Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1898-06-30


same incorporated as provided in
chapter 30 of Mansfeld's Digest
of the Statutes OF Arkansas, if not
already incorporated hereunder;
and the clerk of said court shall
record all papers and perform all
acts required OF the recorder OF the
county, or the clerk OF the county
court, or the secretary of state,
necessary for the incorporation OF
any city or town, as provided In
Mansfeld's Digest, and such city
or town government, when so au-
thorized and organized, shall pos
sess all the powers and exercise all
the rights of similar municipalities
in said state of Arkansas. All male
inhabitants of such cities and
towns over the age Of twenty-one
years, who are citizens of the
United States or of either of said
tribes, who have resided therein
more than six months next before
any election held under this act,
shall be qualified voters at such
election. That mayors of such
cities and towns, IN addition TO
their other powers, shall have the
same jurisdiction in all civil and
criminal cases arising within the
corporate limits of such cities and
towns as, and coextensive with,
United States commissioners in
the Indian Territory, and may
charge, collect, and retain the
same fees as such commissioners
now collect and account for to the
United States; and the marshal or
other executive officer of such city
or town may execute all processes
issued in the exercise of the juris-
diction hereby conferred, and
charge and collect the same fees
for similar services, as are allowed
to constables under the laws now
in force in said territory.
All elections shall be conducted
under the provisions of chapter 90
of said digest, entitled "Elec-
TONS" so far as the same may be
applicable; and all inhabitants of
such cities and towns, without re-
gard to race, shall be subject to
all laws and ordinances of such
city or town governments, and
shall have equal rights, privileges
and protection therein. Such
city or town governments shall in
in no case have any authority to
impose upon or levy any tax against
any lands in said cities or towns
until after title is secured from the
tribe; but all other property, in
Guiding all improvements on town
lots, which tor the purposes of
this act shall be deemed and con-
sidered personal property, to-
gether with all occupations and
privileges, shall be subject to tax.
alton. And the councils of such
cities and towns, for the support of
the same and for school and other
public purposes, may provide by
ordinance for the assessment, levy
and collection annually of a tax
upon such property, not to exceed
in the aggregate two per centum OF
the assessed value thereof, in man.
ner provided in chapter 129 of
said digest, entitled Revenue" "
and for such purposes may also
impose tax upon occupations and
privileges.
Such councils may also establish
and maintain free schools in such
cities and towns, under the pro
visions of sections 625S to 6276, in
elusive, of said digest. and may
exercise all the powers conferred
upon special school districts in
cities and towns in the state OF
Arkansas by the laws of said state,
when the same are not in conflict
with the provisions of this act.
For the purposes of this section
all the laws of said state of Arkan-
sas herein referred to, so far as
applicable, are hereby put in force
in said territory; and the United
States court therein shall have
jurisdiction to enforce the same,
and to punish any violation there
of, and the city or town councils
shall pass such ordinances as may
be necessary for the purpose of
making the laws extended over
them applicable to them and for
carrying the same into effect: Pro-
vided, that nothing in this act, or
in the laws of the state of Arkan-
sas, shall authorize or permit the
sale, or exposure for sale, of any
Intoxicating liquor in said terri
tory, or the introduction thereof
into said territory; and it shall be
the duty of the district attorneys
in said territory and the officers of
such municipalities to prosecute
all violators of the laws OF the
United States relating to the intro
duction of intoxicating liquors into
said territory, or to their sale, or
exposure for sale, therein: Provid-
ed further, that owners and hold
ers of leases or improvements in
any city or town shall be privi-
legged to transfer the same.
SEC. 10. That there shall be a
commission in each town for each
of the Chickasaw, Choctaw, Creek
and Cherokee tribes, to consist of
one member to be appointed by
the executive of the tribe, who
shall not be interested in town
property, other than his home;
one person to be appointed by the
secretary of the interior, and one
member to be selected by the town.
And if the executive of the tribe
or the town fail TO select members
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