Southern Argus., 1842-09-06

quantity OF land TO which said Indian.
by virtue of the fourteenth article or
The said treaty, is entitled TO, which
when ascertained, shall be located for
said Indian acc ording 10 sectional line.
so as 10 embrace the improvement, or
part of it, owned by said Indian at the
date OF said treaty and it shall be the
duty Of the President of the Uni
ted States to issue a patent 10 said
Indian for said land, if he or she
be living. and if not, TO his or her heirs
and legal representatives and in like
manner shall the commissioners afore-
said ascertain the quantity of land
granted by said article TO each child
of said Indian, according TO the linn
itations contained in said article,
and locate said quantity for said chill
dren contiguous to and adjoining the
improvement Of the parent of such
child or children and the President
shall issue patent for each tract of
land thus located to said Indian child,
if living, and if not, to the heirs and
and legal representatives Of said Indian
child. But if tbs United States shall
have disposed Of any tract of land to
which any Indian was entitled under
the provisions ofsaid fourteenth article
Of said treaty, so that it is now I'M
possible to give said Indian the
quabiity TO which he was entitled,
including his improvement as a!ore-
said, or any part of it, or to his
children, on the adjoining lands, he
said commissioner shall thereupon es-
! innate the quantity TO which each In.
dian IS entitled, and allow him or her
for the same 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 to entry at private
sale and certificates 10 that effect shall
be delivered, under the direction of
the Secretary Of War, through such
agent as he may select, not more than
OF which shall be delivered TO said In
dian after his removal to the Choctaw
territory west Of the Mississippi river.
The said commissioners shall ascertain
the Choctaws, if any, who relinquished
or offered TO relinguish any reserva-
tions TO which he was entitled under
the nineteenth article Of the said treaty,
or whose reservations under that arti-
Gle had been sold by the United States;
and shall also determine the quantity
10 which such claimant was entitled.
and the quantity of land which should
be allowed him on extinguishment Of
such claim, at the rales of two-ffths OF
an acre for every acre of land to which
said claimant was entitled, said land
having been estimated under this arti-
Gle at fifty cents per acre : PrOrided,
neUeuhelcss, That no claim shall be
considered or allowed by said commits
sioners, for or in the name or behalf
of any Indian claimant whose name
does not appear upon the lists or reg
listers Of claimants made by Major
Armstrong, special agent for that pur-
pose, in conjunction with the three
chiefs ofthe three Choctaw districts, and
returned to the Department of War
in January, eighteen hundred'and thir-
ty-two, and who does not appear from
those registers to be entitled TO res
ervation under said nineteenth article.
Sec. 4. Ind be 1t further enacted,
That the said commissioners, within
two years from the time of their enter
ing upon the duties Of their Offices, and
as often as shall be required by the
President of lhe United States, shall
report to him their proceedings in the
premises, with foil and perfect list Of
the names of all the Choctaws whom
they shall have determined to be enti-
tied to reservations under this act the |
quantity OF land 10 which each shall Le
so entitled; the number Of claims which
can be located according to the pro-
visions Of the fourth section Of this
act, and such as cannot be located ac-
cording TO the provisions Of the fourth
section Of this act, and the powers and
duties of the said commissioners shall
cease at the expiration oftTo years from
the time OF the first organization of the
board, and their proceedings may be
terminated by the President at any pre-
vious 10 the expiration Of the said two
years.
Sec. 5. And be Il further enacted,
That the commissioners 10 be appoint
ed, shall ascertain and determine the
quantity of land which any choctaw or
other person named in the supplement
to the said treaty of Dancing Rabbi
creek was entitled by virtue thereof,
and which such person has by any
means been prevented from receiving.
Sec, 6. And be 1t further enacted,
That if the President of the United
States shall approve and confirm the
determination of the commissioners
heretofore appointed TO investigate the
claims existing under the fourteenth
article of the said treaty of Dancing
: Rabbit creek, in any case, he shall