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Show 146 REPORT OF THE O O ~ S I O N E R OW INDIAN AFFAIRS. restraining the commission from advertising for sale or selling any lots in Muskogee under the Curtis Act. Shortly thereafter the Department furloughed the members of the commission indefinitely, without pay. The plat of the town had been approved June 4, 1900. The com-mission was recently reinstated and the work of disposing of the lots, which is now being done under the provisions of the Creek agree-ment, is progressing satisfactorily. Wagoner town-site commission.-The plat of the town of Wagoner, prepared by this commission, was approved October 19, 1900, but in view of the action of the court in the Muskogee case, no steps were taken to sell any of the lots under the Curtis Act, and on April 23,1900, the commission was furloughed indefinitely, without pay. This com-mission has also been recently reinstated and is now proceeding with the work of disposing of the lots in Muskogee under the Creek agreement. Surveys of towns.-The acCot f May 31,1900 (31 Stats., 221), provides that the surveying, laying out, and platting of town sites shall be done by competent engineers. In addition to the surveyors who had previously been appointed by the Department for town-site work, the following surveyors have been appointed during the year: John G. Joyce, jr., John F. Fisher, E. E. Colby, Henry M. Tinker M. Z. Jones, J. T. Payne, Frank Hackelmann, C. E. Phillips, S. T. Emer-son, F. H. Boyd, and Charles L. Wood. These surveyors entered on duty at different dates between July 13, 1900, and March 22, 1901. Mr. Mark Kirkpatrick, who hadpreviohsly been surveyor for the Choo-taw town-site commission, has been engaged in regular town-site work, under the supervision of Inspector Wright, since December 14, 1900. The exterior limits of the following-named towns have been estah-lished: In the Choctaw Nation, the towns of- Enterprise. Grant. Canadian. Redoak. Wilburton. Wister. Coalgate. Spira. Heavener. Howe. Stigler. Cowlington. Whitefield. Antlers. Talihina. Durant. Hoyt. Allen. Tamaha. Krebs. Lehigh. Cameron. Wapauucka. McAlmter. Caddo. In the Chickasaw Nation, the town8 of- Comanche. Hickory. Center. Stonewall. Ada. Leon. Oakland. Terral. McGee. Ryan. Davie. Cumberland. Minco. Sulphur. Earl. Roff. OR. Tishomingo. Erin Springe. Pauls Valley. Berwyn. Minco. Kemp. Cornish. Durwood. Chickasha. Wynnewood. Connerville. Emet. Ravia. Yurcell. Paoli. Lebanon. Marietta. Pontotoo. Lonegrove. Marlow. Silo. Duncan. Mannwille. Johnson. |