The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1900-06-25
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RULES GOVERNING ALLO1 MENTS
article V1II-1t Is further ag.e .eed. that
wherever in said reservation any member
o! an. of the tribes of sad In lans has
i'm pursuance Of any laws or under any
rules or negotiations Of the interior de-
partment taken an allotment. euch Il
lotment, at the option of the aUtttee.
shall be confirmed and goveraM by all
the conditions attached to a5otments taxi
tn under this agreement.
LEASES IN FORCE.
"Artiee IN.-It is further agreed that
NY and all leases made I'm pur.uance OF
the laws of the Nnited States of any part
e said reservation which may be in force
atthe time of the ratification by con-
gress Of this agreement shall remain I'm
force the same as if this agreement had
not been made.
ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS.
"Article X.-It is further az eed that
rhe following named persons. not MEM
bers by blood of either Of said tribes, but
who have married into one of the tribes,
to wit, Mabel r. Given, Thomas r. Wood
ward William Wyatt Kiowa Dutch,
John Nestll. James n. Jones Christian
t.e oh-tan. Edward L. Clark, George Con-
over. William Deitrick, Ben Roach. Lew
{ Bentz, Abilene, James Gardloupe. John
iancheZ. the wife of Boone Chandler,
whose given name is unknown Emmit
Cox and Horace p. Jones, shall each be
entitled to all the benefits Of and and
money conferred by this agree nent, the
same as if members by blood Of one of
said tribes, and that Emsy s. Smith. Da-
Nid Grantham Zonee Adams, John 7.
Hill. and J. ]. Methvin, friends of said
Indians, who have rendered to said In
dams valuable services, shall ea"h be en-
titled to all the benefits, in land only, con-
ferred under this agreement, the same is
f members of said tribes.
article XI-Th!s agreement shall be
effective only when ratified by the con-
gress of the United States"
aid gareement be and the same hereby
is, ratified accepted, and confirmed as
herein amended.
That the secretary of the interior -
hereby authorized and directed to cause
the allotments of said lands, provided for
in said treaty among said Indians, to be
made by any Indian inspector CT special
agent.
That all allotments of said land shall
he made under the direction OF the sec
retary of the interior to said Indians
within ninety days from the passage Of
this act. subject to the exceptions con-
tanned in article four of said treaty: Pro-
vided, That the time for making allol-
ments shall in no event be extended be-
yond six months from the passage of this
act.
That the lands acquired by tbs agree
ment shall be opened 10 settlement by
I reclamation of the president within six
months after allotments are made and be
disposed of under the general provisions
II the homestead and town ste laws Of
the United States Provided. That in ad-
dltion to the land office fees prescr bed
: r statute for such entries the entryman
shall pay one dollar and twenty-five cents
per acre for the land entered a the t me
of submitting his final proof: And pro-
vided further, That in ali homestead en-
tries where the entryman has resided up
n and improved the land entered in good
faith for the period of fourteen months
he may commute his entry to cash up
cn the payment of one do,ar and twenty
I We cents per acre: And provided furthe'.
i hat the rights of honorably discharged
7 Mon soldiers and sa'lors of the late civ
Il war, as defined and descr bed in sec
tons twenty-three hundred and four and
twenty three hundred and five of the re-
vised statutes shall not be abridged: And
further provided, That any person who,
having attempted to but for any cause
failed to secure a title in fee to a home
stead under existing laws, or who made
entry under what is known as the COM
rluted provision of the homestead law,
hall be qualified to make a homestead
entry upon said lands: And provided fur
ther, That any qualified entryrnan having
lands adjoining the lands herein ceded,
whose original entry embraced less than
che hundred and sixty acres in all, shall
have the right to enter so much Of the
lands by this agreement ceded lying con-
guous to his SAID entry as shall with
The land arady entered. make in the ag
gregate one hundred amid sixty acres said
snd to be taken upon the same condi-
ons as are REQUIRED Of other entrymen:
hnd further provided, That the settlers
who located on that part of said lands
called and known as the neutral strip
shall have preference right for thirty
days on the lands upon which they have
located and improved.
That sections sixteen and thrty-six,
thirteen and thirty-three, Of the lands
hereby acquired in each township shall
rot be subject to entry, but shall be re-
erved, sections sixteen and thirty-siX for
the use of the common schools. and Sec
tons thirteen and thirty-three for uni
ersity, agricultural colleges. normal
schools, and public buildings of the ter
tory ard future State Of Oklahoma; and
In case either of said sections, or parts
thereof. is lost to said territory by rea-
son Of allotment under this act or other