The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-04-24
SOME PROVISION or NEW CURTIS
RIl

Following are some OF the import
ant provisions contained In the Cur
It's bad. nov in the hands Of the pres
ident for his consideration:
Section 2 For 20 days after the
president approves t. Curtis bill ap
plicatlon will bo received for the en-
rollmcnt of children who were minors
living March 4. 1906, whose parents
have been enrolled as members of
the cTioctaw, Chiekasaw, Cherokee or
Creek tribes or haze applications
pending for enrolment
Section 5. All patent deeds will here
after DO issued In tho name OF the
original allottee. whether living or
dead. II dead. the conveyance inures
TO the benefit Of hls grantee II he has
lawfully conveyed the same otherwise
~ his heirs, and the secretary OF the
Interior will deliver tho patent to the
party entitled 20 receive the same.
Section z The attempt to secure a
game park or preserve In the Choc.
taw nation Is made possible by autn-
orizing the withdrawal from allotment
of about 1900 acres, which may be
sold az timber land 90 the highest
bidder az public auction or by sealed
bids at the will OF Secretary lite.
cock Also additional possibilities un.
der Section 10.
section n. Tribal tax H. abolished
the 30th day Of last December. any
later paymnt must b. refunded 90
the payer
Section ~. Al town lots heretofore
sold IN any of the five nations,
the payment upon which being uow
past due must be- paid within 60 days
or you forfeit your lot together with
all payments heretofore made. and II
the payments are not yet due. you
must make payment within thirty
days after maturity OF you forfeit your
10. with all prior payments.
Section ~. land heretofore rcscrv.
cd from allotment for the use or beae
nt Of any persons. corporation, or or.
ganlEation (churches. schools. etc.
included) shall az once BE- conveyed
10 such person corporation or organt
zation. unless Il has been abandoned
Tor the purpose intended. in which
event IL rcverts 20 the surplus land
property Of tho tribe.
Tho failure 20 use railroad right Of
way and station grounds for railroad
purposes. causes such land 20 revert
TO the owner Of the legal subdivision
Of which Il vas apart, unless Il he
located In a municipality. in which
event the ownership OF such unused
railroad property vests in such munlc.
!pality.
Murrow Indian Orphans Homo.
near Atoka, Choctaw nation, shall re-
ceive deeds for all the land already
allotted to Il and may also receive
additional allotments by donation OF
fractional unallo,ted rights OF Choc
taw and Chickasaw allottees.
Section S. Indian tribal public
property. schools, public buildings IN
general. including the land bslolgihg
thereto. passes into tne general Gus.
tody of the secretary Of the interior
With the provision that the state.
territory. county or municipality
wherein any such property is located
shall have the opportunity for the
period q one year TO purchase sucn
property az not less than the appraised
value.
Section lG. Sale OF each nations
surplus land after all allotments have
been made shall bo made by the sec.
rotary OF the interior and the pro
ceeds deposited in the United States
treasury 20 the credit OF the proper
tribe, preference being given in the
Chickasaw and Choctan nations TO the
extent OF tho purchase OF 40 acres By
each freedman allottee. In the Choc
taw and Chickasaw nations the unal.
lotted land not principally valuable
for mining. agricultural or timber pur.
poses In tracts OF not exceeding Gao
acres 10 one person. may be sold az
the will o. tho secretary price not less
than the present appraised value. II
agricultural land II may bc sold In
the same way. but In tracts not cx'
ceeding 100 acres 90 one person.
Section 10. The restriction on THE
sale OF all full blood allotments Is
extended to run for 25 years from
and after the passage and approval
OF this act nnlesa sooner changed nv