Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1842-09-23
Approved, August 90, 1912.
IPUBLIC-No. 57.1

PUBLIc-No. 81
AN ACT 10 provide for the satisfaction of claims
arising under the fourteenth and nineteenth
articles of the Treaty of Dancing Rabbit creek,
concluded in September, Que thousand eight
hundle ed alid thirty.
BE ii endcied By The ISenate and House Of Rep
ressntatiues Of The United States Of america in
Congress assembled, That the oct approved on The
third OF March, eighteen hundred aud thirty-seven,
entitled "An act for the appointment OF Commits
sioners TO adjust the claims to the reservations of
land under the fourteenth article Of the treaty Of
eighteen hundred and thirty, with the Choctaw
Indians, aud also the net approved on the twenty
second day OF February, eighteen hundred and
thirty eight, entitled San act TO amend an act
entitled AN act Tor the appointment OF commits
soners to adjust the claims TO reservations of land
under the fourteenth article OF The treaty OF egh
teen hundred and thirty, with the Choclaw lndi-
ans so far as the same are not repealed or modl
fed by the provisions ofthis act" be and the same
Are hereby revived and continued in force until
the powers conferred by this act shall be fully
executed, subject, nevertheless, to repea! modi
ticaion by any act OF Congress. And all the
powers aud duties of the Commissioners, are
hereby extended 10 claims arising under The nine
teenlh article OF the said treaty, and under tho
supplement 10 The said Treaty, 10 he examined in
the same manner and with the same effect IN
cases arising under The fourteenth article of the
said treaty Prspided, That The salary OF said
! sHdlI not fNtetu tiie Vi lno
thousand five hundred dollars per nnnnn.
SEC. 2. find be ii further tnacied That subpe
mas for the attendance OF witnesses before The SAID
commissioners, and process TO compel such at
tendance, may be issued by The said commission
ers, or any Two of them, under their seals in the
same manner and with the same effect as il issued
by courts OF record and may he executed by the
marshal of any district, or by any sheriff, deputy
sheriff, other peace officer designated by the
said commissioners, who shall receive for such
services, Ihe same fees as are allowed in the dis
rlct cour, of the United States for the district in
winch The same eha be rendered for similar SER
vices, 10 he pad on the certificate OF The commits
sIoners, OUT OF The contingent fund appropriated
by the fourth section of the act secondly above
reced, which was approved on the twenty Sec
Ond day oil February, one thousand eight hundred
aud thirty eight, aud which is revived by this aci:
Pr0uided, That nothirg herein contained shall he
construed TO revive such portion Of the net APPROX
ed the third day OF March, one thousand eight
hundred and thirty seven, referred 10 in the first
section OF this act, as provides for the employment
and pay of The district attorney OF either OF the
districts OF the State Of Mississippi.
SEC. 3. find be IL further enacted, That when
the said commissioners shall have asceriained tina,
any Ch0claw has complied or offered To comply
with all the requisites oil the fourteenth article OF
the said treaty, 20 entitlc him To any reservation
under that artice-whch requisites are Hs follows,
TO viii That said Choctaw Indian did signify his
or her intention to the agent, in person, or by
some person duly authorized and especially di-
rec,ed by said Indian to signify the intention Of
said Indian TO become a citizen Of the States, with
in six months of the date OF the ratification OF The
said treaty, and had his or her name, within the
time of six months aforesaid, enrolled on the
register OF the Indian agent aforesaid, for that
purpose; or shall prove to the entire satisfaction
of the said commissioners and 10 The Secretary o
War; that he or she did signify his or her inten-
ton, within the term Of six months from the dat.
OF the ratification Of the treaty aforesaid, his Of
her name was not enrolled in the register of III,
agent aforesaid, but was omitted by said agen,
and, secondly, that said Indian did, at the date o
making said treaty, to wit on the twenty sevenl
day Of September eighteen hundred and thirt,