 | 1897 - 1230 pages
...made for grazing purposes, rent being reserved at 25 cents per acre per year; that said lease was duly approved by the commissioner of Indian affairs and the secretary of the interior, and that plaintiff took possession under said lease of the lands therein described; that the lands were... | |
 | 1897 - 626 pages
...to carry on the Cherokee training school , and the council did not wish to incur the displeasure of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs and the Secretary of the Interior, and hence it sought their cooperation in making said sale, and not because the council believed that the... | |
 | 1898 - 1200 pages
...who is of the opinion that he was not eligible to transfer. Mr. PROCTER. It was on the letter from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs and the Secretary of the Interior and an investigation made by the commission that it was found that he was eligible to transfer. The CHAIRMAN.... | |
 | 1902 - 680 pages
...have no hesitation in saying that the Indian service is improving year by year, it is now administered by the Commissioner of Indian Affairs and the Secretary of the Interior at Washington, honestly and faithfully ; and in the field, though here and there a man creeps into... | |
 | United States - 1929 - 958 pages
...bands of Indians in whose behalf the suit is brought unless specifically authorized in the contract approved by the Commissioner of Indian Affairs and the Secretary of the Interior as herein provided: Provided, That in no case shall the fees decreed by said court amount to more than... | |
 | 1903 - 1180 pages
...subleased were Indian lands, and held by Megreedy under an Indian lease approved by the Indian agent, the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, and the Secretary of the Interior, and that the subleasing had not been so approved; that said defendants were in possession of said premises... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Indian Affairs - 1905 - 268 pages
...transaction that the payment of the $50,000 was not proper, is there? Mr. HEMPHILL. No, sir; the payment was approved by the Commissioner of Indian Affairs and the Secretary of the Interior and paid in the regular way. Senator MCCTJMBER. It was simply a holding of the court that one Secretary... | |
 | 1906 - 1282 pages
...civilization as to be able and capable of managing his own affairs. The bill is recommended very strongly by the Commissioner of Indian Affairs and the Secretary of the interior, and the reports are herewith submitted and are as follows: DEPARTMENT OF THB INTERIOR, Washington, February... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Indian Affairs - 1907 - 778 pages
...BENTLEY. No, sir; I never was an Indian agent in the full sense of the term, though I was detailed by the Commissioner of Indian Affairs and the Secretary of the Interior to perform the same duties, and had the same jurisdiction over the Indians that most Indian agents... | |
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But no such damages shall be adjusted and paid until thoroughly examined and passed upon by the Commissioner of Indian Affairs and the Secretary of the Interior... 
