Concerning Land Titles of the Five Civilized Tribes of Oklahoma: Hearings...on H.R. 1200, H.R. 1197, and H.R. 1199...1945 - 85 pages |
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... removed and the supreme court of the State said it could be done retroactively . Now I would say the point you raise is an item on which I could proceed for hours . Mr. FLANERY . The point I intended to bring out is that the pur- pose ...
... removed and the supreme court of the State said it could be done retroactively . Now I would say the point you raise is an item on which I could proceed for hours . Mr. FLANERY . The point I intended to bring out is that the pur- pose ...
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... removed in 1908. I am on the same basis as a white man . As to those who are still under the Federal Government's protection , they are those from half - bloods up to full - bloods ; as to them , they are only a small group in the ...
... removed in 1908. I am on the same basis as a white man . As to those who are still under the Federal Government's protection , they are those from half - bloods up to full - bloods ; as to them , they are only a small group in the ...
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... removed and they were allowed to sell their lands and they did sell them to various people , so that the Indian lands got in the hands of whites , colored , and anybody else that wanted them and as their restrictions were removed they ...
... removed and they were allowed to sell their lands and they did sell them to various people , so that the Indian lands got in the hands of whites , colored , and anybody else that wanted them and as their restrictions were removed they ...
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... removed . That clouds the title . Mr. FERNANDEZ . And in some cases you have sold that land ? Mr. MARLIN . In many cases . Mr. FERNANDEZ . Well , the State in that case , would it be liable if the title turns out to be bad ? Mr. MARLIN ...
... removed . That clouds the title . Mr. FERNANDEZ . And in some cases you have sold that land ? Mr. MARLIN . In many cases . Mr. FERNANDEZ . Well , the State in that case , would it be liable if the title turns out to be bad ? Mr. MARLIN ...
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... removing restrictions back in 1916 be presented to the trial court in order to determine whether or not it was broad enough to remove restrictions not only of the allotted land but of the inherited land as well and that question now is ...
... removing restrictions back in 1916 be presented to the trial court in order to determine whether or not it was broad enough to remove restrictions not only of the allotted land but of the inherited land as well and that question now is ...
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47 Stat act of Congress Act of January Act of June allotted lands allottee April 12 April 26 Berkeley L bill to validate certiorari Chairman Cherokee Chickasaw Choctaw Circuit Court Committee on Indian Congressman consent and approval conveyances county court Court of Appeals courts of Oklahoma decision decree deed Department DISNEY District Court enactment FERNANDEZ filed Five Civilized Tribes FLANERY fraud full-blood heirs full-blood Indian heirs funds Hellard Hughes County Indian Affairs Indian lands Indian Territory indispensable party inherited lands interest Interior invalid involved January 27 Judge Rice June 14 lands of full-blood lawyers legislation litigation loans MARLIN Meadors ment MUNDT notice oil companies Oklahoma Supreme Court opinion partition lands partition proceedings passed probate attorneys question removed rendered restricted Indians restricted lands restrictions against alienation SCHWABE Secretary Section 9 SEMPLE Senate statute of limitations STIGLER suit Superintendent Supreme Court void WHITE
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Page 79 - If any provision of this act, or the application of such provision to any person or circumstances shall be held invalid, the remainder of the act, and the application of such provision to persons or circumstances other than those as to which it is held invalid, shall not be affected thereby.
Page 81 - Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Lnited States of America in Congress assembled, That...
Page 46 - Provided, That where the entire interest in any tract of restricted and tax-exempt land belonging to members of the Five Civilized Tribes is acquired by inheritance, devise, gift, or purchase, with restricted funds, by or for restricted Indians, such lands shall remain restricted and . tax-exempt during the life of and as long as held by such restricted Indians, but not longer than April 26, 1956, unless the restrictions are removed in the meantime in the manner provided by law...
Page 41 - Persons who not only have an interest in the controversy, but an interest of such a nature that a final decree cannot be made without either affecting that interest, or leaving the controversy in such a condition that its final termination may be wholly inconsistent with equity and good conscience.
Page 44 - In our opinion, the combination described in the declaration is a combination " in restraint of trade or commerce among the several States," in the sense in which those words are used in the act, and the action can be maintained accordingly.
Page 83 - Budget and, therefore, no commitment can be made concerning the relationship of the views expressed herein to the program of the President. Sincerely yours, ORME LEWIS, Assistant Secretary of the Interior.
Page 42 - The Indians are not here seeking to establish any power or capacity in themselves to dispose of the lands, but only to prevent a threatened disposal by administrative officers in disregard of their full ownership. Of their capacity to maintain such a suit, we entertain no doubt. The existing wardship is not an obstacle, as is shown by repeated decisions of this Court, of which Lone Wolf v. Hitchcock, 187 US 553 is an illustration.
Page 23 - We will now adjourn until to-morrow morning at 10 o'clock. (Thereupon, at 12 o'clock noon, the committee adjourned...
Page 29 - That the death of any allottee of the Five Civilized Tribes shall operate to remove all restrictions upon the alienation of said allottee's land : Provided, That no conveyance of any interest of any fullblood Indian heir in such land shall be valid unless approved by the court having jurisdiction of the settlement of the estate of said deceased allottee...
Page 4 - That the persons and property of minor allottees of the Five Civilized Tribes shall, except as otherwise specifically provided by law, be subject to the jurisdiction of the probate courts of the State of Oklahoma.