Lexington union. (Lexington, Miss.) 1838-18??, 1842-10-22
TREATY OF DANCING RABBIT
CREEK.
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arising mder the fourteenth and nine
teenth articles Of the treaty Of Dancing
Rabbit Greek, concluded in September,
one thousand, eight hundred and thirty. !
Be il enacted By the Senate and House of
Representatives. of The U. States Of
America, in Congress as mbled, That
the act approved on the 81 OF March, 37,
entitled, "An act for the appointment Of
commissioners to adjust the claims to re-
servalions of land under the iourteenb
article of the treaty OF eighteen hundred
and thirty. with the Choctaw Indians, and
also the act approved on the 22d day OF
February, 1898, entitled Gan act to a.
mend an act entitled IAN act for the APP
poinlment Of commissioners to adjust the
claims 10 reservations of land under the
fourteenth article Of the treaty of 1880,
with the Choctaw Indians so far as lie
same are not repealed or modified by the
provisions Of this acl," be, and the same
are hereby revived aud continued IN force
until the powers conferred by this act
shall be fully executed, subject, neyerthe'
less, to repeal OIL modification by any act
| Congress. And all the powers and duties
Of the commissioners are hereby extended
to claims arising under the nineteenth
article OF the SAID treaty, and under the
supplement to the said treaty, TO be exam.
ined in the same manner, and with the
same effect as in the cases arising under
| the fourteenth article of the said treaty -
ProrideG, That the salary OF said commits
sioners shall not exceed the rate Of two
thousand five hundred dollars per annum.
SEC. .. And be IL further enacted,
That subpGnas for the attendance of wit.
nesses, before the said commissioners, and
process TO compel such attendance, may
lie issued by the said commissioners, or
any two Of them, under their seals, in the
same manner and with the sane effect as
if issued by courts of record, and may be
executed by the marshal of any district,
or by any sheriff, or other peace officer
designated by the said commissioners who
shall receive for such services the same
fees as are allowed in the district court of
the United States for the district in which
/ the same shalt be rendered for similar SER
vices, to be paid on the certificate Of the
commissioners, out o! the contingent fund
appropriated by the fourth section Of the
act secondly above reciIed, which was
approved on the Cpd day Of February, 49,
80, and which is revived by this act
Proridea, That no'hing herein contained
shalt be construed 10 revive such portion
of the act approved the Sd of March 1887
referred to in the first section Of this act, as
provides for the employment and pay of
the district attorney of either of the dis,
tricts Of the State of Mississippi.
Sec. 3. And be ii further enacted, That
when the said commissioners shall have
ascerralned that any choctaw has complied
or offered to comply with all the requisites
of the fourteenth article Of the sal treaty,
to entltle him to any reservation under
that article-whch requisites are as fol.
lows, 10 wit: that said Choctaw Indian
did signify his or her intention TO the
agent, in person, or by some person duly
authorized and especially directed by said
Indian 70 become citizen of the States,
within six months Of the date Of the rati-
cation of the said treaty, and had his or
her name, within the time of SIX months
Aforesaid, enrolled on the register of the
agent aforesaid, for that purpose, or shall
prove, to the entire satisfaction of the SAID
commissioners and to the Secretary of War
that he or she did signify his or her inten.
ton, within the term of six months from
the date OF the ratification of the treaty.
aforesaid if his or her name was not en-.
rolled IN the register Of the agent aforesaid
but was omitted by SAID agent; and 2Hdly,
that snid Indian did, at the date of naklnr
said treaty, to wit: on the 9th dav of
September, 1880, have and own an i'm.
pTovement 10 the then Choctaw country.
and that having and owning an improve.
ment at the place and time efor sad. did
reside upon that Identical Improvement or
a part Of it, for the term of five years con-
tlnuolsly next after the ratification of the
said treaty, to wit: from the 24lh of Feb
1881, to the 24h February, 1886, unless
IL shall be made TO appear that such i'm.
Provement was, before the 24lh dav Of
February, 1886, disposed of by the United
States, and that the reservee was dispos.
sessed Of his improvement and habitatlon.
aud thirdly, that it shall be made TO appear
10 the entire satisfaction Of said commits.
sloners and the Secretary of War, that
SAID Indian did not receive any other gran,
OF land under the provisions of any other
article Of said treaty; and fourthly, that
II shall be made to appear, in like manner
that said Indian did not remove to The
Choctaw country west Of the Mississippi