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Show COMNISSIONEB OF 'INDIAN AFFAIBB. 97 The following tahle presents data cooonrning the same: T D 2~3.-R &&ia as lo d e nmn i d a l andprluate schools. when Enrollment. Name of aehml. I~cation. lished. White. I~ndian. Total .................1. .................... ..................................... 1,6701 1,165 LEASES. Leasing and sale of .allotted lands of the Creek Nation.-In my last annual report the provisions of the regulations of July-10, 1903, gov-erning the leasing and sale of allotted lands in the Creek Nation were fully discussed. As there stated, under sections 16 and 17 of the Creek supplemental agreement, approved by act of June 30, 1902 (32 Stats., 500), and ratified by the Creek council on July 26, 1902, allottees may lease their lands for one year for grazing purposes and five years for agricultural purposes without departmental consent or approval. Leases for such purposes may be made for longer periods with the consent of the Department, as may also mineral leases. Under that act Creek allottees, with the consent of the Department, have authority to dispose of their allotments, except the homestead of 40 acres, which can not be alienated for twenty-one years from the date of the approval of the supplemental agreement, and during this period remains nontaxable. Regulations to carry into effect the pro-visions of sections 16 and 17 were first prescribed by the Department December 5, 1902, and they were subsequently amended on Jan-uary 1 and May 4, 1i03. It was the desire of the Department to leave, so far as practicable, the saleof land to individual Creek citizens, in order that they might obtain experience in business transactions. It was found that the regulations were unsatisfactory and did not protect the interests of the allottees, as allottees were willing, and in many instgnoes attempted, to convey their land for much less than its actual worth. The result was the promulgation of the regulations 10170--0b7 |