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 F11rrr-N1Nrn oouennss. sms. 1. on. em. 1906. 545 shall be issued to said members, or to their heirs, as herein provided, and said moneys shall be distributed to said members, or to their heirs, as herein provided, and said members shall have full control of said lands, mone_ys, and mineral interests, except as hereinbefore provided. Sec. 6. That the lands. moneys, and mineral interests, herein pro- Right of inheritvided for, of any deceased member of the Osage tribe shall descend to °”°°‘ his or her legal heirs, according to the laws of the Territory of Oklahoma, or of the State in which said reservation may be hereinafter incorporated, except where the decedent leaves no issue, nor husband E*°°P“°“- nor wife, in which case said lands, moneys, and mineral interests must go to the mother and father equally. Sec. 7. That the lands herein provided for are set aside for the sole p,f;.f,'},j§§ *°" “"'”““€ ’ use and benefit of the individual members of the tribe entitled thereto, ` or to their heirs, as herein provided; and said members, or their heirs, _ shall have the right to use and to lease said lands for farming, grazing, or any other purpose not otherwise specifically provided for herein, and said members shall have full control of the same, including the proceeds thereof: Provided, That parents of minor members of the Q$ffg,'·,° ,,0,,,,0, tribe shall have the control and use of said minors’ lands, together with m1¤¤r¤’1¤¤¤¤- thpuproceeds of the same, until said minors arrive at their majority: A Eprovided jiort/cer, That all leases given on said lands for the A1»vmv¤1<>H¤¤¤¤=- bene t of the individual members of the tribe entitled thereto, or for their heirs, shall be subject only to the approval of the Secretary of the Interior. Sec. 8. That all deeds to said Osage lands or any part thereof shall D°°“’· be executed by the principal chief for the Osages, but no such deeds shall be valid until approved by the Secretary of the Interior. Sec. 9. That there shall be a biennial election of officers for the 'i,“°';,‘0€°§,{,_* Osage tribe as follows: A principal chief, an assistant principal chief, and eight members of the Osage tribal council, to succeed the officers electe in the year nineteen hundred and six, saidoflicefssto be elected at a general election to be held in the town of Pawhuska, Oklahoma Territor, on the first Monday in June; and the first election for said officers dull be held on the first Monday in June, nineteen hundred and eight, in the manner to be rescribed by the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, and said officers shall be elected for a (period of two years, commencing on the first day of July following said election, and 1n case of a vacancy in the office of principal chief, bly death, resignation, or otherwise, the assistant principal chief shal succeed to said office, and all vacancies in the Osage tribal council shall be filled in a manner to be prescribed by the Osage tribal council, and the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized to remove from the council an member or members thereof for good cause, to be by him determinedi · . Sec. 10. That public highways or roads, two rods in width, being *’¤'>“° ***8******F*- one rod on each side of all section lines, in the Osage Indian Reservation, may be established without any compensation therefor. Sec. 11. That all lands taken or condemned by any railroad com- PUEPQQ; *°' ‘““'°°‘* pany in the Osage Reservation, in pursuance of any Act of Congress v·>¤.32]p. 41. or regulation of the Degsirtment of the interior, for rights of way, station rounds. side trac s, stock pens and cattle yards, water stations, termin:5 facilities, and any other railroad purpose, shall be, and are hereby, reserved from selection and allotment and confirmed in such railroad companies for their use and benefit in the construction, operation, and maintenance of their railroads: Pr0vz'ded, That such ness-anim, railroad companies shall not take or acquire hereby any right or title to any oil, gas. or other mineral in any of said lands. Sec. 12. That all things necessary to carry into effect the provisions E“*°'°°’”°’“· of this Act not otherwise herein specifically provided for shall he done under the authority and direction of the Secretary of the Interior. . Approved, June 28, 1906. vor. xxxiv. rr `l——-35