The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1893-03-11
BRADFIELD'S n
FEMALE
REGULATOR
CHEROKEE ~ BILL.

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Many MOdiications s< original
Agreement Made1T1x< Z t<hl.
WASHINGTON, Marcel ero-
kee outlet bill as signed ~ 35fesis
dent is as follows:
Cherokee Outlet-Thatt the sum w.
payable as hereinafter provided, IL Uf8<<31
propriated out of any money In the $1,000
not olherWlse appropriated, and the 4lz<
OF the interior Is hereby authorized z<& ~
rected 10 contract TO pay ~, 1900, 900 or 50 1f-<tt1
ihereof as my he necessary in addift01& &1<
pay the Cherokee Nation OF Indians in fuilfW
oil the right, title, interest and claims whf<6<1
the said nation of Indians may have in andIt1sG
certain lands known as the Cherokee outlet.
THE ~
Amend the same by adding TO the first para
graph OF article 2 OF said agreement the fol-
lowing words: "And provided further that be.
fore any intruder or unauthorized person
occupying houses, lands or improvements,
which occupancy commenced before the 18th
day OF August, Ammo Domini 1886, shall be re.
moved therefrom, upon demand OF the princi-
pal chief or otherwise: the value OF his i'm
by a board OF three appraisers, to be
appointed by the president of the United
States, one of the same upon the recommended
ton of the principal chief OF the Cherokee ma
ton, for that purpose, shall he paid to him by
the Cherokee nation; and upon such payment
such improvements shall become the property
OF the Cherokee nation. Crowded, that the
amount so paid for such improvements shall
not exceed the sum OF $3.50, 900: and provided,
further, that the appraisers, in determining
the value OF such improvements, may consider
the Valus OF the use and occupation of the
AND RATIFICATION
The acceptance by the Cherokee nation OF
Indians OF any OF the money appropriated as
herein set forth shall be cons dered and taken.
and shall operate as q ratification by said Cher
okee nation of Indians of said agreement, as it
Is hereby proposed to be amended, and as 4 full
and complete REIMBURSEMENT and extinguish-
ment of all their title, claim and ~intetest in
and to said lands: but such REIMBURSEMENT and
mi hmnn Ghn N n I'M an 20 tho hnzaas
of any railway company any right, title or in.
terest in or to any of said lands provided, said
railroad shall be relieved from any further
nation, as required by law, for running
said railroad across the Cherokee
outlet And said lands except the
portion to be allotted as provided
In said agreement shall, upon the payment of
the sum Of ss95. fSe, herein appropriated, TO be
Immediately paid, and the refusal or neglect
upon the part OF the Cherokee nation TO accept
the same. become and be taken to be and
vided, that II the legislative council of the
Cherokee nation SHAH deem IL more advantage
Gus to their people they may issue a loan for
ment, pledging said amounts of interest and
principal to secure the payment OF such debt.
But In any opening OF the same TO settlement,
sections rs and 30 in each township, whether
surveyed or unsurveyed, shall be and are here
by reserved for the use and benefit of the pub
lie schools to be established within the limits
of such lands, under such conditions and re III
lations as may be hereafter enacted by con-
greSs.
Sections, Is, Il, Is, 10, 81, 81, 81, u. q. &c, @,
2S and the east half OF sections II, % and ~, all
In township No. % north of ran @ No. 2 east of
the Indian meridi IN, the same reing lands re.
served by executive order dated July 1884, for
use OF and In connection with the Chilocco In.
dian Industrial school, in the Indian territory,
shall not be subject TO public settlement: but
shall, until further action OF congress, continue
10 be reserved for the purposes for which they
were set apart in the said executive order. And
the president OF the United States, in an order
proclaiming which he shall m ike for the open.
Ing OF the lands for settlement, may make
such other reservation OF lands for public
purposes as he may deem wise and desirable.
BY
Thu president of the United States Is hereby
authorized, at any time within six months
after the approval of this act. and the appli-
ance OF the same by the Cherokee nation. as
herein provided, by proclaim ltion, open TO set
Element any or all of the lands not allotted or
reserved, in the manner provided in section 10
OF the act OF congress approved March 2. 1859.
entitled, IAN act making appropriations for
the current and contin ent expenses OF the
Indian department aud for fulfilling treaty
stipulations with various Indian tribes. for
poses (25th United States Statutes, page
10O5); and also subject to the provisions OF the
act OF congress approved May ., 1890, entitled
"An act to provide q temporary government
for the territory of Oklahoma, TO enlarye the
jurisdiction OF the United States court in the
Indian territory and for other purposes, :" also,
subject to the second proyiso or section IL, the
whole OF section ~ of the act OF March 3, 1891,
entitled IAN act making appropriations for
~ ~ NAh - PShotS Va WV AANheA RPA AtA
and for fulfilling treaty stipulations with yarl.
Gus Indian tribes for the year ending June 80.
as TO SO much OF said acts and sections
as may conflict with the pro-
visions of this act. Each settler on
the lands so to be opened to settlement as
aforesaid shall, before receiving a patent for
his homestead, pay to the United States for
the lands so taken BY him, in addition to tho
fees provided by law, the sum of $3.50 per acre
for any land East OF 97R West longitude, the
sum OF VI so per acre for any land between
VIZ degrees West longitude and 03Ms West
! longitude, and the sun OF 81 per acre for any
land West OF 98h degrees west longitude and
shall also pay. interest upon the amount SO to
be paid for said land from the date OF entry to
the date OF hDal payment therefor ut the
rate OF four per ceDtum per annum
NO person shall be permitted TO occupy or
enter upon any of the lands herein referred 10
except In the manner prescribed by the pro-
clamation OF the president opcnin the same to
settlement, and any person otherwise occupying
or entering upon any OF slid lnnds shall forfeit
all right 10 acquire any of said lands The see.
rotary OF the interior shall underline direction
of the president. prescribe rules and regula-
lions not inconsistent with this act for the oc-
cupatian and settlement OF s nd lands, to be
incorporated in the proclamation of the presi-
dent, which shall be issued ut least twenty
days before the time hAed for the time OF open
ing said lands.
The allotments provided for In the fifth SEQ,
ton of said agreement shall he made withotd
delay by the persons entitled thereto, and
shall be confirmed by. the secretary OF the in
terror before the date when said lands shall be
declared open to settlement. and the allot-
ments so made shall be published by the
secretary of the interior for the protection
of proposed settlers And a sum equal
to SL.40 per acre for the lands so
allotted shall be deducted from the full
amount of the deferred payments, hereby ap.
propriated for: provided, that D.. w. Bush
head, having made permanent or valuable i'm
p~rovements prior to the LIST d ~ of November,
1891, on the lands coded by the said agreement
he shall be authorized to select a quarter Sec
ton OF the lands ceded thereby, whether re.
served or otherwise, prior to, The opening of
said lands to public settlement; but he shall
be required to pay for such selection, at the
same rate per acre as other settlers into tho
treasury of the United States in such manner
as the secretary OF the interior shall direct
The presid ent of the I'm ted st ites may es-
tabliSh, in his discretion. one or more land Of
fees, to be located either in the lands to be
opened or at some convenient place or pltces
In the ado min , organized tcrr. tory of OKLA
homa, and TO nominate. and by and with the
advice and consent OF the senate TO appoint
registers and receivers thereof. The sum OF
5000, or so much thereof as may be neces-
sary, the same to be immediately available, is
hereby appropriated oit of any money in
the treasury not otherwise appropriated, TO
pay for the services OF the appraisers TO be
applied rs azores lid ut Il rate not exceeding