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 TREATY WITH THE CHICKASAWS. 1832. 383 now living on the same section, the oldest occupant will be entitled to remain, and the others must move off to some other place if so required by the oldest occupant. All of which tracts of land, so selected and retained, shall be held, and occupied by the Chickasaw people, uninterrupted until they shall find and obtain a country suited to their wants and condition. And the United States will guaranty to the Chickasaw G,,,,,.,,,,,, by nation, the quiet possession and uninterrupted use of the said reserved U. S. tracts of land, so long as they may live on and occupy the same. And when gmc;. when they shall determine to remove from said tracts of land, the Chick- ¤¤?W¤ deterasaw nation will notify the President of the United States of their deter- {'}:'° :,’iff";$"°· mination to remove, and thereupon as soon as the Chickasaw people rrotiige, arg, 8 shall remove, the President will proclaim the said reserved tracts of land for sale at public auction and at private sale, on the same terms and conditions, as is provided for in the second article of this treaty, to sell the same, and the nett proceeds thereof, to be paid to the Chickasaw nation, as is provided for in the third article of this treaty. Amucne V. If any of the Chickasaw families shall have made valua- Improvements ble improvements on the places where they lived and removed from, on 2; be “l“°d· the reservation tracts, the same shall be valued by some discreet person °' to be appointed by the President, who shall assess the real cash value of all such improvements, and also the real cash value of all the land within their improvements, which they may have cleared and actually cultivated, at least one year in good farming order and condition. And such valuation of the improvements and the value of the cultivated lands as before mentioned, shall be paid to the person who shall have made the same. To be paid out of the proceeds of the sales of the ceded lands. The person who shall value such land and improvements, shall give to the owner thereof, a certificate of the valuation, which shall be a good voucher for them to draw the money on, from the proper person, who shall be appointed to pay the same, and the money shall be paid, as soon as may be convenient, after the valuation, to enable the owner thereof to provide for their families on their journey to their new homes. The provisions of this article are intended to encourage industry and to enable the Chickasaws to move comfortably. But least the good intended may be abused, by designing persons, by hiring hands and clearing more land, than they otherwise would do for the benefit of their families-It is determined that no payment shall be made for improved lands, over and above one-eighth part of the tract allowed and reserved for such person to live on and occupy. Aruucnn VI. The Chickasaw nation cannot receive any part of the S,,,,,°y0,._g°_ payment for their land untill it shall be surveyed and sold; therefore, neral to be upin order to the greater facility, in surveying and preparing the land for P°*¤*°d· &·°- sale, and for keeping the business of the nation separate and apart from the business and accounts of the United States, it is proposed by the Chickasaws, and agreed to, that a Surveyor General be appointed by the President, to superintend alone the surveying of this ceded country or so much thereof as the President may direct, who shall appoint a sufficient number of deputy surveyors, as may be necessary to com—pIete the survey, in as short a time as may be reasonable and expedient. '1‘hat the said Surveyor General be allowed one good clerk, and one good draftsman to aid and assist him in the business of his office, in preparing the lands for sale. It is also agreed that one land office be Land ottiee. established for the sale of the lands, to have one Register and one Receiver of monies, to be appointed by the President, and each Register and Receiver to have one good clerk to aid.and assist them in the duties of' their office. The Surveyor’s office, and the office of the Register and Receiver of money, shall be kept somewhere central in the nation, at such place as the President of the United States may direct. As the