Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1901-12-26
disposed of in such manner as
congress may direct.
REsERvATIONs.


congress may direct
RESERVATIONS.
Sec. 54. The following lands
shall be reserved from general al
iotment herein provided:
(a) All lands herein set apart
for townsItes.
(b) Two hundred feet occupied
as a right If wey by the st. Louis
& San Francisco railroad through
the Cherokee nation from Grand
river to the west line Of the Chero-
kee nation near Tulsa, /. T. and
the M. X. & T. railroad and 400
feet wide occupied by said rail-
roads at all stations as at present
located, and said reservations to
be used for railroad purposes
only.
(c) One hundred feet wide oo-
cupied as a right of way Kansas
City Southern, Kansas and Ar
kansas Valley, st. Louis & San
Francisco from Alton in the
Cherokee nation to the Neosho
river opposite Miami, /. t. and
from Grove in the Cherokee ma
ton to the line of the state of
Missouri near Southwest City, Mo.
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
from the state line near Caney,
Kansas to Owasso; and 200 feet
occupied by said railroads at all
stations as at present located said
reservations to be used for rail-
road purposes only.
(d) All lands selected for town
cemeteries as herein provided not
to exceed 20 acres each.
(e) All lands especially reserv-
ed in this plan of distribution for
schools, churches, public build
ings and public institutions.
(O Four acres for Willie Halsell
college at ViDita.
(g) Four acres for the Baptist
Mission school at Tahlequah.
(h) Four acres for the Presby-
terian school at Tahlequah.
CD Four acres for the Park Hill
Mission school south of Table
quah.
Cd Four acres for Elm Springs
Mission school on Barron Fork.
(k) Four acres for Dwight Mis-
sion on Sallisaw.
CD Four acres for Lutheran Mis-
sion school on Illinois river, north
OF Tahlequah.
(m) Four acres for Skiatook
= Mission near Skiatook.
(n) Sufficient grounds for burial
purposes where neighborhood
cemeteries are now located, not to
exceed three acres each.
(o) One acre for each church
house and school house out side
of towns.
(p) The square now occupied
by the capitol building at Table,
( quah.
(q) The grounds now occupied
by the national jail at T4hlequah.
(r) The grounds now occupied
by the Cherokee Advocate print
ing oflice at Tahlequah.
(s) Forty acres for the CheTo-
kee national male seminary.
(O Forty acres for the Chero-
kee national female Seminary.
(u) t20 acres for the Cherokee
Orphan asylum on Grand river.
.(v) Forty acres for the colored
high school in Tahlequah district.
(w) Forty acres for the Chero-
kee Insane Asylum in Tahlequah
district.
(x) The lots or parts OF lots on
which schools, churches and par
sonages in towns, are now located.
Provided, however, that in case
any of the above reserved lots or
tracts of land, except such as are
occupied by churches and par
sonages, shall at any time, cease
TO be used for the purposes for
which they have been reserved,
with the Improvement thereon,
shall revert to the Cherokee ma
4 ton, and be sold under the direc-
I ton of the Secretary of the In
terror and the proceeds placed TO
the credit of the school fund of the
/ Cherokee nation.
Sec. 80. The tribal govern
ment Of the Cherokee nation shall
continue until March 4, 1905,
subject to such future legislation
as Congress may deem proper.
Sec. SO. The collection of all
revenues of whatsoever character
belonging to the tribe shall be
made by an officer appointed by
the Secretary of the Interior, un-
der rules and regulations pre-
scribed by the Secretary, and the
expenses of such collection shall
be deducted from the funds coll
lected; provided that any revenue
collector who may be duly APP
pointed under Cherokee law prior
to the inal ratification of this
agreement shall be permitted Ia
serve out the ,erm for which they
were appointed. gto
Sec. 81. No funds belongin a.u
said tribe shall be used or D
out for any purposes by any OF
ficer Of the United States without
the consent of the tribe expressly
given through its national Coun-
Gil, except as herein provided.
Sec. 50. All things necessary
to carry into effect the provisions
herein contained, not otherwise
herein specifically provide for
shall be done under the authority
and direction of the Secretary OF
the Interior.
Sec. 80. No non-oitizen renting
lands from a citizen for agricul-
tural purposes, as provided by
law, whether such lands have been