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 776 TREATY WITII THE CIIOCTAWS AND CIIICKASAVVS. APRIL 28, 1866. Choctaws and Chickasaws, and such other persons as may hereeiftcr become members of their nations, according to their laws, customs, and usages. Rights of AI{TICl.l€ XVIII. In making a selection for children the parent shall }’"°"f°l"°l°°f have a prior rieht to select land adjacent to his own improvements or sengland for _ _ z-· _ _ _ _ _ children. lection, provided such selection shall be made within thirty days from the time at which selections-under this treaty commence. M<><]¤ 0V Attrxcnu XIX. The manner of selecting as aforesaid shall be by an °°le°tmg1”'ndS' entry with the register of the land 0('licc, and all selections shall be made to conform to the legal subdivisions of the said lands as shown by the surveys aforesaid on the maps aibresaid; it being understood that nothing herein contained is to be construed to confine a party selecting to one section, but he may take contiguous parts of sections by legal subdivisions in diflerent sections, not exceeding together a quarter-section. P*`°°f °€l'“· Am·tci.1c XX. Prior to any entries being made under the foregoing ggogféggihiiggw provisions, proof of improvements, or actual cultivation, as well as the entries. number of persons for whom a parent. or guardian, or probate judge of the county proposes to select and of their right to select, and of his or her authority to select for them, shall be made to the register and receiver of the land office, under regulations to be prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior. Sections six- Aivrxcnu XXI. In every township the sections of land numbered
 * ?;‘;0“:;lr;2L;Q;‘;;1 sixteenaiid thirty-six shall be reserved for the support of schools in said

mviso. art i or iarties havinu tie right to se act it, or it s ia e so stcri e as to lie uliavailahle, the leéislative authorities of the particular nations shall have the right to select such other unoccupied sections as they may think proper. Military posts ARTICLE XXII. The right of selection hereby given shall not auai1dIndiu.uageu· thorizc the selection of any land required by the United States as a mili- °‘°°' tary post, or Indian agency, not exceeding one mile square, which, when abandoned, shall revert to the nation in which the land lies. Names of per- IXRTICLE XXIII. The register of the land office shall inscribe in 2. ggfgigzrnpllsltzrl suitable hook or hoolts, lll alphabetical order, the name of every individmadc to bg in ual for whom a selection shall be made, his or her age, and a description booksof register. of the land Stélccietl. Town lots. Amicus XXIV. \Vhereas it may be diflicult to give to each occupant of an improvement a quarter-section of land, or even a smaller subdivision, which shall include such improvement, in consequence of such improvements lying in towns, villages, or hamlets, the legislative authorities of the respective nations shall have power, where, in their discretion, they think it expedient, to lay ot}' into town lots any section or part of a section so occupied, to which lots the actual occupants, being citizens of the respective nations, shall have pre-emptive right, and, upon paying into the treasury of the particular nation the price of the land as fixed by the respective legislatures, exclusive of the value of said improvement, shall receive a conveyance thereofl Such occupant shall not be prejudiced thereby in his right to his selection elsewhere. The town lots which may be unoccupied shall be disposed of For the benefit of the particular nation, as the legislative authorities may direct: from time to time. \Vhen the number of occupants of the same quarter-section shall not be such as to authorize the legislative authorities to lay out the same, or any part thereof, into town lots, they may make such regulations for the disposition thereof as they may deem proper, either by subdivision of the same, so as to accommodate the actual occupants, or hy giving the right of prior choice to the first occupant in point of time, upon paying the others for their improvements, to be valued in such way as the legislative authorities shall prescribe, or otherwise. All occupants retaining their lots under this section, and desiring, in addition, to make a selection, must pay for the lots so retained, as in the case of town lots. And any
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