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 FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 207. 1890. 109 asq%h:31';:;;is;¤da;¢(trt8tp;pvIide for gown site entries of lands in what is known Mw 14.1890 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That so much of 0****-'*°¤¤° ’f*=¤*· the lpublic lands situate in the Territory of Oklahoma, now open to wiqibnie lands me sett ement, as may be necessary to embrace all the legal subdivisions $*3,, §§,,,°'g*,f,’°“ ’°" covered  actual occupancy for purposes of trade and business, ° ` not excee ing twelve hundred and eighty acres in each case, may be ¤·¤*¤¤¤<>¤· entered as town-sites, for the severed use and benefit of the occu- Usaovc. pants thereof, by three trustees to be appointed by the Secretary of WA}, P°*¤°¤°¤* °* the Interior for that purpose, such entry to be made under the ro- noungemy. visions of section twenty-three hundred and eighty-seven of thellie- B-S··¤¤<=·¤¤8*·v-487- vised Statutes as near as may be; and when such entry shall have been made, the Secretary of the Interior shall provide regulations Rosummmzowm for the propler execution of the trust, by such trustees including the ‘”“°"'“°' survey of the land into streets, alleys, squares, blocks, and lots when necessary, or the approval of such survey as may already have been made by the inha itants thereof,_ the assessment upon the lots of M·;®¤¤ ¤1><>¤ such sum as may be necessary to pay for the lands embraced in such town-site, costs of survey, conveyance of lots, and other necessary ,@g:”°“ °* expenses, including compensation of trustees: Provided, That the Proviso. ' Secretary of the Interior may! when practicable cause more than one ,,f,),“§,§,$ ,§],‘§, town site to be entered and the trust thereby created executedin the *¤¤¤<>¤¤¢¤••¤¤i¤¤- manner herein provided by a single board of trustees, but not more · than seven boards of trustees in all shall be appointed for said Ter- Limitation. ritory, and no more than two members of any o said boards shall be Polmou squuibmm appointed from one political party. gmc. 2. That in the execution of such trust, and for the purpose 0<>¤v¤y¤¤•>¤ of tim. of the conveyance of title by said trustees, any certificate or other paper evidence of claim duly issued by the au ority recognized for Evidenccofclaimot such purplose by the people res1ding upon any town site the subject °°°“*"“'°’· of entr ereunder, sha be, taken as evidence of the occupancy by the holder thereof of the lot or lots therein described, except that where there is an adverse claim to said property such certificate shall Oyvyyhmmmmeum only be rima facie evidence of the claimo occupancy of the holder; "'""°"°'°· Provided, That nothing in this act contained s all be so construed Pro•mo•. as to make valid any c aim now _ invalid of those who entered upon Ncywadisytoclums and occupied said lands in violation of the laws of the Ujnited States "°'· or the roclamation of the President thereunder: Promdedefurther, That the certificates hereinbefore mentmned shall not be akeu as dconxniosei not tvsé evidence in favor of any person claiming lots who entered upon said c,';,?,?,,,, ,,’;f,°',,‘,; lots in violation of law or the proclamation of the President there-  km vw-. by under-. . . . Sec. 3. That lot of land occupied by any religious organization, ¤¤¤r¤¤¤<>¢~¤· incorporated or otherwise, conforming to the approved survey within the limits of such town-site, shall be convey to or in trust for the Bagdc. 4. That all lots not disposed of as hereinbefore provided for log? ¤f ¤>¤¤¤¤¤¤¢ shall be sold under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior for the beneiit of the municipal gloyernment of any such town,_ or the game or any part thereof may reserved for public use as sites for E60`; ·f·•¤rv¤<1f¤rv¤1> ublic buildings, or for the purpose of parks, if in the Judgment of the Secretary such reservation would be for the public mterest, and · the Secretary shall_execute proper conveyances to carry out the pro- of sections four, ive, six Bhd SGVQI], of Klusmtowu-sitebi an act of the legislature of the State Kansas, entitled “An act relut- "°*°'°'“'“‘“°°‘ ing to town-sites," approved March second, eighteen hundred me sr? -eight, shall, so 1};.1- as applicable, govern the trustees m the pe ormance of their duties hereunder. ·