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 FIFTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 1375. 1902. 723 appraised, and disposed of under the Act of Congress of June twenty- V°l·i’•°· P- 5*- eighth, eighteen hundred and uinetv—eight (Thirtieth Statutes, page four hundred and ninety-tive), as modified or supplemented by the Act of May thirty-first, nineteen hundred: Provided, That as to the town MM- sites set aside as aforesaid the owner of the improvements shall be A°°°“°°d "I°°' required to pay the full appraised value of the lot instead of the r- centage named in said Act of June twenty-eighth, eighteen hundiihd V°l· 3°· P- 508- s&nd)u1nety-eight (Thirtieth Statutes, page four hundred and ninety- ve . Sec. 41. Any person being in possession or havin the right to the Rl3M *° P¤*¤¤¤¤¤ possession of any town lot or lots, as surveyed and lplatted under the itil": tilts aiiiirairih irection of the Secretary of the Interior, in accordance with the Act v"l}f,ij my p_ M_ of Congress approved May thirty—iirst, nineteen hundred (Thirty-first - Statutes, page two hundred and twenty-one), the occupancy of which lot or lots was originally acquired under any town-site act of the Cherokee Nation, and owning im rovements thereon, other than temporary buildings, fencing, or tillage, shall have the right to purchsése the sagie at one-foprth of the appraised valup thereog h h no. 42. ny person ein in possession o, or avin the ri t to on °‘°P:*°h¤°¤* the possession of an town llmt or lots, as surveyed andgplatted dinder vnliigln ppmim the irection of the Sieeretary of the Interior, in accordance with the X§lg,§'}g§‘?g;,, yn. Act of Congress, approved May thirty-first, nineteen hundred (Thirty- ‘“;””- iirst Statutes, page two hundred and twenty-one), the occupany of which lot or lots was originally acquired under any town—site act of the Cherokee Nation, and not having any improvements thereon, shall hpve tlge right to purchase the same at one—half of the appraised value t ereo. Sec. 43. Any citizen in rightful possession of any town lot having In§gQ,,';°¤“*’°*‘ **°¤ improvements thereon other than temporary buildings, fencing, an tillage, the occupancy of which has not been acquired under tribal laws, shall have the right to purchase same by paying one-half the appraised value thereof: Preceded, That any other person in undis- fQ;§{,‘{‘{;,purchuSeut puted possession of any town lot having improvements thereon other ¤m>r¤i¤¤d value. than temporary buildings, fencing, and tillage, the occupancy of which has not been acquired under tribal laws, shall have the right to purchase such lot by paying the appraised value thereof. Sec. 44. All lots not having thereon improvements other than tempo- ,0;* °‘ ““““¥"°"°‘* rary buildings, fencing, and tillage, the sale or disposition of whic is not herein otherwise specifically provided for. shall be sold within twelve months after appraisement, under the direction of the Secremy of the Interior, a er due advertisement, at public auction, to the hi est bidder, at not less than their appraised value. Sec. 45. When the appraisement ot any town lot is made and T°““'°‘ """‘°“'* approved, the town—site commission shall notify the claimant thereof of the amount of appraisement, and he shall, within sixty days thereafter, make pavment of ten r centum of the amount due for the lot, and four months thereafter HZ shall pay fifteen per centum additional and the remainder of the purchase money he s all pay in three equal annual installments without interest; but if the claimant of any such lot fail to urchzise same or make the lirst and second payments aforesaid or malie an other pa ·ment within the time specified, the lot and im rovements shall be solld at public auction to the highest bidder, under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, at a price not less than its appraised value. _ _ Sec. 46. When any improved lot shall be sold at public auction P;}$g,;‘;f,‘é °‘ im' because of the failure of the person owning improvements thereon to Vol. ao. v- 508- purchase same within the time allowed in said Act of Congress approved June twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight( hirtieth Statutes, page fhur hundred and ninety-five), said improvements shall be appraised by a committee, one member of which shall be