Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1899-01-19

commissioners as may benecessar,
for this purpose.
"A. All Cherokee citizens Will,
in confinement awaiting trial anC
those serving a Jail sentence, shal
be held in confinement within tn,
bounds of the Cherokee nation.
70. All instruments of writing
required by law to be recorded
shall be filed with the clerk OF
deputy clerk of the cour
most convenient to the party filing
the same or nearest to the property
to which it relates, and it shall bt
the duty of such officer to file ol
record the same.
| 76. All Cherokee citizens pos
sess;ng the qualifications of grand
and petit jurors as provided in
chapter 80 of Mansfield's Digest o
the statutes of Arkansas, shall bt
competent to sit on juries in the
| United States courts in the Indian
Territory.
II. Immediately upon the rati-
| fication of this agreement, the
principal chief of the Cherokee
nation shall have authority and he
is directed to grant absolute and
unconditional pardon to all persons
who have heretofore been convict.
ed in the courts of the Cherokee
nation of a violation of the Chero-
kee laws.
rs. That AL prisoners from the
Cherokee nation committed to
Jail to await trial or examination,
or who are undergoing a Jail sen
tence from the United States couri
in the northern district Of the In
dian Territory, shall be confined
in the Cherokee nation.
20. In view Of the fact that all
| courts and laws of the Cherokee ma
! tiOn have been abolished and they
! have generously aS>ented thereto and
/ placed themselves and their property
under the care and protection of the
| courts and laws OF the United States
and since the United States courts
| within their country are Who'll
| ly inadequate for the assurance
of peace and the protection
! of the people we urge upon
congress the necessity OF so districting
Indian Territory and especially that
part embracing the Cherokee nation
and of providing courts therein and
with other facilities aS may be suilici-
| ent to fully protect the persons and
properly Of the Cherokee people and
all other persons living among them
within their territory.
MISCELLANEOUS.
50 The Cherokee nation shall not
be included in any state or organ
lied territory without its consent.
except such state or territory shall
only include the lands of the five
civilized tribes and such other
smaller tribes as are contiguous
thereto.
So The provisions of Sec. 13 of
an act of congress approved Jure
2Sth, 1898. entitled, IAN act for
the protection of the people of the
Indian Territory, and for other
purpospes," shall not apply to or
IN any manner affect the property
of the Cherokee nation or be en-
forced therein.
81. All citizens of said nation,
when tribal government shall cease,
shall be become possessed of all the
rights and privileges of citizens of
the United States.
So. That there shall be paid out of
the general fund of the Cherokee
nation to John J. Hemphill, of the
city of Washington, d c., and
VIM. T. Hutchings, of Muskogee,
|. T., in accordance with their
contract heretofore entered into
with s. H. Mayes principal chief
of the Cherokee nation, for legal |
services rendered in the suit of the !
Delaware Indians vs.. the Cherokee |
nation, Instituted in the court of
claims and pending therein now,
under the provisions of an act of
approved June 2Sth, !
1898, and entitled, "An act Tor the
protection of the people of the In
dian Territory, and for other pur-
poses, the sum of 81 800.
And, further, there shall be paid
out of said fund to Wm. 7. Hutch
ings all court cost, cost of printing
records and briefs, not exceeding
the sum of $500; he to produce the
proper vouchers for such expendi-
lures in such case There shall
also be paid 10 the said VIM. T.
Hutchings his necessary travelling
and incidental expenses in conDec-
ton with said suit, upon his pro-
iucing an itemiZed' and sworn
statement thereof, the same not to
exceed the SUN of $500. Provid-
ed. however, if said suit is with
drawn by the Delaware Indians,
As herein otherwise provided for
Them, only such sum shall be paid
said attorneys a. may be directed
BY the principal chief.
S6. 1t is expressly agreed that
no provision of this agreement
shall in any way be construed to
interfere with or disturb the pat
INT to the lands of the Cherokee
nation, except so much as is herein
-eserved from allotment, until the
.llotments herein provided for
hall have been actually made in
he manner hereinbefore provided
md eacn allottee has been placed
n possession of his allotment.
81. This agreement shall in no
wise affect the provisions OF exist
ng treaties between the Cherokee :
iation and the United States, ex-
ept so far as it is Inconsistent