Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 34 Part 1.djvu/375

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FIFTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. 1. (fn. 3504. 1906. 345 to the Creek treasurer for payment, and is yet unpaid: Hrmréeiad. {,°;ggQ**Qé uh __, That before any yment is made to said Turner he shall prove, to the q' satisfaction of th: Secretary of the Interior, that he is an innocent holder of said warrant and was a purchaser of the same in good faith. That the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized and directed Bf,f,j“*° N"“*‘“*‘l to pay, out of any money in the Treasury of the United States belong- Pnrmenc toing to the Chickasaw Nation, the amount due the State National Bank ` of Denison, Texas, upon a note given by the governor and treasurer of the Chickasaw Nation, under an Act entitled "An Act authorizing and requesting the governor and treasurer of the Chickasaw Nation to borrow the sum of twenty-six thousand one hundred and ninety-five dollars and thirty-tive cents to pay the expenses of the present session of the legislature, exclusive of the four dollars per day allowed by law for the expenses of the members and officers of the present session of the legislature," approved by the governor of the Chickasaw Nation onTlZecember twentieth, nineteen hundred and live. at no rson who has been, now is or ma ‘ hereafter be an em loyee n 1;¤Pl°Y°¢* 0*-Cmof the Goiginnient under the Commission tobthe Five Civilized Tribes, uiipiiiiiiitii-°tai·il»ii;ii—'¤iii or its successor. shall be permitted to practice in any manner as an °"" agent or attorney before the Commissioner to the Five Civilized Tribes within two years after said person shall cease to be an employee of the Government. That the Secretary of the Interior is authorized, under such rules gggjgtafogdpgfgg; and regulations as he may prescribe, to continue the publication of the anne. Cherokee Advocate, at Tahlequah, lndian Territory, until June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and seven, and to pay the expense of the ’ same out of the tribal funds of the Cherokee N ation. ‘ That the Court of Claims is hereby authorized and directed to hear Egg 1;, *?Q,'jQ]>;_¤& and adjudicate the claims against the Choctaw Nation of the heirs of uy mumsspina Peter P. Pitchlynn, deceased, and to render judgment thereon in such °b°°°"” by ]'° " °" amounts, if any, as may appear to be equitably due. Said judgment, if any, in favor of the heirs of Pitchlynn, shall be id out of any funds in the Treasury of the United States belonging to m Choctaw Nation, said judgment to be rendered on the principle of quantum meruit for services rendered and expenses incurred. Notice of said suit shall be served on the overnor of the Choctaw Nation, and the Attorney- General of the Tlnited States shall appear and defend in said suit on behalf of said nation. That to enable the Red River Bridge Company, of Denison, Texas, m{:,[;5,)f{°*:jyr1;__ to acquire land necessary to the proper conduct and operation of its tions ¤·¤»·»»·t·u. property, WVyatt S. Hawkins, an intermarried citizen of the Chickasaw Nation, is hereby authorized to sell and convey the whole or any part of the homestead allotted to him as such intermarried citizen, and all restriction on the alienation of such homestead imposed by any existing law is hereby removed. That all restrictions as to the sale, incumbrance, or taxation of the ugjjerggxgjgild ¤*¤‘*•‘ lands heretofore allotted to \Villiam P. Ross, of Tahlequah, Maud NV. cm»mk.+». ` Ross, Edward G. Ross, Mrs. Josephine Rider, Williani P. Ross of Bartlesville, Nevermore Trainer, Annie C. Bennett, Nathan F. Adams, Annie Potts. and Sam Spade, Famous Dew numbered twenty-eight · thousand five hundred. Alexander Procter numbered twenty-eight thousand three hundred and thirty-two, Lizzie Sunday numbered fifteen hundred and twenty-two, Sarah Ooyusuttah numbered twenty thousand three hundred and ninety-nine, Betsy Galcatcher numbered fifteen thousand two hundred and eleven, George WV. Bark numbered eighteen thousand five hundred and sixty-five, Nellie Hicks numbered sixty-one hundred and seventy-nine, Charley Ellis numbered twenty- nine thousand five hundred and twenty-five, Tillman England num-' bered eighteen thousand and three, Taylor Soldier numbered sixty- three hundred and fifteen, Carry Downing numbered eighteen thou-