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 652 rirrrsavnnrn coiveanss. sm. 1. ou. 1362. 1902. proof of such continuous bona fide residence for the period so prescribed, or up to the time of the death of such Mississippi Choctaw, in case of his death after enrollment, he, and his heirs and representatives if he be dead, shall be deemed to have acquired no interest in the lands set apart to him, and the same shall be sold at public auction for cash, under rules and regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior, and the proceeds paid into the Treasury of the United States to the credit of the Choctaw and Chickasaw tribes, and distributed per capita with other funds of the tribes. Such lands shall not be so d for ess than their appraised value. Upon payment of the full purchase price patent shall issue to the purchaser. " Town sites. Tgwy SITES_ -*¤¤¤¤*°*¤'”>°¤· 45. The Choctaw and Chickasaw tribes _]1ereby assent to the act of V¤l-$1·P·”7· Congress approved May 31, 1900 (31 Stats., 221), in so far as it pertains to town sites in the Choctaw and Chickasaw nations, ratifying and confirming all acts of the Government of the United States thereunder, and consent to a continuance of the provisions of said act not in conilict with the terms of this agreement. _ the Interior on the recommendation of the Commission to the Five V°l· “• '·”"· Civilized Tribes, as provided in said act of Congress of May 3], 1900, such additional acreage may be added thereto, in like manner as the original town site was set apart, as may be necessary for the present needs and reasonable prospective growth of said town sites, the total acreage not to exceed six hundred and forty acres for each town site. L'“‘“· 47. The lands which may hereafter be set aside and reserved for town sites upon the recommendation of the Commission to the Five v°'·*”·l’·”"‘ Civilized Tribes, under the provisions of said act of May 31, 1900, shall embrace such acreage as may be necessary for the present needs and reasonable prospective growth of such town sites, not to exceed _ six hundred and forty acres for each town site. i.,,°°.'X$§,KZZ.°Z§" f°' 48. Whenever any tract of land shall be set aside for town-site pur- ‘l·°*· 3L P- 2*7- poses, as provided in said act of May 31, 1900, or by the terms of this aglreement, which is occupied by any member of the Choctaw or C ickasaw nations, such occupant shall be fully compensated for his improvements thereon, out of the funds of the tribes arising from the sale of town sites, under rules and regulations to be prescribed by the mm 0,_pp,_mm_ Secretary of the Interior, the value of such improvements to be determined by a board of appraisers, one member of which shall be appointed by the Secretary o the Interior, one by the chief executive of the tribe in which the town site is located, and one by the occupant of the land, said board of appraisers to be paid such compensation for their services as may be determined by the Secretary of the Interior out of any appropriation for surveying, laying out, platting, and selling town sites. V""‘“°*“'· 49. Whenever the chief executive of the Choctaw or Chickasaw Nation fails or refuses to appoint a town-site commissioner for any town, or to iill any vacancy caused by the neglect or refusal of the town-site commissioner appointed by the chief executive of the Choctaw or Chickasaw Nation to qualify or act, or otherwise, the Secretar of the Interior, in his discretion, may appoint a commissioner to nh _ the vacancy thus created. ,,,;,§‘},‘§§,‘,°,’g‘§‘,},(,,§,§f"“‘ 50. There shall be appointed, in the manner provided in the Atoka V<>l·3°·1>·5°8— a reement, such additional town-site commissions as the Seci·qtm·v of _ the Interior may deem necessarv, for the speedy disposal of all town j°§}’{,K‘?;,m,,,_ sites in said nations: Proridecl; That the jurisdiction of said additional town-site commissions shall extend to such town sites only as shall be designated by the Secretary of the Interior.
 * “*“°"" ‘°*°'¥°· 46. As to those town sites heretofore set aside by the Secretary of