tions.
IL. Where two or more persons,
corporations or companies shall
make application for the leasing of
the same tract of land for mining
purposes, and acontroversy arises as
70 the right to obtain the lease, it
shall be the duty of the United States
Inspector TO determine as to which
shall be given the right to lease the
lands.
IL, All lessess will keep a cor
rect account of all their operations
under lease entered into and their
books shall De open at all times to
the examination of the trustees of
the United States, Indian Inspector
and duly accredited officers of the
Secretary of the Interior
13. All royalties, including ad-
vanced royalties, shall be payable in
lawful money of the United States
to the United States Indian Agent at
the Union Agency in the Indian Ter
ritory. The advanced royalties are
payable, 500 on the making of the
lease, s100 in one year thereafter,
5000 two years thereafter, 5000 in
three years, and $500 on the fourth
and each succeeding year, All other
royalties in accordance with the
schedule provided in these regula-
tions shall be payable monthly, on or
before the twenty-fifth day of the
month. All monthly royalties shall
be accompanied by a sworn state
ment as to the output of the mine
for the month.
IA. The United States Indian
Agent shall receive and receipt for
all royalties paid into his hands, and
they shall be deposited with the Sub
treasurer ut st. Louis, with a state
ment showing. the. proportionate |
shares of the Choctaw and Chicka.
saw Nations.
16. All royalties thus collected
shall be held to the credit. of the
Choctaw and Chickasaw Nations.
and shall be subject to disbursement
by the Secretary of the Interior for
the support of schools of these ma
tions. s@ = .dtf
10. All lessees will be required to
give bond for the faithful discharge
of their obligations, and until such
bond is approved no rights or inter-
ests under any lease shall accrue to
such leasee. o.
II. The right to alter or amend
these regulations is reserved.
The Secretary also makes public
to-day the regulations prescribed for
the selection and rent of prospective
Allotments under the provisions of
the "Ourtis BILL"
The ssctions applicable thereto
are sections Is. II, 1s and %. These
are quoted at length, and construed
oy the Secretary in substance as fol-
lows:
1t is the Intention of this law to re-
1uire every member of any tribe
holding in his possession lands in
excess of his "just and reasonable
share of the lands of his nation or
'ribe, and that to which his wife and
minor children are entitled" to re
inquish possession thereof in ordsft1
hat other members of the tribe may
enter thereon and make homes pre-
'aratory to the allotment so con-
II
Section 16, therefore, prohibits
Inyone from claiming, demanding or
eceiying, as also any person from
paving to anY individual rantao