656 FIFIY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. (Jn. 1362. 1902. U°° °*"°”°’· °*°· Interior upon the Treasurer of the United States. Until otherwise provided by law, the Secretary of the Interior may, under rules prescribed for that purpose, regulate and control the use of the water of said springs and creeks and the temporary use and occupation of the lands so ceded. No person shall occupy any portion of the lands so ceded, or car on any business thereon, except as provided in said ` rules, and uniiilr otherwise provided by Congress the laws of the United @};?·,(‘j,‘,*§;;,‘,}’e,,*f‘*°" States relating to the introduction, possession, sale, and giving away of liquors or intoxicants of any kind within the Indian country or Indian reservations shall be applicable to the lands so ceded, and said lands shall remain within the ]urisdiction of the United States court Iaomira. fdr the southern district of Indian Territory: Provided, fzawecer, That . Inothing contained in this section shall be construed or held to commit the Government of the United States to any expenditure of money upon said lands or the improvements thereof, except as provided herein, it being the intention of this provision that in the future the lands and improvements herein mentioned shall be conveyed by the United States to such Territorial or State organization as may exist at the time when such conveyance is made. m*=°“*¤°°”* Mrscmnisnnous. e,X”¤¤*¤ *°' ’“*¤°"· 65. The acceptance of patents for minors, lprisoners, convicts, and incompetents by persons authorized to select their allotments for them shall be sufficient to bind such minors, prisoners, convicts, and incompetents as to the conveyance of all other lands of the tribes. R‘°°°"”"""°““· 66. All patents to allotments of land, when executed, shall be recorded in the office of the Commission to the Five Civilized Tribes within said nations in books appropriate for the purpose, until such v¤1.a0,p.sua time as Congress shall make other suitable provision for record of . land titles as provided in the Atoka agreement, without expense to the grantee; and such records shall have like effect as other public records. . 3i° ¤*“'“°“°¤ °* 67. The provisions of section three of the act of Congress a roved uiitiijsi>ii>tfs·s9(t?°"' June twenty-eightb, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight (30 Stagg 495), shall not apply to or in any manner affect the lands or other property of the Choctaws and Chickasaws or Choctaw and Chickasaw freedmen.
- ¤°°¤¤*S“*”‘ l""- 68. No act of Congress or treaty provision. nor any rovision of the
Atoka a reement, inconsistent with this agreement. shall be in force · in said Choctaw and Chickasaw nations. °°¤¤'°"°'“*°*- 69. All controversies arising between members as to their right to select rticular tracts of land shall be determined by the Commission to the Tire Civilized Tribes. m$eg{;¤ggn,‘;Q)r:ll°*· 70, Allotments may be selected and homesteads designated for minors ` by the father or mother, if members. or by a guardian or curator. or the administrator having charge of their estate, in the order named: and for prisoners. convicts, aged and iniirm persons by duly appointed agents under ower of attorney; and for incompetents by guardians. curators. or other suitable person akin to them: but it shall be the dutv of said Commission to see that said selections are made for the best interests of such parties. C°¤°°"·°· 71. After the expiration of nine months after the date of the ori '- nal selection of an allotment, by or for any citizen or freedmen of tile Choctaw or Chickasaw tribes. as provided in this agreement, no con- _ test shall be instituted against such selection. ·.f.*},§,{’,{§‘g§*,¤,‘g§§,,_2’ T2, There shall be paid to each citizen of the Chickasaw Nation, Pwr. ¤>-1¤58- immediately after the approval of his enrollment and right to participate in distribution of tribal property. as herein provided, the sum of forty dollars. Such payment shall be made under the direction of the
