The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-10-09


proyements sought to be condemned
or appropriated under this Act all
compensation and damages to be paid
to the dissenting individual owner,
occupant. allottee. tribe, nation, cor
poration. or municipality by reason
OF the appropriation and condemna-
/ tion of said lands and Improvements
shall be determined as provided In
sections fifteen and seventeen of an
Act of Congress entitled An Act to
grant a right Of way through Okla
homa Territory and the Indian Ter
ritory to the Enid and Aanadarko
Railway Company, and for other pur-
poses" approved February twenty
eighth, nineteen hundred and two
(Public Numbered Twenty-six), and
all such proceedings hereunder shall
conform to said sections, except that
sections three and four OF said Act
shall have no application, and except
that hereafter the plats required TO
be filed by said Act shall be filed with
the Secretary Of the Interior and
with the Commissioner to the Five
Civilized Tribes, and where the words
principal Chief or Governor" OF any
tribe or nation occur in said Act, for
the purpose OF this Act there is In
serted the words Commissioner to
the Five Civilized Tribes:
Whenever any such dam or DAMS
canals. reservoirs and auxiliary steam
works. pole lines. and conduits are
to be constructed within the limits OF
any incorporated city or town in the
Indian Territory. the municipal au-
shorities OF such city or town shall
have the power to regulate the man
ner Of construction therein, and
nothing herein contained shall be so
construed as TO deny the right Of
municipal taxation In such cities and
towns.
That all rights granted hereunder
shall be subject to the control OF
the future Territory OF State within
which the Indian Territory may be
situated.
Sec. 26. That in addition to the
powers now conferred by law, all
municipalities in the Indian Terri
tory having a population Of over two
thousand, to be determined by the
last census. taken under any pro-
vision Of law or ordinance OF the
council of such municipality, are
hereby authorized and empowered to
order improvements Of the streets or
alleys or such parts thereof as may
be included In an ordinance or order
of the common coIncil, with the con-
sent Of a majority Of the property
owners whose property is assessed
for the purpose Of grading. paving,
macadamizing. curbing OF guttering
streets and alleys or building side
walks upon and along any street,
roadway or alley within the limits Of
such municipality and the cost OF
such grading, paving. matchmaking.
curbing. guttering or sidewalk con-
structed, or other Improvements un-
der authority of this section, shall
be so assessed against the abutting
property as to require each parcel OF
land to bear the cost OF such grad
ing, paving. macadamizing, curbing
guttering or sidewalk as far as it
abuts thereon, and In the case Of
streets or alleys to the center there
Of: and the cost OF street intersec-
tions Or crossings may be borne by
the city or apportioned to the quar-
ter blocks abutting thereon upon the
same basis. The special assessments
provided for by this section and the
amounts to be charged against each
lot or parcel OF land shall be fixed
BY the city council or under its au-
thority, and shall become a lien on
such abutting property, which may
be enforced as other taxes are en-
forced under the laws in force in the
Indian Territory. The total amount
charged against any tract or parcel
Of land shall not exceed twenty per
centum Of its assessed value. and
there shall not be required to be paid
thereon exceeding one per centum
per annum on the assessed valuee,
and interest at six percentum on the
deferred payments.
For the purpose Of paying for such
Improvements the city council Of
such municipality is hereby author
lied to issue improvement script or
certificates for the amount due for
such improvements. said script or
certificate to be payable in annual
installments and to bear interest
from date at the rate of six per
centum per annum, but no improve
ment script shall be issued or sold
for less than its par value. All OF
said municipalities az hereby au-
thorized to pass all ordinances
necessary to carry into effect the
above provisions. and for the purpose
of doing so may divide such munich
pality into improvement districts.
That the tangible property Of rail-