stead certificate" is as follows: § 1186. Creek homestead certificate.-The "Creek home This certifies that there has this day been allotted as a home This certificate is not transferable. of the Indian Base and Meridian in Creek Nation containing § 1187. ment certificate" issued to new-borns is as follows: Creek allotment certificate.-The Creek This certifies that there has this day been allotted to This certificate is not transferable. of the Indian Base and Meridian in Creek Nation 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 $ "allot § 1188. Creek allotment deed.-Two forms of deed were used in making conveyances to the allottees of the Creek Nation; one is entitled "allotment deed" and is as follows: Allotment Deed. Roll No. THE MUSKOGEE (CREEK) NATION. (Formerly Indian Territory.) OKLAHOMA. To all to Whom These Presents Shall Come, Greeting: Whereas, By the Act of Congress approved March 1, 1901 (31 Stats., 861), agreement ratified by the Creek Nation May 25, 1901, it was provided that all lands of the Muskogee (Creek) Tribe of Indians, in Indian Territory, except as therein provided, should be allotted among the citizens of said tribe by the United States Commission to the Five Civilized Tribes so as to give to each an equal share of the whole in value, as nearly as may be, and Whereas, It was provided by said Act of Congress that each citizen shall select, or have selected for him, from his allotment forty acres of land as a homestead for which he shall have a separate deed, 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 a forty-acre homestead, Now, Therefore, I, the undersigned, the Principal Chief of the Muskogee (Creek) 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 Muskogee (Creek) 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 all provisions of said Act of Congress relating to appraisement and valuation and to the provisions of the Act of Congress approved June 30, 1902 (Public No. In Witness Whereof, I, the Principal Chief of the Muskogee (Creek) Nation, have hereunto set my hand and caused the Great Seal of said Nation to be affixed this ... .....day of... A. D. 190........ .... Principal Chief of the Muskogee (Creek) Nation. § 1189. Creek homestead deed.-The other is entitled "homestead deed" and is as follows: Homestead Deed. -Roll No. THE MUSKOGEE (CREEK) NATION. (Formerly Indian Territory.) OKLAHOMA. To all to Whom These Presents Shall Come, Greeting: Whereas, By the Act of Congress approved March 1, 1901 (31 Stats., 861), agreement ratified by the Creek Nation May 25, 1901, it was provided that all lands of the Muskogee (Creek) Tribe of Indians, in Indian Territory, except as therein provided, should be allotted among the citizens of said tribe by the United States Commission to the Five Civilized Tribes so as to give to each an equal share of the whole in value, as nearly as may be, and Whereas, It was provided by said Act of Congress that each citizen shall select, or have selected for him, from his allotment forty acres of land as a homestead for which he shall have a separate deed, 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 Muskogee (Creek) 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 Muskogee (Creek) 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 and which conditions are that said land shall be non-taxable and inalienable and free from any incumbrance whatever for twenty-one years; and subject, also, to the provisions of said Act of Congress relating to the use, devise and descent of said land after the death of the said .......; and subject, also, to all provisions of said Act of Congress relating to appraisement and valuation and to the provisions of the Act of Congress approved June 30, 1902 (Publie No. 200). |