642 FIFTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 1362. 1902. 7. Every word in this eimreement importing the masculine gender may extend and be a pli to females as well as males, and the use of the plural may includ)e also the singular, and vice versa. 8. The terms “ allottable lands " or "1ands allottable" shall be deemed to mean all the lands of the Choctaw and Chickasaw tribes not herein reserved from allotment. arrnarsmmmxr or LANDS. ,a;m“***°¤*°“’ °‘ 9. All lands belonging to the Choctaw and Chickasaw tribes in the ` Indian Territory, except such as are herein reserved from allotment, Qqj','§f,j,’, umu, shall be appraised at their true value: PromIded, That in determining 1•¤¤¤.em' such value consideration shall not be given to the location thereof, to any mineral deposits, or to any timber except such pine timber as may have been heretofore estimated by the Commission to the Five Civilized Tribes, and without reference to improvements which may be · located thereon. 10. The a praisement as herein provided shall be made by the Com- · mission to the Five Civilized Tribes, and the Choctaw and Chickasaw tribes shall each have a representative to be appointed by the respective executives to cooperate with the said Commission. Ammmnm or 1.AN1>s.
- “°*'¤°¤* °‘ ‘*“"'— 11. There shall be allotted to each member of the Choctaw and n
Chickasaw tribes, as soon as practicable after the approval bly the Secretary of the Interior of his enrollment as hereiuuprovided, and equal in value to three hundred and twenty acres of e avei allottable land of the Choctaw and Chickasaw nations, and to eachughoctaw and Chickasaw freedman, as soon as practicable after the approval by the Secretary of the Interior of his enrollment, land equal in value to forty acres of the average allottable land of the Choctaw and Chickasaw nations; to conform, as nearly as may be, to the areas and boundaries established by the Government survey, which land may be selected by each allottee so as to include his improvements. For the purpose of making allotments and designating homesteads hereunder, the forty- acre or quarter-quarter subdivisions established by the Government survey may be dealt with as if further subdivided into four equal parts in the usual manner, thus making the smallest legal subdivision ten acres, or a. quarter of a quarter of a quarter of a section. ‘ m§p¤:$:¢w*¤¤¤¤l*¢*¤· 12. Each member of said tribes shall, at the time of the selection of `his allotment. designate as a homestead out of said allotment land equal in value to one hundred and sixty acres of the average allottable land of the Choctaw and Chickasaw nations., as nearly as may be, which shall be inalienable during the lifetime of the allottee, not exceeding twenty-one years from the date of certificate of allotment, and separate certificate and patent shall issue for said homestead. m};,ll°lm°numfr°°d` 13- he allotment of each and ChiQk8Sa\\’ frggdmgn be inalienable durin the lifetime of the allottee, not exceeding twenty- one years from the date of certificate of allotment. ,;;,1; ay pirgglgiyg 14. When allotments as herein provided have been made to all citition.} p' zens and freedmen, the residue of lands not herein reserved or otherwise disposed of, if any there be, shall be sold at public auction under rules and regulations and on terms to be prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior, and so much of the proceeds as may be necessar for equalizing allotments shall be used for that purpose, and the baz ance shall be paid into the Treasury of the United States to the credit of the Choctaws and Chickasaws and distributed per capita as other funds of the tribes. 1°°'”¤'*¤¤°*· 15. Lands allotted to members and freedmen shall not be aifectcd or
