| OCR Text |
Show 84 REPORT OF THE CO~SSIONER OF INDIAN AFFAIRB. The difference between this total and the total amount collected was received on account of board of pupils, board of teachers, sale of jail property, eta. In the Creek Nation the collections were: Coal royalty ............................................. $1,605.29 Hay royalty .................................... ... .... 26.50 Occupation tax .......................................... 3.00 'Pasture tax ............................................. 24,795.70 Timber confiscated and sold .............................. 20.00 Payment8 on town lots .................................. 211,410.22 From June 28,1898, when the Government took charge of affairs in the Indian Territory, to June 30, 1903, there was collected as roy-alty on coal and asphalt for the Choctaw and Chickasaw nations a total of $957,586.40. TlMT3ER AND STONE. For the procurement of timber for domestic and industrial purposes in the Indian Territory, in accordance with the provisions of the act of June 6,1900, as amended by the act of January 21,1903, contracts have been enteredinto with the following-named corporations and per-sons: Eugene A. Kline, Dennis B. Hussey, Hobart-Lee Tie Company. The contract in favor of A. McLeod has been extended. Stone con-tracts are the Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway Chmpny, whose old contract was extended, and the St. Louis and San Francisco Bail-road Company. SALE AND LEAEIP; OF ALLOITED LANDS. Sale of Creek allotments.-Under the provisions of sections 16 and 17 of the Creek supplemental agreement allottees may lease their lands for one year for grazing purposes and five years for agricultural purposes without the consent of the Department. Leases may be made for these purposes for longer periods with the Department's consent, and mineral leases may also be so made. Creek alIottees, with the consent of the Department, have authority to sell their d o t - ments, except the homestead, which can not be alienated for twenty-one years from the date of the approval of the supplemental agree-ment, to wit, July 26, 1902. During this period the homestead of 40 acres is nontaxable. December 5,1902, the Department prescribed regulations to carry into effect the provisions of sections 16 and 17 of the supplemental agreement. These regulations were subsequently amended on Jan-uary 21 and May 4, 1903. In prescribing them the Department desired, as far as practicable, to leave the sale of land to individual Creek citizens, in order that they might become more proficient in business transactions. Under the provisions of the regulations as |
