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Department of the Interior.

Choctaw Land Office.

COMMISSIONER TO THE FIVE CIVILIZED TRIBES.

In the matter of the allotment of the lands of the CHOCTAWS and
CHICKASAWS.

BLED.IND.(2D ED.)-53

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been allotted as a homestead, the following described land, viz.:

thereto is as follows: and the homestead certificate issued to such minor sippi Choctaws under the Act of Congress of April 26, 1906, cate.-Additional allotments were made to minor Missis§ 1179. Minor Mississippi Choctaw homestead certifi

pursuant

Subdivision of

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Town

Range

Acres

100th

CHOCTAW NATION.

of the Indian base and meridian, containing

acres

more or less, as the case may be, according to the United States
survey thereof.
Total appraised value of the land described in this certificate:

This certificate is not transferable.

Commissioner to the Five Civilized Tribes.

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COMMISSIONER TO THE FIVE CIVILIZED TRIBES.

In the matter of the allotment of the lands of the CHOCTAWS and
CHICKASAWS.

This Certifies that

MISSISSIPPI CHOCTAWS.

has this day

been allotted the following described land, exclusive of a homestead, viz.:

Subdivision of

Section

Town

Range

Acres

100th

taw or Chickasaw Nations, is as follows: Choctaw, who has selected an allotment in either the Choc-The allotment certificate issued to a minor Mississippi § 1180. Minor Mississippi Choctaw allotment certificate.

CHICKASAW NATION.

-acres

of the Indian base and meridian, containing-
more or less, as the case may be, according to the United States
survey thereof.

Total appraised value of the land described in this certificate:

This certificate is not transferable.

Commissioner to the Five Civilized Tribes.

§ 1181. Mississippi Choctaw homestead patent.-The homestead patent, issued to the Mississippi Choctaw who has selected an allotment in either the Choctaw or Chickasaw Nation, is as follows:

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To All to Whom These Presents Shall Come, Greeting:

WHEREAS, By the Act of Congress approved July 1, 1902 (32 Stats., 641), and ratified by the citizens of the Choctaw and Chickasaw Nations September 25, 1902, it is provided that there shall be allotted to each Mississippi Choctaw, whose name appears upon the final roll of the Mississippi Choctaws, land equal in value to 320 acres of the average allottable lands of the Choctaw and Chickasaw Nations, and that each enrolled Mississippi Choctaw shall designate, or have designated for him, from his allotment, land equal in value to 160 acres of the average allottable lands of said Nations, as nearly as may be, as a homestead, for which separate certificate and patent shall issue, and

WHEREAS, It is further provided by said Act of Congress that upon due proof being made of a continuous bona fide residence upon the lands of the Choctaw and Chickasaw Nations of any such Mississippi Choctaw for the period therein prescribed, he shall receive a patent for his allotment and shall hold the land allotted to him subject to the limitations provided in the aforesaid Act for citizens of said Nations, and

WHEREAS,

is a Mississippi Choctaw of the

.blood, whose

name appears upon the roll of Mississippi Choctaws approved by the Secretary of the Interior, and

WHEREAS, The Commissioner to the Five Civilized Tribes has certified that the land hereinafter described has been selected by or on behalf of the said

.as a homestead and that due proof has been

...

inade that the said has complied with the provisions of the aforesaid Act of Congress relative to residence upon the lands of the Choctaw and Chickasaw Nations:

NOW THEREFORE, We, the undersigned, the Principal Chief of the Choctaw Nation and the Governor of the Chickasaw Nation, by virtue of the power and authority vested in us by the 29th section of the Act of Congress approved June 28, 1898 (30 Stats., 495),

have granted and conveyed, and by these presents do grant and convey, unto the said

all right, title and interest of the Choctaw and Chickasaw nations, and of all other citizens of said nations, 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 all the provisions of the aforesaid Acts of Congress and to all other laws of the United States, pertaining to the alienation and taxation of land included in such homestead allotments, or otherwise affecting the same and applicable to the said allottee or his heirs.

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.

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§ 1182. Mississippi Choctaw allotment patent. The allotment patent issued to the Mississippi Choctaw for lands in excess of a homestead, or land known as the surplus allotment, is as follows:

Mississippi Choctaw

(10A)

Allotment Patent No.

Mississippi Choctaw Roll No.

THE CHOCTAW AND CHICKASAW NATIONS.

(Formerly Indian Territory.)

OKLAHOMA.

To All to Whom These Presents Shall Come, Greeting:

WHEREAS, By the Act of Congress approved July 1, 1902 (32 Stats., 641), and ratified by the citizens of the Choctaw and Chickasaw Nations September 25, 1902, it is provided that there shall be allotted to each Mississippi Choctaw, whose name appears upon the final roll of the Mississippi Choctaws, land equal in value to 320 acres of the average allottable lands of the Choctaw and Chickasaw Nations, and that each enrolled Mississippi Choctaw shall designate, or have designated for him, from his allotment, land equal in value to 160 acres of the average allottable lands of said Nations, as nearly as may be, as a homestead, for which separate certificate and patent shall issue, and

WHEREAS, It is further provided by said Act of Congress that upon due proof being made of a continuous bona fide residence upon the lands of the Choctaw and Chickasaw Nations of any such Mississippi Choctaw for the period therein prescribed, he shall re ceive a patent for his allotment and shall hold the land allotted to him subject to the limitations provided in the aforesaid Act for citizens of said Nations, and

WHEREAS,

is a Mississippi Choctaw of the

.blood, whose

name appears upon the roll of Mississippi Choctaws approved by the Secretary of the Interior, and

WHEREAS, The Commissioner to the Five Civilized Tribes has certified that the land hereinafter described has been selected by or on behalf of the said ....

.as an allotment, exclusive of land designated as a homestead and that due proof has been made that the said.... .....has complied with the provisions of the aforesaid Act of Congress relative to residence upou the lands of the Choctaw and Chickasaw Nations:

NOW THEREFORE, We, the undersigned, the Principal Chief of the Choctaw Nation and the Governor of the Chickasaw Nation, by virtue of the power and authority vested in us by the 29th section of the Act of Congress approved June 28, 1898 (30 Stats., 495),

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