The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1899-02-03
WASHINGTON LETTTR.
Territorial Topics as They Come TO the
Surface at Washington.
Special to the Ardmoreite.

Special to the Ardmoreite.
Washington, D. c., Feb. L.
The House committee ON Indian
affairs has favorably reported the.
bill introduced by Representative
McRae to entitle and authorize
the Big Three Railroad company
to construct, own and operate a
main branch of railway in the
Indian and Oklahoma Territories. d"
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Senator Pettigrew of South Da-
kota offered the following amend
ment to the Indian appropriation
bill: THE Secretary of the In
terror is hereby authorized to ap-
point register of deeds for each
of the Five Civilized Tribes in the
Indian Territory, said appointees
to be residents of the Indian Terri
tory; and the register of deeds so
appointed shall have power to ap-
point deputies, and they shall pos
sess Ind exercise all powers of reg
listers of deeds, as provided by the
statutes of the state of Arkansas;
and the statutes of the state of Ar
kansas, in relation to all records
kept by registers of deeds, shall
be in full force in said Indian Ter
ritory."
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Senator Cockrell of Missouri has
introduced in the Senate the bill
introduced in the House by Con-
gresham Curtis to put in force in
the Indian Territory certain pro-
visions of the laws of Arkansas re-
lating to corporations, and to
make said provisions applicable tC
the Indian Territory. The bill
provides that section 960 and the
succeeding sections down to anC
including 1925 of the laws of Ar
kansas, as published in 1884 in the
volume known as Mansfeld's Di
gest of the Statutes of Arkansas, y
be and the same are hereby ex
tended over and put in force il
the Indian Territory, so far a'
they may be applicable aud no
conflict with any law of Congress.
applicable to said Territory hereto
fore passed.
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Senator Cockrell has introduced
the following resolution in tn
Senate: Resolved, that the Sec
retary of the Interior be and he i
hereby requested to furnish tn
Senate with full information rela
: tive to the claim of the Old Settle
Cherokees on account of interes
alleged to be due them under tn
resolution of the Senate provide
under the treaty of 1916 and tn
decision of the Supreme Court
with such recommendation as b
may find warranted by the facts.
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Representative Lester has intro
duced bill in the House to estah
lish a system of Indian medica
service and for other purposes
The bill provides that the physi
clans of the Indian service be an
they are hereby constituted bod
} to be known as the United State
: Indian mediacl service.
Sec. .. That the said body S
constituted shall be under the i'm
mediate supervision of a bureau i
the Interior department, to be es
tablished under this act at Wash
ington, District of Columbia, an
which is hereby directed to be es
tablished as follows, namely
With a surgeon or chief surgec
and three inspectors, all in charg
of the Commissioner of Indian al
fairs and under his direction
: They shall be appointed by th
{ President, by and with the advic
and consent of the Senate, eac
| for the term of four years. Thi
bureau shall be entitled the medi
cal department of the Indian SCI
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