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Show 26, 1906 (34 Stah. L., 145). The agent reports that he received during the year 812 petitions from persons residing in these nations, and that 1,582 miles of road have been established and ordered opened. As a general rule, tenants and others residing in the different nations have cooperated with the Government in carrying out the law. PLACING ALLOTTEES IN POSSESSION OF THEIR ALLOTMENTS Under the agreements with the Five Civilized Tribes it is the duty of the agent, on the issuance of an allotment certificate, to place the allottee in possession and to remove from the land all persons objec-tionable t~ him. The agent reports that there has been a matorial decrease in the number of complaints during the last year. The num- .her of written complaints received was 1,002, to which should be added 216 carried over from last year; 2,077 other camplaints were ' disposed of without formal hearing, and 875 formal cases were heard and adjusted. The agent experienced some difficulty in placing Cherokee allottees in possession of lands formerly held by freedmen who had been denied citizenship. Every obstacle was placed in his way and suits were brought to enjoin him from removing the intruders. Judge ;loseph A. Gill, of the northern district of the Indian Territory, issued a temporary injunction, but after a hearing the injunction was dissolved. It is estimated that some 2,000 persons who applied for enrollment as Cherokee freedmen are occupying lands allotted to enrolled citizens, and they will have to be ejected. ALIENATION OF ALLOTMENTS. By the act of April 21,1904 (33 Stat. L., 204), all re$rictions were removed from the alienation of lands allotted to citizens of the Five Civilized Tribes who are not of Indian blood, except homesteads and the lands of minors, and authority was granted to the Secretary of the Interior to use his judgment as to removing restrictions on the alienation of the surplus allotments of adult Indians. The following table shows the record up to June 30,1907: Ap~oued appticatias for r m w a l of restrictions a alienation of aZZotnz~nt6. -- Number Nation. I of SPP~I- Acreage. &timated ratlnna I I p~p~ -~ - ~ Chootaw .................................................. Chick-w .................. r ................................... Chemkee. ....................................................... Creek ........................................................ Beminole..~ ...................................................... Total ...................................................... 1,450 681 2,787 616 12 6,302 189,149.76 ' 84,817,098.24 62 299.46 1 888 368.00 1183267.11 6:20$,146. w 68,012.14 2,W5,08B.W --1.059.00 34,776.00 488,181.47 1 16,041.458.24 I |