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 FIFTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 1323. 1902. 503 cnmrrrnnrrzs. C°¤=¤°¤¤¤¤· 12. A cemetery other than a town cemetery included within the £gmc§d*i¤¤ 8¤¤’¤¤ boundaries of an allotment shall not be desecrated by tillage or other- P ` wise, but no interment shall be made therein except with the consent of the allottee, and any person desecrating by tillhge or otherwise a grave or graves in a cemetery included with1n the boundaries of an - allotment shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and u n conviction be Y¤¤i¤h¤¤¤¢- punished as provided in section 567 of Mans’:ield’s lgigest of the Statutes of Arkansas. 13. Whenever the town site survevors of any town in the Creek I gm of cemetery Nation shall have selected and located a cemetery, as provided in sec- 0Vbl. s1, p. w. tior. 18 of the act of Congress approved March 1, 1901 (31 Stat. L., - 861), the town authorities shall not be authorized to dispose of lots in such cemetery until payment shall have been made to the Creek Nation fox land used for said cemetery, as rovided in said act of Congress, and if the town authorities fail or refuse to make pa ment as aforesaid within one fvear of the approval of the plat of said cemetery by the Secretary o the Interior, the land so reserved shall revert to the Creek mkggrigp of land Nation and be subject to allotment. And for lands heretofore or here- mem. °°°’°y` after designated as parks upon any plat or any town site the town shall P“*'· make pa ment into the Treasury of the United States to the credit of the Creek Nation within one year at the rate of $20 per acre, and if such payment be not made within that time the lands so esignated as a park - shall be platted into lots and sold as other town lots. mrscmmsunous. Mi¤°¤U¤¤¤<>¤¤· 14. All funds of the Creek Nation not needed for equalization of mfgggfmtgo ggmrggd allotments, including the Creek school fund, shall be paid out under em. s' direction of the Secretary of the Interior per capita to the citizens of the Creek Nation on the dissolution of the Creek tribal government. 15. The provisions of section 24 of the act of Congress approved bfugggglldgf <‘¤¤**· March 1, 1901 (31 Stat. L., 861), for the reservation of land for the six vox. 31, pfsos. established Creek court—houses, is hereby repealed. 16. Lands allotted to citizens shall not in any manner whatever or mA*};**·*gug\j{;<};*erg3* at any time be encumbered, taken, or sold to secure or satisfy any debt em. ‘ or ob igation nor be alienated by the allottee or his heirs efore the expiration of Eve years from the date of the approval of this supplemental agreement, except with the approval of the Secretary of the Interior. Each citizen shall select from his allotment forty acres of u,§g';j)*;*;*{°)9;*£}j**i¤¤· land, or a quarter of a quarter section, as a homestead, which shall be " and remain nontaxable, inalienable, and free from any incumbrance whatever for twenty-one years from the date of the deed therefor, and ****9- a separate deed shall be issued to each allottee for his homestead, in which this condition shall ap ar. Selections of homesteads rl: minors. prisoners, convicts, incompe- m§s°’g,f'°**** *°* ¤=i· tents and a ed and infirm persons, who can not select for themselves, V61-31; p. acs. may be made in the manner provided for the selection of their allotments, and if for any reason such selection be not made for any citizen it shall be the duty of said Commission to make selection for him. _ _ _ _ The homestead of each citizen shall remain, after the death' of the d€§fi1P§$‘;§§§m§_"°' allottee, for the use and support of children born to him after May 25. 1901, but if he have no suc issue then he may dispose of his homestead by will, free from the limitation herein imposed, and if this be not done the land embraced in his homestead shal descend to his heirs. free from such limitation, according to the laws of descent herein _ otherwise prescribed. Any agreement or conveyance of any kind or —*g’°°m°“* *°*°· character violative of any of the provisions of this paragrap shall be absolutely void and not susceptib e of ratification in any manner, and no rule of estoppel shall ever prevent the assertion of its invalidity.