States survey thereof, subject, however, to the provisions of the Act of Congress approved July 1, 1902 (32 Stat., 641).

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, We, the Principal Chief of the Choctaw Nation and the Governor of the Chickasaw Nation, have hereunto set our hands and caused the Great Seal of our respective Nations to be affixed at the dates hereinafter shown.

190....

Principal Chief of the Choctaw Nation.

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Governor of the Chickasaw Nation.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
Commissioner to the Five Civilized Tribes.

In the matter of the allotment of the lands of the

CHOCTAWS and CHICKASAWS.
MISSISSIPPI CHOCTAWS.

This is to certify that

-duly

identified by the Commission to the Five Civilized Tribes as a Mississippi
Choctaw Indian, has on this date designated as
stead of the lands of the Choctaws and Chickasaws the following described land:

prospective home

No.

Subdivision of

stead designation": statute, a certificate in the following form, called "homebut who have not established the residence required by the Choctaw and Chickasaw Nation, who have been identified There have been issued to the Mississippi Choctaws in the § 1175. Mississippi Choctaw homestead designation.—

Section

Town

Range

Acres 100th

CHOCTAW NATION.

This certificate is not transferable.
The person to whom this certificate
is issued, or any person acting in any
capacity whatever representing such
person, is not authorized to cut mer-
chantable timber from the land de-
scribed herein until the person to
whom this certificate is issued has
been enrolled as a citizen of the Choc-
taw nation, and has complied with the
provisions of the forty-first, forty-sec-
ond and forty-third sections of the
act of Congress, approved July 1, 1902,
(32 Stats., 641).

of the Indian base and meridian, containing

-acres more or

less as the case may be, according to the United States survey thereof, the
total appraised value of the land above described amounting to $
This certificate of selection is issued to-

evidence of

as

possessory right to the tract of land above described for a period of three years from the date hereof or up to the time of

death.

Commissioner to the Five Civilized Tribes.

Commissioner to the Five Civilized Tribes.

In the matter of the allotment of the lands of the

prospective allot

identified by the Commission to the Five Civilized Tribes as a Mississippi
Choctaw Indian, has on this date designated as
ment exclusive of homestead of the lands of the Choctaws and Chickasaws, the
following described land:

Subdivision of

Section

Town

Range

Acres 100th

ignation, which is in the following form: stead to the identified Mississippi Choctaw an allotment desThere is also issued for the lands in excess of the home§ 1176. Mississippi Choctaw allotment designation.—

CHOCTAW NATION.
This certificate is not transferable.
The person to whom this certificate
is issued, or any person acting in any
capacity whatever representing such
person, is not authorized to cut mer-
chantable timber from the land de-
scribed herein until the person to
whom this certificate is issued has
been enrolled as a citizen of the Choc-
taw nation, and has complied with the
provisions of the forty-first, forty-sec-
ond and forty-third sections of the
act of Congress, approved July 1, 1902,
(32 Stats., 641).

-acres more or

of the Indian base and meridian, containing-
less as the case may be, according to the United States survey thereof, the
total appraised value of the land above described amounting to $-
This certificate of selection is issued to-
evidence of

as

possessory right to the tract of land above described for a period of three years from the date hereof or up to the time of death.

Commissioner to the Five Civilized Tribes.

§ 1177. Mississippi Choctaw homestead certificate.Upon the proof of residence required by statute of a Mississippi Choctaw a homestead certificate is issued, as to that part of the allotment selected as a homestead, showing a compliance with the statute, and that certificate is as follows:

Allotment of the lands of the Choctaws and Chickasaws.

This is to certify that the enrollment of

as a Mississippi Choctaw has been duly approved by the Secretary of the Interior and that due proof has been made thathas complied with the provisions of the Act of Congress approved July 1, 1902 (32 Stats., 641), relative to residence upon the lands of the Choctaw and Chickasaw Nations, and that the following described land has been regularly allotted to as a homestead:

or less, as the case may be, according to the United States survey thereof.

The total appraised value of the land described in this certificate amounts to $

This certificate is not transferable.

Commissioner to the Five Civilized Tribes.

§ 1178. Mississippi Choctaw allotment certificate.-A like certificate called an allotment certificate is issued covering the surplus land or land in excess of homestead and is in the following form:

Allotment of the lands of the Choctaws and Chickasaws.

This is to certify that the enrollment of

as a Mississippi Choctaw has been duly approved by the Secretary of the Interior and that due proof has been made that -has complied with the provisions of the Act of Congress approved July 1, 1902 (32 Stats., 641), relative to residence upon the lands of the Choctaw and Chickasaw Nations, and that the following described land has been regularly allotted to -as an allotment exclusive of the homestead:

or less, as the case may be, according to the United States survey thereof.

The total appraised value of the land described in this certificate amounts to $

This certificate is not transferable.

Commissioner to the Five Civilized Tribes.