Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-10-29
PERMIT LAW.
The Act Recently Enacted by
the Chickasaw Legislature.
FREEDMEN'S STATUS DEFINED.
Must Secure Permit the Same as Other kon-
Citizens-A Limit Placed Upon
The Number of Head of Stock q Non-Citi-
zen May HoId-The First Appear
ance of the New Law in the
Public Press.
Chickasaw Permit Law.

| Chickasaw Permit Law.
Special TO the Gazette.
| ARDMoRE, l. T.. Oct. 2S.-F'ollowing is the
permit and rent law of the Chickasaw Ma
| ton enacted by the last legislature The
| new law alienates the Chickasaw freedmen
and requires them to secure permit in the
| Chickasaw Nation the same as other non
| citizens. Their status and right here has
never before been defined. 1t also limits
the number of head of stock non-citizen
may hold.
Section l. Be it enacted by the legisla-
ture of the Chickasaw n ton: That citi-
zens of any state or territory of the United
States wishing to hire or rent land, or be
| otherwise employed in this nation. shall
first enter into a written contract with some
citizen OF this nation. Said contract shall
specify plainly the time it is to run, and all
the things, duties and requirements OF each
party to be done under the same; and after
the contract has been made out and wit
messed and signed by the parties thereto
and two citizen witnesses, then 1t Shall be
filed in the Office of the county clerk OF the
county in which the parties to said contract
reside; and when it is so filed. the said
county clerk shall give to the parties in in
terest a certificate of his acknowledgment,
that the said contract is in his Office on file,
and the non-citiZen shall then appear before
the permit collector of the county, and to
from the county clerks Office, ana upon
such presentation the permit collector of
said county shall issue to said nOn-citizen Il
permit to remain III said county for the I'M
expired term of the permit year, for which
said non-citizen shall pay to the permit col
lector the sum of s..
sec. 2. Be it further enacted. that any
citizen who shall employ any non-citizen
shall cause said non-citizen to apply within
fifteen days after having executed said con-
tract ana filed the same, as provided in sec
ton l Of this act, to the permit collector of
said county for said permit; and all such
non-citizens over the age OF eighteen years,
or of any age, if engaged in business for
him or herself, shall be required to obtain
permits as provided for by this act; and for
every permit issued by the permit collec-
tors under this act, each permit collector
shall retain 10 per cent out of the amount
of money collected by him for his services,
and shall report to the auditor and treas
urer quarterly of all moneys received by
him for permits during SAID quarter, and at
the time turn over such money to the treas
urer taking his receipt therefor, after de-
Quoting the amount allowed them for their
services.
Sec 3. Be it further enacted, that every
foreigner who shall come into this ma
ton for the purpose of farming, or
being otherwise employed, without the
proper authority from the United States
government, shall be deemed an intruder
by virtue of section 2l34 of the Revised
Statutes of intercourse law.
Sec T. Be it further enacted, that all
licensed merchants and traders (non-citi-
zens) shall, in addition to the tax paid on
goods, be required to procure from the per-
NIT collector in the county in which they
wish 10 trade, permit; and all editors and
publishers, lawyers, physicians and other
professors mon-citizens) wishing to prac-
tice their profession, shall procure from the
governor of the ChickaSaw Nation a per-
nit, for which they shall each pay five
dollars conditioned upon the faithful OBJ
servance of the laws of this nation; and the
governor shall dispose of the funds in the
manner prescribed in former section of
this act.
Sec s. Be it further enacted, that no
permit shall be granted for longer time
than one year and fractional parts thereof,
and no permit shall be issued for less sum
than five dollars in case of violation of
any law of this nation, by non-citizen,
such nou-citizen SO offending shall be
deemed by this act an intruder and shall be
ordered out of this nation; and any citizen
who shall employ any non-cltlZen over hf-
teen days, without having complied with
this act and obtained permit, as by this
act provided, such citizen so offending shall
be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and
fined by the county court of his county in
the sum of not less than fifty nor over one
hundred dollars at the discretion of said
county court; and all fines SO collected I'M
der this act shall go into the county treas
ury for county purposes
Sec. 6. Be it further enacted, that any
non-citizen, having entered into a contract
with q citizen of this nation, and obtained
permit under his employ, and shall leave
the employ of said citizen without his
knowledge or consent, such non-citizen
shall forfeit his permit and no other permit
shall be granted any non-citizen FORGETTING
the same, by either permit collector of this
nation, and such non Citizen shall be order
ed out of this nation and dealt with as an
intruder.
Sec T. Be it further enacted, that any
person living in this nation under permit
shall not be allowed TO bring into or hold
more than five head of mich cows, and
shall have no hogs outside of inclosure, but
shall be allowed all the work horses, mules
and cattle they may need to work said land
or farm rented. and shall be allowed to feed
surplus crop to beef cattle under fence.
Sec. s. Be it further enacted, that all
freedmen living in this nation shall be re-
quired to get permits under citizens of this
nation, as other non-citiZenS of this nation,
and as provided for by this act.
Sec. 9. Be it further enacted that this
act is not to be SO construed as TO allow citi-
zens of this nation to employ non-citizens to
run stock in this nation. and that each
county clerk of this nation shall be al
lowed ten cents for every contract
filed in his Office and for his
services in furnishing the parties filing the
same with his certificates of acknowledge
ment, and the parties to said contract shall |
pay the same at the time of filing said con-
tract.
Sec 10. Be it further enacted. that the |
national secretary shall furnish the differ |
ent county permit collectors with printed |
uniform blank permit books, with stubs at |
tached, and for such blanks furnished the |
permit collectors the secretary shall take |
from said permit collectors their receipts |
therefor, and such permit collectors shall |
not issue permits TO any person or persons, |
except on the blanks furnished him by the |
national secretary, and Endorsed by the |
governor. and the great seal of the Chicka- |
saw Nation affixed: and all permits issued |
by the permit collectors of this Nation to |
of this Nation shall not be of |
any validity in law or justice until the same |
shall have been Endorsed by governor of the
Chic. aSaw Nation, and his Endorsement |
thereon under the great seal of the Chicka-
saw Nation; then such permits shall be le- |
gal permits, and all permits not strictly in |
with this act shall be bogus and |
in valid, and any non-citizen holding any
such bogus permits shall be deemed an in
truder and subject to removal; and any per-
NIT collector failing to comply with this
act shall be deemed guilty of fraud, and
shall be dealt with as provided under the
law in relation to fraud and ENLIGHTENMENT.
Sec. IL Be it further enacted. that for
the extra trouble, duty and labor imposed |