Southern Argus. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1834-1842, 1837-10-10
p. RUTILlUS r. PRAY
]. MURRAY,
2. d. VROOM.

I T. u NhOON1.
An act for the appointment of Commits
sioners. to adjust the claims to reseTva-
tons of land under the fourteenth article
of the treaty of eighteen hundred and
thirty with the Choctaw Indians.
Be ii enacted by The Senate and House
of REPRESENTATIVES Of the United States Of
| .4mericG, in Congress assembled, That,
there shall be appointed by the President,
by and with the advice and consent of the
| Senate, three commissioners whose duty it
| shall be to meet in the State of Mississippi
at such time and place, as the Presi3en
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 Creek, who has not already obtained
, a 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 18th article of said
treaty, to entitle him or her, to a reserva-
a ton under said article; and also the number
and names of all the unmarried children of
such heads of families, who formed part
e of the family, and were over ten years OF
: age, and likewise the number and names OF
e the children of such heads of families as
v were under ten years of age, and report 70
d the President, to be, by him, laid before
), Congress, all the names of such Indians,
y and the different sections of land TO Wn'Cn
such heads of families were respectively
IS entitled. together with the opinions OF the
n commissioners, and whether any part O
s, said lands have been sold by the Govern
J. ment, and the proofs applicable to each case
SEC. 6. find be it further enacted
That said Commissioners shall have tul
power % summon and cause to come befor
~ them, such witnesses as they may deem ne
q cessary, and to have them examined on oath
and if any witness shall testify falsely, wit
an intention to mislead said Commissioners
ne such witness shall be guilty of wilful an
re' corrupt perjury, and shall, upon convlCtio
Is before any Jurisdiction having Cognizanc
": thereof, suffer the punishment by law infiiC
gu ted on those guilty of that offence.
SEC. z. find be it further enacted, Ths
nothing contained in this act shall be $
construed as to sanction what is called cor
tingent locations which have been made b
George w. Martin for the benefit of sue
Indians, as were supposed to have been er
. titled to other lands, which have been sol
g by the United States, such contingent locs
tons having been made, without any leg;
er- authority. 1t being the true intent of tn
lily act to reserve to Congress the power of d,
'lty ing that which may appear just when a CO.
ur- rect knowledge of all the facts is obtaine,
- ARTICLE IA. Each Choctaw head Of
family being DESTROYS to remain and becon
al. citizen of the States shall be permitted
- do so, by signifyng his intention to the 4
~ gent, within six months from the ratiic
css ton of this treaty, and he or she shall Their
upon be entitled to a reservation of one Sc
ton of six hundred and forty acres. to
s bounded by sectional lines of survey in iii
- manner shall be entitled to one half IN
quantity tor each unmarried child: WIN
is living with him over ten years of age. Al
OF quarter section to such child as NAV
'er under ten years Of age, to adjoin the locati,
'ro- Of the parent.
ha If they reside upon said lands intend;,
ua, to become citizens of the United States +
hive years after the ratification of th;e ire
,et- tty, IN that case a grant in fee simDIe shz
a.. issue, said reservation shall include Il
I a present improvement of the head oftbe far
on lily or portion of it, persons who cIa;r
10 under the article shall not lose the nr;v
ear lege OF Choctaw citizen, but # thew :.
he move are not entitled to any portion oF Il
ChOctaw annuity. y =
Columbus, July 4, 1827-41-u
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