The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1902-09-06


~ m av be necessary for the present neeos and
reasonable prospective growth 81 hueh town
sites and not 10 exceed $40 nerea TOT Essen
townsite. and ten per cent Of the net proeeens
arising from the sale Of thns poI'ls1 - t.-e
land within the toWnste 20 solentea py hims
or which he was 20 entitled to select ana this
shail ~ in addition to his right 10 receive from
other lands an allotment Of 100 acres
cEMHTKRrEs
70 A cemetery other than town cemetery
,,cluaed within the boundaries Of allotment
shall not be desecrated BY fillnge or otherNiHer
l,,,f no interment shall be made therein ex-
cent with the consent Of the allottee' and any
person desecrating by tiliaEe or other"ie q
grave, or graves, in cemetery ineinoeA VIII
il the boundaries Of allotment shau Do
guilty OF a misdemeanor, and upon conflctlon
r. runished a. provided in section so or
Mansheld's Digest Of the statutes OF Arkansas.
l8 Whenever the townsite surveyors q
any town in the Creek nation Snail nave seieet-
ed and located a cemetery, ns provided IN sec,
tion Is OF the act OF congress approved March I,
1901 l8i Stat. L. Sdll, the town authoritiea
shall not BE- authorized TO dispose OF lots IN
such cemetery until payment shah nave Deem
made 20 the Creek nation for land a-ea Tor
such cemetery, a. provided in said act OF con
eress and II the town authorities fnil or re-
fuse to make payment aforesaid within ono
year az the approval Of the plat Of said Gene
tery by tho secretary Of the interlor' the laan
so reserved shall revert 20 the Greek naaoh
49, ~''"
heretofore or hereafter designated ns PARIS
upon nny plat or any townsite, the town Hnai.
make payment in the treasury OF the onlteN
States to the credit Of the Greek nation WITHIN
one year at the rate Of so per acre, ana Y sueh
pavnlent be not made within that time the
| iards 10 designated al park shall be plated
into lots and sold as other town lots.
MISCELLANEOUS
a. All funds Of the Creek nation not nees.t'l
for the equalization Of nllotmenfs. mciualns
the Creek school fund, ahniA pc p.Au W. u.... s.
the direction Of the secretary OF the hte1,or
per capita to the citizens Of the Creek nAtlop
on the dissolution OF the Creek tribal govern
meut
Is. The provisions Of section q q tne hlt p
congress approved March d, 1901 l5l stat =,
SAN for the reservation Of land for the siA
established Greek court houses, Is HEREBY re-
IA. Lands allotted 10 citizens shall not IN
any manner whatever, ar at any time " ~
numbered, taken, or sold 20 secure or .ntisIy
anx debt or obligation. nor be- aiiennfcd ny me
allottee or his heirs, beforn the expiration q
Ave xenrs from the date Of the approval q
this supplemental agreement, except Win tho
approval Of the secretary of the interior. n1n
citizen shall select from his allotment forty
acres Of land or a quarter Of quarter seetion'
~ a homestead which shall BE- and remain rpns
taxable, inalienable. and free from any incnn-
brance whatever for twenty years from
the date Of the deed therefor and q separate
tH"NNINA "H"ff%
homestead, in which this condition shall ap-
pear.
ers. convicts, incompetents, and aged and IN
firm persons, who can not select Tor tnsin-
selves may be made in the manner provded
for the selection Of their ailotments, and y Tor
any reason such selection be not made for any
citizens il shall be the duty of said coinrnis-
sion 10 make selection for him Tee home
stead Of each citizen shall remain, after tho
Of children born 10 him after May g. 1901, but
If he have no such issue then he may dispose
Of his homestead By will. free from the hlniin-
tion herein imposed, and IL this b. not aunc
the land embraced IN his Homestead shall de-
scend to hts heirs free from such limitation,
according 70 the laws Of descent herein other
wise prescribed. Any agreement or convey
ance Of any kind or character violativc ce.NnS
Of the provisions II this paragraph shall b.
absolutely void and not susceptible " rnttuea-
tion in any manner. and no rule of csioppei
shall ever prevent the assertion OF IT, IN
validity.
H. section s. " the agreement ratified by
said act Of March 4 1901 is amended. AMI a. 70
amended Is rs-e.nacte1 TO read a. foliour;
"a When cattle are introduced into tho
Creek milton 70 b. Eraztd upon lands
either NOT selected for allotment, or
upon lands allotted or selected for
allotment, the owner thereof, or the party
or parties 20 introducing the same. shall nf1st
obtain n permit from the ANlN"A 1N@N." t''-A-
agent. union agency, authorizing the intro
durtion Of thecattle. The application Tor said
hermit shall state the number uf sad cattle 70
i,e introduced together with description %
the snme. and shall specify the lands nfon
uhieh said cattle are to be grANed. and Whrth'
- a. not said lands have been selected for
allotment Cattle - introduced. and all other
I3,e stock owned or controlled by non-citiEene
* the nation shall b. kept upon incin-sd iAiie's
allotted TO- or selected for allotment W, any
fI4.IH 4ItI4
for the hrst trtspass, MAKE rsparstlon 70 the
uarty injured for the true value Of tho darn
aee- he may have sustained, and for every
trssspasa thereafter double damages 90 be re-
covered with costs, whether the land upon
which ircspass Il made is enclosed or not.
ANY person who shall introduce any cattle
into the Creek nation ia violation q the pro
visions n this section shall be deemed guilty
of a misiemeanor. and punished by a ms u
not less than 500. and shall stand committed
until such fne and cost are paid. such COM
1nitment not to ezcced one day for every two
dollars Of hne and Ctsta; and every day such
cattle are permitted 70 rcmnin IN such nation
without permit for their Introduction having
been obtained shall constitute q separate o.
Greek citizens may rent their nllotments
for ftrictiy non-ininerai purposes. for term
not 70 exceed ore year for grazing purposes
only. and for period lot 70 exceed nrc years
for AGRICULTURAL purpnafs, but without any
q
such lenses for q period ionFtr than one year
for grazing purposss. and for . period longer
than hve years ior agricultural purposes' and
lca-es for mineral purposes may ais1 b. male
with the approval of The sccrriary % the in
terror. and not otheraise. Any aErecIneut or
lease Of any kind ~ character vioiaiive Of this
paragraph shall BE- absolutely void aud not
susceptible q ratification in any manner. ard
no rule u cstappcl shall ever prevent the A.
sertion uf its irvalidity. Cattle Fra4fd upon
LEASED allotmcuts shall not b. nahlc 90 any
tribal tax. but when cattle are lnfrodurot into
the Greek nation and Frarrd lands not
selected for allotment By citizens. the sccra-
tAry Of fhe Interior Atan collect from fhn
owncrs thereof reasonable grazing tnr Tor
the benefit u tho tribe. and section liil 81 tho
revised statutes Of The United States shall nos
hereafter apply 70 Greek LANDS.
Ie. Section ~ the agreement ratified hy
act of March !, 1904, Is amended and - -
amended L. ra-cnncfei fo read as follow.
ttThe secretary ~ tho interior shall through
the Uniied States Indian Agent IN snld terri.
tory. Immediately afier the ratification of this
agreement. put such ciiIxcn who has made
selection q bic allotment in unre=lrirtei poe
session VI hts land and remove thcreIrum an
persons objectionable to him. and whom any
citizen shall thereafter make seieefidu of his
allotment ~ herein provided and receive GER
fidcute therefor. he shall b. Immediately
ihereupon ~ placed In possession o. his land.
and during the continuance Of the tribal gov
erumQuti the secretary q the interior. through
such Indian ageut, shall protect the nilntee il
hts right TO Possession against any and an per
sons ciniming under any lease, agreement or