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Show REPORT OR TEE OOHMISSIOBEE OF INDIAN ABTAIRS. 145 son, of Troy, Kans., and Wesley Burney, of Ardrnore, Ind. T.; one for the town of Muskogee, Creek Nation, consisting of Dwight W. Tuttle, of Connecticut, and John Adams and Benjamin Marshall, of the Indian Territory, and one for the town of Wagoner, consisting of Dr. Henry C. Linn, of Washington, D. C., and John Roark and Tony Proctor, of the Indian Territory. At first these commissions reported directly to and received their instructions from this office. But on account of the distance the office encountered much difficulty in supervising their work, and early in March, 1900, it recommended that they be instructed to report to and be under the direct supervision of the United Statea Indian inspector for the Indian Territory. March 26, 1900, the Department approved this recommendation. Since that time the commissions have reported to the inspector, who in turn transmits to the Department through this office such of their reports as he considers necessary. The Choctaw town-site commission commenced work at the town of Sterrett May 31, 1899. The work was completed early in August, 1899, and the commission then removed to Atoka. The workat Atoka was completed early in November, 1899, and about November 8 of that year the commission commenced work at South McAlester. The commission has completed the surveying and platting of South McAlester and has also supervised the platting of the towns of Guertie, Kiowa, Calvin, and Poteau, the last four having been surveyed and platted at the expense of the towns. The Chickasaw town-site commission surveyed and platted the town of Colbert and commenced work at Ardmore about September 7,1899. Early in February, 1901, the commission submitted for Department consideration a plat of the town of Ardmore. It was ascertained that this plat was inaccurate and that it would be necessary to make a resurvey of the entire town; the commission was therefore furloughed February 14, 1901. The act of May 31, 1900 (31 Stab., 221), author-izes the Secretary of the Interior, under rules and regulations to be prescribed by him, "to survey, lay out, and plat into town lots, streets, alleys and parks the sites of such towns and villages" in the different nations which have a population of 200 or more. In accordance with this act Ardmore was resurveyed, under the supervision of the inspector until about July 17,1901, when Arthur W. Hefley, of Downs, Kans., who had been appointed chairman of the commission to succeed Mr. Johnson, reported for duty. The plat of Ardmore has not yet been submitted for final consideration. Muskogee town-site commission.-August 25, 1900, the United States district court for the northern district of the Indian Territory, on the application of the principal chief of the Creek Nation, in conjunction with N. B. Moore, a citizen of the nation, granted an injunction 8593-01-10 |