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 Fmrr-sixTH com Rsss. Sess. 11. cn. 675. 1901. 853 16. Any citizen in rightful ossession of an town lot which has been Rlghl .‘° ¥’“'€*""‘i improved as required by tribal laws, the rightlbf occupancy of which he iieiddi agriiiiréii uiiigr has acquired under tribal laws, shall have the right to purchase same mm 1°“'s’°t°` by paying one-half the appraised value thereof, deducting therefrom suc amount as may have een paid into the Cherokee national treasury for such right of occupancy. 1T. Any citizen in rig] tful possession of any town lot havin improvements thereon other than temporary buildings, fencihg, ang tillage, the occupancy of which has not been acquired under tribal laws, shall have the right to purchase such lot by paying one-half the appraised value thereof: Bwmjded, That any other person in the peaceful possession of any town lot having improvements thereon other than temporary buildings, fencing, and tillage, the occupancy of which has not been acquired under tribal laws, shall have the right to }_)\11‘Cl1&S0 such lot by paying one-half the appraised value thereof. 18. Any citizen in rightful possession of any town lot not havin improvements thereon, the occupancy of which has been acquired un er tribal laws, shall have the r1 ht to purchase such lot by payin two-thirds the appraised value thereof, deducting therefrom sucg amounts as may have been paid into the Cherokee national treasury for such right of occupancy, 19. When the appraisement of any town lot so improved is made and mggPmS*** and P¤>‘· approved the commission shall notify the claimant thereof of the amount ` of appraisement, and he shall, within sixty days thereafter, make pay- ment of ten per centum of the amount due for the lot, and four mont s thereafter he shall pay fifteen per centum additional, and the remainder _ of the purchase money he shall pay in three equal annual installments without interest; but if the owner of any such lot fail to urchase same —f¤i1ure to pay. and make the first and second payments aforesaid within tlhe time aforesaid, the lot and improvements shall be sold at public auction to the highest bidder, under the direction of the town-site commission, at a price not less than their appraised value; and the purchaser shall pay the purchase price to the owner of the improvements, less the appraised value of the lot. 20. All town lots not having thereon improvements other than tem- Higgs r<g_gygg;‘;*i¤¢d· porary buildings, fencing, and tillage, the sale or disposition of which p " 1S not herein otherwise specifically provided for, shall be sold within twelve months after appraisement, under direction of the Secretary of the Interior, after due advertisement, at public auction, to the highest bidder, at not less than their appraised value. 21. Any citizen occupying more than four acres of unplatted lands, u€Sl$g¢;;{ggld<§r$g{g,gg which may be laid out in town lots in any town, and which are to be sold mem. at public auction as above, shall have the right to select, in a body, and retain a sufficient number of such lots at their appraised value as may be equal to the standard allotment herein Exed,. to be taken in lieu of his allotment, and in addition thereto he may purchase one-fourth of the remaining lots, to be selected in a body, into which such land has been divided, by paying two-thirds of their appraised value. 22. If any citizen have lands in any town, occupied and used by uS§d°d8g‘j{‘§§n§*g'l”’*“ him as a home, he may purchase the lots into which such lands may be ` platted by paying one-half their appraised value, not, however, exceeding fouiyacres; but this right shal not extend to persons who take their allotments out of unplatted lands as herein provided. 23. The purchaser of any unimproved town lot sold at public auction ch*;;*g'I;°;§,Q§ °* P“’· shall ay twenty-Eve per centum of the purchase money at the time of " the sage, and within four months thereafter he shall pay twenty-five per centum additional, and the remainder of the purchase money he shall pay in two eqlual annual installments, without interest. 2-1. If the purc aser of any town lot fail to make payment of any D°‘*‘“"*L··*‘Y‘“°“‘·