CERTIFICATE OF ALLOTMENT. No. CHEROKEE LAND OFFICE. This certifies that -I. T. filed his selection of the following described land, viz.: Subdivision of 190 Section Town Range of allotment issued to allottees of the Cherokee Nation is § 1168. Cherokee allotment certificate.-The certificate as follows: containing acres more or less as the case may be, ac cording to the United States survey thereof. Total appraised value of land described in this certificate $ Commissioner to the Five Civilized Tribes. § 1169. Cherokee homestead deed. The homestead deed issued to allottees of the Cherokee Nation is in the following form: To All to Whom These Presents Shall Come, Greeting: WHEREAS, By the Act of Congress approved July 1, 1902 (32 Stat., 716), ratified by the Cherokee Nation August 7, 1902, it was provided that there should be allotted by the Commission to the Five Civilized Tribes, to each citizen of the Cherokee Nation, land equal in value to one hundred and ten acres of the average allottable lands of the Cherokee Nation, and, WHEREAS, It was provided by said Act of Congress that each member of said tribe shall, at the time of the selection of his allotment, designate, or have selected and designated for him, from his allotment, land equal in value to forty acres of the average allottable lands of the Cherokee Nation, as nearly as may be, as a homestead, for which separate certificate shall issue; and, WHEREAS, The said Commission to the Five Civilized Tribes, or its lawful successor, has certified that the land hereinafter described has been selected by or on behalf of a citizen of said tribe, as a homestead, NOW THEREFORE, I, the undersigned, the Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation, by virtue of the power and authority vested in me by the aforesaid Act of the Congress of the United States, have granted and conveyed, and by these presents do grant and convey unto the said all right, title and interest of the Cherokee Nation, and of all other citizens of said Nation, in and to the following described land, viz.: of the Indian Base and Meridian, in Oklahoma, containing acres, more or less, as the case may be, according to the United ...... States survey thereof, subject, however, to the conditions provided by said Act of Congress pertaining to allotted homesteads. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I, the Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation, have hereunto set my hand and caused the Great Seal of said Nation to be affixed this A. D. 190..... ...day of § 1170. Cherokee allotment deed. The allotment deed issued to the allottee in the Cherokee Nation conveying lands in excess of the homestead is in the following form: To All to Whom These Presents Shall Come, Greeting: WHEREAS, By the Act of Congress approved July 1, 1902 (32 Stat., 716), ratified by the Cherokee Nation August 7, 1902, it was provided that there should be allotted by the Commission to the Five Civilized Tribes, to each citizen of the Cherokee Tribe, land equal in value to one hundred and ten acres of the average allottable lands of the Cherokee Nation, and, WHEREAS, It was provided by said Act of Congress that each citizen shall designate or have designated and selected for him, at the time of his selection of allotment, out of his allotment, as a homestead, land equal in value to forty acres of the average allottable lands of the Cherokee Nation, as nearly as may be, for which he shall receive a separate certificate, and, WHEREAS, The said Commission to the Five Civilized Tribes, or its lawful successor, has certified that the land hereinafter described has been selected by or on behalf of a citizen of said tribe, as an allotment exclusive of land equal in value to forty acres of the average allottable lands of the Cherokee Nation, selected as a homestead as aforesaid; NOW THEREFORE, I, the undersigned, the Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation, by virtue of the power and authority vested in me by aforesaid Act of the Congress of the United States, have granted and conveyed, and by these presents do grant and convey unto the said . all right, title and interest of the Cherokee Nation, and of all other citizens of said Nation, in and to the following described land, viz.: of the Indian Base and Meridian, in Oklahoma, containing acres, more or less, as the case may be, according to the United |