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Show The total tribal enrollment' of the Five Civiliwd Tribes corrected to date is 101,519 enrolled members, to all of whom have been made complete allotments of land or payments of money in lieu of land except in the Creek Nation,'where partial allotments of the value of $800 have been made. Of these, 64,339 are by operation of law in the unrestricted class, while 37,180 are in the restricted class.. This nymber is further reduced hy.removal of restrictions and by death in 5,177 cases, leaving 32,003 restricted Indians on June 30, 1916. . . The total area of the =ve Civilized Tribes is 19,525,966 acres, of which 15,794,238 acres have been allotted, 139,284 acres have been reserved for town sites, railroad rights of way, coal and asphalt seg-regation, churches, schools, cemeteries,. and other public purposes, and 2,673,828 acres have been sold, leaving 918,616 acres unsold, of which there will be offered from October 4 to October 31, 1916, 907,500 acres, and if all offered is sold there will remain 11,116 acres unallotted and unsold land among the-Five Civilized Tribes. . Since September 11,1900, a total of 309 towns with various additions have . been surveyed ana platted-by the Government in the Creek, Cherokee, Choctaw, and Chickasaw Nations, for which the tribes have received . . from sale thereof a total of. $4,540,432.69. During the year 6,406 suits of th; 27,494 .separate suits instituted in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Ok-lahoma under the act of Congress approved May 27,1908, to set aside illegal conveyances of restricted allotted lands, have been dismissed or otherwise disposed of. Prior to July '1,1915,19,890 of these suits were closed, now leaving 7,604 suits still pending and undetermined. Eighteen field clerks have been stationed through the 40 counties comprising the Five Civilized Tribes, with headquarters located usually at county. seats, and each field clerk has in his district an average of about 1,800 restricted Indians. During the last fiscal year 112 houses and 32 barns were erected from land hnds under the supervision of the field clerks for the benefit of restricted allottees. Since May 27, 1908, restrictions on alienation have been removed from 504,567.44 acres of land, which together with the six acts of Congress, to wit, act of July 1, 1902, act of April 21, 1904, section . - 16 of the Creek agreement of July 1, 1902, act of May 27,1908, act of May 29, 1908, and act of March 3, 1903, removed the restrictions . on alienation from a total of 12,518,140 acres. - PROBATE WORK IN OKLAIibEA. , During the present fiscal year the probate work in the Five Civil-ized Tribes has proceeded along well-organized lines and in a thor-. ough and effective manner. |