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Compiled and edited by Charles J. Kappler. Washington : Government Printing Office, 1913.
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| Chap. 1794 | Choctaw Nation. Segregation of additional coal and asphalt lands. |
| Chap. 1794 | Description. |
| Sec. 2 | Coal and asphalt regulations made applicable. 1902, ch. 1362, secs. 56–63, 32 Stat., 653, vol. 1, p. 783. |
| Sec. 2 | Provisos. Privilege to lessees of adjoining lands. |
| Sec. 2 | Payment for improvements. |
| Sec. 2 | Sale. |
| Sec. 3 | Choctaw, Oklahoma & Gulf Railroad Co. may assign, etc., coal leases. |
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized and empowered to segregate and reserve from allotment, and to cancel any filings or applications that may heretofore have been made with a view to allotting the following described lands, situate in the Choctaw Nation, to wit: The north half of the south half of the southeast quarter, and the northeast quarter of the southeast quarter of the southwest quarter of section nine; the north half of the south half of the south half of section ten; the north half of the south half of the south half of section eleven, and the north half of the south half of the southwest quarter of section twelve, all in township five north, range nineteen east, containing two hundred and fifty acres, more or less; and the northwest quarter of the southwest quarter of section eight, township five north, range nineteen east, and the southwest quarter of the northeast quarter of section seven, township five north, range nineteen east, containing eighty acres, more or less.
That the provisions of sections fifty-six to sixty-three, inclusive, of the act of Congress approved July first, nineteen hundred and two, entitled “An act to ratify and confirm an agreement with the Choctaw and Chickasaw Tribes, and for other purposes,” be, and the same are hereby, made applicable to the lands above described the same as if the said described lands had been made a part of the segregation, as contemplated by said sections fifty-six to sixty-three, inclusive, of said above act approved July first, nineteen hundred and two: Provided, That the Secretary of the Interior may, in his discretion, add said lands to and make them a part of the coal and
asphalt mining leases now in effect, and to which said lands above described are contiguous, the lands in each case to be added to and made a part of the lease to which they are adjacent and which they join, Government subdivisions being followed as nearly as possible: Provided further, That the holder or holders of the lease or leases to which such lands shall be added, shall, before the same are added, pay the Indian or Indians who have filed upon or applied for such lands as their allotments, or who are in possession thereof, the value of the improvements placed on the land, by said Indian or Indians, such value to be determined under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior: And provided further, That said lands shall be sold as other leased coal and asphalt lands in the Choctaw and Chickasaw Nations in the Indian Territory are sold.
That the Choctaw, Oklahoma and Gulf Railroad Company is hereby authorized and empowered to sublet, assign, transfer, and set over the leases which it now has upon coal lands in Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory, or any of them. The assignees or sublessees of said Choctaw, Oklahoma and Gulf Railroad Company shall file good and sufficient bonds for the faithful performance of the terms of the original leases, to be approved by the Secretary of the Interior.
Approved, April 28, 1904.
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