The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1905-12-07

therof, heretofore reserved under said
proclamation, and acts for charitable
and penal institutions and public
buildings, shall be appropriated and
disposed Of as the legislature of said
state may prescribe.
Legislature to be Given Power to Sell
School lands-Preference Right to
be Given Lessees
Sec. 9. That said sections sixteen
and thirty.six, and lands taken in lieu
thereof, herein granted for the sup
port of the common schools, when sold,
shall be appraised and sold, under
such rules and regulations as the ]egis.
lature of the said state may prescribe,
preference right to purchase being
given to the lessee at the time OF
Grant Of Swamp and Overflow Land
RepeaIed-Pubie Land Granted to
University and Normals
Sec. IL. That in lieu of the grant OF
land for purposes of internal improve.
ment made to new states by the
eighth section of the act of September
fourth, eighteen hundred and forty-one,
which section is hereby repealed as to
said state, and in lieu of any claim
or demand Of the state of Oklahoma
under the act of September twenty
eight, eighteen hundred and fifty, and
section twenty-four hundred and sew
enty-nine of the Revised Statutes, max.
ing a grant of swamp and over-fowed
lands, which grant it Is hereby de-
clared Is not extended to said state
of Oklahoma, the following grant OF
land Is hereby made to said state from
public lands Of the United States with.
in said state, for the purpose indicated,
namely: For the benefit of the Okla.
homa University, two hundred and fiji.
ty thousand acres; for the benefit OF
the University Preparatory School, one
hundred and fifty thousand acres; for
the benefit Of the Agricultural and
Mechanical College, two hundred and
fifty thousand acres; for the benefit
of the Colored Agricultural and Nor
NAL University, one hundred thousand
acres; for the benefit Of normal
schools, now established or hereafter
to be established, three hundred and
fifty thousand acres. The lands grant
ed by this section shall be selected
by the board for leasing school lands
Of the territory of Oklahoma immedi-
ately upon the approval Of this act.
Said selections as soon as made shall
be certified to the secretary of the
interior, and the lands SO selected shall
be thereupon withdrawn from home
stead entry.
Restrictions to be Removed on Allot.
ted Lands-Homestea ads Exempted
Sec. 13. That any restrictions upon
the alienation Of allotted lands in on
lahoma and the Indian Territory. ex-
cept SO far as such restrictions APP
ply to the homestead of the allottees,
shall cease upon the admission OF sucn
state into the Union, but nothing in
this act shall be so construed as to
effect the rights Of allottees under any
existing treaties or agreements relat-
ing to the taxation of allotted lands
Three Judicial Districts Provided for
and Boundaries Defined
Sec. II. That said state, when ad
mitted as aforesaid, shall be divided
into three judicial districts, which
shall be called the eastern, the south
ern and the northern judicial districts
OF the state Of Oklahoma. The east
ern district, for the time being, and
until otherwise provided by law, shall
include that part of Oklahoma Ter
ritory. as now constituted, known as
the Usage Indian Reservation, AMI
that part Of Indian Territory, as now