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 138 FII·'1`Y-NINTH conenmss. sm. 1. cu. ma. 1906. ment, he shall be paid out of any of the funds of such tribe a sum equal to twice the appraised value of the amount of land thus deficient. Cr§e°1g'j]lQ,{‘;};’,{; mgf The provisions of section nine of the Creek agreement ratified by Act uuuee, approved March first, nineteen hundred and one, authorizing the use V°l'm’°‘8°f‘ of funds of the Creek tribe for equalizing allotments, are hereby restored and reenacted, and after the expiration of nine months from the date of the ori inal selection of an allotment of land in the Choctaw, Chickasaw, Cherokee, Creek, or Seminole tribes, and after the expiration of six months from the passage of this Act as to allotments heretofore made, no contest shall be instituted against such allotment: {[,';",f{;',,0n Mmm Provided, That the rolls of the tribes alfected by this Act shall be fully completed on or before the fourth day of March, nineteen_hu_n- dred and seven, and the Secretary of the Interior shall have no ]ur1s- diction to approve the enrollment of any person after said date:
 * g{l?,;{m§;“°,g';,?§f Provided further, That nothing herein shall be copstrued lie as to

· hereafter ermit an person to file an app ication or enro ment in PM. v- 542- - any tribe viihere the date for filing application has been fixed by agyeengefgggw WMM ment between said tribe and the United States: Provzded, That not ing _ “ herein shall apply to the intermarried whites in the Cherokee _Nation, ghose cases are now pending in the Supreme Court of the United tates. c,’g’{",$f,_,°§m;’:l °' thSr:c. 3. Tlgat lthecapproved rollrof Cpeek areegmen ghgll nernidgonly ose rson w os names a on e ro re y . . unn, undeidfuthority of the UniteId)Sutates prior toPMaIi·ii:h fourteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, and their descendants born since said roll was made, and those lawfully admitted to citizenship in the Creek Nation subsequent to the date of the preparation of said roll, and thei1· descendants born since such admission, except such, if any, as have heretogorile lieen enrolled and their enrollment approved by the Secretar o the nterior. C"°’°l‘°° "°°°“‘°“· 'lyhe roll of Cherokee freedmen shall include only such persons of African descent, either free colored or the slaves of Cherokee citizens and their descendants, who were actual personal bona fide residents of the Cherokee Nation August eleventh, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, or who actually returned and established such residence in the Cherokee Nation on or before February eleventh, eighteen hundred and sixty- seven; but this provision shall not revent the enrollment, of any person who has heretofore made application to the Com rission to the Five Civilized Tribes or its successor and has been adjudged entitled to enrollment by the Secretary of the Interior. ggfrgxgggxg Lands allotted to freedmen of the Choctaw and Chickasaw tribes ·¤em¤1l¤¢men¤·. shall be considered “ homesteads," and shall be subject to all the provisions of this or any other Act of Congress applicable to homesteads of citizens of the Choctaw and Chickasaw tribes. ,*R_Q};gfr'°{,*°Qj]j]‘l;,, Sec. ~l·. That no name shall be transferred from the a proved freedrestricted.men, or any other approved rolls of the Choctaw, Chicstasaw, Cherokee, Creek, or Seminole tribes, respcctivelv. to the roll of citizens by 1w.p.z4o. blood, unless the records in charge of the Commissioner to the Five Civilized Tribes show that application for enrollment as a citizen by blood was made within the time prescribed by law by or for the party seeking the transfer, and said records shall ble conclusive evidence as to the fact of such application, unless it be shown by documentary evidence that the Commission to the Five Civilized Tribes actuallv _ received such application within the time rescribed by law. i m*;:jf,QQ;§f,_‘ji$‘{_;jf“" vbne. 5. That all patents or deeds to allottees in any of the Five (/ivilized Tribes to be hereafter issued shall issue in the name of the allottee, and if any sucl1 allottee shall die before such patent or deed becomes effective., the title to the lands described therein shall inure to and vest in his heirs, and in case any allottee shall die after restrictions have been removed, his property shall descend to his heirs or his