The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1900-08-26
NEW TlMeER REGULATIONS.
The Latest Rules Of the Deparfmeni
Governing Timber cnttInk.


attorney f0r the Southern District is
inst In receipt Of the latest rulings
and regulations of the interior del
partment on the subject OF timber
cutting and stone quarrying in the
Indian Territory. The new rules
and regulations are based upou the
act of congress of June 8, 1900, and
are as follows:
The United States. Indian. agent
for the Union agency is hereby hn-
thorixed and directed to enter INTO p
contract or contracts, upon appHca-
tions, made in the forms OF afildavits,
upon blanks prescribed, when ap-
proved by the secretary of the In
terror. with any responsible person,
persons. or corporations for the pur-
chase of timber or stone from any OF
the public lands belonging to any of
the five civilized tribes, and to col
lect, on or before the end of each
month, the full value Of such timber
or stone as the secretary of the in
terror shall hereafter determine
should be paid; ana the timber and
stone so procured under such con-
tracts may be used for domestic
and Industrial purposes, including
the construction. maintenance, and
repair of railroads and other high
ways" within the limits of the In
dian Territory only.
Applications must be presented to
the United States Indian inspector,
located in the Indian Territory and
by him forwarded, with his recon-
mendation, through the commission
or of Indian affair, to the depart
ment.
1. Applications must state the
quality and quantity of timber or
stone proposed to be cut or quarried,
the purpose or purposes for which,
and the place or places where said
timber and stone are to be used, as
the case may be, the amount con-
sidered just and reasonable to be
paid by them, and their reasons for
such conclusions. Each application
must be accompanied by the affda-
Wits of two disinterested persons cor
roboratlng specifically all the state
ments of the applicant, and the in
spector is hereby authorized to re-
quire any other Information as to
the value of the timber or the stone,
or to show the good faith of the ap'
plicant.
2. Before any timber small be cut
or any stone taken from any of the
lands belonging to any of the fivt
civilized tribes, the person, persons
e or corporation desiring to secure
such timber or stone shall enter int
contract or contracts with the In
dian agent, which contract, how
, ever, shall not be of force until tn,
] secretary shall have indorsed hi
/ approval thereon; provided, tina
, such person, persons, or corpora
ton shall give bond in sufficien
sum to be fixed by the secretary O
the interior, with two good and SUI
e ficient securities, or an approves
surety company, conditioned for tn
faithful performance of the stipuls
@ tions of the contract or contracts
and also conditioned for the faithful
D observance of all the laws of tn
: United States now in force or tina
may hereafter be enacted and tn
4 regulations now prescribed or tina
may hereafter be prescribed by tn
secretary of the interior relative t
: any and all matters pretaining to tn
Il affairs of the five civilized tribes.
a 8. The moneys so collected shal
be placed to the credit of the trib
= or tribes to which the land belong
. from which such timber or ston
- was procured, as miscellan eous re
: celpts, class three, mot the resul
d of the labor of any member of sue
4 tribe" But no timber or stone shal
e be taken from any land selected b
any citizen of any of the five civil
lied tribes as his prospective allot
ment without his consent, and onI
= from such land being cleared, or t
: be cleared for civilization, and no
I until a contract shall have bee
O entered into by the said Unite
v States Indian agent and the person
: persons Or corporation, desiring t
procure such stone or timber, an
the same shall have been approved
L The price to be paid under sue
L contract shall be satisfactory to sue
Il prospective allottee after final allot
4 ment to him shall have been made
O Provided, That the provision of thi
section shall apply to ell tracts no,
in possession or any citizens of an
5 of the hve civilized tribes who in
: tend to include such tracts in thei
e respective allotments, and tn
: money derived from the sale G
timber or stone taken from any sue
. tracts shall he held by the India
Z agent until such time as the allot
ment of the tract or tracts froI
q which such timber or stone wa
+ taken and shall have been made, @
which time the money so held sha
be paid by the Indian agent to tn