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 850 FIFTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 675. 1901. lgitizens maydbg made equal in value, as nearly as may be, in manner erem rovl e. bggacgjggggyéve Md S. lfllzhe allotment of ang citizen exceed in value that of the stand- ` ard so fixed, he may pay the excess to the Indian agent, to be placed to the credit of the tribe, and shall thereupon receive title to such allotment; if a citizen select lands of the exact value of such standard allotment he shall receive title therefor; and if a citizen select lands of less value than such standard allotment he shall receive title to the lands so selected, and as soon as additional lands are selected by him floghpl puppose of equalizing his allotment he shall receive additional e there or. iP°“°“*°“ 9. When an citizen shall select his allotment and receive certificate therefor the Secretary of the Interior shall immediately thereupon, through thei United State; gndign agent in said Territory, put him in unrestricte possession o is a otment. mljgogjzlirjltgbiegrligcpr lll. Lands allotted to citizens hereunder shall not in any manner P' whatsoever, or at any time, be incumbered, taken, or sold to secure or satisfy any debt or obligation contracted or incurred prior to the date of the deed to the allottee therefor, and such lands shall not be alienable by the allottee or his heirs at ang time before the expiration of five yeafs from St-Bhe ratificgtipln of t is agreement, except with the a arova of the cretary o the nterior. bgicmgswall lnlllien- pll. Before receiving his deed therefor each citizen shall select from ° °’ ° °‘ his allotment forty acres of land, and if he fail to select the same it shall be selected by the Dawes Commission, and a proper designation thereof shall be made in the deed to the allottee. Said forty acres shall not be alienable at any time before the expiration of twenty-five years from the ratification of this agreement, except with the approval of the Secretar of the Interior, and during the time the same remains so inalienable shall not be subject to any tax or be incumbered, taken, or soldi to secure og sztjsfjllagy dizbt or obligatiop of Sie allottee contracte or incurre w i e the an remains so ina iena e. B Mj;¤£*’gtL¤¤d¤· Hem 12. No taxes assessed or levied against the lands of any minor, not ga. ’herein made nontaxable, shall be a ien upon such lands, but the same shall be a lien upon the products of the lands composing his allotment. Allotments to mi- 13. Allotments to minors may be selected by the guardian, or by “°"" °t°‘ the father or mother, if citizens, in the order named, and shall not be sold during their minority. Allotments may be selected for prisoners, convicts, and aged and infirm (persons by their dnl; appointed agents, and for incompetents by guar ians, curators or other suitable persons akin to them, but it shall be the duty of said commission to see that such selections are made for the best interests of such parties. Allotments co Del- 1-i. All Delaware Indians who are Cherokee citizens shall take lands 3¥€§°€;Zigl.%;rEc(é2$5I and share in the funds of the tribe as their rights may be determined {,*}g1g>g;‘§,gP§g,gig§ci¤ by the judgment of the Court of Claims, or by the Supreme Court, if .` a pealed, in the suit instituted therein by the Delawares against the C€l€1‘0kBB Nation, and now pending; but if said suit be not determined before said commission is ready to begin the allotment of lands of the tribe as herein provided. the commission shall cause to be se egated one hundred and fifty-seven thousand six hundred acres of lang including lands which have been selected and occupied bi; Delawares in conformity to provisions of their agreement with the Cherokees dated April eight, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, such lands so to remain subject to disposition according to such judgment as may be rendered in said cause; and said commission shall, thereupon, roceed to the allotment of the remaining lands of the tribe as aforesaig. Said commission shall, when final judgment is rendered, allot lands to such Delawares in conformity to the terms of the judgment and their individual rights thereunder.