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 SGC F IF TY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. I1. Ch. 675. 1901. agreement and prior to the dissolution of the tribal government, such payment to be made from any funds in the United States Treasury elonging to said tribe. And all such indebtedness of the tribe shall be paid in full before any pro rata distribution of the funds of the _ tribe shall be made. "°““““‘°“°· °‘°· . The Secretary of the Interior shall make such payments at the earliest time practicable, and he shall make all needful rules and regulations to carry this provision into effect. m},“f‘,f§,‘g”;§§,‘f,f%‘}‘;$,*g 7 4. All instruments of writing affecting lands in the Cherokee Nation River. crc- which lie south of Spavinaw Creek, east of Grand River, and north of the Arkansas River, and all other instruments aifectin property within """°'° ’°°°“*°d· said boundaries, required by law to be recorded, shag] be recorded in ‘Q§§§,§ “§§§l;,_°fe€c‘: the office of the clerk of the United States court at Tahlequah; and all W¤*=¤¢ ¤>¢¤rd¢¤· instruments of writin affecting lands in said nation lying north of the ·°X°°P“°¤· Arkansas River, nortg of Spavinaw Creek, and west of Grand River, and all other instruments affecting property within said boundaries, required by law to be recorded, shall be recorded in the office of the clerk of the United States court at Vinita: Provided, That this shall not include the record of original deeds to allotmen* s and other parcels of lands, and of town lots, herein otherwise provided. for. ,€;§§;l;>;gi¤;¤;;¤¤€ M- 75. No act, ordinance, or resolution of the Cherokee national coun- 'cil in any manner aifecting the lands of the tribe, or of individuals after allotment, or the moneys or other property of the tribe, or of the citizens thereof, except appropriations for the necessary incidental and salaried expenses of the Cherokee government as herein limited, ghall be of any validity until approved by the President of the United tates. ` P;;gg;<;X¤*· sw-- by When any such act, ordinance, or resolution shall be (passed by said `council and approved by the principal chief, a true an correct copy thereof, duly certified, shall be immediately transmitted to the President, who shall, within thirty days after its receipt, approve or disapprove the same. If disapproved, it shall be so indorse and returned to the rincipal chief. If approved, the approval thereof shall be indorseg thereon, and it shall be published in at least two newspapers having a bona fide circulation in the Cherokee Nation. r€§;;;{,¤i¤;;°xgf Jag? 76. All lands herein reserved from_allotment and not sold, as promem. Ivided in this a reement, when they cease to be used for the purpose for which theyglnave been set apart, shall, if that occur prior to the completion of the allotment of lands, or to the dissolution of the tribal ·***l°·°°°· overnment, revert to the tribe, and be sold under direction of the Secretary of the Interior, and the proceeds paid into the United States Treasur Y and become a art of the genera fund of the tribe; but if said lands revert after allbtment .has been completed, and after dissolution of the tribal government, the same may be in like manner sold, and the proceeds thereof used by the United States for the support of Tchgrch arédiphw} the insane asylum herein provided for: Provided, That the lots of land tgygugf °u S e ° upon which the church houses and schoolhouses outside of towns are located, with the improvements thereon, when they cease to berused for the purposes for which they are herein reserved, shall go to the allottees taking the forty-acre tracts from_ which said reservations were taken. - ¤9¤¤,¤{£1¤{g¤¤gir§ 77. Jurisdiction is hereby conferred upon the Court of Claims to giinliilsuds dnsrggegs examine, consider, and adjudicate, with a right of appeal to the g§§{gf‘e,§‘° “‘“‘°" Supreme Court of the United States by any party in interest feeling a grieved at the decision of the Court of Claims,-any claim which the Cierokee tribe, or any band thereof, arising under treaty stipulations, may have against the United States, upon which suit shall be instituted within two. years after the —ratiHcation of this agreement; and also to examine, consider, and adjudicate any claim which the United Mr¤r¤¤e>*¤- States may have against said tribe, or any band thereof. The institu-