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 1008 FIFTY SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. 11. Ch. 994. 1903. of members of the respective tribes born since the allotments heretofore made were closed and to whom allotments have never been made, but all allotments shall be made and accepted subject to existing leases: eu, ,,__ Provided, That in makin these allotments the said Pottawatomie striqrcd w 1¤¤ Mn ¤¤1¤¤¤¤¤¤¤~ videdfurther, That in case there are not sufficient surplus lands belonging to either tribe to allot lands to each child and absentee in quantity as above provided, said surplus lands shall be allotted to each of said children and absentees pro rata, as near as may be, according to legal S¤{¤>s¤¤<>¤ <·f v•¤¤— subdivisions: Ibwvidedfurtfzer, That this paragraph relating to allotmpments may be adopted or re`ected by either tribe separate and apart from and without affecting the other provisions of this Act." §.;,¤g5°€0§gf*u‘;{1*é¤, Sec. 8. That the tribal government of the Seminole Nation shall not wceaseMarch4.1906. continue longer than March fourth, nineteen hundred and six: Prog,Z"d,‘Y°,;, mum, ,1. vided, That the Secretary of the Interior shall at the proper time fur- 1******- nish the princi l chief with blank deeds necessary for all conveyances mentioned in th: agreement with the Seminole Nation contained in the V°*·$°· em Act of July first, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight (Thirtieth Statutes, page five hundred and sixty-seven), and said principal chief shall execute and deliver said deeds to the Indian allottees as required by said Act, and the deeds for allotment, when duly executed and approved, shall be recorded in the office of the Dawes Commission rior to delivery and without expense to the allottee until further legislistion by Congress, and such records shall have like effect as o er btievmhegtcrgn .¤¤¤¤- public records: Provided fwrtleer, That the homestead referred to in Q;°°°Y°°°° said Act shall be inalienable during the lifetime of the allottee, not exceeding twenty-one years from the date of the deed for the allotdelgonlinbilitr fvr ment. A separate deed shall be issued for said homestead, and during t', the time the same is held by the allottee it shall not be liable for any debt contracted by the owner thereof. I1}a¤°r_;¤;·m1¤¤si¤- Sec. 9. That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, ` authorized and directedto issue a fee simple patent to Harriet Aungie, aYankt0n Indian for the lands heretofore allotted to her in South Dakota, to wit: The southeast quarter and the southwest quarter of section thirty, township ninety-five north, range sixt -three west of the fifth principal meri ian, and all restrictions as to the sale, incum- ‘ brauce, or taxation of said lands are hereby removed. §,';{§”,‘jf J°"““°“· That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to issue a patent in fee to Lawrence Johnson, a citizen Pottawatomie allottee, for the lands heretofore allotted to him in Oklahoma, to wit: The north half of the northeast quarter of section twenty- seven, township ten north, range three east of the Indian meridian = and all restrictions as to the sale, incumbrance, or taxation of said . lands are hereby removed. Kg`,:!; lr: ly; sy grad That Tah ko we ah, Kiowa allottee numbered six hundred and eightmn Oman: of euedeen, and Kome ta me ah, Kiowa allottee numbered six hundred and “”°““°‘"”· twenty-one, to whom trust patents have been issued containing restrictions upon alienation, may each sell and convey not exceeding one-half of her allotment, but such conveyance shall be subject to the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, and when so approved shall convey a ful] title to the purchaser, the same as if aiinal patent without restric- J h N H tion had been issued to the allottee. §,,§‘,,,ff§f’ ·“°‘ That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he hereby is, authorized ` and directed to issue patents in fee, severally, to John Nestell, William F. Dietrich, Mabel R. Given, William E. Pedrick, Thomas F. Woodard, George W. Conover, Ben. Roache, Rudolph Fisher (whose Indian name is Asewaynah), Louis Bentz, and Emmet Cox, members of the Kiowa, Comanche, and Apache tribes of Indians, for the lands heretofore allotted to them, respectively, in the Territory of Oklahoma, and all