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FIFTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 1876. 1906. 141 schools as he may direct, and any of the tribal funds so set aside remaining unexpended when a public school 'system under a future State or Territorial government has been established, shall be distributed peiilcagitadamong the citizens of the nations, in the same manner as other un ‘ Sec. 11. That all revenues of whatever character accruing to the b'f*iB¤lt¤g{)¤¤¤¤¤,¤q Choctaw, Chickasaw, Cherokee, Creek, and Seminole tribes, whether oiniiérfc ° ySp°°l° before or after dissolution of the tribal governments, shall, after the approval hereof, be collected by an omcer appointed by the Secretary of the Interior under rules and regulations .to be prescribed by him; and he shall cause to be paid all lawful claims against said tribes which may have been contracted after July first, nineteen hundred and two, or for which warrants have been regularly issued, such payments to be made from any funds in the United States Treasury belonging to said tribes. All such claims arising before dissolution of the tribal govern- Payment of claims. ments shall be presented to the Secretary of the Interior within six months after such dissolution, and he shall make all rules and regulations necessary to carry this provision into effect and shall pay all expenses incident to the investigation of the validity of such claims or in ebtedness out of the tribal funds: Provided, That all taxes accruing }f;i<w¤v· under tribal laws or regulations of the Secretary of the Interior shall igliedlmll mms ami be abolished from and after December thirty-iirst, nineteen hundred and five, but this provision shall not prevent the collection after that date nor after dissolution of the tribal government of all such taxes due up to and including December thirty-first, nineteen hundred and five, and all such taxes levied and collected after the thirty-first day of R°*¤¤d- December, nineteen hundred and five, shall be refunded. Upon dissolution of the tribal governments, every officer, mem- “»;°°g‘tg*'*¤gg Qjiggi _ ber, or representative of said tribes, respectively, having in his pos- pmi»myf’ session, custody, or control any money or other property of any tribe shall make full and true account and report thereof to the Secretary of the lnterior, and shall pay all money of the tribe in his possession, custody, or control, and shall deliver all other tribal property! so held by him, to the Secretary of the Interior, and if any person s all will- F¤*l°’¤¤°¤¤°°¤¤'·· fully and fraudulently fail to account for all such money and property so held by him, or to pay and deliver the same as herein provided for sixty days from dissolution of the tribal government, he shall be deemed uilty of embezzlement and upon conviction thereof shall be punishef by a fine of not exceeding five thousand dollars or by impris- Penalty. onment not exceeding live years, or lay both such fine and imprisonment, according to the laws of the nited States relating to such offense, and shall be liable in civil proceedings to be prosecuted in behalf of and in the narneiipfltlhe tribe for the amount or value of the mone or ro ertv so wit IG . Smdi l2.p’l`liat the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to sell, uQ3°g;*;{ggCh*°k· upon such terms and under such rules and regulations as he may pre- san; of rinse rescribe, all lots in towns in the Choctaw and Chickasaw nations reserved §‘§§§§$ ‘°' “““"‘g from appraisement and sale for use in connection with the operation of coal and asphalt mining leases or for the occupancy of miners actually engaged in working for essces operating coal and asphalt mines, the *’¤>¢¢¤<*¤- proceeds arising frouitiuchfsalg tofbe dppoited in the Treasury of the United States as are o er un s o said ri es. If the purchaser of any town lot sold under the parovisions of law wgmjtym *0* Mnregarding the sale of town sites in the Choctaw, Chic saw, Cherokee, ` Creek, or Seminole nations fail for sixty days after approval hereof to ay the purchase price or any installment thereof then due, or shall faiiifor thirt f days to pay the purchase price or any installment thereof falling due hereafter, he shall forfeit all rights under his purchase, together with all money paid thereunder, and the Secretary of the Resale. Interior may cause the lots upon which such forfeiture is made to be