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

AA4 A'~a I4t tAAa PROVISION shall not
prevent the collection after. that dats
nor after dissolution OF the tribal
government Of all such taxes due M
to and including December thirty
first nineteen hundred and ive. and
all such taxes levied and collected
after the thirty-first day Of December
nineteen hundred and 1--WE. shall be
refunded.
Upon dissolution OF the tribal gov
ernments, every officer. member. or
representative Of said tribes. respect
lively. having in his possession, custo-
dy. or control any money or other
property OF any tribe shall make fun
and true account and report thereof
to the Secretary OF the Interior. and
shall pay all money of the tribe in his
possession. custody or control, and
shall deliver all other tribal proper-
ty SO held by him to the Secretary of
the Interior, and if any person shah
wiifully and fraudulently fail to ac-
count for all such money and prom
erty SO held by him, or to nav and
deliver the same as hereiu provided
Tor sixty days from dissolution of the
tribal government. ne SHAH be
deemed guilty of embezzlement and
upon conviction thereof shall be nm
ished by 4 fine not exceeding five
thousand dollars or by Imprisonment
not exceeding five years, or by both
such fine and Imprisonment accord
ing to the laws of the United States
relating to such offense. and shall be
liable in civil proceedings to be pros
ecuted IN behalf Of and in the name
OF the tribe for the amount or yalue
OF the money or property so with
held.
Sec. ~. That the Secretary OF the
interior is authorized to sell unon
such terms and under such rules and
regulations as he may prescribe. All
lots in towns In the Choctaw and
Chickasaw nations reserved from an
praisement and sale for use in con-
nection with the operation of coal
and asphalt mining leases or for the
occupancy of miners actually engag-
ed in working for lessees operating
coal and asphalt mines. the proceeds
arising frcm such sale to be depos-
tied In the Treasury Of the United
States as are other funds of said
tribes.
IL the purchaser OF any town lot
sold under the provisions of law re-
garding the sale of town sites in the
Choctaw, Chickasaw, Cherokee. !
Creek, or Seminole nations fail for
sixty days after approval hereof
TO pay the purchase price or any
installment thereof then due or shall
fail for thirty days to pay the pur-
chase price or any installment there
of falling due hereafter, he shall for
felt all rights under his purchase.
together with all money paid there
under, and the Secretary of the In
terror may cause the lots upon which
such forfeiture is made to be resold
at public auction for cash, under such
rules and regulations as he may pre-
scribe. All municipal CORPORATIONS
in the Indian Territory are hereby
authorized to vacate streets and al
leys, or parts thereof. and said
streets and alleys, when vacated,
shall revert to and become the prop
erty Of the abutting property owners.
Sec. 13. That all coal and asphalt
land whether leased or Unbiased
shall be reserved for sale under this
act until the existing leases for coal
and asphalt lands shall have expired
or until such time as may be other
wise provided by law.
Sec. IA. That the lands In the
Choctaw, Chickasaw, Cherokee,
Creek, and Seminole nations reserv-
ed from allotment or sale under any
Act of Congress for the use or bene-
fit of any person. corporation, or or
ganization shall be conveyed to the
person. corporation, or organization
entitled thereto: Provided. That II
any tract or parcel thus reserved
shall, before conveyance thereof, be [
abandoned for the use for which It /
v do iCcCANC0 bg tuC party III WnOoC
interest the reservation was made.
such tract or parcel shall revert to !
he tribe and be disposed of as other
surplus lands thereof: Provided fur ,
her, That this section shall not ap- I
ply to land reserved from allotment {
because of the right of any railroad /
1r railway company therein in the I
nature of an easement for right of Z
way, depot, station grounds, water |
stations, stock yards or other uses s
connected with the maintenance and Z
operation of such company's rail Z
'oad, title to which tracts may be ac- r
luired by the railroad or railway 1
under rules and regulations {
o be prescribed by the Secretary of c
he Interior. at a valuation to be Z
determined by him; but If any such q
ompany shall fail to make payment \
within the time prescribed by the 4
equations or shall cease to use 4
uch land for the purpose for which {
t was reserved, title thereto shall n
hereupon vest in the owner of the q
egal subdivision of which the land II
0 abandoned is a part, except lands n
yithin a municipality, the title to a
7hich, upon abandonment, shall =
est in such municipality. q
The principal chief Of the Choctaw Il