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 FIFTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. H. Ch. 675. 1901. 849 to be appointed by said commission and one by the principal chief; and if the members of any committee fail to agree as to the value of any tract of land, the value thereof shall be determined by said commission. The committecs shall make report of their work to the commission R°P°*'*~ as may be required. The commission shall prepare reports of the same in duplicate, and transmit them to the Secretary of the Interior for his approval, and when approved one copy shall be furnished the rincipa chief and one copy returned to the office of the commission For its use in makin allotments as herein provided. 4. All lands of sa§l tribe, except as herein provided, shall be allotted ’*"°““°“"· by said commission among the citizens of. the tribe entitled to share therein, so as to give to each an equal share of the whole, in value, as nearly as may be, in manner following: There shall be allotted to each citizen eighty acres of land (boundaries to conform to the Government survey as nearly as may be) which may be selected by him, so as to inclu e improvements which belong to him. Eighty acres of land, SmE,}§,l,{'g§_“°'°”°°b°“ valued at SIX dollars and fifty cents per acre, shall constitute a standard allotment, and shall be the measure for the equalization of values; and any allottee selecting lands of less value than such standard may select other lands, not law ully held or occupied by any other citizen, which, at their appraised value, will make his allotment equal in value to the standard so fixed. ~ . . 5. If any citizen select eighty acres of land the appraised value of Ogglgftgiig *¤ ¤¤<=¤¤¤ which, for any reason, is in excess of such standard, the excess of value ' shall be charged against him in the future distribution of lands and ' funds of the tribe arising from any source whatsoever, unless he has already paid the same, and he shal not be entitled to an further distribution of property or funds until all other citizens shallhave received lands and funds equal in value to his allotment; and if there be not sufficient property and funds of the tribe to make the allotments of all other citizens equal in value to his, then for the excess there shall exist a lien on the rents and roits of his allotment; and no deed shall issue to such allottee until all) charges against an allotment are liquidated. All controversies arising between citizens as to their right to select r,g,Qg*g*°;;§§:i€§&1§g *<> particular tracts of land shall be determined by said commission ` according to law. 6; Any citizen having in his possession lands in actual cultivation in m§$_l§°}jgg gicgsggg excess of eighty acres for himself and eighty acres for his wife and holdings- · each of his minor children, shall, on or before the first day of July, nineteen hundred and one, select therefrom allotments of eighty acres each fO1' himself and the members of his family aforesaid, which said allotments he may hold, and no more; and he shall, within said time, make re ort in writing to the Dawes Commission of the lands so _ Selected gy him, giving legal description thereof; and if he have law- ggsgxgsgggsnetgf imful improvements upon such excess he may dispose of the same to an' other citizen, who may thereupon select lands so as to include such improvements; but, after the expiration of said time, any citizen may take any lands not already selected by another; but if lands so taken be in actual cultivation, having thereon improvements belonging to another citizen, such improvements shall be valued by the a raisement committee and the amount paid to the owner thereotpliy the allottee, and the same shall be a lien upon the rents and profits of the land until paid: Provided, That. the owner of improvements may remove the same if he desires. · 7. When allotments as hereinbefore provided have been made to all ,0§u*}g;;f¤¤°¤ 0* ¤i· citizens the residue of lands, not herein reserved or otherwise disposed of, shall be so apportioned among such citizens as to e ualize their allotments, but if the same be insufficient therefor the dezciency shall be supplied out of any funds of the tribe, so that the allotments of all von xxx-—54 ‘