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 272 F1FTY·NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 3335. 1906. of recording district numbered twelve, which is in the Cherokee and Creek nations) comprise all the territory now constituting the Cherokee, Creek, and Seminole nations, and the Indian reservations lying northeast of the Cherokee Nation, within said State. Di¤¤’*°'N°-*~ That district numbered -four shall comprise all that territory now constituting the Choctaw Nation, that part of recording district numbered twelve which is in the Cherokee and Creek nations, that part of recording district numbered twenty-five which is in the Chickasaw Nation, and the territory comprising recording districts numbered sixteen, twenty-one, twenty-two, and twenty-six, in the Indian Territo . I>i•¤·1¤¤N¤. 5. Thatzstrict numbered five shall comprise the counties of Greer, Roger Mills, Kiowa, Washita, Comanche, Cleveland, and Pottawatomie, and the territory comprising recording districts numbered seventeen, eighteen, nineteen, and twenty, in the Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territo. F*,:g,*v**:* {5GB3g'; And ze said Representatives, together with the governor and other $1eeu when wlmi- officers rovided for in said constitution, shall be e ected on the same ‘“"°"l"°°°°°"‘ day of the election for the ratification or rejection of the constitution; . and until said officers are elected and qualified under the provisions of such constitution and the said State IS admitted into the Union, the Territorial officers of Oklahoma Territory shall continue to discharge the duties of their respective offices in said Territory. . w$ °* "“"’ ‘°’ Sec. 7. That upon the admission of the State into the Union sections numbered sixteen and thirty-six, in every township in Oklahoma Terl'll}0, and all indemnit lands heretofore selected in lieu thereof, are herd; granted to the State for the use and benefit of the common Qflhmexemptcd schoois: Provided, That sections sixteen and thirty-six embraced in from ¤¤1¤¤¤¤¤· permanent reservations for national purposes shall not at any time be sub'ect to the grant nor the indemnity provisions of this Act, nor shafl any lands embraced in Indian, military, or other reservations of any character, nor shall land owned by Indian tribes `or individual members of any tribe be subjected to the grants or to the indemnity provisions of this Act until the reservation shall have been extin uished and such lands be restored to and become a part of the public domain: <'~>¤°***°¤- Ilwmieled, That there is sufficient untaken public land within said State mQ.*:;,'j§gj* °*¤’*¤“ to cover this grant: And { rmwided, That incase any of the lands herein - " ranfed to the State of (dlclahoma have heretofore been confirmed to do Territory of Oklahoma for the purposes specified in this Act, the almount so confirmed shall be deducted from the quantity specified in t is Act. _-***1**** **"**“**** *°f There is hereb appropriated out of an · money in the Treasury $ii°*iZ»iii¤4ii$,`ii°iaI¤i not otherwise appiiopiigted, the shun of five million dollars for the use and benefit of the common schools of said State in lieu of sections sixteen and thirty-six, and other lands of the Indian 'l`erritory. Said appropriation shall be paid by the Treasurer of the United States at such time and to such person or persons as may be authorized by said nymtmmisrami. State to receive the same under laws to be enacted by said State, and until said State shall enact such laws said appropriation shall not be paid, but said State shall be allowed interest thereon at the rate of three per centum per annum, which shall be paid to said State for Tr·¤··r··r<···¢<··¤. the use and benefit of its public schools. Said a propriation of five million dollars shall be held and invested by said State, in trust, for. the use and benefit of said schools, and the interest thereon shall be """"'”· _ used exclusively in the sulpport and maintenance of said schools: Prn- °,§‘;lP;‘e‘;;§§$’(§,;‘§{;‘{ vided, That nothing in t is Act contained shall repeal or affect any wmi- Act of Congress re ating to the Sulphur Springs Reservation as now dehned or as may be hereafter defined or extended, or the power of the United States over it or any other lands embraced in the State hereafter set aside by Congress as a national park, game preserve, or