The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1900-04-05

acts and laws of the Chickasaw Da-
tion, and any and all other rights
and claims of said freedmen. And
the United States court OF claims is
hereby vested with full power and
| Jurisdiction to hear and determine
all issues and questions that may
arise between the said Chicka6aw
nation and said freedmen in regard
to their rights and claims of citizen
ship of said freedmen and their in
terest in the public domain OF the
/ Choctaw and Chickasaw nations.
And should court determine and de-
cree that said freedmen had no
rights or interest in the lands of the
! said Choctaw and Chickasaw ma
tions, then it shall further order and
decree that all lands held and occu-
pied by said freedmen shall be i'm
mediately vacated and surrendered
to said Chickasaw nation or said
Chickasaw and Choctaw nations.
But il said court should find and de-
cree that said freedmen, by reason
rights and interest in any of said
lands, then it is authorized and di
rected to further decree what said
rights and interests are, and the al
loting agents of the United States,
who shall hereafter be charged with
making allotments of lands in said
Chickasaw nation, shall duly allot
lands to said freedmen in accord
ance with such a decree, but upon
the same terms and conditions, ex-
cept as the amount of land, as allot-
ments are to be made to the men,
bers of said Chickasaw nation.
To enable said Chickasaw nation
and said freedmen to prosecute the
+ said suit for the ascertainment and
t determination of their respective
j rights, said parties thereto may re-
4 spectively employ legal counsel.
Said Chickasaw nation may bring
e such suit in the name of the COVER
j nor thereof, by fling its petition
8 within the time herein provided
v tor commencing said suit and under
e the rules OF said court, stating the
: facts, treaties and laws on which it
s relies for determining the legal re-
/ lations existing between it. and said
!, freedmen, which petition may be
g verified by the governor of said ma
+ ton or by it's regularly employed at
e torney. copy of said petition
d shall be served upon the attorney
e general of the United States, who
e shall appear in said court within
n sixty days J; after the filing of said
II petition. as required by rules of said
court, and he shall represent the in
/ terests of the United States and said
g freedmen. And a copy OF said petit
t ton shall also be duly served upon
: any known attorney or agent, or
r trustee of said freedmen within sixty
: days after the fling thereof. Should
Ii there be no known attorney, or
d agent, or trustee of said freedmen.
t then service may be had upon them
q by publishing a copy of such petit
: ton for four weeks in at least two
e weekly newspapers having general
S circulation in said Chickasaw ma
; ton, the last insertion to be at least
: two weeks before the hearing of said
S cause.
i Section ? provides that should the
Chickasaw nation fail or neglect to
commence suit against said freed
men in said court and within the re-
quired time, then said freedmen,
after the expiration of the ninety
days allowed said nation to sue, and
within ninety days thereafter, may
bring like suit against said Chick
asaw nation and the United States
for the purpose of determining their
rights as aforesaid, which suit may
be brought and prosecuted by said
} freedmen in the name of any agent
or trustee selected by them for that
purpose copy of their petition to be
served upon the attorney general of
the United States and the governor
of the Chickasaw nation within sixty
days after the filing thereof. Said
suit, at the instance of either party,
shall have precedence and be ad-
vanced on the docket and determin-
ed by said court as speedily as prac-
tIcable.
Should either party feel aggrieved
at the finding and decree Of the court
of claims in any suit herein provided
for it may appeal from said finding
and decree to the supreme court of
the United States within sixty davs
from date of reading such decree.
which appeal shall be advanced on
the docket, and tried by said court
as other appeals from the courts of
the United states.
Fl. Clark, Chauncey, Ga, says De-
Wits Witch Hazel Salve cured him
OF piles that had afflicted him for
twenty years. 1t is also a speedy
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