The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1902-04-02


at public auction shall have thereon
improvements erected by person
claiming possessory right to said lot.
the said improvements shall be ap.
praised by a committee. one member
Of which shall be selected by the
owner Of the improvements and one
member by the purchaser of said
lot: and in case the said committee
is not able 10 agree upon the value of
said improvements, the committee
may select a third member. and in
that event the determination of the
majority Of the committee shall con
troll. And said committee of ap-
praisement shall be paid such com
pcnsation for their service by the
two parties In interest, share and
share alike as may be agreed upon.
and the amount Of said appraisement
shall he paid by the purchaser of the
lot 90 the owner Of tne improvements
in cash within thirty days after the
decision OF the committee OF ap.
pralsement
Municipal Corporations.
55. Authority is hereby conferred
upon municipal corporations in the
Choctaw and Chickasaw nations. with
the approval of the secretary of the
Interior to issue bonds and borrow
money thereon ior sanitary purposes
and for the construction of sewers.
lighting plants. waterworks. and
schoolhOuses, subject TO all the pro
visions OF laws of the United States
In force in the organized territories
of the United States in reference to
municipal Indebtedness and issuance
OF bonds for public purposes; and
said provisions of law are hereby
put in force in said nations and made
applicable TO the cities and towns
therein. the same as II specially en-
acted in reference thereto. and said
municipal corporations are hereby au-
thorized 20 yacate streets and alleys.
or parts thereof. and said streets and
alleys when so vacated. shall become
the property of the adjacent property
holders.
Coal and Asphalt.
&C. At the expiration of two years
after ia. final ratification of this
agreement, all deposits of coal and
asphalt which are in lands within the
limits of any town site established
under the Atoka agreement, or the
this agreement, and which are within
the exterior limits of any lands re-
served from allotment on account OF
their coal or asphalt deposits, as here
i'm provided and which aie not at the
time OF the final ratification of this
agreement embraced in any then eX.
isting coal or asphalt lease, shall be
sold at public auction. under the di-
. lection Of h.,
ceeds thereof disposed of as herein
81 provided respecting the proceeds OF
, the sale OF coal and asphalt lands.
+ 81 All coal and asphalt deposits
, which are within the limits OF any
r town site so established. which are
at the date of the final ratification
{ of this agreement covered by any ex
= listing lease, shall, at the expiration
I of two years after the final ratifca.
tion of this agreement. be sold at pub
2 lie auction under the direction OF the
4 president, and the proceeds thereof
2 disposed of as provided in the last
l preceding section The coal or as
[ phalt covered by each lease shall bt
p separately sold. The purchaser shal
i take such coal or asphalt deposits
v subject to the existing lease. and shall
Wy tue UNltud0t HufNftu W All lll'
5 rights of the two tribes, of every
;. kind and character, under the lease
= but all advanced royalties received
by the tribe shall be retained by
n them.
a So. Within six months after tn,
G final ratification of this agreement tn,
c secretary OF the interior shall ascer
e tain, so far as may be practicable
n what lands are principally valuabl,
r. because of their deposits of coal o.
e asphalt, including therein all lands
h which at the time OF the final ratifica
l. tion Of this agreement shall be GOV
r. cred by then existing coal or asphal
Il leases, and within that time he shall
y by written order, segregate and re
Y serve from allotment all of said lands
d Such segregation and reservation
d shall conform To the subdivisions o
l. the government survey as nearly a
/ may be, and the total segregation an,
$ reservation shall not exceed 500, 90,
r acres. No lands so reserved shall b,
t. allotted to any member or freedman
e and the improvements of any membe
d or freedman existing upon any of th'
/. lands so segregated and reserved a
n the time OF their segregation and res
n eryation shall be appraised, under tn,
j. direction of the secretary of the in
S terror, and shall be paid for out o
o any common funds of the two tribe
in the treasury of the United States
n upon the order of the secretary o
e the interior. All coal and asphalt de
?, posits, as we'll as other mineral!
h which may be found in any lands no
# so segregated and reserved. shall b
s deemed a part of the land and shal
p pass TO the allottee or other person
II who may lawfully acquire title T.
> such lands.
n 80. All lands segregated and ro
n served under the last preceding sec
IS ton, excepting those embraced with
h in the limits of town site, establish
lshed as hereinbefore provided, shal
Il after the expiration OF two years fror
'r the final ratification of this agreemen
d and before the dissolution OF the tr
S, bal governments, be sold at public