United States. Commission to the Five Civilized Tribes. Laws, Decisions and Regulations Affecting the work of the Commissioners to Five Civilized Tribes, 1893-1906. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1906.
Last Updated on March 28, 2013 by Dennis Office Of The Assistant Attorney-General Washington, D. C., November 12, 1904 The Secretary Of The Interior SIR: I received by reference of July 22, 1904, with request for my opinion thereon, the record in the application of Lemuel Welcome to the Commission to the Five Civilized Tribes […]
Last Updated on March 28, 2013 by Dennis Office Of The Secretary Washington, D. (7., February 25, 1905 Commission To The Five Civilized Tribes Muscogee, Ind. T. GENTLEMEN: November 14, 1904, you transmitted report of proceedings had and additional evidence taken in the matter of the applications of Joe and Dillard Perry for their enrollment
Last Updated on March 28, 2013 by Dennis Office Of The Secretary Washington, D. C., February 23, 1906. Commissioner To The Five Civilized Tribes Muscogee, Ind. T. SIR: On January 19, 1905, the Commission to the Five Civilized Tribes transmitted the record in the matter of the application for the enrollment of Lula F. Long,
Last Updated on March 28, 2013 by Dennis Office of the Secretary Washington, D. G., March 27, 1905 Commission To The Five Civilized Tribes Muscogee, Ind. T. GENTLEMEN: August 25, 1904, you transmitted the record in the consolidated case embracing the applications of Richard B. Coleman, Ida C. Walker, Bettie W. Cooper, Bennetta Coleman, Henry
Last Updated on March 28, 2013 by Dennis Office Of The Secretary, Washington, I). C., February 24, 1904 The Commission to the Five Civilized Tribes, Muscogee, Ind. T. GENTLEMEN: There is enclosed herewith a copy of an opinion of the Assistant Attorney-General for this Department of February 18, 11)01, in the matter of the application
Last Updated on March 28, 2013 by Dennis Office Of The Assistant Attorney-General Washington, D. C., October 5, 1905 The Secretary Of The Interior SIR: I received by reference of September 15, 1905, the record in case of Harry Still, applicant for enrollment as a Cherokee freedman. The letter of reference states that: It appears
Last Updated on March 28, 2013 by Dennis Office Of The Secretary Washington, D. C., April 15, 1905 Commission To The Five Civilized Tribes Muscogee, Ind. T. GENTLEMEN: The Department is in receipt of your letter of January 31, 1905, reporting on the Creek enrollment case of Frank London et al. On May 24, 1901,
Last Updated on March 28, 2013 by Dennis Office Of The Secretary Washington, D. C., February 3, 1905 Commission To The Five Civilized Tribes Muscogee, Ind. T. GENTLEMEN: In accordance with the opinion of the Assistant Attorney-General of January 28, 1905 (copy enclosed), approved by the Department, the application of Emma McMenamin for enrollment as
Last Updated on March 28, 2013 by Dennis Office Of The Secretary, Washington, D. C., August 9, 1904 Commissioner To The Five Civilized Tribes Muscogee, Ind. T. GENTLEMEN: On May 2, 1904, you transmitted, the record relative to the application of Ella Jones for enrollment as a citizen by intermarriage of the Choctaw Nation, including
Last Updated on March 28, 2013 by Dennis Office Of The Secretary Washington, D. C., August 3, 1904 Commission To The Five Civilized Tribes Muscogee, Ind. T. GENTLEMEN: June 8, 1904, you transmitted the papers in the matter of the application of Clay McCoy for enrollment as a citizen, by intermarriage, of the Chickasaw Nation.
Last Updated on March 28, 2013 by Dennis Office Of The Assistant Attorney-General Washington, D. C., March 25, 1905 The Secretary Of The Interior SIR: I received by reference of October 17 , 1904, with request for my opinion thereon, the papers in the application of Clara A. Ward to be enrolled as a citizen
Last Updated on March 28, 2013 by Dennis Office Of The Assistant Attorney-General Washington, D. C., February 10, 1905 The Secretary Of The Interior SIR: I received by reference of October 6, 1904, with request for, opinion thereon, the motion of Belle Z. Bowers to set aside departmental decision of February 7, 1902, and that
Last Updated on March 28, 2013 by Dennis Parties 1. At interest in contests. The only parties at interest in contest matters are the contestant and contestee, and they are the only persons considered when determining the questions at issue in contests. (Choctaw No. 565, Moore v. McKinney.) Possession 1. When necessary. The ownership of
Last Updated on March 28, 2013 by Dennis Judicial Notice 1. Of Department records. (See RECORDS, par. 4.) Judgment 1. Of United States court, effect of. Although judgments of the United States court in Indian Territory are not binding upon the Commission, the fact that a judgment was rendered in such a court by agreement
Last Updated on March 28, 2013 by Dennis Fractional Subdivision Of less than 10 acres. (See ALLOTMENT, par. 6.) Fraud 1. In making selection, effect of. Contestee filed upon land, falsely swearing that he was the owner of the improvements and subsequently attempted to obtain title therein from one of the former owners of said
Last Updated on March 28, 2013 by Dennis 31 Stat. L. 1073 For salaries of four commissioners, appointed under acts of Congress approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, and March second, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, to negotiate with the Five Civilized Tribes in the Indian Territory, twenty thousand dollars : Provided, That the number
Last Updated on March 27, 2013 by Dennis An Act For the protection of the people of the Indian Territory, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That in all criminal prosecutions in the Indian Territory against officials for
Statement showing the disposition and present status of Creek allotment contest cases appealed from the decisions of the Commission to the Five Civilized Tribes and Commissioner to the Five Civilized Tribes, and in which decisions on said appeals have been rendered, from July 1, 1904, to May 31, 1906, inclusive.
Last Updated on March 28, 2013 by Dennis An Act To ratify and confirm an agreement with the Muscogee or Creek tribe of Indians, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the agreement negotiated between the Commission to
Last Updated on March 28, 2013 by Dennis Regulations of Commissioner of January 2, 1906, Relative to Petitions for Rehearing Under the Loula West, Mary Elizabeth Martin, and Joe and Dillard Perry Enrollment Cases. Numerous inquiries have been made of this office as to the procedure to be followed by the Commissioner to the Five
