Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-07-30
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allsiatapce; ~ 70 suetain Or; enforce, 0y
contract Of. a9rreenisnt made ~ aay
psrsos Of psrsons, 81 cospor1tioo, With.
my basd, tribe, er nation .5sf 1adisus,
O. judividnal .In1ian: or Isdians, not !
citizen Of the United States, catered
into prior 70 the date of the act Of
Congress, entitled "An act, regulating
the mode Of making private contrsets
with Indiaus," " approved Msy twenty
frat, eighteen 8 hundred and. asvst t.
two, for the .peymsat o. delivery Of
any spossy - tess hing of vaise,
d present 8 pfoepeetive, d sbr tho
reeae - pfoeuulsliinntx sey privilege 70
hin Or hsf, oF any other person or
pereons: or corporation, in eonsidera-
tion Of services for, or advancements
made 20, said indians relative to their
l..ds, or to any claim growing out Of
or in reference to snnuities. INSTALL
ments, or other moneys, claims, de-
mand or thing under laws or treaties
With the United States, or official acts
Of any officer thereof, or in any way
connected With or due from the United
States, unless such contract OF agree
ment was reduced to writing and duly
sigasd BY the parties in interest there:
to at the time it was entered into and
fully made known to the parties at the
time the contract was signed, and then
not until such original written con-
tract shall first have been presented TO
and examined by the Secretary Of the
ILterior and the Commissioner Of In.
dian Affairs, and these facts by them
eeverally endorsed thereon, and . copy
Of said contract, and of any assign
ments that may have been made there
on, duly entered Of record in the Office
Of the Commissioner Of Indian Affairs.
SEC: 2. That in addition thereto,
there SHALL also be fled in said Com.
n,issioner's office, and retained therein
as Official papers, and be examined by
said Commissioner and Secretary, and
that fact endorsed on them, tho follow
ing statement Of facts touching each
and all such contracts aud agreements
so presented which statements shall
be sworn to specially by al and sever
ally the person or persons claiming in
terest in and seeking the support and
enforcement of such contract or agree.
mcnt, and not. by agent Or attorney :
First, that the writing presented tor
examination and record, AZ provided
for in the FIRST section Of this act, aud
purporting to be the original contract
OF agreement, is in fact such, aud that
it was entered into and reduced to
writing At the date, and for the purpo-
scs it.purports 70 have beea NADIA aud
executed :; secondly, such sworn state.
ment shall give particularly the names
of the real parties in interest in tbs
original contract or ageement, uaming
them il not named in the written con-
tract or agreement, and if either of
the contracting parties is a band, tribe,
OF nation Of Indians, or q corporation
or firm, the name Of the person, officer,
or agent contracting in their behalf,
together With his authority for 90
doing, shall be specially stated third
ly: a particular statement of all and
singular the services rendered or the
thing or things done under such con.
tract or agreement prior to said fling,
with those things to be done or rem
dered, together with particular state
ment of any and all moneys paid or