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

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reasonable price. not less than the
present appraised value Conveyance
of lands sold under the provisions Of
this section shall he executed. reoor 2.
Cd and delivered in like manner an
with like effect as herein provided
for other conveyances Provided
further That agricultural lands shall
De sold tn tracts Of not exceeding one
hundred aud sixty acre to any ona
person.
See II. That whol the unalloiiod
lands aui othe- property belongiaz
to the Choctaw. Chickasaw. Cherokee,
Creek. and Seminole tribes ot indians
have been sold aud the moneys aris.
ing from such sales or from any
other source whatever have been paid
into the United States Treasury to
the credit OF said tribes. respectively,
and when 40 the just charges against
the fund Of the respective tribes have
been deducted thorefrom any remain
ing funds shall be distributed per
capita TO the members then living
and the heirs OF deceased members
whose names appear upon the finally
approved rolls Of the respective
tribes. such distribution to Dee made
under rules and regulations to be pre-.
scribed by the Secretary OF the In.
terror
Sec. Is. That the Secretary of the
Interior s hereby authorized to- bring
suit la the name Of the United states,
In behalf " the Choctaw. Chickasaw.
Cherokee. Creek. or Seminole tribes.
respectively. either before or after
the dissolution Of the tribal govern.
ments. for the collection Of any mon
eys or recovery of any land claimed
by any of said tribes. whether such
claims shall arise prior to OF after
the dissolution Of the tribal govern.
ments and the United states courts
in Indian Teuitoy are hereby given
Jurisdiction to Try and determine all
such suits. and the Secretary Of the
Interior is authorized 10 pay from
the funds ut tho tribe Interested any
costs and necessary expenses INCUR.
cd In maintaining and prosecuting
such suits: Provided, That proceed.
ings 10 which any OF said tribes Is a
party pending before any court or
tribunal al the date OF dissolution Of
the tribal governments shall not nc
thereby abated or in any wise affected,
but shall proceed to rnal disposition.
where suit is now pending. o. may
hereafter be filed in any United States
curt in the Indian Terri
tory. by or on behalf Of any
one or more of the FIVE Civilized
Tribes to recover moneys claimed 10
be due and owing to such tribe, the
party defendants TO such suit shall
have the right to set up and have
adjudIcated any claim II may have
against such tribe: and any balance
that may be found due by any tribe
or tribes shall be paid by the Treas
urer OF the United States out OF any
funds Of such tribe or tribes upon the
: filing of the decree Of the court with
him.
Sec 10. That no full.blood Indian
Of the Choctaw. Chickasaw. Cherokee,
: Creek, or Seminole tribes shall have
power TO ALLEVIATE. sell. dispose OF or
cucumber In any manner any Of the
lands allotted to him for a period Of
, twenty-five years from and after the
passage and approval of this act, un'
less such restriction shall. prior to the
| expiration of said period, be removed
| by act OF congress- aud for all pur'
poses the quantum Of Indian blood
possessed by any member OF said
tribes shall he determined hy the
rClls OF citizens of said tribes APP
proved by the Secretary OF the In
terror
Provided. however. That such full
blood Indian .of any OF said tribes
may lease any lands other than home
steads for more than one year under
such rules and regulations as may be
prescribed by the Secretary OF the
Interior; and in case OF the inability
of any full blood owner of home
stead on account OF inhrmity or age
to work or farm his homestead the
Secretary Of the Interior, upon proof
Of such inability. may authorize the
leasing OF such homestead under such
rules and regulations:
Provided. further, That convey
ances heretofore made by members OF
any of the Five Civilized Tribes sub
sequent to the selection OF allotment
and subsequent 10 removal of restric