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 _ FIFTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Cm`676. 1901. 869 said university on lands in excess ofsaid forty acres shall be appraised and the value thereof paid to it by the person to whom such lands may be allotted. (0) One acre each for the six established Creek court-houses with the improvements thereon. (p? One acre each for all churches and schools outside of towns now regu arly used as such. All 1‘BSB1'V8.tl0I1S under the plrovisions of this agreement, except as sm onmmnous, otherwise provided herein, w en not needed for the purposes for °"" which they are at present used, shall be sold at public auction to the highest bidder, to citizens only, under directions of the Secretary of the Interior. MUNICIPAL conroimrxons. tigixgnicipal corpora 25. Authority is hereby conferred ufpon municipal corporations in 50A¤&s¢1=¤riz¤d vv issue the Creek Nation, with the approval o the Secretary of the Interior, ° ‘ to issue bonds and borrow money thereon for sanitary purposes, and for the construction of sewers, lighting plants, waterworks, and schoolhonses, subject . to all the 'Frovisions of laws of the United States in force in the organized erritories of the United States in reference to municipal indebtedness and issuance of bonds for public purposes; and said provisions of law are hereby put in force in said nation and made app icable to the cities and towns therein the same as if specially enacte in reference thereto. GLAIMS. 26. All claims of whatsoever nature, including the "Loyal Creek mjéeiénstotg bet my- claim " under Article Four of the treaty of eighteen hundred and aeteimananlflia ° °r sixty-six, and the "Self-emigration claim " under Article Twelve of $§}j{;,}’,;_3$§;_ the treaty of eighteen hundred and thirty-two, which the tribe or any individual thereof may have against the United States, or any other claim arising under the treat of eighteen hundred and sixty-six., or any claim w ich the United Srtates may have against said tribe, shall · be submitted to the Senate of the United States for determination; and within two years from the ratification of this agreement the Senate shall make final determination thereof; and in the event that any sums are awarded the said tribe, or any citizen thereof, provision shall be made for immediate payment of same. Of these claims the ‘Lo al Creek claim," for what they suifered Cg¤,{¢g;¤§:}9"Mr¤1 because of their loyalty to the United States Government during the ' civil war, long delayed, is so urgent in its character that the parties to this agreement express the hope that it may receive consideration and be determined at the earliest (practicable moment. Any other claim which the reek Nation may have a inst the m<;1<>¤¤<>f Qiggmgew-f United States may be prosecuted in the Court of Claims of 5; United omévdw . ° °°° States, with right of appeal to the Supreme Court; and jurisdiction to try and determine suc claim is hereby conferred upon said courts. FUNDS or mm zmmn. 27. All treaty funds of the tribe shall hereafter be capitalized for T"“’“”““d*· the purpose of equalizing allotments and for the other purposes provide in this agreement. ROLLS or CITIZENSHIPL ‘ P~<>11¤ ofcitizenship- 28. No erson, except as herein rovided shall be added to the A‘*F“F*°“* *° mus rolls of citiizenship of said tribe after? the date of this a reement, and pmmbmm em no person whomsoever shall be added to said rolls after tie ratification of this agreement.