Lexington union. (Lexington, Miss.) 1838-18??, 1842-10-22

lndlan according 10 sectional lines. so M =
to embrace the improvement, or part Off
owned by Indian at the date of said lrea.
ty; and /; shall be the duty Of the Presi.
dent Of the United States to issue patent
to said Indian for said land, if he or she
be living, and il not, TO his or her hers or
legal representatives and in like manner
shall the commissioners aforesaid ascertain
ths quantity Of land granted by said arti-
Gle to each child Of said Indian, according
to the limitations contained IN said ar,i-
Gle, and locate said quantity for said chill. |
dren contiguous TO and adjoining the I'm.
provement OF the parent of such child or
children; and the president shall issue
patent for each tract of land thus located.
TO the said Indian child, if living, and ifI
not, to the heirs and legal representatives
OF said lndlan 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 inn
possible to give said Indian the quantity
to which he was entitled, including his
improvement as aforesaid, or any part of
it, or TO his children on the adjoining
lands, the said commissioners shall there's
upon estimate the quantity Of land, equal
to that allowed, TO be taken out of any of
the public lands 10 the State of MISSISSIPPI
Ipi, Louisiana, Alabama, and Arkansas,
subject TO entry at private sale; and Ger.
tficates to that effect shall be delivered,
under the direction of the Secretary of
War, through such agent as he NAV select
not more than one half OF which shall be
delivered to said Indian until after his re,
moyal to the Choclaw territory, west OF the
Mississippi river The said commissions
Iers shall also ascertain the Choclaws, if
any, who reiinquished or offered to reiu-
quish any reservations 10 which he was
entitled under the nineteenth article of
the said treaty,or whose reservations under
that article had been sold TO the United
States; and shall also determine the guam.
tity to which such claimant was entitled,
aud the quantity OF hand which should be
allowed him on eXtInguIshment of such
claim, at the rate Of two iiflhs of ar acre
fer every acre Of said land, to which said
claimant was entitled, sand land having
; been estimated under this article at fay
cents per acre: PrOeided' nCrcrtheicSS-
That no claim shall be considered or al
lowed by SAID commissioners, for, or ia
the name or behalf OF any Indian caiman.
whose name does not appear upon the lists
or registers of claimants made by Major
Armstrong, special agent for that purpose
in conjunction with the three chiefs OF the
three Choctaw districts, and returned TO
the Department Of War, in January, 1880
and who does not appear from these regis
ters 10 be entitled to reservation under
said nineteenth article.
SEC. 4. And be IL further enacted,
That the said commissioners. within two
years from the time Of their entering upor
the duties Of their offices, and as often
as shall be required by he President of
the United States, shall report to him
their proceedings in the premises, with a
fall d perfect list oil all the Chocraws whom
they shall have determined to be enlitledo
reservation under this act; the quantity Of
land to which each shall be so entitled (:
the number OF claims which can be located
according to the provisions of The fourth
section otthis act and such as cannot be TO-
Gated according to the provisions of the
fourth section of this act; and the powers
and duties of the said commissioners shall
cease at the expiration of two wears from
the time OF the first organization of the
board and their proceedings may be ter
minated by the President at any time
previous to the expiration Of the said two
years.
Sec. 5. And be ii further enacted,
| That the commissioners 10 be appointed
under this act shall also ascertain and de.
termine the quantity Of land to which any
Choctaw or other person named in the
supplement OF the SAID treaty of Dancing
Rabbit creek was entitled by virtue there
Of and which such person has by any
means been prevented from receiving.
Sec. 6. And be IL further enacted,
That if the President of The U. States
shnlI approve and confirm the determna-
ton Of the commissioners heretofore ap.
pointed to investigate the claims existing
under the fourteenth article of said Dane.
ing Rabbit creek, in any, case, he shall
c,use to be delivered to the claimant, il he
be Choctaw Indian, his Representatives
or heirs, certificates, as provided by the
9Th. Sec, of this act for the quantity Of land
to which such claimant shall appea-, by
such determination, TO have been entitled
in foil satisfaction and discharge OF such
claim; Provided, Such determination was
made by adhereing, in every instance, TO