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did not remove to the Choctaw country
west of the Mississippi river, but he or she
had continued to reside within the limits of
the country coded by the Choctaw Indians
to the United States by said treaty of twen-
ty seventh September, in the year eighteen
hundred and thirty-it shall be the duty of
said commissioners, if all and each of the
above requisites shall be made clearly to
appear to their satisfaction, and the Score.
tary of War shall concur therein. to pro-
coed to ascertain the quantity of land to
which said Indian, by virtue of the four
teenth article of said treaty, is entitled to,
which, when ascertained, shall be located
for said Indian. according to sectional lines,
SO as to embrace the improvement, or part
oft, owned by said Indian at the date of
said treaty; and it shall be the duty of the
President of the United States to issue pa
tent to said Indian for said land, if he or
she be living, and if not, to his or her heirs
or legal representatives and in like man.
ner shall the commissioners aforesaid ascer-
tain the quantity of land granted by said
article 10 each child of said Indian, accor-
ding to the limitations contained in said ar
ticle, and locate said quantity for said chill
dren contiguous TO and adjoining the inn
provement of the parent of such child or
children; and the President shall issue a
patent for each tract of land thus located
to said Indian child, if living, and if not,
10 the heirs andlegal representatives of said
Indian child. But if the United States
shall have disposed of any tract of land to
which any Indian was entitled under the
provisions of said fourteenth article of said
treaty, so that it is now impossible to give
said Indian the quantity TO which he was
entitled, including his improvement as a
foresaid, or any part oft, or TO his children,
on the adjoining lands, the said commits
sioner shall thereupon estimate the quanti-
ty TO which each Indian is entitled, and al
low him or her a quantity of land equal TO
that allowed, 10 be taken out of any of the
public lands in the States of Mississippi,
Louisiana, Alabama and Arkansas, subject
10 entry at private sale; and certificates to
that effect shall be delivered, under the d.
rection of the Secretary Of War, through
such agent as he may select, not more than
one half of which shall be delivered 20 said
Indian until after his removal TO the Choc-
law territory west of the Mississippi river.
| The said commissioners shall also ascertain
the Choctaws, if any. who relinquished, or
offered TO relinquish, any reservations TO
which he was entitled under the nineteenth
article of the said treaty, or whose reserva.
lions under that article had been sold by
the United States; and shall also determine
the quantity to which such claimant was
entitled, and the quantity of land which
should be allowed him on extingulshment
of such claim, at the rate of two fifths of an
acre for every acre of the land TO which
said claimant was entitled, said land having
been estimated under this article at fifty
cents per acre: Provided nevertheless, That
no claim shall be considered or allowed by
said commissioners, for or in the name or
behalf of any Indian claimant whose name
does moi appear upon the lists of registers
of claimants made by Major Armstrong,
special agent for that purpose, in conjunc-
ton with the three chiefs of the three Choc-
taw districts, and returned TO the depart
ment of War in January. eighteen hundred
and thirty two, and who does not appear
from those registers to be entitled to res
Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That
the said commissioners, within two years
from the time of their entering upon the
duties Of their offices, and as often as shall
be required by the President of the United
States, shall report their proceedings in the
premises. with full and perfect list of the
names of all the Choctaws whom they shall
have determined to be entitled TO reserva-
tons under this act; the quantity of land TO
which each shall be entitled; the number
t of claims which can be located according
to the provisions of the fourth section of this
act, and such as cannot be located accord
S ing to the provisions of the fourth section
of this act; and the powers and duties of
t the said commissioners shall cease at the
D expiration Of two years from the time of the
' first organization of the board and their
proceedings may be terminated by the
! President at any time previous TO the expi-
ration of the said two years.
l Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That
f the commissioners TO be appointed under
this act shall also ascertain and determine
: the quantity Of land to which any Choctaw
or other person named in the supplement
to the said Treaty ofDancing Rabbit creek
, was entitled by virtue thereof, and which
such person has by any means been preven-
ted from receiving.
, Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That
, if the President of the United States shall
r approve and confirm the determination OF
r the commissioners heretofore appointed to
? investigate the claims existing under the
, fourteenth article of the said treaty of Dan.
, cling Rabbit creek, in any case, he shall
cause to be delivered to the claimant, if he
/ be Choctaw Indian, his legal representa-.
' tives or heirs, certificates as provided by
n the fourth section of this act, for the guam.
: Shty of land to which such claimant shall ap.
p pear, by such determination, to have been
70 entitled, in full satisfaction and discharge
L. q such claim Provided, Such determine.
y, tpn was made by adhering, in every in.
ID spnce' to the requisites contained in the
l. fourth section of this act And provided al
IS So That said claims, nor either of them