The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1905-12-17

ished according TO the laws or tho
United States relating TO that offense,
and further that he shall be liable
to the tribe in civil proceedings for
the amount of the value of the mon
ey or property so withheld.
Section twelve provides for the sale
of town lots reserved from appraise-
ment and sale for use in connection
with any mining lease and for forfeit
ure in case Of failure to pay, when
due. the purchase price Of any town
lot sold under the provisions OF law
relating to the sale OF townsite5 in
said nations.
Section thirteen provides for the
sale Of all coal and asphalt lands and
deposits in tile Choctaw and Chicka-
saw Nations at public auction, under
the direction of the Secretary OF In
terror.
Section fourteen provides for son
veyance of all lands in said nations
reserved from allotment or sale for
the use or benefit OF any person, cor
poration or organization, and that this
section shall not apply TO land re-
served from allotment because Of The
right OF any railroad company in the
nature of an easement which the com
pany Is permitted to purchase at a
valuation to be determined by The
Secretary of Interior.
Section fifteen provides that the
Secretary of Interior shall take pos
session of all buildings now or here
toforo used for governmental schools
or other tribal purposes, together with
the furniture therein and the land ap-
pertaining thereto, and sell the same
under such rules and regulations as
he may prescribe; and further pro.
vides that If said lands are embraced
in any State or Territory such Stale
or Territory, or any county or munic.
ipality therein. shall be allowed ono
year within which to purchase iani
and improvements within their re-
spective allotments at the appraised
value
Section sixteen provides for tho
sale by the Se1.C'ary of lr:"n1r I'M
der rules and regulations prescribed
by him of all lands OF 81 .ibcs ~;
otherwise disposed of
Section seventeen provides that
when the unallotted lands and other
property of said tribes have been solG
and the money arising therefrom have
been deposited in the United States
Treasury and all Just charges against
the respective tribes have been dc
Quoted therefrom. the remaining funds
shall be distributed per capita to the
members of the respective tribes.
Section eighteen provides, or rather
authorizes, the Secretary of Interior
to bring suit in the name oi the Unit
ed States for the respective tribes
for the collection of any moneys or
for the collection of any moneys or
any of said tribes and give the United
States Courts in the Indian Territory
jurisdiction TO try and determine all
such suits
Section nineteen provides that In
the execution of any law relating to
the removal of restrictions upon
alienation the quantum of Indian
blood possessed by any allottee shall
de determined by the rolls of citizens
of said tribes; tha. the removal Of re-
strictions upon alienation shall not AZ
feet leases and that the allotteos OF
the fun blood may ALLEVIATE their allot-
ted lands, except komesteads, with the
consent of the Secretary Of Interior
end not otherwise.
Section twenty provides that after
the approval of said act all leases and
rental contracts of allottees and freed
men of the several tribes shall be in
writing and subject to approval by
the Secretary of Interior, and provides
also that the Secretary may remove
restrictions npon leasing from all al
l0ttees and allotted lands except as to
of allottees of Indian
blood and freedmen and that the lands
allotted to freedmen of the Choctaw
and Chickasaw shall be considered
homesteads.
Section twenty-one provides that II
any allottee of any of said tribes die
without successor prior to final dis
tribution of the tribal property, and
such fact be known TO the Secretary
of the Interior, that lands allotted to
him shall revert to the tribe and shall
be disposed OF as other surplus lands
are. II the death of such allottee be
not known by the Secretary of the In
terror before the final distribution Of
the tribal property the land Is to es-
cheat and vest in such State or Ter
ritory as may be formed to include
such land.
Section twenty-five is the general
repeating clause.