Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1893-11-23

Be it further enacted, That the
solicitors shall be allowed one
half of all fines collected under
operation of this act.
Be it further enacted. That all
laws or parts of laws conflicting
with this act are hereby repealed.
SATURDAY, 18TH.
= senate met at 3 a. m. and
| was Dusiiy engaged in referring
petitions for citizenship and num-
erous claims to the various COM
mittees. TIE house passed a bill
to not receive any more petitions
for citizenship. Senate and house
adjourned until Monday.
MONDAY, 20rH.
When the senate met Senator
Sanders, of Saline, presented 347
applications for citizenship, which
were referred to the committee on
citizenship and many claims were
referred to the committee on
claims. In the afternoon Senator
Gunter introduced the following
bill, relating to carrying arms;
"Be it enacted by the national
council, that chapter II, article
10, page 233, complied laws, be
and the same is hereby amended
as follows:
That every person who shall
carry or cause to be carried any rifle
or shotgun or other fire arms to
any place within ore-half mile OF
any precinct during the holding of
any election, or within one-half
mile of any courthouse during the
day of the counting of the votes
cast at any election or during the
session OF any of the courts of this
nation, or within one.half mile of
any political, religious or social
public meeting, shall be guilty of
a misdemeanor and upon con.
viction before the district court
shall be Imprisoned for any term
less than one year, provided that
the word session in the above
shall be construed to mean all the
time from the first convention of
said courts to the final adjourn
ment thereof, and provided further
that nothing in this act shall be
construed to prevent any person
living or sojourning within one.
hall mile of any of the foregoing
places from hunting as now pro,
vided by law, during any of the
time mentioned above.
In the afternoon Councillor W.
I. Davis, or Delaware district,
introduced bill in the house to
abolish the Office Of superintendent
of education and reestablish the
board ofedueation. Mr.. Gunter's
bill and Mr.. Davis bill are both
on their second reading and sub
ject to amendment and discussion.
GENERAL COUNCIL NOTES.
Remarkable; not single men,
Der Of either house has been drunk
up to the 18th, " writes a cores
.pondent. probably lie," would
likely have been a more appro-
pirate heading than Remark
able"
r. X. Adair, of Cooweescoowee,
introduced Il bill in the house to
establish a citizenship court; il
was knocked out in the first inning,
the score being AZ to 2.
| Sanders, of Cooweescoowee, in
troduced a bill in the senate last
week for the benefit of the cow
man-evidently-making it a mis-
deIneanor to cut and ship prairie
hay, or sell to noncitizen. The
object, presumably, is to give the
cowman an opportunity to feed his
cattle. The only argument your
correspondent has heard in favor
Of the bill is that OF Shave Alberty,
solicitor of the same district, to
this effect: "The people wont
pay the revenue and you can't
make them pay it, so we will de-
ny them the privilege Of shipping
the hay" If Mr.. Alberty, as so.
hcitor, cannot compel the pay
ment Of the hay revenue, which is
not exorbitant or unreasonable, a
regard for propriety should have
prevented him from seeking the
office; if he has mado this discov-
cry since the election he should
resign the place.
After much sparring in the sem
ate and house, resolution No. 3
providing for the enrolment of
children born since the last census
Of the Cherokee nation was taken
up, passed both houses and is now
a law. As the law now stands
children may be enrolled up to the
time Of the completion of the
work Of revising the rolls.
The is some prospect now that
council will revive the old school
law providing for a school board
Of three members. The school
system, it is argued would be
preatly imnrnved bv so dninn. and