Southern Argus., 1842-09-06
FLAWS OF THE UNITED STATES.
Passed al the Cd Session Of the 9Th Congress
OFFICIAL PUBLICATION.
TPUBLIc-No. ST

TPUBLIC-No. 81
AN ACT to provide for the satisfac-
ton of claims arising under the
fourteenth and ninetheen.h articles
Of the treaty Of Dancing Rabbi
creek concluded in September, one
thousand eight hundred and thirty.
Be 1t enacted by the Senate and House
Of Representatives. ofthe United States
Of Americo IN Congress assembled, That
the act approved on the third of March
eighteen hundred and thirty-seven,en ,en-
titled "An act for the appointment Of
commissioners to adjust the claims TO
reservations of lard under the four
leenth article Of the treaty Of eighteen
hundred and thirty, with the Choctaw
Indians, and also the act approved on
the twenty-secord day of February,
eighteen hundred and thirty y-eight, en-
titled "An act 10 amend an act entitled
An act for the appointment Of commits
sioners to adjust the claims to reserva-
tions Of land under the fourteenth ar
ticle Of the treaty of eighteen hundred
and thirty, with the Choctaw Indians
so far as the same are not repealed or
modified by the provisions Of this act,"
be, and the ss2me are hereby, and con
.inued in force until the powers confer
red by this get shall be fully executed,
subject, nevertheless to repeal or mod
ifcatlon by any act of Congress. And
all the powers and duties OF the com
'missioners are hereby extended to
Z NIns arising under the nineteenth ar
'tfcie OF the. said treaty, and under the
supplement to 4he said treaty,to be ex-
amined in the same manner and with
the same effect as in cases arising un-
der the fourteenth article of the said
treaty: Provided, That the salary of
said commissioners shall not exceed
the rate of two thousand five hundred
dollars per annum.
Sec. 2. Ind be 1t further enacted,
That subpGnas for the attendance of
witnesses before the said commission
ers, and process to compel such atten-
dance, may be issued by the said COM
missioners, or any two of them, under
their seals, in the same manner and
with the same effect as if issued by
courts Of record, and may be execu-
TED by the marshal Of any district, or
by any sheriff, deputy sheriff, or other
peace officer designated by the said
commissioners, who shall receive for
such services the same fees as are al
lowed in the district court of the Uni
ted States for the district in which the
same shall be rendered for similar SER
vices, to be paid, on the certificate Of
the commissioners, out Of the contin-
gent fund appropriated by the fourth
section Of the act secondly above re-
cited, whi1h was approved on the 22d
day Of February one thousand eight
hundred and ,hirty-eight, and which
is revised by this act: P1Opided, That
nothing herein contained shall be con-
suued TO revive such portion of the
act approved the third day of March,
one thousand eight hundred and thirty
seven, referred to il the first section
of this act. as provides for the employ
ment and pay Of the district attorney
Of either of the districts Of the State Of
Mississippi.
Sec. 3. And be II further enacted,
That when the said commissioners
shall have ascertainad that any Choc-
law has complied or offered to com
ply with all the requisites Of the four
teenth article of the said treaty, to en-
title him 10 any reservation under that
article-which requisites are as follows,
10 wit that said Choctaw Indian did
signify his or her intention 10 the agent
! in person, or by some person duiy
authorized and especially directed by
said Indian to signify the intention OF
said Indian 10 become citizen oi the
States within six months of the date oil
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 atore-
SAID, for that purpose or shall prove,
20 the entire satisfaction OF the salo
commissioners and to the Secretary oil
War, that he or she did signify his or
I her intention, within the term of six
months from the date of the ratification
t of the treaty aforesaid, if his or her
name was not enrolled in the register
ofthe agent aforesaid, but was omitted
: by said agent and secondly that said
: Indian did. at the date Of making said
treaty, to wit on the 9th day Of Sep,
tember, eighteen hundred and thirty
Ihaving and owning an improvement il
the then Choctaw countfy;and that hav
+ ing aud owning an improvement, attht
= place and time aforesaid, did reside
f upon that identical Improvement, or
part of it, for the term OF five year
n continuously next after the ratification
: OF said treaty. to wit from the twen
h ty-fourth Of February, eighteen hun
h dred and thirty-one, to the twenty