Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1894-05-10

common uOmaln may De taken as
security to such additional bond.
Section 2 The sum of 500, 900
out OF the said SO, 100000 shall be
and is hereby set apart to be Gp-
piled for general purposes includ-
ing the payment of the expenses
necessarily incurred by this act
The remainder to wit. 5000, 900
shall be paid by and under the
supervision Of the national treas
urer in equal shares to citizens Of
the Cherokee nation by virtue Of
their Cherokee blood and descent,
whose names shall be registered
as such on the census taken and
completed by authority of an act
of the national council, approved
on the the 18th day OF April, 1898.
Section 8. From said complet.
ed census the treasurer shall cause
a pay or receipt roll to be copied
for each district with the names of
all those entitled to draw, arrang.
ed in alphabetical order, with
numbers in family, with names
and ages Of the members respect
lively attached. To do this work he
is authorized to employ sufficient
number Of expert and capable
copyists, not more than two for
each district roll, to labor under
his supervision and direction,
whose compensation shall be three
dollars and fifty cents per day
certified to by the treasurer. A
similar pay roll shall be prepared
OF the pupils Of the Orphan Asy.
lum. The said pay rolls when
finished shall be carefully compar-
ed with the original census, and
be certified to as true and correct
ny the copyists and turned over to
the treasurer to be his guide in
making the said payment, by or
before the Goth day of May, 1894.
Sec. 4. Be it further enacted;
That there shall be elected by the
national council an officer entitled
commander of guards" whose
term of service shall be during
the said public per capita payment
and whose duty shall be, with the
men under his command to vigil
antly see to the preservation OF
the peace at the places of payment
aud vicinity while the same is
progressing and to guard the treas.
urer and his assistants and effects
in their charge from all interier-
ence or interruption during the
said payment. The said officer
shall be under the direction of the
treasurer in all matters relating tC
the conveyance and protection OF
the public funds and shall receive
for his services three dollars and
fifty cents per day. 1t shall be
his duty in conjunction with the
treasurer to select Il sufficient
number of discreet, reliable and
resolute men, to be chosen from
both political parties equally, to
preserve the peace at all times
and at and about the -.'es ~
novrrant and - transit 10 anl
PS@3ini' iHs Same until the genera
payment is concluded, who shal
be discharged for disobedience tC
any order OF discipline required o
them.
Provided, The number of may
be increased or diminished, as it
their judgment, c'r'umstancei
may require or justify. The com
mander of guards shall also b,
authorized, should occasion de
mand in his judgment, 10 call OF
any district sheriff for assistanc,
in whose district the payment il
there being made. Each guarC
appointed by the commander anC
treasurer shall be sworn to faith
fully and promptly obey tn,
orders of the commander and may
be removed for neglect or refusa
so to do, or for other causes deem.
ed TO be sufficient by the com
mander and treasurer. The pay
of each guard shall be two dollar.
per day payable at the close of hi;
service on the certificate of the
treasurer and commander, a regis
ter of which, certificate as well
as ofall others issued by said com.
mander of the board of guards and
feed of horses, shall be Transmitted
to the principal chief at the close
of the payment.
Sec. 5. Be 1t further enacted
That Cherokee women who have
intermarried with white men &c.
cording to law and who are enroll.
ed at the bead of the family shall
be paid the family per capita ac.
cordingly.
When it shall come to the
knowledge ofthe treasurer that the
parents of any family are living
apart and estranged without hav-
ing been legally separated, the
treasurer shall retain in the treas
ury the money belonging to the
minor children Of such family Gf
any until the question Of the right
TO the custody of the children
shall be determined by due course
OF law or by agreement between
the parents duly signified TO the
treasurer by both parties-whether
one or both parents be Cherokees
or not.
The per capita shares due to the
inmates Of the Orphan Asylum
shall be retained in the treasury
IN all cases until the orphan comes
Of age. In all other cases where
no persons shall apply to draw
the per capita share Of another by
authority of letters OF guardian.
shin. the treagnrer shalt raouira