Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1901-02-28

60 Cherokee citizens may rent
their allotments, when selected,
for term not exceeding one year,
and after receiving title to their
allotments may rent them without
restriction; aud cattle grozed on
such allOtments shall not b. liable
to any tribal tax. No cattle shall
hereafter be introduced into the
Cherokee nation aud grazsd on
lands not selected by citizens as
allotments unless permission
therefor has been granted by the
principal chief and approved by
the secretary Of the interior, in
which case the secretary is au-
thorized to collect from the own
ers Of such cattle a reasonable
grazing tax for the benefit Of the
tribe. Section twenty one hun
dred and seventeen, Revised
Statutes Of the United States shall
not hereafter apply to Cherokee
lands.
20 All deferred payments un
der the provisions of this agree.
ment shall constitute lien in IA.
vor Of the tribe on the property
for which the debt was contracted,
aud il default in any annual pay.
ment is made the lien for the pay.
ment Of all purchase money re.
naming unpaid may ,hereupon be
enforced in the United States court
in the same manner as vendors
liens are enforced, suit therefor to
be brought in the name of the
principal chief for the benefit OF
the tribe, or on his failure for any
cause, in the name of some person
appointed therefor by the court.
All other liens herein created
may be in like manner enforced
after the expiration Of two years
from the date when the amount se-
cured thereby becomes a charge
upon the property.
II. The provisions OF section
thirteen OF the act of congress ap.
proved June twenty-eighth,
eighteen hundred and ninety eight,
entitled "An act for the protection
of the people Of the Indian Terri.
tory, and for other purposes,
shall not apply to or in any man
ner affect the lands or other prop.
eriy Of said tribe, and no act o.
congress or treaty provision incon
sistent with this agreement shall
be in force in said nation excepl
sections thirteen and twenty sever
of said last mentioned act, which
shall continue in force as If thiI
agreement had not been made.
70. Nothing contained in ihil
agreement, however, shall be con
strued to revive or re-establish tn,
Cherokee courts abolished by saiC
. last mentioned act Of congress, o
! the authority of any officer, at any
time, in any manner connected
b with Sid courts.
70. The secretary of the in
terror shall cause to be paid al
Just Indebtedness Of said tribe ex
listing at the date Of ratification O
I this agreement which may hav
! lawfully been contracted and war
rants therefor regularly drawn b.
authority of law after the ratifca
: tion OF this agreement aud prior L
the dissolution Of the tribal gov
, ernment, such payment to b
5 made by any funds in the Unite,
States treasury belonging to sal
y tribe. And all such Indebtedness
OF the tribe shall be paid in lul
t before any pro rata distribution
4 of the funds OF the tribe shall b
3 made.
g The secretary of the interio
e shall make such payments at tn
o earliest time practicable, and h
q shall make all needful rules an
b regulations to carry this prOvislo
!. into effect.
n "a. All instruments of writin
affecting lands in the Cherokee nj
g tion which lie south OF Spavina
6 creek, east of Grand river, an
d north OF the Arkansas river, an
}. all other instruments affectin
= property within said boundarie
Q required by law to be recorded
J.. shall be recorded in the office
70 the clerk of the United Stat,
d court at Tahlequab; and all instr
menis Of writing affecting lands
d said nation lying north of the A
, kansas river, north Of Spavina
n creek, and west of Grond rive
= and all other instruments aiieclir
y property within eaid boundarie
II required by law to be recoFde,