The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1899-03-08
CHICKASAW LAW.
Chlckasam CItIzenshIp,

AN ACT making appropriation for
the defense of the Chickasaw Clti-
Zenship cases and for other pur-
poses:
Whereas, some four thousand ap-
plications have heretofore been filed
Whose claims are disputed) for citi
zenship in the Cickasaw Nation, and
it becomes necessary to employ coun-
sci to represent said nation in these
cases;
Whereas, of the said applicants
heretofore filed and heard, between
six and eight hundred have been ad
mitted to citizenship by the
Federal courts in the Indian
Territory, and it has become
necessary to incur further expense
in said cases, on appeal to the Su-
preme court of the United States, as
granted by an act of congress entitled
An act making appropriation for the
current and contingent expenses of
the Indian Department, and for full
| filling treaty stipulations with various
Indian tribes for the fiscal year end
ing June 80, 1899, and for other pur-
poses;" and
| Whereas, an additional expense for
attorneys fees and for court costs
will become necessary to contest the
claim of Chickasaw Freedmen to the
right of an allotment of forty acres
each, and for other services of attor-
neys in the affairs of the nation:
Therefore, be it enacted by the leg
islature of the Chickasaw Nation
That the sum of thirty thousand dol
lars, or so much thereof as may be
necessary, be and the same is hereby
appropriated. to be used in the pay
ment of attorneys fees, court costs,
and for any and all other expenses
incurred in defending the said citi-
zenship cases, and in contesting the
claim of said Freedmen, wherein the
Chickasaw Nation may be party,
on appeal to the Supreme court OF
the United States, and for the further
purpose of employing counsel and
paying court costs in any and all other
affairs or business of the Chickasaw
Nation.
Sec. >. That the Secretary of the
Treasury of the United States be and
he is hereby authorized to pay to the
Governor of the Chickasaw Nation
for such purposes, the said sum OF
thirty thousand dollars, out of any
funds in his hands, or which may
come into his hands, belonging to the
Chickasaw Nation.
Sec. 8. That the Governor of the
ChickasawNation be and he is hereby
authorized to payiout of the said apprc
priation such amount, or amounts,
as may be necessary to final prose
cution and defense of the aforesaid
citizenship cases, and to contest the
said claim of Chickasaw freedmen
and he is further authorized to prose
cute any aud all other suits wherein
; the Nation may be a party, and EN-
ploy counsel in any necessary bnsi
ness of the Nation, out of said sum o
thirty thousand dollars.
Sec. 4. That the Governor shall
take vouchers from any and all par
ties to whom shall have been any par
| of the above appropriation, for thu
purposes herein mentioned, and n
shall make his report thereof to tn
4 Legislature, at each session hereafte
. held.
That this Act take effect from ant
: after its passage, land approval by tn
President of the United States.
Recommended by NJ. V. Cheadle
Dec. IA, 1888.
5 Approved Dec. II, 1898.
d. IL. JOHNSTON,
> Governor Chickasaw Nation.
I Attest: G.. ID. CARTER,
National Sec'ty Chickasaw Nation