Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-11-20
CREEK CATTLE LAW.
Its Objects to Prevent the Smuggling OF
Cattle Into the Creek Nation.
Quarantine Regulations Established Against
Foreign Cattle to Take Effect From
Date of Passage.
Muslogee Phoenix, November 6.

Muskogee Phpnlx, NoVemoero
An act establishing quarantine regula-
tions against foreign cattle and to pre-
vent smuggling cattle into the Creek
nation:
Section l. Be it enacted by the ma
tonal council of the Muskogee nation,
that it shall be unlawful for any citizen
of this nation to introduce or invite into
the Creek nation cattle of any kind at
any time except between the LIST day of
January and the last day of March of
encn year. But any citizen of this ma
ton introducing cattle between the 30th
day of November and the last day OF
February of each year shall pay to this
nation the sum of 81 on each aud every
head of cattle SO Introduced.
Sec. 2. Be il further enacted that any
citizen who may violate the first section
OF this uct shall be fined a sum that shall
be the equivalent of So per head on each
and every head of cattle unlawfully in
troduced, as defined in the preceding
section; upon tine Information of any
citizen the prosecuting attorney of the
district in when the offending citizen re-
sides. shall Immediately institute pro-
ceedings against him. Upon conviction
the judge of the district shall render
judgment against the defendant in a sum
equal TO So per head of cattle unlawfully
introduced, and said judgment shall be u
lien upon all said cattle uniawfully in
troduced, for the payment of the fine i'm
posed by the court. together with all the
cost of the suit, and if said fine is not
paid in thirty days from date OF juGg-
ment. the district judge shall issue exc
cution for the fine and costs and
SAID cattle shall be advertised
for public sale by the captain Of the
Light Horse of the district, giving fifteen
days notice thereof, and he shall sell
said cattle or as many thereof as neces-
sary at public sale to highest bidder for
cash or national warrants, to pay the
judgment OF the court and costs, ana the
proceeds of said sale shall be paid to the
treasurer of the Creek Nation for the
benefit Of SAID Nation; and 1t shall be
the duty of the district judge to see that
ali the requirements of this act are faith
fully and promptly carried out and com
piled with.
Sec. 8. Be it further enacted that cit
liens of the Creek Nation who have con-
tracts for enclosed pastures exceeding
one mile square, under the pasture law,
ePPiosVu otioppi 1909 sudii per-
mitted 10 introduce cattle TO be put and
kept in said enclosed pastures from the
first day of January TO the last day of
March III each year until the expiration
OF their existing contracts with the Mus
kogee Nation.
Sec. +. Be it further enacted that Il
shall be unlawful for any citizen of this
nation to claim or to hold cattle in any
manner whatever upon the open range of
this nation, belonging to any persou not
q citizen of this nation; upon information
the prosecuting attorney Of the district in
which the offense has been committed,
shall immediately institute proceed
ings against the offending citizen,
and upon conviction, the judge
of the district court in which
the trial is had, shall adiudge against
the offender fine of S. per head on each
and every head of cattle unlawfully
claimed or held as set forth in this Sec
ton, and SAID judgment, from the date
thereof, shall be lien upon all said cat
tie unlawfully claimed or held and be-
iOngin 10 any person not citizen Of the
Creek Nation, for the payment of the
fine adjudged blythe court. together with
all the cost of the suit; the subsequent
proceedings, if said fine is not paid in
thirty uays, SUhli W tuo sans rs pro-
vided in section for the collection of
fines and fines adjudged for violation Of
the provisions of section l of this act
and the proce ads arising from said sale
of cattle shall be paid to the national
treasurer for the benefit of the nation.
SEQ. 5. Be it further enacted, that II
the judge of any district having jurisdic-
ton over violations of any of the pro-
isions of tn act, upon the Information
of any citizen, and after proceedings
have commenced in any case arising uu-
der the provisions of this act, that there
Is reasonable ground to believe that the
cattle liable to lie sold for violation of
the provisions of this act, are being
moved out of the limits of his district, it
shall be his duty to order his Light
Hosemen, and if necessary, call to his
aid the Light Horsenen of any or all of
the other districts of this nation, to pre-
vent the removal of said cattle from the
limits of his district and of this nation,
and TO hold the same under surveillance
until the case is fiually disposed of in
court, and the fine, if any inflicted,
shall have been paid as heretofore pro-
v'ded for iu this act.
SEQ. 6. Be it further enacted, that |
the citizen who shall give the prosecuting |
attorney CT any district Information |
leading to conviction for violations of |
sections l and 4 of this act, shall receive |
of the proceeds of the fine or fines coll
lected the sum of 10 per cent thereof; |
and the prosecuting attorney, on convic- |
tons arising under provisions of this act,
shall also receive 10 per cent of the pro-
ceeds OF the fine or fines collected.
Sec. I. Be it further enacted that any
citizen bringing INTO or receiving cattle |
in this Nation under provisions of sec
ton (D one of this act, intending to |
place them on the open range in this VA
ton shall, within ten days from the date
of said bringing or receiving said cattle,
record with the judge of the district in
which they are located, a bill of sale of
said cattle, together with marks and
brands thereof, and the publication Of
any sale of cattle under the provision of
this act. shall be by posting not less than
three written or printed notices thereof
in public places in the district, naming
day Of sale, place and terms thereof: the
judge Of the district shall s.so cause said
notice to be published IN the Indian
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