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 SIXTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 199. 1908. B]5 or retain possession of restricted Indian lands, or to remove cloud therefrom, or clear title to the same, in cases where deeds, leases or contracts of any other kind or character whatsoever have been or shall be made contrary to law with res act to such lands prior to the removal therefrom of restrictions upon the alienation thereof; such suits to be brought on the recommendation of the Secretary of the Interior, without costs or charges to the allottees, the necessary expenses incurred - in so doing to be defrayed from the money appropriated by this act. Sec. 7. That no contest shall be instituted after sixt days from mf§g,¤g§*;,*,0g!fle;*,f¤¤· the date of the selection of any allotment hereafter made, nor after Time limited. ninety days from the approval of this Act in case of selections made prior thereto b or for_ any allottee of the Five Civilized Tribes, and, as early therealyter as practicable, deed or patent shall issue therefor. _ Sec. 8. That section twenty-three of an Act entitled "An Act to I,,‘f,‘Q‘_§}§s_°* ’““"’*°°d provide for the final disposition of the affairs of the Five Civilized bécknvwlgilsment ribes in the Indian Territory, and for other purposes," approved 5$°a§°{° O °h°m° _ fdpril twenty-sixth, nineteen hundred and six, is hereby amended by ding at the end of said section, the words "or a judge of a county ,,X§,l;,e,f"- P- *‘“’· court of the State of Oklahoma." _ Sec. 9. That the death of any allottee of the Five Civilized Tribes *“°°E°°f‘- shall operate to remove all restrictions upon the alienation of said ,d“§§‘,§f,‘§Q§f‘“ '°“‘°" allottee s land: Hwidcd, That no conveyance of an interest of any full—blood Indian heir in such land shall be valid unlyess approved by °v°ya°°°s' the court having jurisdiction of the settlement of the estate of said _ _ _ _ deceased allotteez Provided furtlwr That if any member of the Five ,,,{’gj’°’},‘}“§{’,'_§,,,‘{§, fg Civilized Tribes of one-half or more Indian blood shall die leaving issue 1¤¤1f—¤1<><¤¤ or mmsurviving, born since Marbh fourth, nineteen hundred and six, the homestead of such deceased allottee shall remain inalienable, unless restrictions against alienation are removed therefrom by the Secretary of the Interior in the manner provided in section one hereof, for the use and support of such issue, during their life or lives, until April _ twenty-sixth, nineteen hundred and thirty-one; but if no such issue I”°"’° °‘ “° ‘”“°‘ survive, then such allottee, if an adult, may dispose of his homestead by will free from all restrictions- if this be not done, or in the event the issue hereinbefore provided for die before April twenty-sixth, nineteen hundred and thirty-one, the land shall then descendy to the heirs, according to the laws of descent and distribution of the State of Oklahoma, free from all restrictions: Pravidedfurz/wr, That the pro- ,,,$}§Q°‘"°°‘“‘°"° visions of section twenty-three of the act of April twentysixth, nine- §g\},=’;4·¤- 146 teen hundred and six, as amended by this act, are ereby made " ' applicable to all wills executed under this section. _ `mc. 10. That the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized ,_,f,{‘,,",‘;",§‘,},Y,'}§f§C"i°"` and directed to pay out of any moneys in the Treasury of the United wf:({;:¢¤¤ 0* °“*· States, belonging to the Choctaw or Chickasaw nations respectively, °' any and all outstanding general and school warrants duly signed by the auditor of public accounts of the Choctaw and Chickasaw nations, and drawn on the national treasurers thereof prior toJanuary first, . nineteen hundred and seven, with six per cent interest per annum Pm,,0,_ from the respective dates of said warrants: .Pr0mIdecl, That said war- { ravine.: m mam rants be resented to the United States Indian agent at the Umon °"“ “°‘ Agency, hluskogee, Oklahomaanwithin sixty days from the passage of this act, to ether with the aili vits of the respective holders of said warrants that they purchased the same in good faith for avaluable consideration, and had no reason to suspect fraud in the issuance of To aww NYM said warrants: Provided furtlwr That such warrants remaining in the hands of the original payee shall be (paid by said Secretagy when it is shown that the services for which said warrants were issu were actually performed by said payee.