The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-04-27

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collected after the thirty.frst day Of
December. nineteen hundred and nye.
shall be- refunded
Upon dissolution Of the tribal gov.
ernmentf. every officer. member. or
/ representative of said tribes. respect.
lively. having in his possession. custO-
. dy. OF control. any money or other
property of any tribe shall make fu.l
and true account and report thereof
a. the Secretary OF the Interior aud
shall pay an money OF the tribe in his
possession. custody or control. and
shall deliver all otr,r tribal proulty
go held by him to the Secretary Of
the Interior. and DO any person hIii
wilfully and fraudulent, rain tu nc
count for all such money and properly
so held by him, or 10 pay and de liver
the same as herein pro .5sd for si,ty
days from dissolution Df tle ,ubll
government be- shall bs c..mDl yiii-
ty of ,mbellloment auG upl1 cpuyic.
tion thereof shall Dee puni shed by a
nnc not exceeding Eve thousand dol.
! lars OF by imprisonment not exceed
I Ing Eve years. o. Jy both such flue aud
. imprisonment according 10 the laws uf
| the United States rcu'rg t1 ssca
! offcnso and shal' be- liable In civil
proceedings to Dee prosecuted in be-
half OF and In the name OF the tribe
for The amount or value of the money
or property so withheld
Sec. y. That the Secretary Of the
Interior H. authorized to sell. upon
such terms and under such rules and
! regulations az he may prescribe. all
/ lots IN towns in the Choctaw and
Chickasaw nations reserved from ap.
praiscment and sale for use In con.
ucction with the operation Of coal
and asphalt mining leases on for the
occupancy Of miners actually cngag
cd in working for lcsscos operating
coal and asphalt mines. the proceeds
arising fom such sale 10 be- deposited
In the Treasury Of the United States
as are other funds of said tribes
II the purchaser ot any town lot
sold under the provisions Of law re.
gardlng the sale OF town sites in the
Choctaw. Chickasaw. Cherokee
Creek or Seminole nations fail FOR
sixty day, after approval hereof 20
pay the purchase price or any install
mcnt thereof then due or
shall fall for thirty days 10
pay the purchase price or any
installmcnt thereof falling due here
after he shall forfeit all rights under
his purchase. together with all money
paid Hereunder. and the Secretary q
the Interior may cause the lots upon
which said forfeiture Is made TO be
resold al public auction for cash,
under such rules and regulations as he
may prescribe All municipal corpora
tions In the Indian Territory are here
by authorized TO vacate streets and
alleys, or parts thereof, and sayi
streets and alleys. when vacated
shall revert to and become the prop
erty of the abutting property owners
Sec. 10. That all coal and asphalt
land whether leased or Unbiased shall
be reserved for sale under this ac,
until the existing leases for coal and
asphalt lands shall have expired OF
until such time as may be otherwise
provided by law
Sec. ~ That the land In the Choc
taw, Chickasaw Cherokee, Creek, and
Seminole nations reserved from al
lNment or sale under any Act Of Con
gress. for the use or benefit OF any
person. corporation, or organization
shall be- conveyed to the person. cor
pOration. or organization entitled
thereto: Provided, that II any tract
or parcel thus reserved shall. before
conveyance thereof. be- abandoned for
the use for which Il y 8 reserved by
the party In whose int rest the res
cryatlon was made, such tract or par
Gel shall revert 20 the tribe and be
disposed OF as other surplus lands
thereof: Provided further. That this
section shall not apply TO land rosorv
ed from allotment because of the
right of any railroad or railway com
pany thorin In the nature Of an ease
mont for right of way, depot, station
grounds, water stations, stock yards
or other uses connected with the main
tenance aud operation Of such com
pany's railroad, title TO which tract,
may be- acquired by the railroad OF
? railway company under rules and reg
: ulations TO be prescribed by the Sec
retary Of the Interior, at a valuation
70 10 be determined hy him: but II am