510 FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 517. 1898. other lot or lots in the same town, to be used for the same purpose and with the same conditions and limitations. _ _ _ _ Coal spa upimn, It is agreed that all the coal and asphalt within the limits of the P"’l’°""Y “‘· Choctaw and Chickasaw nations shall remain and be the common property of the members of the Choctaw and Chickasaw tribes (freedmen excepted), so that each and every member shall have an equal and undivided interest in the whole ; and no patent provided for in this agree-
- "¤¤¤°¤ *`°* °*l¤¤=*· ment shall convey any title thereto. The revenues from coal and
°°”‘ asphalt, or so much as shall be necessary, shall be used for the education of the children of Indian blood of the members of said tribes. -¢¤¤¤@•>¤¤ ¤¤ ¤¤i>¤r· Such coal and asphalt mines as are now in operation, and all others "‘° “‘"'°“‘ which may hereafter be leased and operated, shall be under the supervision and control of two trustees, who shall be appointed by the President of the United States, one on the recommendation of the Principal Chief of the Choctaw Nation, who shall be a Choctaw by blood, whose term shall be for four years, and one on the recommendation of the Governor of the Chickasaw Nation, who shall be a Chickasaw by blood, whose term hall be for two years; after which the term of appointees shall be four years. Said trustees, or either of them, may, at any time, be removed by the President of the United States for good cause shown. They shall each give bond for the faithful performance of their duties, under such rules as may be prescribed by the Secretary of the ·-¤'°P°’*~°*°· Interior. Their salaries shall be fixed and paid by their respective nations, each of whom hall make full report of all his acts to the Secretary of the Interior quarterly. All such acts shall be subject to the approval of said Secretary. h{f)°g,jE{jj,¤1;:g3,”Qt;€ All coal and asphalt mines in the two nations, whether now devel- ` oped, or to be hereafter developed, shall be operated, and the royalties therefrom paid into the Treasury of the United States, and shall be drawn therefrom under such rules and regulations as shall be prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior. mg·]j£_gr¤$;;¤0gf)Ifg;j All contracts made by the National Agents of the Choctaw and mag. Chickasaw Nations for operating coal and asphalt, with any person or corporation, which were, on April twenty-third, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, being operated in good faith are hereby ratified and confirmed, and the lessee shall have the right to renew the same when they expire, subject to all the provisions of this Act. mg{giQ;:°{n%Qg§;g;j All agreements heretofore made by any person or corporation with any dividuullytbr right m member or members of the Choctaw or Chickasaw nations, the object °P°”*°· of which was to obtain such member or members’ permission to operate {’{_"_jj*g,wm_ sump coal or asphalt, are herebydeclaredvoid: Provided, That nothing herein
- s¤L.Ln»ic..¤g»¤»..¤- contained shall impair the rights of any holder or owner of a leasehold
““P*“"“ interest in any oil. coal rights, asphalt, or mineral which have been assented to by act of Congress, but all such interests shall continue unimpaired hereby and shall be assured by new leases from such trustees of coal or asphalt claims described therein, by application to the trustees within six months after the ratitication of this agreement, subject, however, to payment of advance royalties herein provided for. r..-uw-. Me.-!.: ..:3 All leases under this agreement shall include the coal or asphaltum,
- ""· or other mineral, as the case may be. in or under nine hundred and
sixty acres, which shall be in a square as nearly as possible, and shall l=··>·=·1¤···¤····=·l- be for thirty years. The royalty on coal shall be fifteen cents per ton of two thousand pounds on all coal mined, payable on the 25th day of —¤~·¤·h#·1v· the month next succeeding that in which it is mined. Royalty on {jm::}·i(_n __", my asphalt shall be sixty cents per ton, payable same as coal: Proridul, ¤nf.~...·n·.l" That the Secretary of the Interior may reduce or advance royalties on coal and asphalt when he deems it for the best interests of the Choctaws and Chickasaws to do so. No royalties shall be paid except into the United States Treasury as herein provided. m-¢y};·;¤Z<[;·¢cl;;;‘¤¤¤¤l All lessees shall pay on each coal or asphalt claim at the rate of one ~ " ‘hundred dollars per annum, in advance, for the iirst and second years; two hundred dollars per annum, in advance, for the third and fourth years; and five hundred dollars for each succeeding year thereafter. All such payments shall be treated as advanced royalty on the mine or
