The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1905-01-20
STUART'S BILL
FOR TERRITORY
Defining Duties and Creating
Office Of Superintendent
of Indian Territory.

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Knat there shall be in the Depart
ment Of the Interior a superintendent
Nj Indian Territory affairs, who shal
be appointed by the President, by anc
with the advice and consent OF thg
Senate, and who shall receive an an
nual salary Of eight Thousand dollars
and there shall also be appointed BY
The President, by and with the advice
and consent Of the Senate, an attor-
ney for the Indian Territory, at an
annual salary OF five thousand dollars,
who shall perform such services as
may be required by the superintend-
ent or the Secretary of the Interior.
SEC ?. That said superintendent
shall have Jurisdiction Of all matters
and shall perform all duties vested in,
conferred upon, and to be performed
by the Commission to the Five Civil
ized Tribes and the Indian agent at
the Union Agency, by or under exist
ing laws, and generally shall have
jurisdiction of all matters relating to
The property interests Of the Five
Civilized Tribes. or Of individual mem
bers thereof, and to adjudicate all
contests and controversies in regard
to them, subject to the right Of ap-
peal ON questions Of law to the Secre-
tary Of the Interior.
Sec. 3. That all grazing and agri-
cultural leases heretofore made by al
l0ttees Of any Of the Five Civilized
Tribes shall be recorded in the Office
Of the superintendent Of Indian Ter
ritory affairs, or In such land Offices as
are hereinafter authorized, within
sixty days after the passage Of this
nu and any lease not so recorded
shall be absolutely void and Of no
effect. An such leases hereafter made
shall be void unless approved by the
Secretary Of the Interior and filed in
the proper otiice OF record within
ninety days after such approval. Juris-
diction and authority are hereby given
the superintendent to investigate such
lease heretofore or hereafter made by
eny allottee Of any OF the Five Civil
ized tribes, upon not less than ten
days notice TO the lessee, and II he
shall find that any such lease was pro-
cured to be made through fraud,
material Misrepresentation, or for an
inadequate consideration, he shall va
cate and cancel the same, and upon
such cancellation he may eject the
lessee, or anybody in possession under
his lease, and put the lessor, or his
legal representative, in possession Of
the premises: Pyovided, That allot-
ments Of Choctaw and Chickasaw
freedmen shall be taken and held as
homesteads Any person taking pos
session OF land under lease made in
violation OF this section or ofany other
provision Of law, or declared by any
law to be Illegal or void, or shall pre-
sent for record any such Illegal or void
lease shall be guilty Of a misdemeanor
and upon conviction shall be fined not
exceeding two hundred dollars, and
shall also be liableto the owner OF said
land for damages, TO be recovered in
civil proceedings
SEC. g. That such superintendent
shall have exclusive original jurisdic-
ton Of the estates OF all deceased In
dianS, and Of all minor and insane
Indians and freedmen in the Indian
Territory, and shall have authority to
sell, lease, or otherwise dispose Of the
same as shall be directed by the Secre-
tary Of the Interior. Such superin-
tendent IS also hereby given authority
and jurisdiction to sell, in accordance
with the regulations 70 be prescribed
BY the Secretary Of the Interior, all
ands Of the allottees Of any Of the
Five Civilized Tribes, upon request Of
such allottee II an adult, or without
such request IT the allottee be a minor,
except their homesteads. Such sales
ihall be made 10 actual settlers only. ,
who shall be citizens OF the United
States or shall have declared their in
'ention to become such, ten per cent.
II the consideration to be paid in cash
It the time OF the delivery Of the con-
.ract Of sale and the balance in ten !
squal semi-anDual installments, the
deferred payments to bear six per !
.entum interest. The contract Of sale
hall be executed by the vendor or his
egal representative to the purchaser
u his legal representative at the time }
4 sale, ard a deed shall be executed
md delivered on fun payment Of the :
money. All payments upon
uch sales shall be made to the super
ntendent or such other officer as the
Of the Interior may deSig- !
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