Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1898-02-17

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and eighty-three, published in
eighteen hundred and eighty-four
in the volume known as Mans
fields Digest of the statutes of
Arkansas, which are not locally
inapplicaple or in conflict with
laws of congress, are hereby ex-
tended over and put in force in the
Indian Territory, and jurisdiction
to enforce the provisions tn ereof is
hereby conferred upon the United
States count and upon United
States commits ssioners in said ter
ritory, namely: Apprentices,
chapter four; arbitrations and
awards, chapter five; bastardy,
chapter thirteen; conveyances of
real estate, chapter twenty-seven;
coroners. chapter twenty eight,
and the United States commission
ers in said Territory shall be ex-
officio coroners in their respective
districts; corporations, chapter
twenty-nine; ejectment, chapter
fifty-five; estrays, chapter fifty
eight; garnishment, chapter seven
ty-one; medicine aud surgery,
practices of, chapter one hundr d
and five; partnerships, limited,
chapter one hundred and sixteen;
poisons, sale of, chapter one hun
dred and twenty; public records,
chapter one hundred and twenty
two; religious societies, chapter
one hundred and twenty seven;
sureties, chapter one hundred and
forty-three, and section siXty-two
hundred and forty-seven and sec
ton sixty two hundred and fifty
eight of Mansfield's Digest, and
the succeeding sections Of said
Digest down to and including sec
tion sixty-two hundred and seven
ty-siX and the provisions OF the
general school laws of the state of
Arkansas, as published in said Di-
gest, shall apply to the districts
which may be organized under
said sections in the Indian Terri
tory, as provided in section sixty
two hundred and seventy-six
Wherever in said chapters and
sections, the courts of record OF
said state are mentioned, the
United States court in the Indian
Territory shall be substituted
therefor; wherever the secretary of
the state is mentioned the clerk of
the court of appeals of said Terri
tory shall be substituted therefor;
wherever the clerk of said courts
of said state is mentioned in said
laws, the clerk = of. the United
States court in the respective dis
tricts in the Indian Territory shall
be substituted therefor; and
wherever the sheriff of the county
is mentioned In said laws the Uni
ted States marshal OF the Indian
Territory shall be substituted there
for; and all provisions heretofore
enacted in reference to the laws OF
Arkansas put in force therein shall
be applicable to the laws OF Arkan-
sas put in force therein by this
act.
Sec. 2S. That in actions CT
ejectment in the Indian Territory
the plaintiff may have and recover
against the defendant a judgment
for the rents and profits of the
property, and the defendant, if he
has made improvements upon the
property in good faith may be al
lowed the value of such improve
ments against the rents and profits
shown by the plaintiff to be due
him.
Sec. %. That all of the provis-
ions of chapter nine of Mansfeld's
Digest, entitled, Attachments"
heretofore put in force in the In
dian Territory, which are in con-
fiict with the provisions of chapter
seventy-One, entitled, "Garnish-
ment," put in force in said terri
tory by this act, are hereby re-
pealed in so far as they apply. in
said territory: Provided, How
ever, That when the plaintiff has
a debt or demand against the de- 4
fendant, which is due, he may
cause a writ OF garnishment to be
sued out and served as provided
by law in such cases, upon Insti-
tuition OF a suit by him to recover
such debt or demand: And Pro-
vlded further, That judgment
may be rendered in the garnish-
ment proceedings against the gar
nlshee at the same time that judg-
ment is rendered against the de-
fendant.
Sec. 80. That nothing in this
act or in any previous acts of con-
gTess in reference to the Indian
Territory shall be construed as
to repeal, or in any way modify
section ten hundred and twenty
four of the Revised Statutes of the
United States; and that said Sec
ton is hereby declared to be in
iull force and effect in said terri
tory.
Sec. 81. That any person in the
Indian Territory being in failing
circumstances, who shall make a
general assignment for the benefit
of all his creditors, without pref
erences, conveying to his assignee
all OF his property save such as is
exempt by law from execution un-
der the laws in force therein shall
be released in full from the claims
OF ali the creditors accepting the
benefits of such assignment within
six months after the filing and re-
cordIng of such assignment, when
ever the proceeds of the assign
ment shall pay forty cents on the
dollar of the claims of such credit