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Show of July 10, 1903, under which this work has been satisfactorily conducted. Creek allottees who desire to dispose of their surplus lands are required to apply to the Indian agent by petition for permission to do so. The land is listed for sale by posting a description thereof in the Indian agent's o5ce and it is advertised for eixty days from the date of listimg, in the Muskogee Phoenix, published at Muskogee, Indiin Territory. During the interim sealed proposals are accepted by the Indian agent for the purchase of any tract so listed and adver-tised. The land is appraised by an employee of Union Agency, which appraisement is secret. At the expiration of sixty days the bids are opened by the Indian agent in the presence of bidders and other interested persons, and the land is awarded to the highest and best bidder; provided the highest bid equals or exceeds the appraised value. Such award, however, is subject to the consent of the allottee; he may elect to accept or to reject the bid.' If the allottee rejects the bid, the Indian agent may, in his discretion, relist the land; but if he is of the opinion that the price offered is the reasonable value of the - land, and if it equals or exceeds the appraised value, he may refuse to relist the land immediately. From the date of the promulgation of the regulations to the close of the fiscal year ended June 30,1904, the listing and sale of lands was &s follows: TABLE2 3.-Land listed and aold in Oreek Natiu. Tracts u on which bids have been opened: d l f a t e d f or sale ............................................. 188 67 688.85 ........................ Awaded and paid for :. ........................................... 466 40:496.m . Rejected, below apprmement .................................... 180 2S,UlotlO.S6.. ...................... Rejected by allotteea. ......................................... 48 8,7n.48 Amount received byaJlotteea for !and sold ............................................ 8488,1m.64 Amoullt iorieited by successful bldders who rehlsedm complete bids ..................................................................--........-.....-...- -478.20 m- t 8 u wn which bids have not been onened: ~ .~ ~ With'dmwu b y 8 l l o t t eL. ....................................... ............ ............ 1 IS 1 1 Now being aduertieed ............................................. 291 ........................ Petition! canceled by death of petitioner before bide were open= .......................................................... S ........................ Total ................................................. .-.1-.1.-1... 8W %,Ol7,41 ............ There were also listed 207 tracts-18,006.78 acres--in freedmen allot-ments, of which 16 sales, aggregating 1,279.11 acres, were canceled by reason of the provisions of the act of April 21,1904 (33 Stabs., 189), which is more fully discussed on page 102. No bids were received for 137 tracts listed, covering 11,330.44 acres. The total number of tracts listed for sale was 1,439, covering 121,888.47 acres. Of the Creek deeds, 359 have been approved, 9 have been disap-proved, and 32 are now under consideration. Checks for those last mentioned have not yet been delivered. |