Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1901-01-17


time the same remains 80 inalien.
able shall not be subject to any
tax or be inoumbered, taken, or
sold to secure or satisfy any debt
or obligation of the alloltee con.
tracted or incurred while the land
remains so inalienable.
II. No taxes assessed or levied
against the lands Of any minor, not
herein made nontuxable, shall be
a lien upon the products Of the
lands composing his allotment
13. Allotments to minors may
may be selected by the guardian,
or by the father or mother, If cit
liens, in the order named, and
shall not be sold during their mi.
nority. Allotments may be Sc.
lected for p-isoners, oonvicls, and
aged and iniirm persons by their
duly appointed agents, and for in
competents by guardians, ,curators,
or other suitable person akin to
them, but il shall be the duty of
said com mission to see that such
selections are made for the best
interests of such parties.
IA All Delaware Indians who are
Cherokee citizens shall take lands
and share in the funds Of the tribe
as their rights may be determined
by the judgment Of the court Of
claims, or by the supreme court if
appealed, in the suit instituted
therein by the Delawares against
the Cherokee nation, and now
pending; but II said suit be not de.
termined before said commission
is ready to begin the allotment OF
lands Of the tribe as herein pro
vided, the commission shall cause
to be segregated one hundred and
fifty seven lhousand six hundred
acres of land, including lands
which have been selected aud oc.
cupied by Delawares in conform
! ity TO provisions Of their agree
ment with the Cherokees dated
April 8, 1867, such lands so to re.
main subject to disposition ac-
cOrding to such judgment as may
be rendered in said cause; and
said commission shall, thereupon,
proceed to the allotment of the re-
naming lands Of the tribe as afore.
said. Said commission shall,
when final judgment is rendered,
allot lands to such Delawares in
conformity TO the terms Of the
judgment and their individual
rights hereunder.
Nothing in this agreement shall
in any manner impair the rights
of either pa-'~ 20 said contract as
the same m.y De finally determ.
ined by The court, or shall inter
fere with the holdings Of the Della
wares under their contract with
the Cherokees Of April s, 1867
until their rights under said con-
tract are determined by the courts
in their suit now pending against
the Cherokees.
Town SITES.
Is All towns in the Cherokee ma.
tion having a present population
Of two hundred or more shall be
surveyed laid out and appraised
under tn provisions of an act Of
congress entitled ian act making
appropriations Tor the current and
contingent expenses Of the Indian
department and for fulfilling
treaty stipulatious with various
Indian tribes for the fiscal year
ending June thirlieth, nineteen
hundred and one, and for other
purposes" approved May thirty.
first, nineteen hundred, which pro.
visions are as follows: That the
secretary Of the interior is hereby
authorized, under rules aud regu.
lations to be prescribed by him, to
survey, lay out, aud plat into town
lots, streets, alleys, parks, the
sites of such towns and villages in
the Chootaw, Cbickasaw, Greek
and Cherokee nations, as may al
that time have population OF two
hundred or more, 10 such manner
as will best subserve the then
present needs and the reasonabl,
prospective growth OF such towns
The work oisuryeying, laying out
aud plating such town sites shalI
be done by competent surveyors,
who shall prepare five copies o.
the plat Of each town site which
when the survey is approved by
the secretary Of the interior, shall
be filed as follows One In Ia,
Office Of the commissioner Of In
dian affairs, one with the princi,
pal chief Of the nation, one with
the clerk of the court within the
territorial iurisdiclion Of which the