 | 1908 - 526 pages
...a copy of the purported contract was sent to the Sac and Fox Indian agent, the contract then being approved by the Commissioner of Indian Affairs and the Secretary of the Interior. I am informed and fully believe that no one of the seven members of the business committee of the tribe... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Indian Affairs - 1908 - 494 pages
...therefore void ; that they had no knowledge of the existence of such a contract until a copy of the same, approved by the Commissioner of Indian Affairs and the Secretary of the Interior, was filed In the office of the United States Indian agent at the Sac and Fox Agency, Okla. The affidavits... | |
 | 1908 - 764 pages
...no will so executed shall be valid or have any force or effect unless and until it shall have been approved by the Commissioner of Indian Affairs and the Secretary of the Interior." Section 3 of the act authorizes an Indian allottee to relinquish his allotment for the benefit of his... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Indian Affairs - 1908 - 812 pages
...be borne in mind that the bids were opened in Washington and the entire action above outlined taken by the Commissioner of Indian Affairs and the Secretary of the Interior, apparently without any suggestion from the Indian agent. ,(See Indian Office letter of May 6, 1905,... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Indian Affairs - 1908 - 168 pages
...set forth as a requirement of the Osage act at all ; it is something that was imported into the act by the Commissioner of Indian Affairs and the Secretary of the Interior. It has been stated that Messrs. Kappler and Merillat represented Pearl Callahan, who is one of these... | |
 | 1910 - 1032 pages
...of 1906; that the claims of these applicants were then fully and fairly considered by the council, the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, and the Secretary of the Interior, and rejected as being without merit, and several of them were again considered on motion for review and... | |
 | United States. 61st Congress, 1909-1911. House. [from old catalog] - 1910 - 688 pages
...was to pass down to the Osages. We will he very glad to make part of the record the reports made both by the Commissioner of Indian Affairs and the Secretary of the Interior, which fully review the evidence and set forth the reasons upon which the action was based. Mr. CAMPBELL.... | |
 | United States. 61st Congress, 1909-1911. House. [from old catalog] - 1911 - 720 pages
...the matter was referred back'to the superintendent, for a report. He made his report. That report was approved by the Commissioner of Indian Affairs and the Secretary of the Interior, and it was only after the approval, subsequent to the controversy being brought to the attention of the... | |
 | United States. Bureau of Indian Affairs - 1911 - 90 pages
...disposing of allotment, but no such will shall have any force or effect unless and until it shall have been approved by the Commissioner of Indian Affairs and the Secretary of the Interior. E. TIMBER. The sale of the mature living and dead and down timber on unallotted Indian lands, except... | |
 | United States. Department of the Interior - 1911 - 558 pages
...disposing of allotment, but no such will shall have any force or effect unless and until it shall have been approved by the Commissioner of Indian Affairs and the Secretary of the. Interior. K. TIMBEB. The sale of the mature living and dead and down timber on unallotted Indian lands, except... | |
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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... 
