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 FIFTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 1876. 1906. 143 four, and the northwest quarter of the southeast quarter, the north half of the southwest quarter of the southeast quarter, the south half of the southwest quarter of the southwest quarter, the northeast quarter of the southwest quarter of the southwest quarter, and the southeast quarter of the northwest quarter of the southwest quarter of section twenty-three, and the southwest quarter of the southwest quarter of the southeast quarter of section twenty-six, and the southeast quarter of the northwest quarter of the northwest quarter, the south half of the northeast quarter of the northwest quarter, the northeast quarter of the northeast quarter of the northwest quarter, and the east half of the southeast quarter of the northwest quarter of section twenty-five, all in township two north, range eleven east, containing one thousand seven hundred and ninety acres, as shown by the Government survey, for the purpose of the said Home. Sec. 15. The Secretary of the Interior shall take possession of all mg"},?;; sO'gg”di¤H¤» buildings now or heretofore used for governmental, school, and other " ` tribal purposes, to ether with the furniture therein and the land apper— P""- P- 342- taining thereto, and appraise and sell the same at such time and under such rules and regulations as he may prescribe, and deposit the pro- Proceeds. ceeds, less expenses incident to the appraisement and sale, in the Treasmyof the United States to the credit of the respective tribes: Pro- 1>»·m»;m. ° d, That in the event said lands are embraced within the geograph— _1>;nc1mes by mu. ical limits of a State or Territory of the United States such State or “‘°‘*"‘“°°" Territory or any county or municipality therein shall be allowed one year from date of establishment of said State or Territory within _ which_ to purchase any such lands and improvements within their res ctive limits at not less than the appraised value. Conveyances of llaiends disposed of under this section shall be executed, recorded, and delivered in like manner and with like effect as herein provided for other converyances. I Sec. 16. [hat when allotments as provided by this and other Acts tegwguelefyyolgt of Congress have been made to all members and freedmen of the wni,° " m ° Choctaw, Chickasaw, Cherokee, Creek, and Seminole tribes, the residue _ of lands in each of said nations not reserved or otherwise disposed of shall be sold by the Secretary of the Interior under rules an regulations to be prescribed by him and the proceeds of such sales deposited *"°°*=°d**· in the United States Treasury to the credit of the respective tribes. ln the disposition of the unallotted lands of the Choctaw and Chicka- C,]'0j€tQj={;*:;;$,*jIsg‘*]:·kgf saw nations each Choctaw and Chickasaw freedman shall be entitled to mw imamm. a preference right, under such rules and regulations as the Secretary of the Interior may prescribe, to purchase at the appraised value enough land to equal with that already allotted to him forty acres in area. If any such purchaser fails to make payment within the time nusvsmiognggd me prescribed by said rules and regulations, then such tract or parcel of ° ° my ‘ land shall revert to the said Indian tribes and be sold as other sur lus lands thereof. 'l`he Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized, to Szlgliog ggalloggd sell, whenever in his judgment it may be desirable, any of the unal- Yates, °" lotted land in the Choctaw and Chickasaw nations, which is not principally valuable for mining, agricultural, or timber purposes, in tracts of not exceeding six hundre and forty acres to any one person, for a fair and reasonable price, not less than the present appraised value. Conveyances of lands sold under the provisions of this section shall be executed, recorded, and delivered in like manner and with like elfect, as herein provided fol' other c0nV9yar1<·es: I7I‘01'}.L]{’CZ fizwt/gev-, Azommt H ii That agricultural lands shall be sold in tracts of not exceeding one °“°“ °°° ""‘ hundred and sixty Eicresbto anyhortip pc-arse;. (1 bh rt bd P (mm (limb Sec. 17. That w en t c una 0 c an s an 0 er rope y (mg- . °’ . *¤· ing to the Choctaw, Chickasaw, Cherokee, Creek, ami) Seminole tribes mm of mm mud; of Indians have been sold and the moneys arising from such sales or from any other source whatever have been paid into the United States