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FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 517. 1898. 515 to select from the lands of said nation an amount equal to one hundred and sixty acres, and use and occupy the same until the allotments therein provided are made. · 4. All controversies arising between the members of said nationas 4;.,,,;,.,,.,,,;,,, as to to their rights to have certain lands allotted to them shall be settled by ’*u°*¤¤°¤°¤· the commission making allotments. 5. The United States shall put each allottee in unrestricted posses- P<>¤¤¤¤¤i<>¤- sion of his allotment and remove therefrom all persons objectionable to the allottee. 6. The excess of lands after allotment i completed, all funds derived m£3:·¤¤i¤¤ MM- from town sites, and all other funds accruing under the provisions of this agreement shall be used for the purpose of eqnalizing allotments, valued as herein provided, and if the same be found insufficient for such purpose, the deficiency shall be supplied from other funds of the nation upon dissolution of its tribal relations with the United States, in accordance with the purposes and intent of this agreement. · 7. The residue of the lands, with the improvements thereon, if any mss1c of residue or there be, shall be appraised separately, under the direction of the Sec- ‘°°°‘ retary of the Interior, and said lands and improvements sold in tracts of not to exceed one hundred and sixty acres to one person, to the highest bidder, at public auction, for not less than the appraised value per acre of land; and after deducting the appraised value of the lands, the remainder of the purchase money shall be paid to the owners of the improvement. 8. Patents to all lands sold shall be issued in the same manner as to P¤¢¤¤¢¤· allottees. SPECIAL ALLOT1mN1*s. Special momma. 9. There shall be allotted and patented one hundred and sixty acres each to Mrs. A. E. W. Robertson and Mrs. H. F. Buckner (nee Gray- son) as special recognition of their services as missionaries among the people of the Creek Nation. 10. Harrell Institute, Henry Kendall College, and Nazareth Institute, in Muscogee, and Baptist University, near Muscogee, shall have free of charge, to be allotted and patented to said institutions or to the churches to which they belong, the grounds they now occupy, to be ` used for school purposes only and not to exceed ten acres each. RESERVATIQNS, ~ Reservations. 11. The following lands shall be reserved from the general allotment · hereiubefore provided: All lands hereinafter set apart for town sites; all lands which shall be selected for town cemeteries by the town·site commission as hereinafter provided; all lands that may be occupied at the time allotment begins by railroad companies duly authorized by Congress as railroad rights of way; one hundred sixty acres at Okmulgee, to be laid off as a town, one acre of which, now occupied by the capitol building, being especially reserved for said public building; one acre for each church now located and used for purposes of worship outside of the towns, and sufficient land for burial purposes, where neighborhood burial grounds are now located; one hundred sixty acres each, to include the building sites now occupied, for the following educational institutions: Eufaula High School, Vilealaka Mission, New Yaka Mission, Wetumpka Mission, Euchee Institute, Coweta Mission, Creek Orphan Home, Tallahassee Mission (colored), Pecan Creek Mission (colored), and Colored Orphan Home. Also four acres each for the six courthouses now established. X ritrnns. TMS- 12. As soon as practicable after the completion of said allotments P***°¤‘* ’°’“°“°°* the principal chief of the Mnscogee or Creek Nation shall execute under his hand and the seal of said nation, and deliver to each of sa1d allottees, a patent, conveying to him all the right, title, and interest of