Indian Claims Commission Act: Hearing ...on H.R. 4497...June 1-12, and July 13, 19461946 - 149 pages |
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... tribe , band , or other identifiable group of American Indians residing within the territorial limits of the United States or Alaska . Such claims shall include , but shall not be confined to , ( 1 ) claims arising under the ...
... tribe , band , or other identifiable group of American Indians residing within the territorial limits of the United States or Alaska . Such claims shall include , but shall not be confined to , ( 1 ) claims arising under the ...
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... TRIBES ( c ) No Commissioner shall engage in any other business , vocation , or em- ployment during his term of office nor shall he , during his term of office or for a period of two years thereafter , represent any Indian tribe , band ...
... TRIBES ( c ) No Commissioner shall engage in any other business , vocation , or em- ployment during his term of office nor shall he , during his term of office or for a period of two years thereafter , represent any Indian tribe , band ...
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... tribe , band , or other identifiable group of Indians as the representative of all its members ; but wherever any tribal organization exists , recognized by the Secretary of the Interior as having authority to represent such tribe ...
... tribe , band , or other identifiable group of Indians as the representative of all its members ; but wherever any tribal organization exists , recognized by the Secretary of the Interior as having authority to represent such tribe ...
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... tribe or group was a party , and the appropriate department of the Government of the United States shall give to the attorneys for all tribes or groups full and free access to such letters , papers , documents , maps , or records as may ...
... tribe or group was a party , and the appropriate department of the Government of the United States shall give to the attorneys for all tribes or groups full and free access to such letters , papers , documents , maps , or records as may ...
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... tribes , bands , or groups . EFFECT OF EXISTING LAWS SEC . 25. All provisions of law inconsistent with this Act are hereby repealed to the extent of such inconsistency , except that existing provisions of law authoriz- ing suits in the ...
... tribes , bands , or groups . EFFECT OF EXISTING LAWS SEC . 25. All provisions of law inconsistent with this Act are hereby repealed to the extent of such inconsistency , except that existing provisions of law authoriz- ing suits in the ...
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Page 91 - Those who shall prefer to remain in the said territories, may either retain the title and rights of Mexican citizens, or acquire those of citizens of the United States. But, they shall be under the obligation to make their election within one year from the date of the exchange of ratifications of this treaty : and those who shall remain in the said territories, after the expiration of that year, without having declared their intention to retain the character of Mexicans, shall be considered to have...
Page 89 - ... to the point where it strikes the southern boundary of New Mexico; thence, westwardly, along the whole southern boundary of New Mexico (which runs north of the town called Paso) to its western termination; thence, northward, along the western line of New Mexico, until it intersects the first branch of the river Gila...
Page 2 - AN ACT To create an Indian Claims Commission, to provide for the powers, duties, and functions thereof, and for other purposes Be it enacted 'by the Senate and Bouse of Representatives of the United States...
Page 55 - States, whether as the result of a treaty of cession or otherwise, of lands owned or occupied by the claimant without the payment for such lands of compensation agreed to by the claimant; and (5) claims based upon fair and honorable dealings that are not recognized by any existing rule of law or equity.
Page 92 - ... of three millions of dollars each, together with interest on the same at the rate of six per centum per annum. This interest shall begin to run upon the whole sum of twelve millions from the day of the ratification of the present Treaty by the Mexican Government, and the first of the installments shall be paid at the expiration of one year from the same day.
Page 97 - Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the State of California shall be one, and is hereby declared to be one, of the United States of America, and admitted into the Union on an equal footing with the original States in all respects whatever.
Page 7 - SEC. 2. The Commission shall hear and determine the following claims against the United States on behalf of any Indian tribe, band, or other identifiable group of American Indians residing within the territorial limits of the United States or Alaska...
Page 92 - ... millions of dollars. To ascertain the validity and amount of those claims, a Board of Commissioners shall be established by the Government of the United States, whose awards shall be final and conclusive: provided that in deciding upon the validity of each claim, the board shall be guided and governed by the principles and rules of decision prescribed by the first and fifth Articles of the...
Page 89 - Government, whereby healthy and otherwise suitable places at a distance from the ports not exceeding thirty leagues shall be designated for the residence of such troops as may not yet have embarked, until the return of the healthy season And the space of time here referred to. as comprehending the sickly season, shall be understood to extend from the first day of May to the first day of November.
Page 91 - 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...