Southern Argus. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1834-1842, 1837-09-26
p. RUTH.lUS R. PRAY.
J. MURRAY,
p. ID. VROOM

An act for the appointment Of Commits |
sioners to Sadiust the claims to reserva- |
tons of land under the fourteenth article |
OF the treaty of eighteen hundred and
thirty with the Choctaw Indians.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House
0 + Representatives of The United STATES Of
America, in Congress assembled, Tat,
| there shall be appointed by the President,
by and with the advice and cor,ent Of the
Senate, three commissioners whose duty il
shall be to meet in the Stale of Mississippi
at such time and place, as the PreSisen
shall appoint aDI de,,Ignate, and there prof
Ceeu 10 ascertain me name OF every ChoC-
taw 1ndlaT who was the head of an Indian
IamlIy at the date Of the treaty at Dancing
NapaH Geek, who has not already obtained
a reservation under said treaty, and who
can show by satisfactory evidence that he
OF she complied or offered to comply with
all the requisites of the 14th article of said
; treaty, to entitle him or her, to a TeserVa-
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
Congress, all the names of such Indians,
and the different sections of land 10 which
such heads of families were respectively
entitled, together with the opinions of the
, commissioners, and whether any part Oi
said lands have been sold by the Govern
$ ment, and the proofs applicable to each case.
SEC. 6. .And be it 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 en- oath
= aud if any witness shall testify falsely, will
an intention to Hlisiead said Commissioners
such witness shall be guilty of wilful anC
corrupt perjury, and shall, upon conviction
before any jurisdiction having COgnzanc,
thereof, suffer the punishment by law inflic
ted on those guilty of that offence.
SEC. z. find be it further enacted, Tha
nothing contained in this act shall be s.
. construed as ia sanction what is called con
: tingent locations which have been made b,
: George w. Martin for the benefit of suci
: Indians, as were supposed to have been en-
e titled to other lands, which have been soil
by the United States, such contingent lOca
n tions having been made, without any lega
authority. 1t being the true intent Of thi
= act to reserve tn Congress the power of do
9 ing that which may appear just when a Cor
/. rect knowledge of all the facts is obtained
ARTICLE IA. Each Choctaw head of
e family being DESTROYS to remain and becom
10 a citizen of the States shall be permitted L
y do so, by signifying his intention to the A
e gent, within six months from the ratifica
/. ton of this treaty, and he or she shall there
IS upon be entitled to reservation of one sec
d ton of six hundred and forty acres, to b
bounded by sectional lines of survey, ia lik
IS manner shall be entitled to one half tina
b quantity tor each unmarried child; whIc
d is living with him over ten years of age, an,
a quarter section to such child as may b
under ten years of age, to adjoin the location
of the parent.
If they reside upon said lands intending
to become citizens Of the United States 70
FIVE years after the ratification of this trea
~, in that case a grant in fee simple shall
j. issue, said reservation shall include tn
: present improvement of the head of the fam
e lily or portion of it, persons who claim
n under the article shall not lose the priv
IF lege of Choctaw citizen, but If they re
o move are not entitled to any portion of tn
d Choctaw annuity.
Columbus, July 4. 1827-41-tf
E The Southern Argus, at colnmbu.
MississipPi2n. at Jackson, Clarion, at Paul
ding aud Gazette, at Little Rock, Arkar
sas, will publith the above until further OF
ders from the Commissioners.