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 774 TREATY WITH THE CHOCTAWS AND CHICKASAWS. APRIL 28, 1866. purposes of education, shall remain so invested, and the interest thereof; in- Amendmont. cluding any arrears which may have accrued, shall be applied for the same P°"· P' 78* purposes, in such manner as shall be designated by the legislative authorities of the Choctaw and Chickasaw nations respectively. Trenty obii-,_ ARTICLE X. The United States reailirms all obligations arising out of g§f;,‘{_'],f·ff]‘g ‘:;[ treaty stipulations or acts of legislation with regard to the Choctaw and mentotmmw Chickasaw nations, entered into prior to the late rebellion, and in force at
 * 2;;:;£° that time, not inconsistent herewith ; and further agrees to renew the pay-

ment of all annuities and others moneys accruing under such treaty stipulations and acts of legislation, from and after the close of the fiscal year ending on the thirtieth of June, in the year eighteen hundred and sixty-six. d_$¤}"°Z~'f¤¤F<l d Anricnu XI. Whereas the land occupied by the Choctaw and Chicka- said nations, of June twc¤ty-second, eighteen hundred and fifty-five, is now held by the members of said nations in common, under the provisions of the said treaty; and whereas it is believed that the holding of said land in severulty will promote the general civilization of said nations, and tend to advance their permanent welfare and the best interests of their individual members, it is hereby agreed that, should the Choctaw and Chickasaw people, through their respective legislative councils, agree to the survey and dividing their land on the system of the United States, the land aforesaid east of the ninety-eighth degree of west longitude shall be, in view of the arrangements hereinafter mentioned, surveyed and laid off in ranges, townships, sections, and parts of sections; and that for the purpose of facilitating such surveys and for the settlement and distribu· !·¤¤9 ¢>m¤¤ tion of said land as hereinafter provided, there shall be established at §°(‘Egf“B;g0? Boggy Depot, in the Choctaw territory, a land office; and that, in making the said surveys and conducting the business of the said office, including the appointment of all necessary agents and surveyors, the same system shall be pursued which has heretofore governed in respect to the public lands of the United States, it being understood that the said surveys shall be made at the cost of the United States and by their agents and surveyors, as in the case of their own public lands, and that the ofiicers and employes shall receive the same compensation as is paid to officers and employes in the land offices of the United States in Kansas. WPS O? Sui- Atvricric XII. The maps sr said surveys shall exhibit, as far as prac-
 * ,:;E:,%2,£ty_°" ° saw nations, and described in the treaty between the United States and
 * f:,j°:,;z\;;;_ ticable, the outlines of the actual occupancy of members of the said nations,

cies, &c. respectively ; and when they are completed, shall be returned to the said land office at Boggy Depot for inspection by all parties interested, when notice for ninety days shall be given of such return, in such manner as the legislative authorities of the said nations, respectively, shall prescribe, or, in the event of said authorities failing to give such notice in a reasonable time, in such manner as the register of said land office shall prescribe, calling upon all parties interested to examine said maps to the end that errors, if any, in the location of such occupancies, may be corrected. _Nqttee to pm- Aurtenu XIII. The notice required in the above article shall be given,
 * ’:,;H1°;`i’;::d l° not only in the Choctaw and Chickasaw nations, but by publication in

,,,,,P,,_ newspapers printed in the States of Mississippi and Tennessee, Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas, and Alabama, to the end that such Choctaws and Chickasaws as yet remain outside of the Choctaw and Chickasaw nations, may be informed and have opportunity to exercise the rights hereby given to resident Choctaws and Chickasaws : Provided, That before any such absent Choctaw or Chickasaw shall be permitted to select for him or herself] or others, as hereinafter provided, he or she shall satisfy the register of the land office of his or her intention, or the intention of the party for whom the selection is to be made, to become bona fide resident in the said nation within five years from the time of selection; and should the said absentee fail to remove into said nation, and occupy and commence an improvement on the land selected within the time aforesaid, the said selection shall be can-