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 568 FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 542. 1898. Ww¢>k¤ *·>w¤¤i*•>~ The townsite of Wewoka shall be controlled and disposed of accord- °°°°°1’°°°"°f ing to the provisions of an act of the General Council of the Seminole Nation, approved April 23d, 1897, relative thereto; and on extinguishment of the tribal government, deeds of conveyance shall issue to owners of lots as herein provided for allottees; and all lots remaining unsold at that time may be sold in such manner as may be prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior. S<=b00lf¤¤d· Five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) of the funds belonging to the Seminoles, now held by the United States, shall be set apart as a· permanent school fund for the education of children of the members of said tribe, and shall be held by the United States at five per cent interest, or invested so as to produce such amount of interest, which shall ` be, after extinguishment of tribal government, applied by the Secretary of the Interior to the support of Mekasuky and Emahaka Academies auRgw?¤i<>¤¤ from and the district schools of the Seminole people; and there shall be ° °°selected and excepted from allotment three hundred and twenty acres —¤ch<><>11=·¤¤d¤- of land for each of said academies and eighty acres each for eight dis- _ trict schools in the Seminole country. —¢l¤¤¤‘<=h¤¤- There shall also be excepted from allotment one·half acre for the use and occupancy of each of twenty-four churches, including those already existing and such others as may hereafter be established in the Seminole country, by and with consent of the General Council of the Nation; but should any part of same, at any time, cease to be used for church purposes, such part shall at once revert to the Seminole people and be added to the lands set apart for the use of said district schools. —¤¤h<>¤1pf<>r¤h¤dr¢¤ Unc acre in each township shall be excepted from allotment and the °f ”°"'°m""°' same may be purchased by the United States upon which to establish schools for the education of children of non-citizens when deemed expedient. ‘ D¢<·>¤¤» force °‘» €*¤· When the tribal government shall cease to exist the principal chief last elected by said tribe shall execute, under his hand and the seal of the Nation, and deliver to each allottee a deed conveying to him all the right, title, and interest of the said Nation and the members thereof in and to the lands so allotted to him, and the Secretary of the Interior shall approve such deed, and the same shall thereupon operate as relinquishment of the right, title, and interest of the United States in and to the land embraced in said conveyance, and as a guarantee by the United States of the title of said lands to the allottee; and the acceptance of such deed by the allottee shall be a relinquishment of his title to and interest in all other lands belonging to the tribe, except such as may have been excepted from allotment and held in common for other purposes. Each allottee shall designate one tract of forty acres, which shall, by the terms of the deed, be made inalienable and nontaxable as H·>¤ws#¤¤<i· a homestead in perpetuity. Per q=¤i¤i¤~x}¤Ym·‘¤¤ All moneys belonging to the Seminoles remaining after equalizing §L,_'°”’d“° °* f“"d"‘ the value of allotments as herein provided and reserving said sum of five hundred thousand dollars for school fund shall be paid per capita to the members of said tribe in three equal installments, the first to be made as soon as convenient after allotment and extinguishment of tribal government, and the others at one and two years, respectively. Such payments shall be made by a person appointed by the Secretary of the Interior, who shall prescribe the amount of and approve the bond to be given by such person; and strict account shall be given to the Secretary of the Interior for such disbursements. dzgvi Sem i¤·>l·* The loyal Seminole claim shall be submitted to the United States ‘Senate, which shall make iinal determination of same, and, if sustained, shall provide for payment thereof within two years from date hereof. atQg;t;g,;f¤*¤¤ com There shall hereafter be held at the town of Wewoka, the present ' capital of the Seminole Nation, regular terms of the United States court as at other points in the judicial district of which the Seminole Nation is a part. I¤¤¤¤¢=¤¤¤· The United States agrees to maintain strict laws in the Seminole country against the introduction, sale, barter, or giving away of intoxicants of any kind or quality.