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

be made at any time after the ex.
piration of six months from the final
ratification of this agreement. without
awaiting the expiration of the period
of two years, as hereinbefore provid-
ed.
Gl. No lease of nay coal or as
phalt lands shall be made after the
final ratification of this agreement,
the provisions of the Atoka agree
ment 20 the contrary notwithstand-
ing.
62. Where any lands so. as afore-
said segregated and reserved on ac-
count Of their coal or asphalt deposits
are in this agreement specifically re-
served from allotment for any other
reason the sale to be made hereun.
der shall be only OF the coal and as
phale depositss contained therein, and
in all other respects the other spe-
ciic reservation of such lands herein
provided for shall be fully respected.
63. The chief executives of the
two tribes shall execute and deliver.
with the approval of the secretary of
the interior, to each purchaser of any
coal or asphalt lands so sold and to
each purchaser of any coal or as
phalt deposits so sold an appropriate
patent or instrument of conveyance.
conveying to the purchaser the prop
erty so sold.
Sulphur Springs.
Ga. The two tribes hereby abso-
lutely and unqualifiedly relinquish.
tede and convey unto the United
states tract or tracts of land at
and in the vicinity of the village of
sulphur. in the Chickasaw nation. of
not exceeding Gao acres. to be select
ed, under the direction Of the secre-
tary of the interior. within four
months after the final ratification of
this agI Ieement. and to embrace all
the natural springs i'm and about the
! said village, and so much of Sulphur
creek Rock creek Buckhorn creek
and the lands adjacent to said natu4
raj springs and creeks as may be
deemed necessary by the secretary of
the interior for the proper utilization
and control of said springs and the
waters of said creeks. which lands
shall be so selected as to cause the
least interference with the Contem-
plated town site at that place con
sistent with the purposes for which
said session is made, and when Sc
lected the ceded lands shall be held,
owned and controlled by the United
States absolutely and without any
lrestriction. save that no part thereof
shall be plated or disposed of for
town site purposes during the exist
encc OF the two tribal governments.
Such other lands as may be embraced
in a town site at that point shall be
disposed OF in the manner provided
i'm the Atoka agreement TOR the dis
position OF town sites. Within ninety
days after the selection of the lands
so ceded there shall be deposited in
, the treasury of the United States.
to the credit of the two tribes, from
the unappropriated public moneys OF
the United States, 500 per acre for
each acre so selected which shall be
. in full compensation for the lands SO
ceded, and such moneys shall. upon
, the dissolution of the tribal govern.
f ments, be divided per capita among
the members of the tribes, freedmen
excepted as are other funds of the
, tribes All improvements upon the
| lands so selected which were lawfully
! there at the time of the ratification
| OF this agreement by congress shall
p be appraised under the direction OF
the secretary of the interior at the
true value thereof at the time of the
selection of said lands, and shall be
paid for by warrants drawn by the
secretary of the interior upon the
p treasurer of the United States. Unit
, otherwise provided by law. the secre
tary OF the interior may, under rules
prescribed for that purpose, regulate
p and control the use of the waters
; OF said springs and creeks and the
: temporary use and occupation of the
lands so ceded. No person shall oc
cupy any portion OF the lands so ced.
I ed, or carry on any business thereon
except as provided in said rules, anC
. until otherwise provided by congress
the laws of the United States relat
4 ing to the introduction, possession
{ sale and giving away of liquors or ia
5 toxicants of any kind within the In
4 dan country or Indian reservations
) shall be applicable to the lands Sc
; ceded, and said lands shall remain
within the Jurisdiction OF the United
r States court for the Southern distric
o of Indian Territory.
[ Miscellaneous.
+ 65. The acceptance of patents fol
e minors, prisoners convicts and incom
! petents by persons authorized to Sc
/ lect their allotments for them shal
S be sufficient to bind such minors, pris
;, oners. convicts and incsmpetents al
I to the conveyance of all other lands o
= the tribes.
; 66. All patents to allOtments OF
| land, when executed. shall be record
e ed in the office of the commission e
] the Five Civilized Tribes within sal,
a nations, in book appropriate for tn,
o purpose, until such time as congress
shall make other suitable provision
= for record of land titles as provided
p in the Atoka agreement, without eX
J. pense TO the grantee; and such rec
J. ords shall have like effect as othe
|. public records.
n g. The provisions of section 3 o
i the act OF congress approved June rs
l. 1898 $50 Stats, 495l. shall not appl
Cl IN Or in any manner affect the land,