People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1893-03-10
THE STRIP BILL.
Provisions Of the Cherokee Outlet
Opening Measure.
Payment to the Cherokees-Regulations
as to Settlement of the Lands school
Sections Reserved-Compensa-
tiOn to IDtruders.


committee having in charge the general Indian |
bill in which is found the Cherokee strip bill as
q rider, brought in a report late last night The
bill relates to the Cherokee strip Pawnee and |
Tonkawa reservations The sum Of IS 595,78, |
or so much thereof as may be necessary, is ap- |
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.
An amendment provides that before any IN
truder or unauthorized person occupying
houses, lands or Improvements, which occu-
pancy commenced before August H. 1885, shall
be removed therefrom, upon demand Of the
principal chief or otherwise the value Of his
improvements, as the same shall be appraised
by a board Of three appraisers, to 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 BIZ the Cherokee ma
ton, and upon such payment such improve
ments shall become the property OF the Chero-
kee nation; provided that the amount so paid
for said improvements shall not exceed the sum
Of s25O, OOJ and provided further that the aD-
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 .595 736 is 10 be Immediately
available and payable the remaining sum OF
1900 900, or so much thereof as 1t required to
carry out the provisions Of the agreement as
amended, is to be payable in five equal annual
lnstallments, commencing March 4, 1894, and
ending on March 1, 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 II is provided, further, that
Of the amount hereby appropriated sufficient
amount to pay the Delawares and Shawnees
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, or their legal heirs and repre-
sentatyes such sums as NAV be determined by
the courts Of the United States to be due them
Nor shall anything in the bill be he'd to abridge
VI hCll odlu AlCJuL4ol any uLo W NulOu AlCJ
may be entitled under existing laws or treaties
The acceptance by the Cherokee nation In
dams Of any Of :he money appropriated shall
be considered and taken, and shall operate as a
ratification by the Cherokee nation Of Indians
Of said agreement, as tits hereby proposed to
be amended, and as full and complete relin-
quishment and extingushment 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 compensation to said Cherokee ma.
ton, as 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, 1856 herein appropriated to be immedt
ately paid become and be taken to be and
treated as part Of the public domain. But in
any opening Of the same to settlement, sections
l6 and IS 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 10, H. l5 49, 21 q, g. "a, 25 %, 81, %,
and the east half Of sections H. % and % all in
township numbered % North, OF range mum.
bered2, east of the Indian meridian, the same
being lands reserved by executive order dated
July II, 1884, for use Of and in connection with
the Chilocco 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 ut any time within six months after the
approval of the act and the acceptance of the
same by the Cherokee nation as therein pro-
vided, by proclamation to open to settlement
any or all of the lands not allotted or reserved
in the manner provided in section 10 Of the act
OF congress approved March 9, 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 year ended June 30, 1891, and for other
purposes, and is also subject to the provisions
OF the act OF congress approved May 9, 1890
entitled IAN 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 II.
the whole OF section Is, Of the act Of March 8
1871, entitled AN act making appropriations
Tor the current expenses Of the Indian depart.
ment and for fulfilling treaty stipulations with
various Indian tribes for the year ending June
l3 1892, and for other purposes except as 70
80 murh OF said acts and sections as may con-
met 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 $50 per acre for any land east Of s71 de-
grees west longitude, the sum Of 81 50 per acre
between s7h and 9SH degrees west longitude
and the sum Of u per acre for any land west OF
rs degrees west longitude, and shall also nav
interest upon the amount so to be paid for said
land from the date Of entry to the date OF final
payment therefor at the rate Of per centum
per annum,
No person shall be permitted TO OCCUPY or n
enter upon any Of the lands herein referred IN
except in the manner prescribed by the urocla.
nation of the president opening the same tc
settlement and any person otherwise occupv
ing or entering upon said lands shall forfeit al
right to acquire any Of said lands
The secretary Of the interior shall. under the
direction OF the president, prescribe rules ana
regulations, not inconsistent with the act 10,
the occupation and settlement Of lands To M
Incorporated in the proclamation Of the uresi
dent which shall be issued at least txent,
days before the time fixed for the opening a
slid lands
Inc allotments provided for in the fifth sec.
uon OF said agreement shall be made vithou,
delay by the persons entitled thereto, and shall
be confirmed by the secretary Of the interior