FIFTY —NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Cris. 187+-1876. 1906. 137 entitled_‘An Act to regulate navigation 0n the Great Lakes and their connecting and tributary waters as far east as Montreal,’ approved February eighth, eighteen hundred and ninety-tive.” Approved, April 26, 1906. CHAP. 187 5.—An Act To amend section forty-five hundred and two of the Revised April 26. 1906- Statutes of the United States, relating to bonds and oaths of shipping commissioners. lS· 4339·l __ Public, No. 128. Be it enacted by the Senate and House 0_fRepresentaté2:es of the United [ I States ofAme7·éca in Ocngress assembled, That section forty-five hun- shipping commisdred and two of the Revised Statutes of the United States be, and the S"¥§§S_ same is hereby, éimended so as to read as follows: ‘ Sec. 4502. ver s i in commissioner so a ointed shall ive S"°'°'“’Y °’ C°“" bond to the United S)tatesI?[don§ditioned for the faitlgiil performanti of givhsdvgldgndl jo the duties of his office, for a sum, in the discretion of the Secretary ,,,§.3§5j§?'45°2’p‘8’°’ of Commerce and Labor, of not less than five thousand dollars, in such form and with such security as the Secretary of Commerce and Labor shall direct and approve; and shall take and subscribe the oath pre- §“§h·Sec ,,5, 3,3 scribed by section seventeen hundred and fifty-seven of the Revised 'p' ` Statutes before entering upon the duties of his office: Provided, That §§'{'§{lY;g bonds_ nothing in this section shall be construed to adect in any respect the liability of principal or sureties on any bond heretofore given by any shipping commissioner? . Approved, April 26, 1906. ` CHAP. 1876.-An Act To provide for the final disposition of the affairs of the Five April 26. 1906. Civilized Tribes in the Indian Territory, and for other purposes. [H;Ew°·l Public, No. 129.] Be it enacted by the Senate and blouse of Representatlves of the United _ _ _ States cfzimerica in Ocngress assembled, That after the approval of F,}.{’,$,f§*‘Q{};,§f,;§§Q‘,lj°§, this Act no person shall be enrolled as a citizen or freedman of the ¤¤¤1r¤<»f4 Choctaw, Chickasaw, Cherokee, Creek, or Seminole tribes of Indians in the Indian Territory, except as herein otherwise provided, unless E'""“'“°“‘"‘l°“· application for enrollment was made prior to December first, nineteen hundred and five and the records in charge of the Commissioner to the Five Civilized Tribes shall be conclusive evidence as to the fact of such application; and no motion to reopen or reconsider any citizenship case, in any of said tribes, shall be entertained unless tiled with the Commissioner to the Five Civilized Tribes within sixty days after the date of the order or decision sought to be reconsidered except as to decisions made prior to the passage of this Act, in which cases such motion shall be made within sixty ays after the passage of this Act: Provided, That the Secretary of the Interior may enroll persons whose pzlpgédom med names appear upon any of the tribal rolls and for whom the records pngli- m necemner 1, in charge of the Commissioner to the Five Civilized Tribes show appli- “’°°· cation was made prior to December first, nineteen hundred and tive, and which was not allowed solely because not made within the time prescribed by law. _ _ S Sec. 2. That for ninety days after approval hereof applications shall M"‘°' °*“‘“'°“· be received for enrollment of children who were minors living March fourth, nineteen hundred and six, whose parents have been enrolled as members of the Choctaw, Chickasaw, Cherokee, or Creek tribes, or _ _ _ have applications for enrollment pending at the approval hereof, and c,§Q·“,f,,‘},§,‘f*‘l‘°*¥'*"“‘°*° for the purpose of enrollment under this section illegitimate children shall take the status of the mother, and allotments shall be made to children so enrolled. If any citizen of the Cherokee tribe shall fail k£Y¤°¤* °°Cl>¤¤> to receive the full quantity of land to which he is entitled as an allot- `
