The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-02-04
CREEK TOWN LOTS.
Provisions of the Lately Com
pleted Agreement.
ToWNsII Es.


Cor Muskogee) nation hereinafte
named, to consist OF one member
to be appointed by the principa
chief, which member shall not bt
Interested in town property Other
than his home, one to be appoint.
ed by the secretary of the inte
rior and one by the town; and il
the principal chief or the town,
fails to select a member as afore.
said, he may be selected and
appointed by the secretary oi
the interior.
The towns to be surveyed and
laid out by the townsiie commit.
tee, under the provisions of this
agreement, are: Muskogee, Wag-
oner, Tulsa, Eufaula, Checotah
Sapulpa, Holdenville, Bristow
Gibson Station, Red Fork, Ok
mulgee and Lee.
The area of each town provid-
ed for in this agreement shall be
as follows: Muskogee, twenty.
five hundred and sixty acres;
Wagner, twenty-five hundred
and sixty acres; Tulsa, fourteen
hundred and forty acres; Eufau-
la, fourteen hundred and forty
acres; Checotah, six hundred and
forty acres; Sapulpa, six hundred
and forty acres; Holdenville, six
hundred and forty acres; Bris-
tow three hundred and twenty
acres; Gibson Station, one hun,
dred and sixty acres; Red Fork,
one hundred and sixty acres; Ok
mulgee. one hundred and sixty
acres and Lee, one hundred and
sixty acres.
The townsite committee in each
town shall lay out proper and
necessary streets, alleys and
parks, and shall prepare correct
plats; and shall file one with the
secretary of the interior, to be
approved by him before the same
shall be effective, one with the
clerk of the United States court,
one with the principal chief, one
with the town authorities and one
with the commission to the five
civilized tribes.
All town lots shall be appraised
by said committee, at their true
present value, excluding improve
ments, and separate appraise-
meDts shall be made of all i'm
provements on town lots and no
such appraisement shall be effec
tive until approved by the com
mission to the five civilized tribes;
and unless all the members of the
townsite committee shall agree
upon the value of any lot, the said
commission shall fix the same.
Any person in righHul posses.
sion of any town lot, having sub
stantial and valuable buildings
thereon, shall have the right to
purchase the same by paying one
half the amount OF its appraised
value in manner hereinafter pre-
scribed.
If the owner of the improve
ments Of any lot fails within sixty
days to purchase and make the
first payment on the same, such
lot, with the improvements there
on, shall be sold at public auction
to the highest bidder, under the
direction of said commission, at
price not less than the true value
OF the lot and improvements; and |
the purchaser at such sale shall |
pay the owner of the improve.
ments, the price at which the lot
and the improvements thereon
shall be sold, less one half of the
appraised value of the lot; and |
shall pay one half of the said ap-
praised value of the lot, into the
sub treasury of the United States
at st. Louis, to the credit of the
Creek tribe, under regulations to
be established by said commission,
in fou installments as herein pro.
vided.
All lots not having improve
ments thereon as aforesaid and
not in rightful possession of any
person, and all new unimproved
lots laid out as aforesaid, shall be
sold under the direction of said
from time TO time at
public auction at not less than