The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1899-03-07


Sec. .. That any non-citizen who
owns horses, jacks or jennets, mules
or other cattle, and who holds them
upon the public domain or within the
Chickasaw Nation, shall be required
to pay an annual permit tax of twen-
ty-hve cents per head for each horse,
jack, jennet, mule or bovine, and five
cents per head for each sheep and
goat so held within this Nation;
Provided, That two cows end calves
and two horses, or two mules, or one
borse and one mule, or two work
oxen, belonging to each head of
family shall be exempt from the pro-
visions of this Act; ard that the
owner of any cattle suDj Get to tax
alton under this Act shall be required
to make oath before some notary
public, or other officer authorized to
administer oaths, as to the number
of cattle named herein and owned
and held by him in the Chickasaw
Nation, before any permit collector
shall deliver to him a clear receipt
for the year for which he shall have
paid, and all said affidavits shall be
turned over to the National Auditor
by the perEit collector with his quart
erly report hereinafter required.
Sec. 3. That all taxes or permits
under the provisions of this Act shall
be paid annually in advance to the per
nit collector of each county in the
Chickasaw Nation and each collector
shall receive twC nty-per centum of all
amounts collected by him for his ser
vices.
Sec. 4. At each general election
there shall be elected one permit col
in 81 10
saw Nation, who shall serve for two
years and until his successor is elect
ed and qualified; unless sooner re-
moved for malfcasance in office; and
that he shall turn over to his sue
cessor all books, documents and
other papers belonging to his office.
Sec. 5. That before a permit col
lector in either county shall enter
upon the duties of his office he shall be
required to take the oath of Office and
give a good and sufficient bond, wi b
two or more sureties worth the
amount of said bond, In the sum of
one thou and five hundred dollars,
approved by the governor and pay
able to him and his successors, for
the faithful discharge of his duties
Sec. 6. That the National Secretary
shall furnish the permit collector of
each county with blank permit re-
ceipts, with stub duplicate attached,
in book form, printed and numbered
seriatum, and il shall be unlawful for
any permit collector to give a receipt
for a permit tax except upon such
blank form so furnished by the Ma
tional Secretary.
Sec. Z. That the permit collector of
each county shall make full report,
under oath, quarterly, between the
first and tentn of each of the months
of January, April, July ard October,
of all funds collected by him under
the provisions of this Act to the Ma
tional Auditor, and shall at the same
time pay into the National Treasury
for national purposes the full amount
(less his commission of twenty per
centum herein provided) collected
by him during the proceeding quart
er, and obtain deposit receipt there
for.
Sec. s. That any permit collector
who shall willfully violate the pro-
visions of section ,, section or sec
tion Z of this Act, shall, upon proof
of same, be fined in the sum of not
less than twenty-five or more than
one hundred dollars, for which his
sureties on his official bond shall be
liable to the Nation; and said permit
collector shall Immediately be de-
prived OF his office.
Sec. 9. That any non-citizen sub
iect to a permit tax under the pro-
visions of section l of this Act, and
who shall refuse to pay his permit
tax. after due notice for thirty days,
shall be deemed an intruder by vir-
tue of the intercourse law of the
United States of America, and sub
ject to removal. And such intruder
shall be reported TO the United States
Indian Agent or Inspector to the
Five Civilized Tribes, and shall forth
with be removed from the Chicka-
saw Nation under the direction of
the said United States Indian Agent,
or Inspector.
Sec. 10. That when any horses,
Jack, iennet or other cattle subject
to q permit tax under section of
this Act shall be found within the
Chickasaw Nation for sixty days and
upon which the permit tax herein
required has not been paid, the same
shall be reported straightway to the
United States Indian Agent or In
spector to the Fl Civilized Tribes.
and advertised and sold to the high
est bidder at public sale under his
direction, to pay said permit tax due
and for the cost of advertising and
selling the same; that the amount
over and above said tax and cost
shall be deposited with said United
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