Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1837-08-26
2. RUTILIuS r. PRAY,
J. MURRAY,
=. ID, VROOM,

AN ACT for the appointment Of Commissioners TO
adjust the claims TO reservations of land under
the fourteenth article of the treaty Of eighteen
hundred and thirty with the Choctaw Indians
BE il enacted by the Senate and House Of Repre-
sentdtires ofthe United States Of .4me'lea in Con-
greSs assembled, That there shall be appointed by
the President, by and with the advice and consent
of the Senate, three commissioners whose duty il
shall be to meet in the State of Mississippi at such
time and place, as 'he President shall appoint and
designate, and there proceed to ascertain the name
of every Choctaw Indian who was the head OF an
Indian family at the date of the treaty at Dancing
Rabbit Creek, who has not already obtained re-
servation under said treaty, and who can show by
satisfactory evidence that he or sae complied or
offered to comply with all the requisites OF the four
teenth article of said treaty, to cntte him or her,
TO reservation under sand article; and also the
number and names of all the unmarried children Of
such heads of families, who formed part OF the
family and were ten years Of age and like
wise the number and names Of the children OF such
heads OF families as were under ten years OF age,
and report to the President, TO be, by him. laid be-
fore Congress, all the names OF such Indians, and
the different sections of land TO which such heads
of families were respectively entitled together with
| the opinions of the commissioners, and whether
any part of said lands have been sold by the CO.
vernment, and the proofs applicable 10 each case.
SEC. 8. .4nd be IL further enacted, That said
Commissioners shall have full power to summon
anhcausc Ia come before them, such witnesses as
they may deem necessary, and To have them ex-
amined on oath, and it any witness shall testify
falsely, with an intention to mislead said Commits
sioners, such witness shall be guilty of wllul and
| corrupt perjury, and shall, upon conviction before
any jurisdiction having cognzance thereof, suffer
the punishment by law inflicted on those guilty Of
| that offence.
SEC. I, Ind be it further enacted, That nothing
contained in this act shall be so ued as to
sanction what is called contingent locations which
hav' been made by George NJ Martin for the ben
eft OF such Indians, as were suppose to have been
entitled to other lands, which have been sold by the
United States, such contingent locations having
been made, without any legal authority. II being
the true intent Of this act to reserve to Congress
the power of doing that which way appear lust
when correct knowledge Of all the facts is OBJ
tanned.
ARTICLE IA. Each Chocaw head of a family be-
ing DESTROYS TO remain aud become citizen of the
States shall BE- permitted % do so, by sgnilving his
ententon to the Agent within six months from the
ratification OF this treaty and he or she shall there
upon be entitled TO reservation OF one section OF
six hundred and forty acres, 10 be bounded bv Sec
tiuna lines Of survey, in like manner shall be emit
tied To one half that quantity for each unmarried
child, which is Twin with him over ten years Of
age and quarter Sc cton to such child as may be
under 10 years of age. to adoin the location Of the
parent.
lfthey reside upon said lands intending to be-
come citizens Of the United States for five years ai-
ter the ratification Of TINS treaty, IN that case grant
in fee simple shall issue, said reservation shall in
clude the present Improvement Of the head of the
lamly or portion oft persons who claims under
the article shall not los, the privilege Of Choctnw
citizen, but if they remove are not TO be entitled 10
any portion Of the Choctaw annuity
ml, I, 1897 Ei-sf