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 TREATY WVITH THE CHOCTAWS AND CIIICKASAWS. APRIL 28, 1866. 777 Choctaw or Chickasaw who may desire to select a sectional division other than that on which his homestead is, without abandoning the latter, shall have the right to purchase the homestead sectional division at such price as the respective legislatures may prescribe. Aivricrs XXV. During ninety days from the expiration of the nine- When patents ty daysÂ° notice aforesaid, the Choctaws and Chickasaws shall have the *Â°lââÂ° fÂ°â exclusive right to make selections, as aforesaid, and at the end of that sciectedmldl time the several parties shall be entitled to patents for their respective selections, to be issued by the President of the United States, and countersigned by the chief executive officer of the nation in which the land lies, and recorded in the records of the executive office of the particular nation; and copies of the said patents, under seal, shall be evidence in any court of law or equity. Airriens XXVI. The right here given to Choctaws and Chickasaws, q;t;w,,, by respectively, shall extend to all persons who have become citizens by =\d<>DÂ¤<>f} <>1âiÂ¤â¢ adoption or intermarriage of either of said nations, or who may hereafter {,Â°;$;â;;Â£Â§Â° tÂ° become such. rights. Anricns XXVII. In the event of disputes arising in regard to the Disputes Mw rights of parties to select particular quarter-sections or other divisions of S*=l*=Â¤Â¤Â¤Â¤Â¤ OY said land, or in regard to the adjustment of boundaries, so as to make 5;23;fÂ°wtÂ°bÂ° them conform to legal divisions and subdivisions such disputes shall be settled by the register of the land office and the chief executive officer of the nation in which the land lies, in a summary way, after hearing the parties; and if said register and chief officer cannot agree, the two to call in a third party, who shall constitute a third referee, the decision of any two of whom shall be tinal, without appeal. Attriomc XXVIII. Nothing contained in any law of either of the Contiguous said nations shall prevent parties entitled to make selections contiguous to *Â°lÂ°Â°*lÂ°Â¤Â°Â· each other; and the Choctaw and Chickasaw nations hereby agree to repeal all laws inconsistent with this provision. Aurictn XXIX. Selections made under this treaty shall, to the ex- Selections m tent of one quarter-section, including the homestead or dwelling, be in- gÂ°lââllÂ°Â¤Â°lâlÂ°Â· alienable for the period of twenty-one years from the date of such selec- Â°` tion, and upon the death of the party in possession shall descend according to the laws of the nation where the land lies; and in the event of his or her death without heirs, the. said quarter-section shall escheat to and become the property of the nation. Amicus XXX. The Choctaw and Chickasaw nations will receive Not over 10,- into their respective districts east of the ninety-eighth degree of west ?2g,Â£;â:E,b6 longitude, in the proportion of one fourth in the Chickasaw and three rgggivgdinto fourths in the Choctaw nation, civilized Indians from the tribes known by district Â¤Â¤SÂ¤ OF, the general name of the Kansas Indians, being Indians to the north of the gxyglgsxguihall Indian territory, not exceeding ten thousand in number, Who shall have rights, &e. in the Choctaw and Chickasaw nations, respectively, the same rights as the Choctaws and Chickasaws, of whom they shall be the fellow-citizens, governed by the same laws, and enjoying the same privileges, with the exception of the right to participate in the Choctaw and Chickasaw annuities and other moneys, and in the public domain, should the same or the proceeds thereof be divided per capita among said Choctaws and Chickasaws, and among others the right to select land as herein provided for Choctaws and Chickasaws, after the expiration of the ninety days during which the selections of land are to be made, as aforesaid, by said. Choctaws and Chiokasaws; and the Choctaw and Chickasaw nations pledge themselves to treat the said Kansas Indians in all respects with kindness and forbearance, aiding them in good iaith to establish themselves in their new homes, and to respect all their customs and usages not inconsistent with the constitution and laws of the Choctaw and Chickasaw nations respectively. In making selections aft,er~the advent of the Indians and the actual occupancy of land in said nation, such occupancy