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


tribe approved by congress. The
agreement of any two members Of
the commission as to the true val
ue CT any lot shall constitute a de-
termination thereof, subject to the
approval Of the secretary of he in.
terror, and if no two members are
able to agree the matter shall be
determined by such secretary
Where in his judgment the pub.
lie interests will be thereby sub.
served, the secretary Of the inter
ior may appoint in the Chociaw,
Chickasaw, Greek, or Cherokee
nation a separate town site cam.
mission for any town, in which
event as to that town such local
commission may exercise the same
authority aud perform the same
duties which would otherwise de-
velop upon the commission for
that nation. Every such local
commission shall be appointed in
the manner provided in the act
approved June twenty-eighth,
eighteen hundred and ninety. eight
entitled "an act tor the protection
of the people Of the Indian Terri
tory"
The secretary of the interior,
where in his judgment the public
interests will be thereby subserved
may permit the authorities Of any
town in any Of said nations, at the
expense Of the town, to survey,
lay out, and plat the site thereof
subject to his supervision and APP
proval, as in other instances.
As soon a. the platof any town
site is approved, the proper com
mission shall, with all reasonable
dispatch and within a limited time,
to be prescribed by the secretary
Of the interior, proceed to make
the appraisement OF the lots and
improvements, if any, thereon,
and after the approval thereof by
the secretary Of the interior, shall,
under the supervision Of such Sec
re'ary, proceed to the disposition
and sale of the lots in conformity
with any then existing act Of con.
gress or agreement with the tribe
approved by congress, and il the
proper commission shall not com.
plete such appraisement and sale
WITHIN the time limited by The Sec
retary Of the interior. they shall
receive no pay for such additional
time as may be taken by them,
unless the secretary Of the interior
for good cause shown shall ex-
pressly direct otherwise.
The secretary Of the interior
may, for good cause, remove any
member OF any townsile commits.
sion, tribal or local, in any Of said
nations, and may fill the vacancy
thereby made or any vacancy
otherwise occurring in like man.
ner as the place was originally
filled.
1t shall not be required that the
townsile limits established in the
course of the plating and dispos-
ing Of town lots and the corporate
limits Of the town, incorporated,
shall be iudenlicai or coextensive.
but such townslle limits and cor
porate limits shall be so estab
lished as to best subserve the then
present needs aud the reasonable
prospective growth Of the town,
as the same shall appear at the
times when such limits are re-
speciively established: Provided
further, That the exterior limits
Of all townsites shall be designated
and fixed at the earliest praoli-
cable lime under the rules and
regulations prescribed by the sec.
retary Of the interior.
Upon the recommendation Of the
commission to the five civiliz ed
tribes The secretary Of the interior
is hereby authorized at sny time
before allotment to set aside and
reserve Tor allotment any lands in
the ChOctaw, Chickasaw, Creek ur
Cherokee nations, not exceeding
one hundred and sixty acres in
any one tract, al such stations as
are or shall be established in con.
lormily with law on the line OF
any railroad which shall be con.
suucled or be in process Of con
structiou in or through either OF
said nations prios to the allot-
meut Of the lands therein, and
this irrespective Of the population
Of such tOwn-ile at the time.
SLch townsile shall be surveyed,
laid out, and plated, aud the
lands therein disposed Of for the