The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-12-05
W. II. HARRISON,
Representative Choctaw Tribe.
ED. B. JOHNSON,
Representative Chickasaw Tribe.

Representative Chickasaw Tribe.
Then follows the rules and schedule for
the grading and appraising Of the Choc-
| taw-Chickasaw lands. The rules are:
Land shall be valued in the appraise-
Appraiser in Chief.
ment as if in it's original condition, ex-
clu6lng the Improvements.
Land will be graded and appraised by
| quarter sections, except in cases where
part of quarter section is of a widely
| different class from the rest. In such
! cases the quarter section will be graded
| aud appraised in smaller parcels, but no
parcel to be less than 40 acres.
If timber is of commercial value the
! quantity will be carefully estimated. the
variety stated and it will be valued sep
arately, and if no. generally distributed
over the tracts it's location will be given.
| Appraisers will grade and appraise lan:s
without regard to location or proxim-
ity to market
| Whenever necessary the appraiser in
chief, in cooperation with the represent
| atives appointed by the respective exec
utives Of the Choctaw and Chickasaw
| tribes, will thereafter readjust and equal
| ize the appraisements.
| Upon completion of this work the values
will be adjusted 10y the commission to
the Five Civilized Tribes on the basis
Of values fixed for each class and the
| location of the land and its proximity to
market. The schedule is this:
Class Naturally open bottom land
Glass Pa Cleared bottom land. (b)
Best black prairie land.
Class 3-Bottom land covered with tim
Der and thickets. Of the timber Is Of
commercial value, it will be appraised
separately
Glass la Best prairie land, other
than black. (b) Bottom land subject to
overflow.
Glass 5-(a) Prairie land, smooth and
tilable. Oh Swamp land easily drain
able
Glass 6-(a) Rough prairie land. Cb) Up
land with hard timber. Of the timber Is
Of commercial value, it will be appraised
separately
Glass La Rocky prairie land Cb)
Swamp land not easily drainable.
Class S-(a) Alkali prairie land. (b)
HiIly and rocky land (c) Swamp land
not proftably drainable. (d) Mountain
pasture land.
Class 9-(a) Sandy land with pin tim
her. Of the timber is of commercial
value, it will be appraised separately
OBJ Mountain land with pine timber Of
the timber is of commercial value, it will
be appraised separately
Glass 10-Rough mountain land
Field and appraisal records similar to
those designed for the Seminole nation
have been adopted in the Chictaw-
Chickasaw appraisement Each page Of
the field record has a duplicate, and
when entering their notes the appraisers
insert carbon sheet, resulting in a dou-
bic record. The duplicate sheets are de-
tached and surrendered to the appraiser
in chief, who ,collates the information
necessary and reports each, weeks pro-
gress to the general office Of the com
mission on a blank prepared for that
purpose. The original field notes are
transmitted to- the general office as rap
idly as the books are filed and approved
by the appraiser in chief, where they are
preserved in a ffreproof vault When the
lands of any quarter section cannot be
properly classified under one head, sepa-
rate classifications are made of smaller
subdivisions, extending to forty-acre
tracts when necessary. The appraiser in
chief directs the field movements of the
parties, inspects the various camps and
records made, and exercises general SUI
pervision over all matters pertaining to
the work.
The general plan promises to be produc-
tive of satisfactory results. Under favor
able circumstances each division can ap-
praise three sections a day, or a total
of twenty-four sections. At this rate it
is estimated that the entire appraisement
Of the Observation-Disclosures lands can be
completed in approximately three years
with no larger force than is now en-
gagged. The commission believes ii de-
sirable, however. to increase its ap-
praisal parties sufficiently to conclude the
work in less time, to which end an in
creased appropriation is recommended for
the ensuing year.