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Show Fort Smith and the Arkansas and Poteau rivers and extending up the Potean River to the mouth of Mill Creek. Third. The making of the enrollment of the tribes by the commission to the Five Civilized Tribes, known as the Dawq Commission, concln-sive as to the membership of each tribe. This provision will, when exeontad, determine definitely the membership of the tribes and dispose of all elaims to citizenship, which, as stated in another part of this report, have complicated the qnestion of intrnders. Fonrth. The allotment of lands in severalty to the members of the tribes by the Dawes Commission, so far as the use and occupancy of the lands may be concerned, reserving all minerals for the benefit of the tribes. Fifth. The leasing by the Secretary of the Interior of the mineral lands of the diferont tribes under regulations to be prescribed by him. Sixth. Providing for the incorporation of cities and towns in the Ter-ritory under the provisions of chapter 29 of Mansfield's Digest of the Statutes of Arkansas, if not already incorporated nnder said chapter. Seventh. Providing for surveying and laying out town sites and for the appraisal and sale of town lots within the Territory. Eighth. Providingfor the payment of all rents and royaltiesdne and payable to the tribes into the Treasnry of the United States tn the credit of the tribes, respectively, under regulations to be prescribed by thesecretary of the Interior, and prohibiting the collection of the same by any individuals for the tribe, but permitting the leasing by indi-viduals of their allotments, except as to minerals. Ninth. Prohibiting the payment of any moneys on any account what-ever to the tribal governments for disbursement; providing that the payment of all sums to members of the tribes shall be made by a dis-bnrsing ofEoer of the Government, nnder the direction of the Secretary of the Interior; and declaring that per-capita payments to be made direct to individuals shall not be liable to the payment of any pre-viously contracted obligation. Tenth. Directing the enrollment of the freedmen of the Chickasaw Nation and the allotment of lands to them, snbject to the determina-tion of their rights nuder the treaty of 1866 (14 Stats., 769), in a manner to be provided hereafter by Congress. Eleventh. Declaring all grgring leasesmade prior to January 1,1898, to be terminated on April 1,1809, and all farming leases made prior to January 1,1898, to be terminated on Jaunary 1,1900, and all leases made subsequently to Jannary 1,1898, to be void and null. Twelfth. Anthorinng the segregation of 167,600 acres of lands in the Cherokee Nation for the Delawares, subject to the adjudication, by the Court of Claims and the Supreme Court, of the rights of the Delawares in a suit to be brought by them, and giving those courts jurisdiction to try such suit. Thirteenth. Prohibiting the enforcement of the laws of the various tribes by the Unitod States courts in the Indian Territory. |