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 148 FIFTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Cns. 1876, 1877. 1906. · T*x°’i°”°*'”·“‘°“d That the tan ible ro rt of railroad corporations (exclusive of rollpmpmy ing stock) locegted viiithliii the corporate limits of incorporated cities and towns in the Indian Territory shall be assessed and taxed in proportion to its value the same as other property is assessed and taxed in Municipal mw such incorporated cities and towns; and all such c1ty or town councils '°°°°”’ are hereby empowered to pass such ordinances as may be necessary for the assessment, equalization, levy and collection, annually, of a tax on all property except as herein stated within the corporate l11n1ts and for Proviw. carrying the same into effect: 1’¢·0vided, That should any person or A”°°`l' corporation feel aggrieved by any assessment of property in the Indian ` Territory, an a peal from such assessment may be taken within sixty days by originsil petition to be filed in United States court in the district in which such city or town is located, and the question of the amount and le ality of such assessment, and the validity of the ordinance under which such assessment is made may be determined by such com. court and the costs of such proceeding shall be taxed and apportioned _ between the rties as the court shall find to be just and equitable. h§‘*;*§>:i£;d¤ *0 b° Sec. 27. Thht the lands belonging to the Choctaw, Chickasaw, Cherokee, Creek, or Seminole tribes, upon the dissolution of said tribes, shall - not become public lands nor property of the United States, but shall ‘ be held in trust by the United States for the use and benefit of the 4 Indians respectively comprising each of said tribes, and their heirs as the same shall appear by the rolls as finall concluded as heretofore Pnnm. and hereinafter provided for: Provided, That nothing herein con- orto be made under the provisions of this or any other Act of Congress. Tribazgcvernmenw Sec. 28. That the tribal existence and present tribal governments of °°H$f{,_85;_ the Choctaw, Chickasaw, Cherokee, Creek, and Seminole tribes or nations are hereby continued in full force and effect for all purposes authorized by law, until otherwise provided by law, but the tribal ' council or legislature in any of said tribes or nations shall not be in mama. session for a lon er period than thirty days in any one year: Prozrided, Re¤¤ri¤¤<>¤· That no act, ordinance, or resolution (except resolutions of adjourn- ' ment) of the tribal council or legislature of any of said tribes or nations shall be of any validity until approved by the President of the United €··¤¢¤¤¤- States: 1*7·02·2°ded_f’m·t}ze¢·, That no contract involving the payment or expenditure of any money or affecting any property belonging to any of said tribes or nations made by them or any of them or by any officer thereof, shall be of any validity until approved by the President of the United States. Hemi- Sec. 29. That all Acts and parts of Acts inconsistent with the provisions of this Act be, and the same are hereby, repealed. Approved, April 26, 1906. Agigi mi?. 1877.——An Act Creating an additional land office in the State of North ( [mh$1icik¤.1a0.]` Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Qlgtgiggfbz Du States ofrlmereleu in mg7·ex.s assembled, That all that portion of North disrricrcreuted.Dakota lying north of the twelfth standard parallel and west of a line beginning at the juncture of the range line between ranges ninety-two and ninety-three with the said twelfth standard parallel and running north to the fifteenth standard parallel, and thence west along the said fifteenth standard parallel to the range line between ranges ninetv—six and ninety-seven, and thence north along the said range line to the international boundary line, all west of the principal meridian, bc, and the same_is‘hereby, created into a separate land district. to he known omee. as the Williston district; and the land office for said district shall be
 * .,$ii3im°°°° °°° °" tained shall interfere with any allotments heretofore or hereafter made