Southern Argus. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1834-1842, 1837-11-14
P. RUTH.IUS R. PRAY.
]. MURRAY,
p. d. VROOM.

An act tor the appointment oil CommlS"
Sioners to adjust the claims to reserva-
tons 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
o fRetresentatiUes of the United States Of
America, in Congress assembled, That,
there shall be appointed by the President,
by and with the advice and consent Of the
Senate, three commissioners whose dutyFir
shall be to meet in the State of Mississippi
at such time and place, as the Presiden
shall appoint and designate, and there prof
coed to ascertain the name of every Choc-
taw Indian who was the head of an Indian
family at the date of the treaty at Dancing
Rabbit Greek, who has not already obtained
reservation under said treaty, and who
can show by satisfactory evidence that he
or she complied or offered to comply with
all the requisites of the 14th article of said
treaty, to entitle him or her, to a reserva-
ton under said 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 over ten years of
age, and likewise 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 before
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 Govern
ment, aud the proofs applicable to each case.
| SEC. 6. find be IL further enacted,
That said Commissioners shall have full
power to summon and cause to come before
them, such witnesses as they may deem ne
cessarY, and to have them examined on oath,
aud if any witness shall testify falsely, with
an intention to mislead said Commissioners,
such witness shall be guilty of wilful and
corrupt perjury, and shall, upon conviction
before any jurisdiction having cognizance
thereof, suffer the punishment by law inflic-
ted on those guilty Of that offence.
: SEC. z. find be it further enacted, Tha,
I nothing contained in this act shall be SC
construed as to sanction what is called con.
tingent locations which have been made by
George w. Martin for the benefit of such
Indians, as were supposed to have been en-.
titled to other lands, which have been solo
by the United States, such contingent loca.
tons having been made, without any lega
' authority. 1t being the true intent Of thi:
(. act to reserve to Congress the power of do.
| "uINh hhety JUST WnSO q cor
rect knowledge of all the facts is obtained
ARTICLE IA. Each Choctaw head of 2
family being DESTROYS to remain and becom.
a citizen of the States shall be permitted Il
do so, by signifying his intention to the A.
gent. within six months from the ratifca.
ton of this treaty, and he or she shall there
upon be entitled to a reservation of one sec
ton of six hundred and forty acres. to h
: bounded by sectional lines of survey. in like
E manner shall be entitled to one half tina,
= quantity tor each unmarried child: winch
IS living with him over ten years of age. >anf
quarter section to such child as NAV ~
under ten years of age, to adjoin the location
of the parent.
II they reside upon said lands intending
: to become citizens of the United States foI
s i've years after the ratification Of this trsa.
]. ~, IN that case grant in fee simDle shall
], issue, said reservation shall include III.
o present Improvement of the head of the fam.
# lly or portion of it, persons who claim.
: under the article shall not lose the Dr;v;.
|. lege of Choctaw citizen, but If thew re.
! move are not entitled to any portion Of the
Choctaw annuity.
Columbus, July 4, 1827-4l-tf
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