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 F IFTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 137 5. 1902. 725 sioners appointed by the chief executive to qualify or act, or otherwise, the Secretary of the Interior, in his discretion, may appoint a commissioner to till the vacancy thus created. Sec. 55. The purchaser of any town lot ma at any time pay the chIQ§§'fj,’Qf,y°* P"` full amount of the purchase money, and he shall thereupon receive i title therefor. SEC 56. Any person may bid for and purchase any lot sold at pub; Bid¤· lic auction as herein provided. Sec. 57. The United States may purchase in any town in the Cherokee ,,0{*,*;;‘l €{g’ ° °“"· Nation suitable lands for court-houses, jails, or other necessary public° purposes for its use by paying the a praised value thereof, the same to be selected under the irection of the department for whose use such lands are needed, and if any rson have improvements thereon the same shall be appraised in lik; manner as other town property, and shall be paid for by the United States. · TITLES. Titles. Sec. 58. The Secretary of the Interior shall furnish the princi l P“*°”°°- chief with blank patents necessary for all conveyances herein rovidigd for, and when any citizen receives his allotment of land, or wlhen any allotment has been so ascertained and fixed that title should under the provisions of this Act be conveyed, the principal chief shall thereupon proceed to execute and deliver to him a patent conveying all the right, title, and interest of the Cherokee Nation, and of all other citizens, in and to the lands embraced in his allotment certiicate. Sec. 59. All conveyances shall be approved by the Secretary of the ,,,1*%**0****1 °f<=<>¤V¢Y- Interior, which shall serve as a relinquishment to the rantee of all ' the right, title, and interest of the United States in and to the lands embraced in his patent. . Sec. 60. Any allottee accepting such patent shall be deemed to assent etgswettefticfréneut. to the allotment and conveyance of all the lands of the tribe as pro- méhibsf °° S °f vided in this Act, and to relinquish all his right, title, and interest to the same, except in the proceeds of lands reserved from allotment. Sec. 61. The acceptance of patents for minors and incompetents by €“f¤¤<->¤¢¤ for ¤=i¤¤r¤. persons authorized to select their allotments for them shall be deemed ` sufficient to bind such minors and incompetents as to the conveyance of all other lands of the tribe. Sec. 62. All patents, when so executed and approved, shall be filed i Films nnd recomin the office of the Dawes Commission, and recorded in a book pro- ng p°°°"°" vided for the purpose, until such time as Congress shall make other suitable provision for record of land titles, without expense to the grantee, and such records shall have like etfect as other public records. MISCELLANEOUS. Miscellaneous. Sec. 63. The tribal government of the Cherokee Nation shall not alT¤r¤>i¤¤¤¤r;<>f¤·ibcontinue lon er than March fourth, nineteen hundred and six. g°v°mm°°` Sec. 64. 'lg he collection of all revenues of whatsoever character R¤V¤¤¤¤¤- belonging to the tribe shall be made by an officer appointed by the Secretary of the Interior, under rules and regulations to be prescribed by the said Secretary. Sec. 65. All things necessary to carry into eliect the provisions of Powewofrhesecre this Act, not otherwise herein specifically provided for, shall be done my °Hh° Imm°" under the authority and direction of the Secretary of the Interior. Sec. 66. All funds of the tribe, and all moneys accruing under the L;’¤>‘¤¤¤¤¤ vf funds. provisions of this Act, shall be paid out under the direction of the Q ` Secretary of the Interior, and w en required for per capita payments shall be paid directly to each individual by an appointed officer of the United States, under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior.