California Indians Jurisdictioal Act: Hearings ...on S. 1651...19371937 - 227 pages |
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45 Stat 70th Congress acres act of Congress affiant amended petition amount appropriation Attorney General Webb attorney of record attorney or attorneys Auxiliaries award bands of Indians basic bill behalf California Indians Chairman citizens claimants Commissioner COLLIER Commissioner of Indian Committee on Indian compensation conference counsel Court of Claims defendant delegates Department draft ELMER THOMAS Enabling Act expenses fact Federal fees filed fornia Government Hanley hearing hereby Indian Affairs Indians of California individual Indians comprised interest Interior J. E. Pemberton J. W. Henderson John Collier judgment jurisdictional act lands language legislation letter MARION BUTLER matter MEANEY ment Mission Indians nontreaty Indians original petition parties payment persons petitioners plaintiff present proposed prosecution quantum meruit question recognized recovery referred rendered Secretary selection Senate committee set-offs SHEPPARD SHIPE Sloan statement STORMONT submitted Supreme Court tion U. S. Webb United Washington Willis witness
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Page 148 - The Mexicans who. in the territories aforesaid, shall not preserve the character of citizens of the Mexican Republic, conformably with what is stipulated in the preceding article, shall be incorporated into the Union of the United States, and be admitted at the proper time (to be judged of by the Congress of the United States...
Page 149 - Though the Indians are acknowledged to have an unquestionable, and, heretofore, unquestioned right to the lands they occupy, until that right shall be extinguished by a voluntary cession to our Government ; yet it may well be doubted whether those tribes which reside within the acknowledged boundaries of the United States can, with strict accuracy, be denominated foreign nations. They may, more correctly, perhaps, be denominated domestic dependent nations. They occupy a territory to which...
Page 32 - And finally, the sacredness of this obligation shall never be lost sight of by the said government when providing for the removal...
Page 145 - The amount of any judgment shall be placed in the Treasury of the United States to the credit of the Indians of California and shall draw interest at the rate of 4 per centum per annum and shall be thereafter subject to appropriation by Congress for educational, health, industrial, and other purposes for the benefit of said Indians, including the purchase of lands and building of homes, and no part of said judgment shall be paid out in per capita payments to said Indians...
Page 176 - SEC. 6. The amount of any judgment shall be placed in the Treasury of the United States to the credit of the Indians of California and shall draw interest at the rate of 4 per centum per annum and shall be thereafter subject to appropriation by Congress for educational, health, industrial...
Page 79 - Indians residing on such reservation, as the case may be, at a special election authorized and called by the Secretary of the Interior under such rules and regulations as he may prescribe.
Page 200 - The cost and expenses of laying out, constructing, and repairing such roads and trails shall be paid by the Secretary of the Treasury out of the road and trail portion of said "Alaska fund" upon vouchers approved and certified by said board.
Page 149 - The right of the Indians to their occupancy is as sacred as that of the United States to the fee, but it is only a right of occupancy. The possession, when abandoned by the Indians, attaches itself to the fee without further grant.
Page 163 - Extortion is the obtaining of property from another, with his consent, induced by a wrongful use of force or fear, or under color of official right.