504 FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. II, Ch. 517. 1898. _£¤*¤¤ °' •=°¤¤¤i¤· The members of said commission shall, in performing all duties °' required of them by law, have authority to administer oaths, examine witnesses, and send for persons and papers; and any person who shall willfully and knowingly make any false aiiidavit or oath to any material fact or matter before any member of said commission, or before any . other officer authorized to admini ter oaths, to any aftidavit or other paper to be filed or oath taken before said commission, shall be deemed ilty of 'ur and on conviction thereof shall be punished as for gdxch odeiisgu y, s . , ${0:* $d:'iE‘j. Sec. 22. That where members of one tribe, under intercourse laws, ,¤¤¤nm· mm. usages, or customs, have made homes within the limits and on the -i¤wr¤g¤au:t{.;*:; lands of another tribe they may retain and take allotment, embracing l';"`" same under such agreement as may be made between such tribes respecting such settlers; but if no such agreement be made the improve-
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trmovn. damages incurred by such settler incident to enforced removal, shall be paid to him immediately upon removal, out of any funds belonging to the tribe, or such settler, if he so desire, may make private sale of Prwiw- his improvements to any citizen of the tribe owning the lands: Pro- _ —li¤·i¢· vided, That he shall not be paid for improvements made on lands in excess tolf that to which he, his wife, and minor children are entitled to under is Act. T·>¤·¤i¤}=*i<>¤ 0* Sec. 23. That all leases of agricultural or grazing land belonging to l°”"` any tribe made after the iirst day of January, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, by the tribe or any member thereof shall be absolutely void, and all such grazing leases made prior to said date shall terminate on the first day of April, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, and all such agricultural leases shall terminate on January tlrst, nineteen hunmwmz ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤*¤· dred; but this shall not prevent individuals from leasing their allot- ‘ ments when made to them as provided in this Act, nor from occupying or regtilng their prolportionate shares of the tribal lands until the allotmen erein provided or are made. mM¤€:vg¤€°·£¤¤- Sec. 24. That all moneys paid into the United States Treasury at '”° "' Saint Louis, Missouri, under provisions of this Act shall be placed to the credit of the tribe to which they belong; and the assistant United States treasurer shall give triplicate receipts therefor to the depositor. Mrlgavkgggkcgtqgggg Sec. 25. That before any allotment shall be made of lands in the by nemwm ilamus Cherokee Nation, there shall be segregated therefrom by the commisrkl:;:5*¤z·M '¤¤¤ sion heretofore mentioned, in separate allotments or otherwise, the one ' hundred and fifty-seven thousand six hundred acres purchased by the Delaware tribe of Indians from the Cherokee Nation under agreement of April eighth, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, subject to the judicial determination of the rights of said descendants and the Cherokee d£!»¤¤l:£<2::¤;L¤=>} Nation under said agreement. That the Delaware Indians residing in D,,,,?,;'},,,, I,,.,,.,,,, the Cherokee Nation are hereby authorized and empowered to bring suit in the Court of Claims of the United States, within sixty days after the passage of this Act, against the Cherokee Nation, for the purpose of determining the rights of said Delaware Indians in and to the lands and funds of said nation under their contract and agreement with the Cherokee Nation dated April eighth, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven; or the Cherokee Nation may bring a like suit against said Delaware Indians; and jurisdiction is conferred on said court to adju- -app¤»1. dicate and fully determine the same, with right of appeal to either party to the Supreme Court of the United States. mfgglrlrgigntivu <»•‘ Sec. 26. That on and after the passage of this Act the laws of the ‘ various tribes or nations of Indians shall not be enforced at law or in equity by the courts of the United States in the Indian Territory. 1m1a..¤i¤.pm.». Sec. 27. That the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to locate one lndianinspector in Indian Territory, who may, under his authority and direction, perform any duties required of the Secretary of the Interior by law, relating to affairs therein. glholitiou ur mtu Sec. 28. That on the iirst day of July, eighteen hundred and ninety- °° *" eight, all tribal courts in Indian Territory shall be abolished, and no
