The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1904-12-28
CIT IzE NSHIP
INTRODUCE ~ REPRESENTA-
TIVE STEPHENS.
A Case IN Which Thousands are Rep
resented and viii be Watched
with Interest, not only by
Attorney But People Also.

from the citizenship court OF the
Indian Territory 10 the circuit court
of appeals of the eighth Circuit AZ
Saint Louis, and to determine the
legal status OF intormarrcd citizens
and their descendants
Whereas It is provided by the treaty
between the United States Govern.
ment and the CLOctaw and Chicka-
saw tribes of Indians tha- "A per.
son marrying an Indian by blood
shall become a member OF SAID
tribe of Indians and entitled to all
the rights and privileges OF such
and
Whereas the laws OF The Choc,aw and
Chichasaw Indians mako practically
the same provision and have long
recognized intermarried citizens as
members in every sense Of said
ribos; and
Whereas in recent lines attorneys
for said tribes have disputed the
right of spouse OF an intermarried
citizen and the descendants of such
,ntcrmarried citizen and sucn
spouse TO be recognized and con.
sIdered as members of said tribes
in the sense that they could par.
cipate in the lands and property ol
said tribes; and
Whereas such contention was carried
before both Judge Clayton and
Judge Townsend as trial judges OF
the Federal court in the Indian Ter
ritory. both of whom held that the
spouse and the descendants were
citizens of such nation and members
of such tribe under the provision
of the laws and treaty as fully as
il citizens by blood; and
Whereas under recent Act OF Congress
such cases were required to be
again presented to the citizenship
court composed of three judges ap.
pointed for the purpose of passing
upon applications Tor citizenship
and
Whereas said court e. its re out ses.
sion in December, nineteen AundreI
andfour, after long contenr'cn ana
doubt. Gally b. y majority OF said
court, with 'o. ."Ige jIacuutIng.
held that th' spHuc of "a inter
married citizon and the descendants
of such spouse by the intermarriet
citizen were not citizens of such
nations or members Of such tribes
and
Whereas such question Is purely one
Of law, there being no disputation
of the facts; and
Whereas the opinion OF said citizen
ship court both Of the majority and
dissenting opinion, was rendered in
the case of L. H,Bounds versus the
Choctaw and ChicEasaw nations, at
Tishomingo, Indian Territory; and
Whereas the legal question involve /
IN the Bounds case determines all
cases of like character, Therefore
BE il enacted by the Senate AMI
House of Representatives of the Unit
od states of America in Congress as.
scmbled.
That an appeal be granted an the
same is hereby provided from me
desIc5ion of the said ctl-nship cour.
n the ChoCtaw and CGichasaw M.
tions to the circuit cotrl of Appeals
tor the eighth circuit az Saint Louis
for the determination of the law ques
tions involved in said cause, provided
said appeal is taken within thirty
days after the passage Of this Act,
land which appeal shall be perfected
by the applicant procuring a certified
copy of the record of said cause under
the hand and seal of the custodian oI
said record, and filing the same with
the clerk of the said circuit court OF
appeals and securing or paying the
cost of appeal as estimated or assess.
t., by said clerk And the applicant
shall also give notice TO the governors
.of the Choctaw and Chickasaw ma,
.tions, or their attorneys Of record in
said cause, unless such notice of ar
peal be waived.
sec > That upon the receipt OF the
record aforesaid the clerk OF the said
circuit court of appeals shall file tho
I,,trd ana docket the cause, and the
same shall have precedence over 9th.
er causes and stand for submission
within thirty days after said record
Is filed Upon such filing such clers
shall Immediately notify the at'Hr-
noys for each party OF the date o.
the G!ins and require them to flle or
prcsenttheir briefs and argument IN
such cause within the thirty days hera
in provided Such appeal shall not
fail for any lack OF form or regularity
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