Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-03-09
THE STRIP BILL.
Provisions of the Cherokee Outzst |
Opening Measure.
Payment to the CherokeeS-Regalatio
as so Settlements of the Lanes School
Sections ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
fion to Iatruders-

committee having in charge the general Indian |
bill in which is found the Cherokee strip bin as
a rider, brought in report late last night The
bill relates to the Cherokee strip. Pawnee and
Tonkawa reservations The sum of IS 5e5-z2S |
or so much theseof may be necessary, sap |
propriated out of any money in the treasury /
not otherwise appropriated. to pay the Chero-
kee nation of Indians in full for all the right,
title, interest and claims which the said nation
of Indians may have in and to certain lands de-
scr1bed and specified in an agreement concluo-
ed between David H Jerome, Alfred N VIII
son and Warren @. Sayer, duly appointed COM
misSioners the part of the United States,
and Elias C Boudfnot, Joseph a Scales /
George Downing Roach Young, Thomas Smith, /
William Triplett and Joseph Smallwood, duly L
appointed commissioners the part Of the i
Cherokee nation OF Indians, in the Indian terri
tory. December 49, 1891, bounded on the west /
by the Tooth degree OF west longitude, the |
north by the state of Kansas, on the east by /
the Goth degree OF west longitude and on the |
south by the Creek nation, the territory OF |
Oklahoma and the Cheyenne and Arapahoe |
reservation, created or defined by executive or |
der, dated August 10, 1852 which said agree /
ment is fully set forth in the message Of the |
president OF the United States communicating /
the same to congress, known as executive docu-
ment No Sc, OF the first session OF the Fifty |
second congress The lands referred TO are |
commonly known and called the Cherokee |
outlet
An amendment provides that before any in
truder unauthorized person occupying |
houses, lands Improvements, which occu-
be removed therefrom. upon demand of the
principal chief otherwise the value OF his
improvements, the same shall be appraised
by board of three appraisers, 10 be appointed
by the president of the United States, one Of
the same upon the recommendation Of the prin-
cipal chief of the Cherokee nation, for that pur
pose shall be paid to him By the Cherokee ma
ton, and upon such payment such improve
rents shall become the property of the Chero-
kee nation: provided, that the amount so paid
for said Improvements shall not exceed the sum
of $50 COZ; and provided further, that the ao-
praiSers IN determining the value OF such i'm
provementS may consider the value of the use
and occupation of the land
The sum of 1896, 7S6 is TO be immediately
available and payable the remaining sum OF
$4,000. coo, much thereof as it required to
carry out the provisions of the agreement as
amended, is to be payable in five equal annual
fnstaIlments, commencing March l. 1884, and
ending on March 4, 1898
Deferred payments are to bear interest OF 4
per centum per annum, to be paid annually, and
the amount required for the payment of interest
Is appropriated 1t is provided, further. that
of the amount hereby appropriated a sufficient
amount to pay the Delawares and Shfwnees
their pro rata share in the proceeds of the out
let shall remain in the treasury OF the
United States until the status of the Delaware
and Shawnee Indians shall be determined by
the courts of the United States, before which
their suits are now pending, and a sufficient
amount shall also be retained in the treasury
to pay the freedmen, who are citizens OF the
Cherokee nation. their legal heirs and repre-
sentativeS, such sums as NAV be determined by
the courts of the United States to be dde them
Nor shall any thing in the bill be held to abridge
or deny said freedmen any rights to which they
may be entitled under existing laws or treaties
The acceptance by the Cherokee nation In
dams of any of the money appropriated shall
be considered and taken, and shall operate as a
ratification by the Cherokee nation OF Indians
of said agreement, as il is hereby proposed to
be amended, and as full and complete relinr
Quishment and eXtinguiShment of all their title,
claim and interest in and to said lands; but
such REIMBURSEMENT and extinguishment shall
not inure to the benefit of any railroad company
nor vest in any railroad company any right,
title or interest in any of said lands; provided
said railroad shall be released from any further
payment of compenSa ton to said Cherokee
ton, required by law, for running said rail-
road across said outlet And said lands, except
| the portion to be allotted as provided in said
| agreement, shall upon the payment OF the sum
| of 1896, 736, herein appropriated to be imnedf
| ately paid, become and be taken to be and
| treated part of the public domain But IN
| any opening OF the same to settlement, sections
| 16 and SO in each township, whether surveyed
| Or unsurveyed. shall be- and are reserved for
| the use and benefit of the public schools TO be
| established within the limits of such lands,
under such conditions and regulations as may
be hereafter enacted by congress
| Provided, that if the legislative council of the
Cherokee nation shall deem it more advantage
Gus to their people they may issue loan for
| principal and interes Of the deferred payment.
| pledging said amounts Of interest and principal
to secure payment of such debts.
Sections 49, Il 10. 16 Fl, - g. 81, p. &c, p, %,
and the half of sections Il, p and % all in
township numbered % North, OF range
bered 2, east of the Indian meridian, the same
being lands reserved by executive order dated
| July II, 1884, for of and in connection with
! the ChiSocco Indian Industrial school in the
| Indian territory shall not be subject to public
settlement, but SHALL until the further action
| of congress continue to be reserved for the
| purposes for which they were set apart in the
| said executive order And the president of the
| United States, in any order or proclamation
| which he shall make for the opening of the
| lands for settlement may make such other
| reservation of lands for public purposes as he
| may deem wise and desirable
The president of the United States is author
lied at any time within six months after the
| approval of the act and the acceptance Of the
| same by the Cherokee nation as therein pro-
| yided, by proclamation to open to settlement
| any or all of the lands not allotted reserved
| in the manner provided in section Is of the act
| of congress approved March 2, 1889, entitled
| IAN act making appropriations for the cur
rent and contingent expenses of the In
| dian department and for fulfilling treaty
| stipulationS with various Indian tribes, for
| the wear ended June 3D. 1921, and for other
| purposes and is also subject to the provisions
of the act of congress approved May 2 1890,
entitled ''an act to provide temporary govern
! ment for the territory of Oklahoma, to enlarge
| the Jurisdiction of the United States court in
| the Indian territory and for other purposes -
| also subject to the second proviso of section Ia,
the whole OF section IL, OF the act OF Aarcn s,
| 1891 entitled IAN act making appropriate lions
for the current expenses OF the Indian depart
ment and for fulfilling treaty stipulations with
various Indian tribes for the year ending June
| H. 1892, and for other purposes except as TO
| so much of said acts and sections as may con-
fict with the provisions of the new act
| CONDITIONS OF SETTLEMENT
| Each settler on the lands to be opened to set
| Element as aforesaid, shall, before receiving a
| patent for his homestead, pay to the United
| States for the lands so to be taken By him. In
| addition to the fees provided by law, the SUM
| of 81 80 per acre for any land east of 81 de
| grees west longitude, the sum OF 81 80 per acre
between 97h and $50 degrees west longitude
and the sum OF 81 per acre for any land west OF
| s. degrees west longitude. and shall also pay
| interest upon the amount to be paid for said
| land from the date of entry to the date OF fna
| payment therefor at the rate Of per centuxI
| per anDUm-
| No person shall be permitted to occupy CT Il
| enter upon any of the lands herein referred TO
| except in the manner prescribed by the procla
| nation of the president opening the same t.
! settlement and any person otherwise occupy
| ing or entering upon said lands shall forfeit al
| right to acquire any of said lands
l The secretary of the interior shall. under ths
| direction of the president prescribe rules aRC
/ regulations. not inconsistent with the act, 70
| the occupation and settlement of lands, to b
Incorporated in the proclamation of the presi