The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-10-19
ARDM0RE. md TER, WEDNESDAY EVENING OCTOBER 49, 1898
IMPORTANT OPINIONS.
Gov. dehastoa Aa&s SO@o Pdreiesna
Qsssttoas Of che DsOeeeasae--Ths
esll Text 0F the Reply.

AAOA' - As OVAASbOAS 8OVOEuO
of the Chickasaw nation, is in re-
deipt Of the following letter, which
is self explanatory;
Department of the Interior, Of
fee of Indian Affairs, Washington,
Sept. 81, 1898.-The Honorable
the Secretary of the Interior: Sir
l am in receipt by department ref |
erence for consideration, early re-
port and recommendation, of a let |
ter of Sept. 18th from Hon. D. II.
Johnston, governor of the Chicka-
saw nation, inviting attention to
the provisions of the Choctaw and
Chickasaw agreement, ratified by
congress by the act of June %,
1898, with amendments, and by
the citizens of the nations by a
vote of the people on Aug. "a,
1898, wherein it is provided that
1t is further agreed that no act,
ordinance or resolution of the
council of the ChOctaw or Chicka-
saw tribe in any manner affecting
the land of the tribes or of the
individuals after allotment, or the
moneys or other property of the
tribe or citizens thereof Except ap-
preparations for the necessary and
regular expenses of the govern
ment of the respective tribes) or
the rights of any person to employ
any kind of labor or the rights of
any persons who have or may take
the oath of allegiance to the United
States shall be of any validity un-
til approved by the President of
the United States" ETC., and ask
ing:
/ (1) Whether 1t would be legal
for the legislature of the Chicka-
saw nation to pass an act granting
charters to individuals to operate
ferries across the various streams
of said nation without the approx
al of the president.
(2) What revenues the officers
of the Chickasaw nation are per-
mitted under said agreement to
collectand deposit with the treas
urer of said nation subject to the
; appropriations made by the legis-
) lature.
D 90 Whether the county Judges
of said nation are authorized to is
, sue marriage licenses and collect
: fees for the same; and if so, where
6 such fees must be deposited.
Mr.. Johnston also invites the at
4 tention to the fact that the schools
of the nation, which cost many
E thousands of dollars per annum,
i cannot be operated unless the ma
ton has money to defray the ex-
penses of the same, and states that
since the enactment of the Curtis
act tie revenues of the nation have
been completely cut off, and the
authorities thereof are at sea tC
know how to operate their govern.
=. ment without funds.
: He further invites attention tC
the fact that under the provisions
r, of the act of July 1st, 1898 (Indi-
an Appropriation Act, public No
175), the nation was given the
i right to appeal from the United
t States court in the Indian Terrific
n ry to the supreme court of the
United States in all contested cases
of citizenship as said nation might
: desire, and states that there art
il about IS eases of this character af
S fecting the rights of about 800 peO
o pie, whose citizenship is denied by
the nation; that the clerk of the
United States court in the Indiar
J, Territory refused to allow the ma
d ton the transcripts of the proceed
n ings until his regular fees are paid
:. and that he is informed also Nha
If the clerk of the supreme court vii
It not allow any record filed there o.
y printed without his fee first being
Q paid; and it is also necessary thai
the nation provide for the pay o.
counsel to look after these matters
He therefore asks to be informed
how the nation is to have the ben
Y eft of this provision of the act O
: congress, and whether the natiOI
d must pass an act approprlatlng thu
. money necessary subject to the ap
. proval of the President, authoriz
n ing the Secretary of the Treasur!
e of the United States to pay the
Il money out of the funds belonging
to the Chickasaw nation on deposit
In reply, l have the honor t
IS say, taking up the questions o
e Mr.. Johnston seriatim:
IS (D That it would appear to thi
o Office that an act of the legislatur
N of the Chickasaw nation, granting