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 FIFTY—SlX'1`H CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 676. 1901. 867 16. All town lots purchased by citizens in accordance with the ro- dggfs b$§0j¤’t¥j} ($3* visions of this agreement shall be free from incumbrance b_y any debt ere.' clpntracted prior to date of his deed therefor, except for improvements t ereon. ` 17. No taxes shall be assessed by any town government against any e,gf”°“m°“*°‘“‘°S· 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 lhas been made by him, and if forfeiture of any lot be made all taxes assessed against such lot shall be paid out of any money paid thereon by therlpurchaser. — 18. he surveyors may select and locate a cemetery within suitable C°m€*°¤‘· distance from each town, to embrace such number of acres as may be deemed necessary for such purpose, and the appraisement commission shall appraise the same at not less than twenty dollars per acre, and the town may purchase the land by paying the ap raised value thereof; and if an citizen have improvements thereon, oliher than·fencing and ,, tillage, tlirey shall be appraised by said commission and paid for by the town. The town authorities shall dispose of the lots in such cemetery at reasonable prices, in suitable sizes for burial urposes, and the proceeds thereof shall be applied to the generalp improvement of the property., _ _ 19. The United States may purchase, in an town in the Creek puI;,j‘h';;;‘j,ff,E},¥(§‘§‘Q,§`f Nation, suitable land for court·houses, jails, andy other necessary public buildings for its use, by paying the ap raised value thereof, the same to be selected under the direction of lihe department for whose use such buildings are to be erected; and if any person have improvements thereon, other than temporary buildings, fencin, and tillage, the same shall be appraised and paid for by the United States. 20. Henry Kendal College, Nazareth Institute, and Spaulding Insti— m§;?'°’;*,i,}‘,§°,§‘8j;‘;1“·§,§;i tute, in Muskogee, may purchase the parcels of land occupied by them, vccvvied by them. or which may have been laid out for their use and so designated upon the plat of said town, at one-half of their appraised value, upon conditions herein provided; and all other schools and institutions of learning located in incorporated towns in the Creek Nation may, in like manner, purchase the lots or parcels of land occupied by them. 21. All town lots or parts o lots, not exceeding fifty by one hundred m§*g{‘,;°hc(§*;‘;‘_Z§,g,,§;`g; and fifty feet in size, u on which church houses and parsonages have authorized.' been erected, and which) are occupied as such at the time of appraisement, shall be properly conveyed to the churches to which such improvements belong gratuitously, and if such churches have other adjoining lots inclosed, actually necessary for their use, they may pu1·- chase the same by payin one-half the ap raised value thereof. 22. The towns of Clarksville, Coweta, gibson Station, and Mounds vi]{,§w$,§,,,‘,§{,f’l“§,’§{‘j may be surveyed and laid out in town lots and necessary streets and ;{§§eg¢€gg¤¤‘¤>’¢¤ alletys, and latted as other towns, each to embrace such amount of ’ ' lan as maygme deemed necessary, not exceedin one hundred and sixty acres for either, and in manner not to include or interfere with the allotment of any citizen selected prior to the date of this agreement, 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 anv committee appointed for either of the other towns hereinbefore named, and the lots in said towns may be disposed of in like manner and on the same conditions and terms as those of other towns. All of such work may be done under the direction of and subject to the approval of the Secretary of the Interior. TITLES. Titles. 23. Immediately after the ratification of this a reement by Congress D"°"““’”““°‘“‘°“"* and the tribe, the Secretary of the Interior sha1? furnish the principal