The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-02-16


of an arbitrator by the said owner
or lessee.
Sec. I. That upon The expiration
of two wears after the lands have
been first offered for sale the sec
retary of the interior under rules
and regulations to be prescribed by
him. shall cause 10 be sold to the
highest bidder for cash the surface OF
any lands remaining unSold and of any
surface lands forfeited by reason OF
nonpayment OF any part of the pur
chase price. without regard to the
appraised value thereof; provided
that the secretary of the interior is
authorized TO sell at not less than
the appraised value To the McAlester
Country Club, of Mch'ester, Oklaho-
ma. the surface of not to exceed one
/ hundred and sixty acres in section Il,
/ township ) north, range - east; pro-
vided further, that the mineral nm
derlying the surface of the lands con
demned for the state penitentiary at
McAlester, Oklahoma. under the In
7 dian appropriation act approved
March 3, 1909, shall be subject TO
/ condemnation, under the laws of the
state of Oklahoma, for state peniten-
tiary purposes; and provided further
that said mineral shall not be mined
for other than state penitentiary pur-
poses.
Sec ). That the sales herein pro-
vided for shall be at public auction
under rules and regulations and upon
terms 10 be prescribed by the secrc-
tary of the interior, except that no
payment shall be deferred longer
than two years after the sale is
made. All agricultural lands shall
he sold in tracts not TO exceed one
hundred and sixty acres, and deeds
shall not be issued to any one person
for more than one hundred and sixty
acres of agricultural land, grazing
lands in tracts not to exceed six hun
dred and forty acres, and lands es-
pecially valuable by reason of proX.
unity to towns or cities may, in tn"
discretion of the secretary of the
interior, be sold in lots or tracts con
tanning not less than one acre each
All deferred payments shall bear in.
terest at five per centum per annum
and if default be made in any pay
ment when due all rights of the purt
chaser Hereunder shall, at the dis
erection of the secretary of the inte
rior cease and the lands shall be
taken possession of by HIM for the
benefit of the two nations, and the
money paid as the purchase price OF
such lands shall be forfeited to the
= Choctaw and Chickasaw tribes OF
: Indians.
Sec. &. That if the mining trustees
of the Choctaw and Chickasaw ma
tions and the three appraisers here
in provided for or majority oi
the said trustees and appraisers, shall
= find that such tract or tracts car
not be profitably mined for coal OF
: asphalt and can be more advantage
ously disposed of by selling the sur
face and the coal and asphalt to
sether, such tract or tracts may be
sold in that manner, in the discre
ton of the secretary of the interior
and patents issued for said lands as
provided by existing laws; provided
that this section shall not apply tC
: land now leased for the purpose o
: mining coal or asphalt within the
segre gated and reserved area. hereir
described.
Sec. :. That when full purchase
price for any property sold herein il
paid, the chief executives of the tw,
, tribes shall execute ano deliver, witt
the approval of the secretary of tn,
interior, to each purchaser an appro
PIRATE patent or instrument of con
Veyance conveying TO the purchase
the property so sold, and all convey
ances made under this act shall con
vey the fee in the land with reseI
walton to the Choctaw and Chicka
saw tribes of Indians of the coal an,
asphalt in such land, and shah con
tain a clause or clauses reciting anC
containing the reservations. restriC
tions, covenants, and conditions un
der which the said property wa.
sold, as herein provided, and sale
conveyances shall specifically pro
vide that rhe reservations, restric
ticns, covenants, and conditions there