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 446 SIXTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 216. 1908. ouaumm. Sec. 6. That the Act of April thirtieth, nineteen hundred and eight, reading as follows: * Bureau of cnnmim “The Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorizedto issueapatent I“l¥,°'{,*,£°q',';,p.w to the Bureau of Catholic Indian Missions for the southeast qlparter of ‘ range twenty-four east of the Indian meridian, Indian erritory, the same having been set apart to the Roman Catholic Church for c urch and school plurposes by the Quapaw national council, on August twenty-fourt, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, and said church havi maintaine a church and school thereon since that date " be arnehded to read as follows: xw ““° °°" "The Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized to issue a patent 4»e¢.p.8s,•.¤¤¤aeu. to the Bureau of Catholic Indian Missions for the southwest iiluarter of the northeast quarter of section six, township twenty-eig t north, ` range twentyjour east of the Indian meridian, Indian Territory, the same having en set apart to the Roman Catholic Church for c urch and school plurposes by the Quapaw national council, on August twenty-fourt, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, and said church having maintame a church and school thereon since that date. " oklshcm. Sec. 7. That in addition to the towns heretofore segregated, surv£°g:'¥•i£$:°:¤g2h veyed, and scheduled in accordance with law, the Secretary of the gvggogd °"*°‘“*‘ Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized to segregate an survey ` within that part of the territory of the Choctaw an C ickasaw nations, State of Oklahoma, heretofore segregated as coal and asphalt land, such other towns, parts of towns, or town lots, as are now in exist— Ap1>¤i¤¤|. cw. ence, or which he may deem it desirable to establish. He shall cause the surface of the lots in such towns or parts of towns to be appraised, scheduled, and sold at the rates, on the terms, and with the same char- 1 V<>1.¤>.r.w¤- acter of estate as is provided in section twenty-nine of the Act of Congress approved June twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and ninety- eight (Thirtieth Statutes at Large, (page four hundred and ninety-tive), used? nd ¤¤1>h¤i¤ under regulations to be prescribe by him. That the provisions of vo, M v_ ,,,_ section t irteen of the Act of Congress approved April twenty-sixth, ` nineteen hundred and six (Thirty-fourth Statutes at Large, page one hundred and thirty-seven), shall not apply to town lots appraised and rxpemss. sold as provided herein. That all expenses incurred in surveying, platting, and selling the lots in any town or parts of towns shall be paid from the proceeds of the sale of town lots of the nation in which such town is situate. g:¤¤g:g_N3ji;m&_ Sec. 8. That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, mmhh mms chem- authorized and directed to pay, out of any funds in the Treasury white citizens of the said Cherokee tribe placed on the iinal approved rolls of the said Cherokee tribe by the Secretary of the Interior pursuant to an opinion of the Supreme Court of the United States in the case of Danie Red Bird against The United States, the share or shares to which they are entitled in the funds of the Cherokee Nation on account of fpayments heretofore made out of said Cherokee funds to members 0 the Cherokee Nation, but in which payments said intermarried white Cherokee citizens did not participate and to which they were entitled in accordance with the iindings of the Supreme Court in the said case of Daniel Red Bird a inst The United States, said intermarried white Cherokee citizens %v‘ing married into the Cherokee Nation prior to November tirst, eighteen hundred and seventydive, rsymenn to nam, and not having since abandoned their citizenship. In case any of said °°°‘ intermarried Cherokee white citizens have died since final enrollment their share or shares in the money distributed shall be id to their hmm. heirs or legal representatives: Provided. however, That th; Cherokee mg!"`" "°'°’*‘ Nation shall have the right to protest against the payment of an y claim to any such person or persons and upon the protest being filed by or
 * ¤°¤· the northeast quarter of section six, township twent§:eig t north,
 * °° °“‘"“”· belonging to the Cherokee tribe of Indians, to those intermarried