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 854 FIFTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 675. 1901. sum when due, the same shall thereafter bear six per centum interest per annum until paid. u'§£§n·;¤ immediate 25. The purchaser of any town lot may at any time pay the full P` amount of purchase money, and he shall thereupon receive title therefor. <`h¤*<*h l¤¤d¤· 26. All town lots or parts of lots, not exceeding lift by one hundred and fifty feet in size, u on which church houses andyparsonages have been erected. and which are occupied as such at the time of ap raisement, shall be conveyed (gratuitously to the churches to which such improvements belong, an if such churches have inclosed other adjoining lots actuallv necessary for their use, they may purchase the same by paying one-half the appraised value thereof. ` d We exem(j>;dfi;g¤i 27. Al town lots_ purc ased by citizens under provisions of this ° ""°” ° ° ’ °' agreement shall be free from incumbrance by any debt contracted prior to the date of the deed therefor, except for improvements thereon, or for money borrowed to pay the purchase price to the nation. l’*}{·‘lmS€. 0* umm 28. Any citizen having the right of occupancy of an unimproved proud residence lot,. . . . em. residence lot lh any town at the date of this agreement, and owning no other lot or land therein, shall have the right to purchase such lot by paying one-half of the appraised value thereof. " A¤·>‘··¤¢ me? l>i<l· 29. Any person whomsoever may bid for and purchase any lot sold at public auction as herein provided. e£~¤·=¤¤m¢¤¢¤f¢¤¤¢¤· 30. No taxes shall be assessed by any town government against any ` town lot remaining unsold, but taxes may be assessed against any town lot sold as herein provided, and the same shall constitute a lien u on the interest of the purchaser therein after any payment thereon has been made by him, and if forfeiture of any lot be made all taxes assessed agaizjpt such lot shall be paid out of any money paid thereon by the urc aser. €¤m¢¤¢¤*· P 31. The town authorities may select and locate, subjpct to the, approval of the Secretary of the Interior, a cemetery wit in suitable distance from each town, to embrace such number of acres as may be deemed necessary for such purpose, and the town-site commission shall appraise the same at its true value, and the town may pur-‘ chase same by paying such value; and if any citizen have improvements thereon, other than fencing and tillage, they shall be ap raised by said committee and paid for by the town. The town autliorities shall dispose of the lots in such cemetery at reasonable prices, in suitable sizes for burial purposes, and the proceeds thereof shall be ap lied f;'g}§;§Em of msg to the general improvement of the property: Provided, That lidnds ing cemeteries- already laid out for cemeteries by the tribal authorities shall be included in the cemeteries herein provided fo1·, without cost to the towns; and the holdings of burial lots therein now occupied for such purposes _ shall in no wise be disturbed. surveys of pim iii 32. All towns now in existence where there are two or more places °mting t°w°S' of business and less than two hundred inhabitants may be surveyed and laid out into town lots and necessary streets and alleys and latted as other towns, each to embrace such amount of land as may be deemed necessary, not exceeding forty acres, which survey may be made in manner provided for other towns, and the appraisement of the town lots of said towns may be made by any commission appointed for either of the other towns having two hundred inhabitants or more; and all lots in said towns having thereon improvements other than teniporary buildin s, fencing, and tillage inay be purchased by any person having rightful possession thereof and owning the improve- —rez¤1¤ri¤¤¤- ments thereon by paying one·half the appraised value. The survey, appraisement, and sale of lots shall be made under regulations to be prescribed Ibjy the Secretary of the Interior. Public buildings. 33. The nited States may urchase in any town in the Cherokee Nation Suitable lands for court-houses, jails, and other necessary public