Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1901-02-28
THE AGREEMENT.
Continued from page four)
CHEROKEE ADVOCATE.

CHEROKEE ADVOCATE,
SO. The national newspaper,
the Cherokee Advocate, printed
in both the Cherokee and Eng.
lIsh languages, shall continue to
be published the present year
under the appropriation already
made by the Cherokee nation,
after which time tine same shall be
leased by the principal CHIEF Of
the Cherokee nation for a period
Of two years at a time, to the low.
est responsible citizen bidder, at
an annual expense to the Chero.
kee nation Of not to exceed one
thousand FIVE hundred dollars, to
be paid out of the general fund Of
the Cherokee nation: Provided,
That said newspaper plant, in.
everything connected
Herewith together with the build.
ing and grounds reserved for said
newspaper, shall be sold before
final allotment is completed under
this agreement, under the direc-
tion Of the secretary of the in.
terror, and the proceeds placed to
the credit of the general fund of
the Cherokee nation.
RESERVATIONS.
54. The following lands shall be
reserved from the geaeral sllot.
ment herein provided:
(a) All lands set apart for town
sites.
% All lands to which, at the
date of the ratification OF this
agreement, any railroad company
may, under any treaty or act oI
congress, have vested right for
right of way, depots, station
grounds, water stations, stock
yards, or similar uses connected
with the maintenance and opera.
ton Of the railroad.
(c) All lands selected for town
cemeteries, as herein provided.
CD One acre of land for each
school house not included in towr
sites, as herein provided.
(e) One hundred and sixty
acres for Willie Halsell college a
Vinita.
o. Four acres for the Baplis
Mission school at Tahlequah.
(g) Four acres for the Presby
terian school at Tahlequah.
(h) Four acres for the Park Hill
Mission school south OF Table
quah.
ID Four acres for the Elm
Syringe Mission school on Barrer
Fork.
ID Forty acres for Dwight Mis-
sion on Salisaw.
(k) Forty acres for Skiatool
Mission near Skiatook. ~
| ID Four acres for Lutheran
Mission school on Illinoia .Fvsr
north Of Tahlequah.
(m) Sufficient ground for buria
purposes where neighborhoo,
cemeteries are now lcclted, not I,
exceed three acres each.
(n) One acre for each churcl
house outside Of towns.
(o) The square now occupied b.
the capitol building at Tahlequah
(p) The grounds now occupie,
by the national Jail at Tahlequah
(q) The grounds now occupie,
by the Cherokee Advocate print
ing Office at Tahlequah.
() Forty acres for the Cherc
keo Male seminary near Table
quah.
() Forty acres for the Cherc
kee Female seminary at Table
quah.
o One hundred and tWenl
acres for the Cherokee Orphan
asylum on Grand river.
(u) Forty acres for the Colore
High school in Tahlsquah di:
trict.
(y) Forty acres for the CherC
kee Insane asylum.
(w) Forty acres for the schoC
for the blind, and deaf and dun
children, near Fort Gibson.
(x) A sufficient amount Of Ian
: to be selected by the general GOV
ernment, aud heretofore include
/ in the old military reservation
for an army post, and for a pen
D tenliary, or for either, and III
same, with the buildings thereon
J is rendered to the United Stat,
. for sald purpose; Provided, Thi
+, 10 case the same is not accepte
and occupied by the governmer
for the purpose Aforesaid on. or b.
, fore March fourth, nineteen hui
: dred and three, this provision sha
be void.