Public Law 53–237

That the abandoned military reservation at Oklahoma City, in Oklahoma Territory, comprising the southwest quarter of section thirty four, township twelve north, of range three west, is hereby granted to said Oklahoma City in trust

For schools.

for the use and benefit of its public free schools, to be used and applied for the benefit of all children of said city of scholastic age without distinction of race, except such portions of said reservation as are reserved for the purposes and uses hereinafter described.

Sec. 2.

That not less than (ten acres of said reservation shall be set

For buildings and park.

apart and used by said city for the location of public buildings and for a public park. That within ninety days after the passage of this Act the

Sale to Southern Kansas Railway.

Southern Kansas Railway Company shall have the right to purchase from said city, adjoining said company’s present right of way, for depot grounds and other railroad purposes, not to exceed six acres of said reservation, the value thereof and the price to be paid therefor to be fixed by the appraisers to be appointed by the Secretary of the Interior within said ninety days. That the permits heretofore granted

Right of way, Choctaw Coal, etc., Company.

Post, p. 502.

to the Choctaw Coal and Railroad Company by the Secretary of War for lands across and upon said reservation, shall remain in force until such time as the laud so granted shall cease to be used for railroad purposes, when the same shall pass to said city.

Sec. 3.

That said city shall cause the remainder of said reservation

Survey, etc.

hereby granted to be divided into lots and blocks corresponding as near as practicable with the plat of said city. All streets, alleys, and avenues to be laid out on the reservation are hereby dedicated to and shall be held for the use of the public, and the lots and blocks shall be

Sales.

sold for the use of the public free schools of said city. When sales are made and the purchase money all paid, said city shall execute proper deeds to the purchasers.