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 FIFTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 1323. 1902. 501 by the princgpal chief. Said Commission shall have authority to revise m§$;§°*°“ and °P· and ad]ust the work of said committees; and if the members of any ' committee fail to agree as to the value of an tract of land, the value thereof shall be fixed b said Commission. The appraisement so made shall be submitted to the Secretary of the Interior for approval. 3. Paragraph 2 of section 3 of the agreement ratilied by said act of $Q{>g={<*¤*§62 Congress approved March 1, 1901, is amended and as so amended is ·'p` ` reenacted to read as follows: If any citizen select lands the appraised value ofwhich is $6.50 per E~l)¤i¤¤¤l¤ ¤l1·>¢- acre, he shall not receive any further distribution of ro erty or funds mm S' of the tribe until all other citizens have received lands and moneys equal in value to his allotment. 4. Exclusive jurisdiction is hereby conferred upon the Commission C·¥¤¤¤;ii9¤<>¤ ¤f the to the Five Civllized Tribes to determine, under the direction of the mm sm"' Secretary of the Interior, all controversies arising between citizens as . to their right to select certain tracts of land. 5. Where it is shown to the satisfaction of said Commission that it mfg;*‘°·§;¤¤ ggéev was the intention of a citizen to select lands which include his home and lands. ° ng improvements, but that through error and mistake he had selected land which did not include said home and improvements, said Commission Cancellation or alis authorized to cancel said selection and the certificate of selection or ]°°m°"° °°"m"'“°‘ allotment embracing said lands, and permit said citizen to make a new selection including said home and improvements; and should said land fggsgsffg time nm including said home and improvements have been selected by any other l>f¤5¤dl¤i¤l citizen of said nation, the citizen owning said home and improvements shall be permitted to file, within ninety days from the ratification of this agreement, a contest against the citizen having previously selected the same and shall not be prejudiced therein by reason of lapse of time or any provision of law or rules and regulations to the contrary. ' Dmscrzzrr AND Dlsrnmcrron. 6. `The rovisions of the act of Congress approved March 1, 1901 blfffjgent md (*1**** (31 Stat. B., 861), in so far as they provide for descent and distribu- V01.31. p. ss:. I tion according to the laws of the Creek Nation, are hereb repealed {*,§g$;*,};mm em to and the descent and distribution of land and money provided for by accord \\'lIl'l' Lattice said act shall be in accordance with chapter 49 of Mansiield’s Di est *°;#“ZI"¥fl.€'.fD'“°”" of the Statutes of Arkansas now in force in Indian Territory: gm- {Xg2mg", vided, That only citizens of the Creek Nation, male and female, and " their Creek descendents shall inherit lands of the Creek Nation: And prmriderl further, That if there be no person of Creek citizenship to N°“°*“‘°“ *‘°*’°· take the descent and distribution of said estate, then the inheritance shall go to noncitizen heirs in the order named in said chapter 49. nous or CITIZENSHIP. 7. All children born to those citizens who are entitled to enrollment $g}*¤3g*g*%¤¤¤v· as provided by the act of Congress approved March 1, 1901 (31 Stat.’` L., 861), subsequent to July 1, 1900, and upcto and including May 25, 1901, and living upon the latter date, shall placed on the rolls made by said commission.And if any such child as died since May 25, ,,,;§Q‘Qf(‘{‘,‘§}‘{;E,f,§f·· "’ 1901, or may hereafter die before receiving his allotment of lands and distributive share of the funds of the tribe, the lands and moneys to which he would be entitled if living) shall descend to his heirs as herein provided and be allotted and distri uted to them accordingly._ _ 8. All children who have.not heretofore been listed for enrollment ,0fQQ§0'§;;,‘{‘ living May 25, 1901, born to citizens whose names appear upon the ' authenticated rolls of 1890 or upon the authenticated ro is of 1895 and entitled to enrollment as provided by the act of Congress approved March 1, 1901 (31 Stat. L., 861), shal be placed on the rolls made by said commission. _ And if any such child has died since May 25, 1901, ml.?"` b°f°"° ““°°`